1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
3 .. _VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX:
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6 ioctl VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX
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12 VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX - Get meta data about a compressed video stream
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX, struct v4l2_enc_idx *argp )
19 :name: VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX
26 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
29 Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_enc_idx`.
35 The :ref:`VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX <VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX>` ioctl provides meta data about a compressed
36 video stream the same or another application currently reads from the
37 driver, which is useful for random access into the stream without
40 To read the data applications must call :ref:`VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX <VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX>` with a
41 pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_enc_idx`. On success
42 the driver fills the ``entry`` array, stores the number of elements
43 written in the ``entries`` field, and initializes the ``entries_cap``
46 Each element of the ``entry`` array contains meta data about one
47 picture. A :ref:`VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX <VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX>` call reads up to
48 ``V4L2_ENC_IDX_ENTRIES`` entries from a driver buffer, which can hold up
49 to ``entries_cap`` entries. This number can be lower or higher than
50 ``V4L2_ENC_IDX_ENTRIES``, but not zero. When the application fails to
51 read the meta data in time the oldest entries will be lost. When the
52 buffer is empty or no capturing/encoding is in progress, ``entries``
55 Currently this ioctl is only defined for MPEG-2 program streams and
56 video elementary streams.
59 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{3.8cm}|p{5.6cm}|p{8.1cm}|
61 .. c:type:: v4l2_enc_idx
63 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_enc_idx
70 - The number of entries the driver stored in the ``entry`` array.
73 - The number of entries the driver can buffer. Must be greater than
77 - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set the
79 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_enc_idx_entry`
80 - ``entry``\ [``V4L2_ENC_IDX_ENTRIES``]
81 - Meta data about a compressed video stream. Each element of the
82 array corresponds to one picture, sorted in ascending order by
87 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
89 .. c:type:: v4l2_enc_idx_entry
91 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_enc_idx_entry
98 - The offset in bytes from the beginning of the compressed video
99 stream to the beginning of this picture, that is a *PES packet
100 header* as defined in :ref:`mpeg2part1` or a *picture header* as
101 defined in :ref:`mpeg2part2`. When the encoder is stopped, the
102 driver resets the offset to zero.
105 - The 33 bit *Presentation Time Stamp* of this picture as defined in
109 - The length of this picture in bytes.
112 - Flags containing the coding type of this picture, see
113 :ref:`enc-idx-flags`.
116 - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set the array to
120 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
124 .. flat-table:: Index Entry Flags
129 * - ``V4L2_ENC_IDX_FRAME_I``
131 - This is an Intra-coded picture.
132 * - ``V4L2_ENC_IDX_FRAME_P``
134 - This is a Predictive-coded picture.
135 * - ``V4L2_ENC_IDX_FRAME_B``
137 - This is a Bidirectionally predictive-coded picture.
138 * - ``V4L2_ENC_IDX_FRAME_MASK``
140 - *AND* the flags field with this mask to obtain the picture coding
147 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
148 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
149 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.