| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The media subsystem consists on Linux support for several different types | |
| of devices: | |
| - Audio and video grabbers; | |
| - PC and Laptop Cameras; | |
| - Complex cameras found on Embedded hardware; | |
| - Analog and digital TV; | |
| - HDMI Customer Electronics Control (CEC); | |
| - Multi-touch input devices; | |
| - Remote Controllers; | |
| - Media encoders and decoders. | |
| Due to the diversity of devices, the subsystem provides several different | |
| APIs: | |
| - Remote Controller API; | |
| - HDMI CEC API; | |
| - Video4Linux API; | |
| - Media controller API; | |
| - Video4Linux Request API (experimental); | |
| - Digital TV API (also known as DVB API). |