1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
12 VIDIOC_QUERYSTD - Sense the video standard received by the current input
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_QUERYSTD, v4l2_std_id *argp )
19 :name: VIDIOC_QUERYSTD
26 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
29 Pointer to :c:type:`v4l2_std_id`.
35 The hardware may be able to detect the current video standard
36 automatically. To do so, applications call :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYSTD` with a
37 pointer to a :ref:`v4l2_std_id <v4l2-std-id>` type. The driver
38 stores here a set of candidates, this can be a single flag or a set of
39 supported standards if for example the hardware can only distinguish
40 between 50 and 60 Hz systems. If no signal was detected, then the driver
41 will return V4L2_STD_UNKNOWN. When detection is not possible or fails,
42 the set must contain all standards supported by the current video input
47 Drivers shall *not* switch the video standard
48 automatically if a new video standard is detected. Instead, drivers
49 should send the ``V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE`` event (if they support
50 this) and expect that userspace will take action by calling
51 :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYSTD`. The reason is that a new video standard can mean
52 different buffer sizes as well, and you cannot change buffer sizes on
53 the fly. In general, applications that receive the Source Change event
54 will have to call :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYSTD`, and if the detected video
55 standard is valid they will have to stop streaming, set the new
56 standard, allocate new buffers and start streaming again.
62 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
63 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
64 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
67 Standard video timings are not supported for this input or output.