1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
12 VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT - Enumerate image formats
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT, struct v4l2_fmtdesc *argp )
19 :name: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
26 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
29 Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_fmtdesc`.
35 To enumerate image formats applications initialize the ``type`` and
36 ``index`` field of struct :c:type:`v4l2_fmtdesc` and call
37 the :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT` ioctl with a pointer to this structure. Drivers
38 fill the rest of the structure or return an ``EINVAL`` error code. All
39 formats are enumerable by beginning at index zero and incrementing by
40 one until ``EINVAL`` is returned.
44 After switching input or output the list of enumerated image
45 formats may be different.
48 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
50 .. c:type:: v4l2_fmtdesc
52 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_fmtdesc
59 - Number of the format in the enumeration, set by the application.
60 This is in no way related to the ``pixelformat`` field.
63 - Type of the data stream, set by the application. Only these types
64 are valid here: ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE``,
65 ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE``,
66 ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT``,
67 ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE`` and
68 ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OVERLAY``. See :c:type:`v4l2_buf_type`.
71 - See :ref:`fmtdesc-flags`
73 - ``description``\ [32]
74 - Description of the format, a NUL-terminated ASCII string. This
75 information is intended for the user, for example: "YUV 4:2:2".
78 - The image format identifier. This is a four character code as
79 computed by the v4l2_fourcc() macro:
84 ``#define v4l2_fourcc(a,b,c,d)``
86 ``(((__u32)(a)<<0)|((__u32)(b)<<8)|((__u32)(c)<<16)|((__u32)(d)<<24))``
88 Several image formats are already defined by this specification in
93 These codes are not the same as those used
97 - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set the array to
102 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
106 .. flat-table:: Image Format Description Flags
111 * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED``
113 - This is a compressed format.
114 * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_EMULATED``
116 - This format is not native to the device but emulated through
117 software (usually libv4l2), where possible try to use a native
118 format instead for better performance.
124 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
125 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
126 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
129 The struct :c:type:`v4l2_fmtdesc` ``type`` is not
130 supported or the ``index`` is out of bounds.