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@@ -290,13 +290,15 @@ Control IDs
This is a read-only control that can be read by the application and
used as a hint to determine the number of CAPTURE buffers to pass to
REQBUFS. The value is the minimum number of CAPTURE buffers that is
- necessary for hardware to work.
+ necessary for hardware to work. This control is required for stateful
+ decoders.
``V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_OUTPUT`` ``(integer)``
This is a read-only control that can be read by the application and
used as a hint to determine the number of OUTPUT buffers to pass to
REQBUFS. The value is the minimum number of OUTPUT buffers that is
- necessary for hardware to work.
+ necessary for hardware to work. This control is required for stateful
+ encoders.
.. _v4l2-alpha-component: