1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Introduction</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="LINUX MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE API"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="LINUX MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE API"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="LINUX MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE API"><link rel="next" href="v4l2spec.html" title="Part&#160;I.&#160;Video for Linux Two API Specification"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">&#160;</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="v4l2spec.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="preface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="idp1096590980"></a>Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p>This document covers the Linux Kernel to Userspace API's used by
2		video and radio streaming devices, including video cameras,
3		analog and digital TV receiver cards, AM/FM receiver cards,
4		streaming capture and output devices, codec devices and remote
5		controllers.</p><p>It is divided into four parts.</p><p>The first part covers radio, video capture and output,
6		cameras, analog TV devices and codecs.</p><p>The second part covers the
7		API used for digital TV and Internet reception via one of the
8		several digital tv standards. While it is called as DVB API,
9		in fact it covers several different video standards including
10		DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C and ATSC. The API is currently being updated
11		to document support also for DVB-S2, ISDB-T and ISDB-S.</p><p>The third part covers the Remote Controller API.</p><p>The fourth part covers the Media Controller API.</p><p>For additional information and for the latest development code,
12		see: <a class="ulink" href="http://linuxtv.org" target="_top">http://linuxtv.org</a>.</p><p>For discussing improvements, reporting troubles, sending new drivers, etc, please mail to: <a class="ulink" href="http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-media" target="_top">Linux Media Mailing List (LMML).</a>.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><td width="20%" align="center">&#160;</td><td width="40%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="v4l2spec.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">LINUX MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE API&#160;</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">&#160;Part&#160;I.&#160;Video for Linux Two API Specification</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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