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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-08 11:40:06 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-08 11:59:40 -0300 |
commit | 60c2820d0f6d3497975b6488e2599f8f611d8b95 (patch) | |
tree | b3b03707c6438ea9b99cc57e847ebf517f968ab1 /Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_types.rst | |
parent | a97369b5e21ea9b8b5fef7c0f4f48bbe60c07ca3 (diff) |
doc_rst: rename the media Sphinx suff to Documentation/media
The name of the subsystem is "media", and not "linux_tv". Also,
as we plan to add other stuff there in the future, let's
rename also the media uAPI book to media_uapi, to make it
clearer.
No functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_types.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_types.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..671f365ceeb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_types.rst @@ -0,0 +1,379 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _video_types: + +**************** +Video Data Types +**************** + + +.. _video-format-t: + +video_format_t +============== + +The ``video_format_t`` data type defined by + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef enum { + VIDEO_FORMAT_4_3, /* Select 4:3 format */ + VIDEO_FORMAT_16_9, /* Select 16:9 format. */ + VIDEO_FORMAT_221_1 /* 2.21:1 */ + } video_format_t; + +is used in the VIDEO_SET_FORMAT function (??) to tell the driver which +aspect ratio the output hardware (e.g. TV) has. It is also used in the +data structures video_status (??) returned by VIDEO_GET_STATUS (??) +and video_event (??) returned by VIDEO_GET_EVENT (??) which report +about the display format of the current video stream. + + +.. _video-displayformat-t: + +video_displayformat_t +===================== + +In case the display format of the video stream and of the display +hardware differ the application has to specify how to handle the +cropping of the picture. This can be done using the +VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_FORMAT call (??) which accepts + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef enum { + VIDEO_PAN_SCAN, /* use pan and scan format */ + VIDEO_LETTER_BOX, /* use letterbox format */ + VIDEO_CENTER_CUT_OUT /* use center cut out format */ + } video_displayformat_t; + +as argument. + + +.. _video-stream-source-t: + +video_stream_source_t +===================== + +The video stream source is set through the VIDEO_SELECT_SOURCE call +and can take the following values, depending on whether we are replaying +from an internal (demuxer) or external (user write) source. + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef enum { + VIDEO_SOURCE_DEMUX, /* Select the demux as the main source */ + VIDEO_SOURCE_MEMORY /* If this source is selected, the stream + comes from the user through the write + system call */ + } video_stream_source_t; + +VIDEO_SOURCE_DEMUX selects the demultiplexer (fed either by the +frontend or the DVR device) as the source of the video stream. If +VIDEO_SOURCE_MEMORY is selected the stream comes from the application +through the **write()** system call. + + +.. _video-play-state-t: + +video_play_state_t +================== + +The following values can be returned by the VIDEO_GET_STATUS call +representing the state of video playback. + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef enum { + VIDEO_STOPPED, /* Video is stopped */ + VIDEO_PLAYING, /* Video is currently playing */ + VIDEO_FREEZED /* Video is freezed */ + } video_play_state_t; + + +.. _video-command: + +struct video_command +==================== + +The structure must be zeroed before use by the application This ensures +it can be extended safely in the future. + + +.. code-block:: c + + struct video_command { + __u32 cmd; + __u32 flags; + union { + struct { + __u64 pts; + } stop; + + struct { + /* 0 or 1000 specifies normal speed, + 1 specifies forward single stepping, + -1 specifies backward single stepping, + >>1: playback at speed/1000 of the normal speed, + <-1: reverse playback at (-speed/1000) of the normal speed. */ + __s32 speed; + __u32 format; + } play; + + struct { + __u32 data[16]; + } raw; + }; + }; + + +.. _video-size-t: + +video_size_t +============ + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef struct { + int w; + int h; + video_format_t aspect_ratio; + } video_size_t; + + +.. _video-event: + +struct video_event +================== + +The following is the structure of a video event as it is returned by the +VIDEO_GET_EVENT call. + + +.. code-block:: c + + struct video_event { + __s32 type; + #define VIDEO_EVENT_SIZE_CHANGED 1 + #define VIDEO_EVENT_FRAME_RATE_CHANGED 2 + #define VIDEO_EVENT_DECODER_STOPPED 3 + #define VIDEO_EVENT_VSYNC 4 + __kernel_time_t timestamp; + union { + video_size_t size; + unsigned int frame_rate; /* in frames per 1000sec */ + unsigned char vsync_field; /* unknown/odd/even/progressive */ + } u; + }; + + +.. _video-status: + +struct video_status +=================== + +The VIDEO_GET_STATUS call returns the following structure informing +about various states of the playback operation. + + +.. code-block:: c + + struct video_status { + int