0001 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
0002
0003 ============
0004 Introduction
0005 ============
0006
0007 The media subsystem consists on Linux support for several different types
0008 of devices:
0009
0010 - Audio and video grabbers;
0011 - PC and Laptop Cameras;
0012 - Complex cameras found on Embedded hardware;
0013 - Analog and digital TV;
0014 - HDMI Customer Electronics Control (CEC);
0015 - Multi-touch input devices;
0016 - Remote Controllers;
0017 - Media encoders and decoders.
0018
0019 Due to the diversity of devices, the subsystem provides several different
0020 APIs:
0021
0022 - Remote Controller API;
0023 - HDMI CEC API;
0024 - Video4Linux API;
0025 - Media controller API;
0026 - Video4Linux Request API (experimental);
0027 - Digital TV API (also known as DVB API).
