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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst index 55d8d690f22f..561bda112809 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst @@ -192,6 +192,29 @@ Compressed Formats If :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT` reports ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_CONTINUOUS_BYTESTREAM`` then the decoder has no requirements since it can parse all the information from the raw bytestream. + * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-HEVC-SLICE: + + - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_HEVC_SLICE`` + - 'S265' + - HEVC parsed slice data, as extracted from the HEVC bitstream. + This format is adapted for stateless video decoders that implement a + HEVC pipeline (using the :ref:`mem2mem` and :ref:`media-request-api`). + This pixelformat has two modifiers that must be set at least once + through the ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_DECODE_MODE`` + and ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_START_CODE`` controls. + Metadata associated with the frame to decode is required to be passed + through the following controls : + * ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_SPS`` + * ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_PPS`` + * ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_SLICE_PARAMS`` + See the :ref:`associated Codec Control IDs <v4l2-mpeg-hevc>`. + Buffers associated with this pixel format must contain the appropriate + number of macroblocks to decode a full corresponding frame. + + .. note:: + + This format is not yet part of the public kernel API and it + is expected to change. * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-FWHT: - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FWHT`` |