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diff --git a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/zoran.rst b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/zoran.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c3a0f7bc2c7b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/zoran.rst @@ -0,0 +1,581 @@ +The Zoran driver +================ + +unified zoran driver (zr360x7, zoran, buz, dc10(+), dc30(+), lml33) + +website: http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/driver-zoran/ + + +Frequently Asked Questions +-------------------------- + +What cards are supported +------------------------ + +Iomega Buz, Linux Media Labs LML33/LML33R10, Pinnacle/Miro +DC10/DC10+/DC30/DC30+ and related boards (available under various names). + +Iomega Buz +~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36067 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36060 MJPEG codec +* Philips saa7111 TV decoder +* Philips saa7185 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, saa7111, saa7185, zr36060, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite and S-video + +Norms: PAL, SECAM (720x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (720x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 7 + +AverMedia 6 Eyes AVS6EYES +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36067 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36060 MJPEG codec +* Samsung ks0127 TV decoder +* Conexant bt866 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, ks0127, bt866, zr36060, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: + Six physical inputs. 1-6 are composite, + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 doubles as S-video, + 1-3 triples as component. + One composite output. + +Norms: PAL, SECAM (720x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (720x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 8 + +.. note:: + + Not autodetected, card=8 is necessary. + +Linux Media Labs LML33 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36067 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36060 MJPEG codec +* Brooktree bt819 TV decoder +* Brooktree bt856 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, bt819, bt856, zr36060, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite and S-video + +Norms: PAL (720x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (720x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 5 + +Linux Media Labs LML33R10 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36067 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36060 MJPEG codec +* Philips saa7114 TV decoder +* Analog Devices adv7170 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, saa7114, adv7170, zr36060, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite and S-video + +Norms: PAL (720x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (720x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 6 + +Pinnacle/Miro DC10(new) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36057 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36060 MJPEG codec +* Philips saa7110a TV decoder +* Analog Devices adv7176 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, saa7110, adv7175, zr36060, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite, S-video and Internal + +Norms: PAL, SECAM (768x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (640x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 1 + +Pinnacle/Miro DC10+ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36067 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36060 MJPEG codec +* Philips saa7110a TV decoder +* Analog Devices adv7176 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, sa7110, adv7175, zr36060, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite, S-video and Internal + +Norms: PAL, SECAM (768x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (640x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 2 + +Pinnacle/Miro DC10(old) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36057 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36050 MJPEG codec +* Zoran zr36016 Video Front End or Fuji md0211 Video Front End (clone?) +* Micronas vpx3220a TV decoder +* mse3000 TV encoder or Analog Devices adv7176 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, vpx3220, mse3000/adv7175, zr36050, zr36016, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite, S-video and Internal + +Norms: PAL, SECAM (768x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (640x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 0 + +Pinnacle/Miro DC30 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36057 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36050 MJPEG codec +* Zoran zr36016 Video Front End +* Micronas vpx3225d/vpx3220a/vpx3216b TV decoder +* Analog Devices adv7176 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, vpx3220/vpx3224, adv7175, zr36050, zr36016, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite, S-video and Internal + +Norms: PAL, SECAM (768x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (640x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 3 + +Pinnacle/Miro DC30+ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Zoran zr36067 PCI controller +* Zoran zr36050 MJPEG codec +* Zoran zr36016 Video Front End +* Micronas vpx3225d/vpx3220a/vpx3216b TV decoder +* Analog Devices adv7176 TV encoder + +Drivers to use: videodev, i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit, +videocodec, vpx3220/vpx3224, adv7175, zr36050, zr36015, zr36067 + +Inputs/outputs: Composite, S-video and Internal + +Norms: PAL, SECAM (768x576 @ 25 fps), NTSC (640x480 @ 29.97 fps) + +Card number: 4 + +.. note:: + + #) No module for the mse3000 is available yet + #) No module for the vpx3224 is available yet + +1.1 What the TV decoder can do an what not +------------------------------------------ + +The best know TV standards are NTSC/PAL/SECAM. but for decoding a frame that +information is not enough. There are several formats of the TV standards. +And not every TV decoder is able to handle every format. Also the every +combination is supported by the driver. There are currently 11 different +tv broadcast formats all aver the world. + +The CCIR defines parameters needed for broadcasting the signal. +The CCIR has defined different standards: A,B,D,E,F,G,D,H,I,K,K1,L,M,N,... +The CCIR says not much about the colorsystem used !!! +And talking about a colorsystem says not to much about how it is