1.16. Stateless Codec Control Reference¶
The Stateless Codec control class is intended to support stateless decoder and encoders (i.e. hardware accelerators).
These drivers are typically supported by the Memory-to-memory Stateless Video Decoder Interface, and deal with parsed pixel formats such as V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE.
1.16.1. Stateless Codec Control ID¶
V4L2_CID_CODEC_STATELESS_CLASS (class)
The Stateless Codec class descriptor.
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_SPS (struct)
Specifies the sequence parameter set (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated H264 slice data. This includes the necessary parameters for configuring a stateless hardware decoding pipeline for H264. The bitstream parameters are defined according to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition), section 7.4.2.1.1 “Sequence Parameter Set Data Semantics”. For further documentation, refer to the above specification, unless there is an explicit comment stating otherwise.
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v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps
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Sequence Parameter Set Constraints Set Flags
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Sequence Parameter Set Flags
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V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_PPS (struct)
Specifies the picture parameter set (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated H264 slice data. This includes the necessary parameters for configuring a stateless hardware decoding pipeline for H264. The bitstream parameters are defined according to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition), section 7.4.2.2 “Picture Parameter Set RBSP Semantics”. For further documentation, refer to the above specification, unless there is an explicit comment stating otherwise.
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v4l2_ctrl_h264_pps
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Picture Parameter Set Flags
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V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_SCALING_MATRIX (struct)
Specifies the scaling matrix (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated H264 slice data. The bitstream parameters are defined according to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition), section 7.4.2.1.1.1 “Scaling List Semantics”. For further documentation, refer to the above specification, unless there is an explicit comment stating otherwise.
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v4l2_ctrl_h264_scaling_matrix
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Scaling matrix after applying the inverse scanning process. Expected list order is Intra Y, Intra Cb, Intra Cr, Inter Y, Inter Cb, Inter Cr. The values on each scaling list are expected in raster scan order. |
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Scaling matrix after applying the inverse scanning process. Expected list order is Intra Y, Inter Y, Intra Cb, Inter Cb, Intra Cr, Inter Cr. The values on each scaling list are expected in raster scan order. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_SLICE_PARAMS (struct)
Specifies the slice parameters (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated H264 slice data. This includes the necessary parameters for configuring a stateless hardware decoding pipeline for H264. The bitstream parameters are defined according to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition), section 7.4.3 “Slice Header Semantics”. For further documentation, refer to the above specification, unless there is an explicit comment stating otherwise.
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v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params
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Offset in bits to slice_data() from the beginning of this slice. |
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If num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is not set, this field must be set to the value of num_ref_idx_l0_default_active_minus1 |
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If num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is not set, this field must be set to the value of num_ref_idx_l1_default_active_minus1 |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
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Reference picture list after applying the per-slice modifications |
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Reference picture list after applying the per-slice modifications |
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Slice Parameter Set Flags
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V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_PRED_WEIGHTS (struct)
Prediction weight table defined according to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition), section 7.4.3.2 “Prediction Weight Table Semantics”. The prediction weight table must be passed by applications under the conditions explained in section 7.3.3 “Slice header syntax”.
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v4l2_ctrl_h264_pred_weights
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The weight factors at index 0 are the weight factors for the reference list 0, the one at index 1 for the reference list 1. |
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v4l2_h264_weight_factors
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Picture Reference
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v4l2_h264_reference
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Specifies how the picture is referenced. See Reference Fields |
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Index into the |
Reference Fields
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The top field in field pair is used for short-term reference. |
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The bottom field in field pair is used for short-term reference. |
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0x3 |
The frame (or the top/bottom fields, if it’s a field pair) is used for short-term reference. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_DECODE_PARAMS (struct)
Specifies the decode parameters (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated H264 slice data. This includes the necessary parameters for configuring a stateless hardware decoding pipeline for H264. The bitstream parameters are defined according to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition). For further documentation, refer to the above specification, unless there is an explicit comment stating otherwise.
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v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params
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NAL reference ID value coming from the NAL Unit header |
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Picture Order Count for the coded top field |
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Picture Order Count for the coded bottom field |
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Size in bits of the dec_ref_pic_marking() syntax element. |
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Combined size in bits of the picture order count related syntax elements: pic_order_cnt_lsb, delta_pic_order_cnt_bottom, delta_pic_order_cnt0, and delta_pic_order_cnt1. |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
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Decode Parameters Flags
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0x00000001 |
That picture is an IDR picture |
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v4l2_h264_dpb_entry
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Timestamp of the V4L2 capture buffer to use as reference, used
with B-coded and P-coded frames. The timestamp refers to the
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Specifies how the DPB entry is referenced. See Reference Fields |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
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DPB Entries Flags
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The DPB entry is valid (non-empty) and should be considered. |
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The DPB entry is used for reference. |
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The DPB entry is used for long-term reference. |
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The DPB entry is a single field or a complementary field pair. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_DECODE_MODE (enum)
Specifies the decoding mode to use. Currently exposes slice-based and frame-based decoding but new modes might be added later on. This control is used as a modifier for V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE pixel format. Applications that support V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE are required to set this control in order to specify the decoding mode that is expected for the buffer. Drivers may expose a single or multiple decoding modes, depending on what they can support.
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Decoding is done at the slice granularity.
The OUTPUT buffer must contain a single slice.
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Decoding is done at the frame granularity,
The OUTPUT buffer must contain all slices needed to decode the
frame. The OUTPUT buffer must also contain both fields.
This mode will be supported by devices that
parse the slice(s) header(s) in hardware. When this mode is
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V4L2_CID_STATELESS_H264_START_CODE (enum)
Specifies the H264 slice start code expected for each slice. This control is used as a modifier for V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE pixel format. Applications that support V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE are required to set this control in order to specify the start code that is expected for the buffer. Drivers may expose a single or multiple start codes, depending on what they can support.
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v4l2_stateless_h264_start_code
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Selecting this value specifies that H264 slices are passed to the driver without any start code. The bitstream data should be according to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition) 7.3.1 NAL unit syntax, hence contains emulation prevention bytes when required. |
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Selecting this value specifies that H264 slices are expected to be prefixed by Annex B start codes. According to ITU-T Rec. H.264 Specification (04/2017 Edition) valid start codes can be 3-bytes 0x000001 or 4-bytes 0x00000001. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_FWHT_PARAMS (struct)
Specifies the FWHT (Fast Walsh Hadamard Transform) parameters (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated FWHT data. This includes the necessary parameters for configuring a stateless hardware decoding pipeline for FWHT. This codec is specific to the vicodec test driver.
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v4l2_ctrl_fwht_params
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Timestamp of the V4L2 capture buffer to use as backward reference, used
with P-coded frames. The timestamp refers to the
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The version of the codec. Set to |
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The width of the frame. |
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The height of the frame. |
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The flags of the frame, see FWHT Flags. |
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The colorspace of the frame, from enum |
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The transfer function, from enum |
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The Y’CbCr encoding, from enum |
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The quantization range, from enum |
1.16.2. FWHT Flags¶
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Set if this is an interlaced format. |
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Set if this is a bottom-first (NTSC) interlaced format. |
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Set if each ‘frame’ contains just one field. |
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If V4L2_FWHT_FL_IS_ALTERNATE was set, then this is set if this ‘frame’ is the bottom field, else it is the top field. |
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Set if the Y’ (luma) plane is uncompressed. |
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Set if the Cb plane is uncompressed. |
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Set if the Cr plane is uncompressed. |
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Set if the chroma plane has the same height as the luma plane, else the chroma plane is half the height of the luma plane. |
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Set if the chroma plane has the same width as the luma plane, else the chroma plane is half the width of the luma plane. |
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Set if the alpha plane is uncompressed. |
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Set if this is an I-frame. |
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The number of color components minus one. |
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The mask for the pixel encoding. |
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Set if the pixel encoding is YUV. |
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Set if the pixel encoding is RGB. |
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Set if the pixel encoding is HSV. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_VP8_FRAME (struct)
Specifies the frame parameters for the associated VP8 parsed frame data. This includes the necessary parameters for configuring a stateless hardware decoding pipeline for VP8. The bitstream parameters are defined according to VP8.
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v4l2_ctrl_vp8_frame
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Structure with segment-based adjustments metadata. |
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Structure with loop filter level adjustments metadata. |
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Structure with VP8 dequantization indices metadata. |
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Structure with VP8 entropy coder probabilities metadata. |
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Structure with VP8 entropy coder state. |
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The width of the frame. Must be set for all frames. |
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The height of the frame. Must be set for all frames. |
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Horizontal scaling factor. |
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Vertical scale. |
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Bitstream version. |
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Indicates the probability that the macroblock is not skipped. |
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Indicates the probability that a macroblock is intra-predicted. |
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Indicates the probability that the last reference frame is used for inter-prediction |
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Indicates the probability that the golden reference frame is used for inter-prediction |
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Number of DCT coefficients partitions. Must be one of: 1, 2, 4, or 8. |
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Size of the first partition, i.e. the control partition. |
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Size in bits of the first partition header portion. |
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DCT coefficients sizes. |
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Timestamp for the V4L2 capture buffer to use as last reference frame, used
with inter-coded frames. The timestamp refers to the |
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Timestamp for the V4L2 capture buffer to use as last reference frame, used
with inter-coded frames. The timestamp refers to the |
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Timestamp for the V4L2 capture buffer to use as alternate reference frame, used
with inter-coded frames. The timestamp refers to the |
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Frame Flags
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Indicates if the frame is a key frame. |
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Experimental bitstream. |
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Show frame flag, indicates if the frame is for display. |
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Enable/disable skipping of macroblocks with no non-zero coefficients. |
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Sign of motion vectors when the golden frame is referenced. |
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Sign of motion vectors when the alt frame is referenced. |
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v4l2_vp8_entropy_coder_state
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coder state value for “Range” |
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coder state value for “Value”- |
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number of bits left. |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
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v4l2_vp8_segment
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Signed quantizer value update. |
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Signed loop filter level value update. |
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Segment probabilities. |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
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Segment Flags
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0x01 |
Enable/disable segment-based adjustments. |
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Indicates if the macroblock segmentation map is updated in this frame. |
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Indicates if the segment feature data is updated in this frame. |
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If is set, the segment feature data mode is delta-value. If cleared, it’s absolute-value. |
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v4l2_vp8_loop_filter
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Reference adjustment (signed) delta value. |
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Macroblock prediction mode adjustment (signed) delta value. |
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Sharpness level |
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Filter level |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
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Loop Filter Flags
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Enable/disable macroblock-level loop filter adjustment. |
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Indicates if the delta values used in an adjustment are updated. |
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If set, indicates the filter type is simple. If cleared, the filter type is normal. |
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v4l2_vp8_quantization
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Luma AC coefficient table index. |
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Luma DC delta vaue. |
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Y2 block DC delta value. |
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Y2 block AC delta value. |
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Chroma DC delta value. |
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Chroma AC delta value. |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
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v4l2_vp8_entropy
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Coefficient update probabilities. |
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Luma mode update probabilities. |
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Chroma mode update probabilities. |
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MV decoding update probabilities. |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_MPEG2_SEQUENCE (struct)
Specifies the sequence parameters (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated MPEG-2 slice data. This includes fields matching the syntax elements from the sequence header and sequence extension parts of the bitstream as specified by ISO 13818-2.
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v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_sequence
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The width of the displayable part of the frame’s luminance component. |
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The height of the displayable part of the frame’s luminance component. |
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Used to calculate the required size of the video buffering verifier, defined (in bits) as: 16 * 1024 * vbv_buffer_size. |
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The current profile and level indication as extracted from the bitstream. |
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The chrominance sub-sampling format (1: 4:2:0, 2: 4:2:2, 3: 4:4:4). |
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MPEG-2 Sequence Flags
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Indication that all the frames for the sequence are progressive instead of interlaced. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_MPEG2_PICTURE (struct)
Specifies the picture parameters (as extracted from the bitstream) for the associated MPEG-2 slice data. This includes fields matching the syntax elements from the picture header and picture coding extension parts of the bitstream as specified by ISO 13818-2.
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v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_picture
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Timestamp of the V4L2 capture buffer to use as backward reference, used
with B-coded and P-coded frames. The timestamp refers to the
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__u64 |
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Timestamp for the V4L2 capture buffer to use as forward reference, used
with B-coded frames. The timestamp refers to the |
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See MPEG-2 Picture Flags. |
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Motion vector codes. |
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Picture coding type for the frame covered by the current slice (V4L2_MPEG2_PIC_CODING_TYPE_I, V4L2_MPEG2_PIC_CODING_TYPE_P or V4L2_MPEG2_PIC_CODING_TYPE_B). |
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Picture structure (1: interlaced top field, 2: interlaced bottom field, 3: progressive frame). |
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Precision of Discrete Cosine transform (0: 8 bits precision, 1: 9 bits precision, 2: 10 bits precision, 3: 11 bits precision). |
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Applications and drivers must set this to zero. |
MPEG-2 Picture Flags
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0x00000001 |
If set and it’s an interlaced stream, top field is output first. |
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0x00000002 |
If set only frame-DCT and frame prediction are used. |
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0x00000004 |
If set motion vectors are coded for intra macroblocks. |
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0x00000008 |
This flag affects the inverse quantization process. |
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0x00000010 |
This flag affects the decoding of transform coefficient data. |
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0x00000020 |
This flag affects the decoding of transform coefficient data. |
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0x00000040 |
This flag affects the decoding process of progressive frames. |
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Indicates whether the current frame is progressive. |
V4L2_CID_STATELESS_MPEG2_QUANTISATION (struct)
Specifies quantisation matrices, in zigzag scanning order, for the associated MPEG-2 slice data. This control is initialized by the kernel to the matrices default values. If a bitstream transmits a user-defined quantisation matrices load, applications are expected to use this control. Applications are also expected to set the control loading the default values, if the quantisation matrices need to be reset, for instance on a sequence header. This process is specified by section 6.3.7. “Quant matrix extension” of the specification.
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v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_quantisation
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The quantisation matrix coefficients for intra-coded frames, in zigzag scanning order. It is relevant for both luma and chroma components, although it can be superseded by the chroma-specific matrix for non-4:2:0 YUV formats. |
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The quantisation matrix coefficients for non-intra-coded frames, in zigzag scanning order. It is relevant for both luma and chroma components, although it can be superseded by the chroma-specific matrix for non-4:2:0 YUV formats. |
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The quantisation matrix coefficients for the chominance component of intra-coded frames, in zigzag scanning order. Only relevant for non-4:2:0 YUV formats. |
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The quantisation matrix coefficients for the chrominance component of non-intra-coded frames, in zigzag scanning order. Only relevant for non-4:2:0 YUV formats. |