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@@ -660,16 +660,29 @@ supported.</para>
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&v4l2-control;, except for the fact that it also allows for 64-bit
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values and pointers to be passed.</para>
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+ <para>Since the &v4l2-ext-control; supports pointers it is now
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+also possible to have controls with compound types such as N-dimensional arrays
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+and/or structures. You need to specify the <constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND</constant>
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+when enumerating controls to actually be able to see such compound controls.
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+In other words, these controls with compound types should only be used
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+programmatically.</para>
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+
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+ <para>Since such compound controls need to expose more information
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+about themselves than is possible with &VIDIOC-QUERYCTRL; the
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+&VIDIOC-QUERY-EXT-CTRL; ioctl was added. In particular, this ioctl gives
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+the dimensions of the N-dimensional array if this control consists of more than
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+one element.</para>
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+
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<para>It is important to realize that due to the flexibility of
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controls it is necessary to check whether the control you want to set
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actually is supported in the driver and what the valid range of values
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-is. So use the &VIDIOC-QUERYCTRL; and &VIDIOC-QUERYMENU; ioctls to
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-check this. Also note that it is possible that some of the menu
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-indices in a control of type <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU</constant>
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-may not be supported (<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</constant> will
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-return an error). A good example is the list of supported MPEG audio
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-bitrates. Some drivers only support one or two bitrates, others
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-support a wider range.</para>
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+is. So use the &VIDIOC-QUERYCTRL; (or &VIDIOC-QUERY-EXT-CTRL;) and
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+&VIDIOC-QUERYMENU; ioctls to check this. Also note that it is possible
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+that some of the menu indices in a control of type
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+<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU</constant> may not be supported
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+(<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</constant> will return an error). A good
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+example is the list of supported MPEG audio bitrates. Some drivers only
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+support one or two bitrates, others support a wider range.</para>
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<para>
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All controls use machine endianness.
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