video_blank; /* blank video on freeze? */ + video_play_state_t play_state; /* current state of playback */ + video_stream_source_t stream_source; /* current source (demux/memory) */ + video_format_t video_format; /* current aspect ratio of stream */ + video_displayformat_t display_format;/* selected cropping mode */ + }; + +If video_blank is set video will be blanked out if the channel is +changed or if playback is stopped. Otherwise, the last picture will be +displayed. play_state indicates if the video is currently frozen, +stopped, or being played back. The stream_source corresponds to the +seleted source for the video stream. It can come either from the +demultiplexer or from memory. The video_format indicates the aspect +ratio (one of 4:3 or 16:9) of the currently played video stream. +Finally, display_format corresponds to the selected cropping mode in +case the source video format is not the same as the format of the output +device. + + +.. _video-still-picture: + +struct video_still_picture +========================== + +An I-frame displayed via the VIDEO_STILLPICTURE call is passed on +within the following structure. + + +.. code-block:: c + + /* pointer to and size of a single iframe in memory */ + struct video_still_picture { + char *iFrame; /* pointer to a single iframe in memory */ + int32_t size; + }; + + +.. _video_caps: + +video capabilities +================== + +A call to VIDEO_GET_CAPABILITIES returns an unsigned integer with the +following bits set according to the hardwares capabilities. + + +.. code-block:: c + + /* bit definitions for capabilities: */ + /* can the hardware decode MPEG1 and/or MPEG2? */ + #define VIDEO_CAP_MPEG1 1 + #define VIDEO_CAP_MPEG2 2 + /* can you send a system and/or program stream to video device? + (you still have to open the video and the audio device but only + send the stream to the video device) */ + #define VIDEO_CAP_SYS 4 + #define VIDEO_CAP_PROG 8 + /* can the driver also handle SPU, NAVI and CSS encoded data? + (CSS API is not present yet) */ + #define VIDEO_CAP_SPU 16 + #define VIDEO_CAP_NAVI 32 + #define VIDEO_CAP_CSS 64 + + +.. _video-system: + +video_system_t +============== + +A call to VIDEO_SET_SYSTEM sets the desired video system for TV +output. The following system types can be set: + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef enum { + VIDEO_SYSTEM_PAL, + VIDEO_SYSTEM_NTSC, + VIDEO_SYSTEM_PALN, + VIDEO_SYSTEM_PALNc, + VIDEO_SYSTEM_PALM, + VIDEO_SYSTEM_NTSC60, + VIDEO_SYSTEM_PAL60, + VIDEO_SYSTEM_PALM60 + } video_system_t; + + +.. _video-highlight: + +struct video_highlight +====================== + +Calling the ioctl VIDEO_SET_HIGHLIGHTS posts the SPU highlight +information. The call expects the following format for that information: + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef + struct video_highlight { + boolean active; /* 1=show highlight, 0=hide highlight */ + uint8_t contrast1; /* 7- 4 Pattern pixel contrast */ + /* 3- 0 Background pixel contrast */ + uint8_t contrast2; /* 7- 4 Emphasis pixel-2 contrast */ + /* 3- 0 Emphasis pixel-1 contrast */ + uint8_t color1; /* 7- 4 Pattern pixel color */ + /* 3- 0 Background pixel color */ + uint8_t color2; /* 7- 4 Emphasis pixel-2 color */ + /* 3- 0 Emphasis pixel-1 color */ + uint32_t ypos; /* 23-22 auto action mode */ + /* 21-12 start y */ + /* 9- 0 end y */ + uint32_t xpos; /* 23-22 button color number */ + /* 21-12 start x */ + /* 9- 0 end x */ + } video_highlight_t; + + +.. _video-spu: + +struct video_spu +================ + +Calling VIDEO_SET_SPU deactivates or activates SPU decoding, according +to the following format: + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef + struct video_spu { + boolean active; + int stream_id; + } video_spu_t; + + +.. _video-spu-palette: + +struct video_spu_palette +======================== + +The following structure is used to set the SPU palette by calling +VIDEO_SPU_PALETTE: + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef + struct video_spu_palette { + int length; + uint8_t *palette; + } video_spu_palette_t; + + +.. _video-navi-pack: + +struct video_navi_pack +====================== + +In order to get the navigational data the following structure has to be +passed to the ioctl VIDEO_GET_NAVI: + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef + struct video_navi_pack { + int length; /* 0 ... 1024 */ + uint8_t data[1024]; + } video_navi_pack_t; + + +.. _video-attributes-t: + +video_attributes_t +================== + +The following attributes can be set by a call to VIDEO_SET_ATTRIBUTES: + + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef uint16_t video_attributes_t; + /* bits: descr. */ + /* 15-14 Video compression mode (0=MPEG-1, 1=MPEG-2) */ + /* 13-12 TV system (0=525/60, 1=625/50) */ + /* 11-10 Aspect ratio (0=4:3, 3=16:9) */ + /* 9- 8 permitted display mode on 4:3 monitor (0=both, 1=only pan-sca */ + /* 7 line 21-1 data present in GOP (1=yes, 0=no) */ + /* 6 line 21-2 data present in GOP (1=yes, 0=no) */ + /* 5- 3 source resolution (0=720x480/576, 1=704x480/576, 2=352x480/57 */ + /* 2 source letterboxed (1=yes, 0=no) */ + /* 0 film/camera mode (0=camera, 1=film (625/50 only)) */ |