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authorHans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>2015-03-09 10:06:55 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>2015-04-02 20:33:37 -0300
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[media] vivid: do not allow video loopback for SEQ_TB/BT
Sequential top-bottom/bottom-top fields are not supported as video loopback. This is too much work to implement for field settings that are rarely used. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt
@@ -912,6 +912,11 @@ looped to the video input provided that:
sequence and field counting in struct v4l2_buffer on the capture side may not
be 100% accurate.
+- field settings V4L2_FIELD_SEQ_TB/BT are not supported. While it is possible to
+ implement this, it would mean a lot of work to get this right. Since these
+ field values are rarely used the decision was made not to implement this for
+ now.
+
- on the input side the "Standard Signal Mode" for the S-Video input or the
"DV Timings Signal Mode" for the HDMI input should be configured so that a
valid signal is passed to the video input.