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-.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
-.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
-.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
-.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
-.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
-.. Documentation/media/uapi/fdl-appendix.rst.
-..
-.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
-
-.. _VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT:
-
-*********************
-ioctl VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
-*********************
-
-Name
-====
-
-VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT - Enumerate image formats
-
-
-Synopsis
-========
-
-.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT, struct v4l2_fmtdesc *argp )
- :name: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
-
-
-Arguments
-=========
-
-``fd``
- File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
-
-``argp``
- Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_fmtdesc`.
-
-
-Description
-===========
-
-To enumerate image formats applications initialize the ``type`` and
-``index`` field of struct :c:type:`v4l2_fmtdesc` and call
-the :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT` ioctl with a pointer to this structure. Drivers
-fill the rest of the structure or return an ``EINVAL`` error code. All
-formats are enumerable by beginning at index zero and incrementing by
-one until ``EINVAL`` is returned.
-
-.. note::
-
- After switching input or output the list of enumerated image
- formats may be different.
-
-
-.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
-
-.. c:type:: v4l2_fmtdesc
-
-.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_fmtdesc
- :header-rows: 0
- :stub-columns: 0
- :widths: 1 1 2
-
- * - __u32
- - ``index``
- - Number of the format in the enumeration, set by the application.
- This is in no way related to the ``pixelformat`` field.
- * - __u32
- - ``type``
- - Type of the data stream, set by the application. Only these types
- are valid here: ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE``,
- ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE``,
- ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT``,
- ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE``,
- ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OVERLAY``,
- ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_CAPTURE``,
- ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_OUTPUT`` and
- ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_META_CAPTURE``.
- See :c:type:`v4l2_buf_type`.
- * - __u32
- - ``flags``
- - See :ref:`fmtdesc-flags`
- * - __u8
- - ``description``\ [32]
- - Description of the format, a NUL-terminated ASCII string. This
- information is intended for the user, for example: "YUV 4:2:2".
- * - __u32
- - ``pixelformat``
- - The image format identifier. This is a four character code as
- computed by the v4l2_fourcc() macro:
- * - :cspan:`2`
-
- .. _v4l2-fourcc:
-
- ``#define v4l2_fourcc(a,b,c,d)``
-
- ``(((__u32)(a)<<0)|((__u32)(b)<<8)|((__u32)(c)<<16)|((__u32)(d)<<24))``
-
- Several image formats are already defined by this specification in
- :ref:`pixfmt`.
-
- .. attention::
-
- These codes are not the same as those used
- in the Windows world.
- * - __u32
- - ``reserved``\ [4]
- - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set the array to
- zero.
-
-
-
-.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
-
-.. _fmtdesc-flags:
-
-.. flat-table:: Image Format Description Flags
- :header-rows: 0
- :stub-columns: 0
- :widths: 3 1 4
-
- * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED``
- - 0x0001
- - This is a compressed format.
- * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_EMULATED``
- - 0x0002
- - This format is not native to the device but emulated through
- software (usually libv4l2), where possible try to use a native
- format instead for better performance.
- * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_CONTINUOUS_BYTESTREAM``
- - 0x0004
- - The hardware decoder for this compressed bytestream format (aka coded
- format) is capable of parsing a continuous bytestream. Applications do
- not need to parse the bytestream themselves to find the boundaries
- between frames/fields. This flag can only be used in combination with
- the ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED`` flag, since this applies to compressed
- formats only. This flag is valid for stateful decoders only.
- * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_DYN_RESOLUTION``
- - 0x0008
- - Dynamic resolution switching is supported by the device for this
- compressed bytestream format (aka coded format). It will notify the user
- via the event ``V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE`` when changes in the video
- parameters are detected. This flag can only be used in combination
- with the ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED`` flag, since this applies to
- compressed formats only. It is also only applies to stateful codecs.
-
-
-Return Value
-============
-
-On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
-appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
-:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
-
-EINVAL
- The struct :c:type:`v4l2_fmtdesc` ``type`` is not
- supported or the ``index`` is out of bounds.