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1	<refentry id="vidioc-query-dv-timings">
2	  <refmeta>
3	    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS</refentrytitle>
4	    &manvol;
5	  </refmeta>
6	
7	  <refnamediv>
8	    <refname>VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS</refname>
9	    <refname>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS</refname>
10	    <refpurpose>Sense the DV preset received by the current
11	input</refpurpose>
12	  </refnamediv>
13	
14	  <refsynopsisdiv>
15	    <funcsynopsis>
16	      <funcprototype>
17		<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
18		<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
19		<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
20		<paramdef>struct v4l2_dv_timings *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
21	      </funcprototype>
22	    </funcsynopsis>
23	  </refsynopsisdiv>
24	
25	  <refsect1>
26	    <title>Arguments</title>
27	
28	    <variablelist>
29		<varlistentry>
30		<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
31		<listitem>
32		  <para>&fd;</para>
33		</listitem>
34	      </varlistentry>
35	      <varlistentry>
36		<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
37		<listitem>
38		  <para>VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS</para>
39		</listitem>
40	      </varlistentry>
41	      <varlistentry>
42		<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
43		<listitem>
44		  <para></para>
45		</listitem>
46	      </varlistentry>
47	    </variablelist>
48	  </refsect1>
49	
50	  <refsect1>
51	    <title>Description</title>
52	
53	    <para>The hardware may be able to detect the current DV timings
54	automatically, similar to sensing the video standard. To do so, applications
55	call <constant>VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS</constant> with a pointer to a
56	&v4l2-dv-timings;. Once the hardware detects the timings, it will fill in the
57	timings structure.</para>
58	
59	<para>Please note that drivers shall <emphasis>not</emphasis> switch timings automatically
60	if new timings are detected. Instead, drivers should send the
61	<constant>V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE</constant> event (if they support this) and expect
62	that userspace will take action by calling <constant>VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS</constant>.
63	The reason is that new timings usually mean different buffer sizes as well, and you
64	cannot change buffer sizes on the fly. In general, applications that receive the
65	Source Change event will have to call <constant>VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS</constant>,
66	and if the detected timings are valid they will have to stop streaming, set the new
67	timings, allocate new buffers and start streaming again.</para>
68	
69	<para>If the timings could not be detected because there was no signal, then
70	<errorcode>ENOLINK</errorcode> is returned. If a signal was detected, but
71	it was unstable and the receiver could not lock to the signal, then
72	<errorcode>ENOLCK</errorcode> is returned. If the receiver could lock to the signal,
73	but the format is unsupported (e.g. because the pixelclock is out of range
74	of the hardware capabilities), then the driver fills in whatever timings it
75	could find and returns <errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode>. In that case the application
76	can call &VIDIOC-DV-TIMINGS-CAP; to compare the found timings with the hardware's
77	capabilities in order to give more precise feedback to the user.
78	</para>
79	  </refsect1>
80	
81	  <refsect1>
82	    &return-value;
83	
84	    <variablelist>
85	      <varlistentry>
86		<term><errorcode>ENODATA</errorcode></term>
87		<listitem>
88		  <para>Digital video timings are not supported for this input or output.</para>
89		</listitem>
90	      </varlistentry>
91	      <varlistentry>
92		<term><errorcode>ENOLINK</errorcode></term>
93		<listitem>
94		  <para>No timings could be detected because no signal was found.
95	</para>
96		</listitem>
97	      </varlistentry>
98	      <varlistentry>
99		<term><errorcode>ENOLCK</errorcode></term>
100		<listitem>
101		  <para>The signal was unstable and the hardware could not lock on to it.
102	</para>
103		</listitem>
104	      </varlistentry>
105	      <varlistentry>
106		<term><errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode></term>
107		<listitem>
108		  <para>Timings were found, but they are out of range of the hardware
109	capabilities.
110	</para>
111		</listitem>
112	      </varlistentry>
113	    </variablelist>
114	  </refsect1>
115	</refentry>
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