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Comparison with old cropping API
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Comparison with old cropping API
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-The selection API was introduced to cope with deficiencies of previous
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-:ref:`API <crop>`, that was designed to control simple capture
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-devices. Later the cropping API was adopted by video output drivers. The
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-ioctls are used to select a part of the display were the video signal is
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-inserted. It should be considered as an API abuse because the described
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-operation is actually the composing. The selection API makes a clear
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-distinction between composing and cropping operations by setting the
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-appropriate targets. The V4L2 API lacks any support for composing to and
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-cropping from an image inside a memory buffer. The application could
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-configure a capture device to fill only a part of an image by abusing
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-V4L2 API. Cropping a smaller image from a larger one is achieved by
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-setting the field ``bytesperline`` at struct
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-:c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
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-Introducing an image offsets could be done by modifying field ``m_userptr``
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-at struct
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-:c:type:`v4l2_buffer` before calling
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-:ref:`VIDIOC_QBUF`. Those operations should be avoided because they are not
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-portable (endianness), and do not work for macroblock and Bayer formats
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-and mmap buffers. The selection API deals with configuration of buffer
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+The selection API was introduced to cope with deficiencies of the
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+older :ref:`CROP API <crop>`, that was designed to control simple
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+capture devices. Later the cropping API was adopted by video output
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+drivers. The ioctls are used to select a part of the display were the
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+video signal is inserted. It should be considered as an API abuse
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+because the described operation is actually the composing. The
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+selection API makes a clear distinction between composing and cropping
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+operations by setting the appropriate targets.
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+
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+The V4L2 API lacks any support for composing to and cropping from an
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+image inside a memory buffer. The application could configure a
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+capture device to fill only a part of an image by abusing V4L2
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+API. Cropping a smaller image from a larger one is achieved by setting
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+the field ``bytesperline`` at struct :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
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+Introducing an image offsets could be done by modifying field
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+``m_userptr`` at struct :c:type:`v4l2_buffer` before calling
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+:ref:`VIDIOC_QBUF <VIDIOC_QBUF>`. Those operations should be avoided
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+because they are not portable (endianness), and do not work for
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+macroblock and Bayer formats and mmap buffers.
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+
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+The selection API deals with configuration of buffer
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cropping/composing in a clear, intuitive and portable way. Next, with
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cropping/composing in a clear, intuitive and portable way. Next, with
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the selection API the concepts of the padded target and constraints
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the selection API the concepts of the padded target and constraints
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-flags are introduced. Finally, struct :c:type:`v4l2_crop`
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-and struct :c:type:`v4l2_cropcap` have no reserved
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-fields. Therefore there is no way to extend their functionality. The new
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-struct :c:type:`v4l2_selection` provides a lot of place
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-for future extensions. Driver developers are encouraged to implement
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-only selection API. The former cropping API would be simulated using the
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-new one.
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+flags are introduced. Finally, struct :c:type:`v4l2_crop` and struct
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+:c:type:`v4l2_cropcap` have no reserved fields. Therefore there is no
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+way to extend their functionality. The new struct
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+:c:type:`v4l2_selection` provides a lot of place for future
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+extensions.
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+
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+Driver developers are encouraged to implement only selection API. The
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+former cropping API would be simulated using the new one.
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