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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml index 8d7a77928d4..7a3b49b3cc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml @@ -722,17 +722,22 @@ for more details.</para> </section> <section id="mpeg-controls"> - <title>MPEG Control Reference</title> + <title>Codec Control Reference</title> - <para>Below all controls within the MPEG control class are + <para>Below all controls within the Codec control class are described. First the generic controls, then controls specific for certain hardware.</para> + <para>Note: These controls are applicable to all codecs and +not just MPEG. The defines are prefixed with V4L2_CID_MPEG/V4L2_MPEG +as the controls were originally made for MPEG codecs and later +extended to cover all encoding formats.</para> + <section> - <title>Generic MPEG Controls</title> + <title>Generic Codec Controls</title> <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="mpeg-control-id"> - <title>MPEG Control IDs</title> + <title>Codec Control IDs</title> <tgroup cols="4"> <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1*" /> <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="6*" /> @@ -752,7 +757,7 @@ certain hardware.</para> <row> <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_CLASS</constant> </entry> <entry>class</entry> - </row><row><entry spanname="descr">The MPEG class + </row><row><entry spanname="descr">The Codec class descriptor. Calling &VIDIOC-QUERYCTRL; for this control will return a description of this control class. This description can be used as the caption of a Tab page in a GUI, for example.</entry> @@ -3009,6 +3014,159 @@ in by the application. 0 = do not insert, 1 = insert packets.</entry> </tgroup> </table> </section> + + <section> + <title>VPX Control Reference</title> + + <para>The VPX controls include controls for encoding parameters + of VPx video codec.</para> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="vpx-control-id"> + <title>VPX Control IDs</title> + + <tgroup cols="4"> + <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1*" /> + <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="6*" /> + <colspec colname="c3" colwidth="2*" /> + <colspec colname="c4" colwidth="6*" /> + <spanspec namest="c1" nameend="c2" spanname="id" /> + <spanspec namest="c2" nameend="c4" spanname="descr" /> + <thead> + <row> + <entry spanname="id" align="left">ID</entry> + <entry align="left">Type</entry> + </row><row rowsep="1"><entry spanname="descr" align="left">Description</entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row><entry></entry></row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + <row id="v4l2-vpx-num-partitions"> + <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_NUM_PARTITIONS</constant></entry> + <entry>enum v4l2_vp8_num_partitions</entry> + </row> + <row><entry spanname="descr">The number of token partitions to use in VP8 encoder. +Possible values are:</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entrytbl spanname="descr" cols="2"> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_1_PARTITION</constant></entry> + <entry>1 coefficient partition</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_2_PARTITIONS</constant></entry> + <entry>2 coefficient partitions</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_4_PARTITIONS</constant></entry> + <entry>4 coefficient partitions</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_8_PARTITIONS</constant></entry> + <entry>8 coefficient partitions</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </entrytbl> + </row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + <row> + <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_IMD_DISABLE_4X4</constant></entry> + <entry>boolean</entry> + </row> + <row><entry spanname="descr">Setting this prevents intra 4x4 mode in the intra mode decision.</entry> + </row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + <row id="v4l2-vpx-num-ref-frames"> + <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_NUM_REF_FRAMES</constant></entry> + <entry>enum v4l2_vp8_num_ref_frames</entry> + </row> + <row><entry spanname="descr">The number of reference pictures for encoding P frames. +Possible values are:</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entrytbl spanname="descr" cols="2"> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_1_REF_FRAME</constant></entry> + <entry>Last encoded frame will be searched</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_2_REF_FRAME</constant></entry> + <entry>Two frames will be searched among the last encoded frame, the golden frame +and the alternate reference (altref) frame. The encoder implementation will decide which two are chosen.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_3_REF_FRAME</constant></entry> + <entry>The last encoded frame, the golden frame and the altref frame will be searched.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </entrytbl> + </row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + <row> + <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_FILTER_LEVEL</constant></entry> + <entry>integer</entry> + </row> + <row><entry spanname="descr">Indicates the loop filter level. The adjustment of the loop +filter level is done via a delta value against a baseline loop filter value.</entry> + </row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + <row> + <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_FILTER_SHARPNESS</constant></entry> + <entry>integer</entry> + </row> + <row><entry spanname="descr">This parameter affects the loop filter. Anything above +zero weakens the deblocking effect on the loop filter.</entry> + </row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + <row> + <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_GOLDEN_FRAME_REF_PERIOD</constant></entry> + <entry>integer</entry> + </row> + <row><entry spanname="descr">Sets the refresh period for the golden frame. The period is defined +in number of frames. For a value of 'n', every nth frame starting from the first key frame will be taken as a golden frame. +For eg. for encoding sequence of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 where the golden frame refresh period is set as 4, the frames +0, 4, 8 etc will be taken as the golden frames as frame 0 is always a key frame.</entry> + </row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + <row id="v4l2-vpx-golden-frame-sel"> + <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_GOLDEN_FRAME_SEL</constant></entry> + <entry>enum v4l2_vp8_golden_frame_sel</entry> + </row> + <row><entry spanname="descr">Selects the golden frame for encoding. +Possible values are:</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entrytbl spanname="descr" cols="2"> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_GOLDEN_FRAME_USE_PREV</constant></entry> + <entry>Use the (n-2)th frame as a golden frame, current frame index being 'n'.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_GOLDEN_FRAME_USE_REF_PERIOD</constant></entry> + <entry>Use the previous specific frame indicated by +V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VPX_GOLDEN_FRAME_REF_PERIOD as a golden frame.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </entrytbl> + </row> + + <row><entry></entry></row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + </section> </section> <section id="camera-controls"> @@ -3147,7 +3305,7 @@ giving priority to the center of the metered area.</entry> <entry>A multi-zone metering. The light intensity is measured in several points of the frame and the the results are combined. The algorithm of the zones selection and their significance in calculating the -final value is device dependant.</entry> +final value is device dependent.</entry> </row> </tbody> </entrytbl> |