.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- .. _video: ************************ Video Inputs and Outputs ************************ Video inputs and outputs are physical connectors of a device. These can be for example RF connectors (antenna/cable), CVBS a.k.a. Composite Video, S-Video and RGB connectors. Camera sensors are also considered to be a video input. Video and VBI capture devices have inputs. Video and VBI output devices have outputs, at least one each. Radio devices have no video inputs or outputs. To learn about the number and attributes of the available inputs and outputs applications can enumerate them with the :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT` and :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT` ioctl, respectively. The struct :c:type:`v4l2_input` returned by the :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT` ioctl also contains signal :status information applicable when the current video input is queried. The :ref:`VIDIOC_G_INPUT ` and :ref:`VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT ` ioctls return the index of the current video input or output. To select a different input or output applications call the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_INPUT ` and :ref:`VIDIOC_S_OUTPUT ` ioctls. Drivers must implement all the input ioctls when the device has one or more inputs, all the output ioctls when the device has one or more outputs. Example: Information about the current video input ================================================== .. code-block:: c struct v4l2_input input; int index; if (-1 == ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_G_INPUT, &index)) { perror("VIDIOC_G_INPUT"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } memset(&input, 0, sizeof(input)); input.index = index; if (-1 == ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT, &input)) { perror("VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } printf("Current input: %s\\n", input.name); Example: Switching to the first video input =========================================== .. code-block:: c int index; index = 0; if (-1 == ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_S_INPUT, &index)) { perror("VIDIOC_S_INPUT"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }