1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
3 .. _VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS:
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6 ioctl VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS
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12 VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS - Sense the DV preset received by the current input
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS, struct v4l2_dv_timings *argp )
19 :name: VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS
21 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS, struct v4l2_dv_timings *argp )
22 :name: VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS
29 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
37 The hardware may be able to detect the current DV timings automatically,
38 similar to sensing the video standard. To do so, applications call
39 :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS` with a pointer to a struct
40 :c:type:`v4l2_dv_timings`. Once the hardware detects
41 the timings, it will fill in the timings structure.
45 Drivers shall *not* switch timings automatically if new
46 timings are detected. Instead, drivers should send the
47 ``V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE`` event (if they support this) and expect
48 that userspace will take action by calling :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS`.
49 The reason is that new timings usually mean different buffer sizes as
50 well, and you cannot change buffer sizes on the fly. In general,
51 applications that receive the Source Change event will have to call
52 :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS`, and if the detected timings are valid they
53 will have to stop streaming, set the new timings, allocate new buffers
54 and start streaming again.
56 If the timings could not be detected because there was no signal, then
57 ENOLINK is returned. If a signal was detected, but it was unstable and
58 the receiver could not lock to the signal, then ``ENOLCK`` is returned. If
59 the receiver could lock to the signal, but the format is unsupported
60 (e.g. because the pixelclock is out of range of the hardware
61 capabilities), then the driver fills in whatever timings it could find
62 and returns ``ERANGE``. In that case the application can call
63 :ref:`VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP` to compare the
64 found timings with the hardware's capabilities in order to give more
65 precise feedback to the user.
71 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
72 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
73 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
76 Digital video timings are not supported for this input or output.
79 No timings could be detected because no signal was found.
82 The signal was unstable and the hardware could not lock on to it.
85 Timings were found, but they are out of range of the hardware