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<partinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<surname>Schimek</surname>
<othername role="mi">H</othername>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>mschimek@gmx.at</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Bill</firstname>
<surname>Dirks</surname>
<!-- Commented until Bill opts in to be spammed.
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>bill@thedirks.org</email>
</address>
</affiliation> -->
<contrib>Original author of the V4L2 API and
documentation.</contrib>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Hans</firstname>
<surname>Verkuil</surname>
<contrib>Designed and documented the VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS ioctl,
the extended control ioctls, major parts of the sliced VBI API, the
MPEG encoder and decoder APIs and the DV Timings API.</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>hverkuil@xs4all.nl</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Martin</firstname>
<surname>Rubli</surname>
<!--
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>martin_rubli@logitech.com</email>
</address>
</affiliation> -->
<contrib>Designed and documented the VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES
and VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS ioctls.</contrib>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Andy</firstname>
<surname>Walls</surname>
<contrib>Documented the fielded V4L2_MPEG_STREAM_VBI_FMT_IVTV
MPEG stream embedded, sliced VBI data format in this specification.
</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>awalls@md.metrocast.net</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Mauro</firstname>
<surname>Carvalho Chehab</surname>
<contrib>Documented libv4l, designed and added v4l2grab example,
Remote Controller chapter.</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>m.chehab@samsung.com</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Muralidharan</firstname>
<surname>Karicheri</surname>
<contrib>Documented the Digital Video timings API.</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>m-karicheri2@ti.com</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Pawel</firstname>
<surname>Osciak</surname>
<contrib>Designed and documented the multi-planar API.</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>pawel AT osciak.com</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Sakari</firstname>
<surname>Ailus</surname>
<contrib>Subdev selections API.</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>sakari.ailus@iki.fi</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Antti</firstname>
<surname>Palosaari</surname>
<contrib>SDR API.</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>crope@iki.fi</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright>
<year>1999</year>
<year>2000</year>
<year>2001</year>
<year>2002</year>
<year>2003</year>
<year>2004</year>
<year>2005</year>
<year>2006</year>
<year>2007</year>
<year>2008</year>
<year>2009</year>
<year>2010</year>
<year>2011</year>
<year>2012</year>
<year>2013</year>
<year>2014</year>
<holder>Bill Dirks, Michael H. Schimek, Hans Verkuil, Martin
Rubli, Andy Walls, Muralidharan Karicheri, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
Pawel Osciak</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
<para>Except when explicitly stated as GPL, programming examples within
this part can be used and distributed without restrictions.</para>
</legalnotice>
<revhistory>
<!-- Put document revisions here, newest first. -->
<!-- API revisions (changes and additions of defines, enums,
structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter
(compat.xml), along with the possible impact on existing drivers and
applications. -->
<revision>
<revnumber>3.17</revnumber>
<date>2014-08-04</date>
<authorinitials>lp, hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Extended &v4l2-pix-format;. Added format flags. Added compound control types
and VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.15</revnumber>
<date>2014-02-03</date>
<authorinitials>hv, ap</authorinitials>
<revremark>Update several sections of "Common API Elements": "Opening and Closing Devices"
"Querying Capabilities", "Application Priority", "Video Inputs and Outputs", "Audio Inputs and Outputs"
"Tuners and Modulators", "Video Standards" and "Digital Video (DV) Timings". Added SDR API.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.14</revnumber>
<date>2013-11-25</date>
<authorinitials>rr</authorinitials>
<revremark>Set width and height as unsigned on v4l2_rect.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.11</revnumber>
<date>2013-05-26</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Remove obsolete VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT ioctl.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.10</revnumber>
<date>2013-03-25</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Remove obsolete and unused DV_PRESET ioctls:
VIDIOC_G_DV_PRESET, VIDIOC_S_DV_PRESET, VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_PRESET and
VIDIOC_ENUM_DV_PRESET. Remove the related v4l2_input/output capability
flags V4L2_IN_CAP_PRESETS and V4L2_OUT_CAP_PRESETS. Added VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.9</revnumber>
<date>2012-12-03</date>
<authorinitials>sa, sn</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added timestamp types to v4l2_buffer.
Added V4L2_EVENT_CTRL_CH_RANGE control event changes flag.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.6</revnumber>
<date>2012-07-02</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added VIDIOC_ENUM_FREQ_BANDS.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.5</revnumber>
<date>2012-05-07</date>
<authorinitials>sa, sn, hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER_MENU and V4L2 subdev
selections API. Improved the description of V4L2_CID_COLORFX
control, added V4L2_CID_COLORFX_CBCR control.
Added camera controls V4L2_CID_AUTO_EXPOSURE_BIAS,
V4L2_CID_AUTO_N_PRESET_WHITE_BALANCE, V4L2_CID_IMAGE_STABILIZATION,
V4L2_CID_ISO_SENSITIVITY, V4L2_CID_ISO_SENSITIVITY_AUTO,
V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_METERING, V4L2_CID_SCENE_MODE,
V4L2_CID_3A_LOCK, V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_START,
V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_STOP, V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_STATUS
and V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_RANGE.
Added VIDIOC_ENUM_DV_TIMINGS, VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS and
VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.4</revnumber>
<date>2012-01-25</date>
<authorinitials>sn</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added <link linkend="jpeg-controls">JPEG compression
control class.</link>
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.3</revnumber>
<date>2012-01-11</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added device_caps field to struct v4l2_capabilities.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.2</revnumber>
<date>2011-08-26</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.1</revnumber>
<date>2011-06-27</date>
<authorinitials>mcc, po, hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Documented that VIDIOC_QUERYCAP now returns a per-subsystem version instead of a per-driver one.
Standardize an error code for invalid ioctl.
Added V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BITMASK.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>2.6.39</revnumber>
<date>2011-03-01</date>
<authorinitials>mcc, po</authorinitials>
<revremark>Removed VIDIOC_*_OLD from videodev2.h header and update it to reflect latest changes. Added the <link linkend="planar-apis">multi-planar API</link>.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>2.6.37</revnumber>
<date>2010-08-06</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
<revremark>Removed obsolete vtx (videotext) API.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>2.6.33</revnumber>
<date>2009-12-03</date>
<authorinitials>mk</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added documentation for the Digital Video timings API.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>2.6.32</revnumber>
<date>2009-08-31</date>
<authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials>
<revremark>Now, revisions will match the kernel version where
the V4L2 API changes will be used by the Linux Kernel.
Also added Remote Controller chapter.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>0.29</revnumber>
<date>2009-08-26</date>
<authorinitials>ev</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added documentation for string controls and for FM Transmitter controls.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>0.28</revnumber>
<date>2009-08-26</date>
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