linux/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/common.rst
Luca Ceresoli 579d76deb1 media: docs: clarify relationship between crop and selection APIs
Having two somewhat similar and largely overlapping APIs is confusing,
especially since the older one appears in the docs before the newer
and most featureful counterpart.

Clarify all of this in several ways:
 - swap the two sections
 - give a name to the two APIs in the section names
 - add a note at the beginning of the CROP API section
 - update note about VIDIOC_CROPCAP

Also remove a note that is incorrect (correct wording is in
vidioc-cropcap.rst).

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
2018-05-25 15:23:15 -04:00

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.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
.. _common:
###################
Common API Elements
###################
Programming a V4L2 device consists of these steps:
- Opening the device
- Changing device properties, selecting a video and audio input, video
standard, picture brightness a. o.
- Negotiating a data format
- Negotiating an input/output method
- The actual input/output loop
- Closing the device
In practice most steps are optional and can be executed out of order. It
depends on the V4L2 device type, you can read about the details in
:ref:`devices`. In this chapter we will discuss the basic concepts
applicable to all devices.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
open
querycap
app-pri
video
audio
tuner
standard
dv-timings
control
extended-controls
format
planar-apis
selection-api
crop
streaming-par