Document the current state of the HEVC slice pixel format. The format will need to evolve in the future, which is why it is not part of the public API.
Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <[email protected]> --- .../media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst index 4b701fc7653e..9d4195723c3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst @@ -143,6 +143,27 @@ Compressed Formats - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_HEVC`` - 'HEVC' - HEVC/H.265 video elementary stream. + * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-HEVC-SLICE: + + - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_HEVC_SLICE`` + - 'S265' + - HEVC parsed slice data, as extracted from the HEVC bitstream. + This format is adapted for stateless video decoders that implement a + HEVC pipeline (using the :ref:`codec` and :ref:`media-request-api`). + Metadata associated with the frame to decode is required to be passed + through the following controls : + * ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_SPS`` + * ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_PPS`` + * ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_SLICE_PARAMS`` + See the :ref:`associated Codec Control IDs <v4l2-mpeg-hevc>`. + Buffers associated with this pixel format must contain the appropriate + number of macroblocks to decode a full corresponding frame. + + .. note:: + + This format is not yet part of the public kernel API and it + is expected to change. + * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-FWHT: - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_FWHT`` -- 2.21.0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/linux-sunxi/20190524093635.1832-4-paul.kocialkowski%40bootlin.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
