When using this mode each frame is split in two fields, each one being
transferred using its own buffer.
This is implemented with the V4L2_FIELD_ALTERNATE field format in v4l2.
This mode is enabled using a caps filter such as
"v4l2src ! video/x-raw\(format:Interlaced\)"
Here are the main changes related to this feature:
- use the INTERLACED caps feature with this mode.
- in this mode both fields of a given frame have the same sequence/offset
so adjust the algorithm checking for lost field/frame accordingly.
- double pool's min number of buffers as each frame requires 2 buffers.
Fix#504
Co-authored-by: Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@collabora.co.uk>
v4l2 plugins
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The idea is a bit the same as the idea for the v4l1 plugins. We want
one generic v4l2element, and a few child objects (probably only two:
v4l2src and v4l2sink):
/-------- v4l2src
v4l2element ---=
\-------- v4l2sink
Both v4l2src and v4l2sink have a uncompressed and a compressed
recording-/playback-mode. Since this is all part of v4l2, the 'client'
of these elements, i.e. an application using v4l2src/v4l2sink, will
hardly notice this. All capsnego stuff is done inside, and the plugin
knows which formats are compressed and which are not.
Please note that the v4l1 and the v4l2 plugins are *not* compatible
concerning properties. Naming has been kept the same where possible,
but in some cases, properties had to be removed or added to make
full use of v4l2.
V4L2 API: http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/.
http://v4l2spec.bytesex.org/
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h or
Kernel patches available from
http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/.
Articles:
http://lwn.net/Articles/203924/
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