Media subsystem admin and user guide

This section contains usage information about media subsystem and its supported drivers.

Please see:

Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API

• for the userspace APIs used on media devices.

Media subsystem kernel internal API

• for driver development information and Kernel APIs used by media devices;

The media subsystem

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Building support for a media device
  • 2.1. Configuring the Linux Kernel
  • 2.2. Building and installing a new Kernel
  • 2.3. Building just the new media drivers and core
• 3. Infrared remote control support in video4linux drivers
  • 3.1. Basics
  • 3.2. How it works
• 4. HDMI CEC
  • 4.1. Supported hardware in mainline
  • 4.2. Utilities
  • 4.3. DisplayPort to HDMI Adapters with working CEC
  • 4.4. USB CEC Dongles
  • 4.5. CEC Without HPD
  • 4.6. Microcontrollers & CEC
  • 4.7. Making a CEC debugger
• 5. Digital TV
  • 5.1. Using the Digital TV Framework
  • 5.2. Digital TV Conditional Access Interface
  • 5.3. FAQ
  • 5.4. References
• 6. Cards List
  • 6.1. USB drivers
  • 6.2. PCI drivers
  • 6.3. Platform drivers
  • 6.4. Radio drivers
  • 6.5. I²C drivers
  • 6.6. Firewire driver
  • 6.7. Test drivers
• 7. Video4Linux (V4L) driver-specific documentation
  • 7.1. The bttv driver
  • 7.2. The cafe_ccic driver
  • 7.3. The cx88 driver
  • 7.4. The Samsung S5P/Exynos4 FIMC driver
  • 7.5. i.MX Video Capture Driver
  • 7.6. i.MX7 Video Capture Driver
  • 7.7. Intel Image Processing Unit 3 (IPU3) Imaging Unit (ImgU) driver
  • 7.8. The ivtv driver
  • 7.9. OMAP 3 Image Signal Processor (ISP) driver
  • 7.10. OMAP4 ISS Driver
  • 7.11. Philips webcams (pwc driver)
  • 7.12. Qualcomm Camera Subsystem driver
  • 7.13. Renesas R-Car Fine Display Processor (FDP1) Driver
  • 7.14. Rockchip Image Signal Processor (rkisp1)
  • 7.15. The saa7134 driver
  • 7.16. The Silicon Labs Si470x FM Radio Receivers driver
  • 7.17. The Silicon Labs Si4713 FM Radio Transmitter Driver
  • 7.18. The SI476x Driver
  • 7.19. The Virtual Media Controller Driver (vimc)
  • 7.20. The Virtual Stateless Decoder Driver (visl)
  • 7.21. The Virtual Video Test Driver (vivid)
• 8. Digital TV driver-specific documentation
  • 8.1. Avermedia DVB-T on BT878 Release Notes
  • 8.2. How to get the bt8xx cards working
  • 8.3. Firmware files for lmedm04 cards
  • 8.4. Opera firmware
  • 8.5. How to set up the Technisat/B2C2 Flexcop devices
  • 8.6. TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB Driver

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