broadcast. + +The CCIR standards A,E,F are not used any more. + +When you speak about NTSC, you usually mean the standard: CCIR - M using +the NTSC colorsystem which is used in the USA, Japan, Mexico, Canada +and a few others. + +When you talk about PAL, you usually mean: CCIR - B/G using the PAL +colorsystem which is used in many Countries. + +When you talk about SECAM, you mean: CCIR - L using the SECAM Colorsystem +which is used in France, and a few others. + +There the other version of SECAM, CCIR - D/K is used in Bulgaria, China, +Slovakai, Hungary, Korea (Rep.), Poland, Rumania and a others. + +The CCIR - H uses the PAL colorsystem (sometimes SECAM) and is used in +Egypt, Libya, Sri Lanka, Syrain Arab. Rep. + +The CCIR - I uses the PAL colorsystem, and is used in Great Britain, Hong Kong, +Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa. + +The CCIR - N uses the PAL colorsystem and PAL frame size but the NTSC framerate, +and is used in Argentinia, Uruguay, an a few others + +We do not talk about how the audio is broadcast ! + +A rather good sites about the TV standards are: +http://www.sony.jp/support/ +http://info.electronicwerkstatt.de/bereiche/fernsehtechnik/frequenzen_und_normen/Fernsehnormen/ +and http://www.cabl.com/restaurant/channel.html + +Other weird things around: NTSC 4.43 is a modificated NTSC, which is mainly +used in PAL VCR's that are able to play back NTSC. PAL 60 seems to be the same +as NTSC 4.43 . The Datasheets also talk about NTSC 44, It seems as if it would +be the same as NTSC 4.43. +NTSC Combs seems to be a decoder mode where the decoder uses a comb filter +to split coma and luma instead of a Delay line. + +But I did not defiantly find out what NTSC Comb is. + +Philips saa7111 TV decoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1997, is used in the BUZ and +- can handle: PAL B/G/H/I, PAL N, PAL M, NTSC M, NTSC N, NTSC 4.43 and SECAM + +Philips saa7110a TV decoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1995, is used in the Pinnacle/Miro DC10(new), DC10+ and +- can handle: PAL B/G, NTSC M and SECAM + +Philips saa7114 TV decoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 2000, is used in the LML33R10 and +- can handle: PAL B/G/D/H/I/N, PAL N, PAL M, NTSC M, NTSC 4.43 and SECAM + +Brooktree bt819 TV decoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1996, and is used in the LML33 and +- can handle: PAL B/D/G/H/I, NTSC M + +Micronas vpx3220a TV decoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1996, is used in the DC30 and DC30+ and +- can handle: PAL B/G/H/I, PAL N, PAL M, NTSC M, NTSC 44, PAL 60, SECAM,NTSC Comb + +Samsung ks0127 TV decoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- is used in the AVS6EYES card and +- can handle: NTSC-M/N/44, PAL-M/N/B/G/H/I/D/K/L and SECAM + + +What the TV encoder can do an what not +-------------------------------------- + +The TV encoder are doing the "same" as the decoder, but in the oder direction. +You feed them digital data and the generate a Composite or SVHS signal. +For information about the colorsystems and TV norm take a look in the +TV decoder section. + +Philips saa7185 TV Encoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1996, is used in the BUZ +- can generate: PAL B/G, NTSC M + +Brooktree bt856 TV Encoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1994, is used in the LML33 +- can generate: PAL B/D/G/H/I/N, PAL M, NTSC M, PAL-N (Argentina) + +Analog Devices adv7170 TV Encoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 2000, is used in the LML300R10 +- can generate: PAL B/D/G/H/I/N, PAL M, NTSC M, PAL 60 + +Analog Devices adv7175 TV Encoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1996, is used in the DC10, DC10+, DC10 old, DC30, DC30+ +- can generate: PAL B/D/G/H/I/N, PAL M, NTSC M + +ITT mse3000 TV encoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- was introduced in 1991, is used in the DC10 old +- can generate: PAL , NTSC , SECAM + +Conexant bt866 TV encoder +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- is used in AVS6EYES, and +- can generate: NTSC/PAL, PALM, PALN + +The adv717x, should be able to produce PAL N. But you find nothing PAL N +specific in the registers. Seem that you have to reuse a other standard +to generate PAL N, maybe it would work if you use the PAL M settings. + +How do I get this damn thing to work +------------------------------------ + +Load zr36067.o. If it can't autodetect your card, use the card=X insmod +option with X being the card number as given in the previous section. +To have more than one card, use card=X1[,X2[,X3,[X4[..]]]] + +To automate this, add the following to your /etc/modprobe.d/zoran.conf: + +options zr36067 card=X1[,X2[,X3[,X4[..]]]] +alias char-major-81-0 zr36067 + +One thing to keep in mind is that this doesn't load zr36067.o itself yet. It +just automates loading. If you start using xawtv, the device won't load on +some systems, since you're trying to load modules as a user, which is not +allowed ("permission denied"). A quick workaround is to add 'Load "v4l"' to +XF86Config-4 when you use X by default, or to run 'v4l-conf -c <device>' in +one of your startup scripts (normally rc.local) if you don't use X. Both +make sure that the modules are loaded on startup, under the root account. + +What mainboard should I use (or why doesn't my card work) +--------------------------------------------------------- + + +<insert lousy disclaimer here>. In short: good=SiS/Intel, bad=VIA. + +Experience tells us that people with a Buz, on average, have more problems +than users with a DC10+/LML33. Also, it tells us that people owning a VIA- +based mainboard (ktXXX, MVP3) have more problems than users with a mainboard +based on a different chipset. Here's some notes from Andrew Stevens: + +Here's my experience of using LML33 and Buz on various motherboards: + +- VIA MVP3 + - Forget it. Pointless. Doesn't work. +- Intel 430FX (Pentium 200) + - LML33 perfect, Buz tolerable (3 or 4 frames dropped per movie) +- Intel 440BX (early stepping) + - LML33 tolerable. Buz starting to get annoying (6-10 frames/hour) +- Intel 440BX (late stepping) + - Buz tolerable, LML3 almost perfect (occasional single frame drops) +- SiS735 + - LML33 perfect, Buz tolerable. +- VIA KT133(*) + - LML33 starting to get annoying, Buz poor enough that I have up. + +- Both 440BX boards were dual CPU versions. + +Bernhard Praschinger later added: + +- AMD 751 + - Buz perfect-tolerable +- AMD 760 + - Buz perfect-tolerable + +In general, people on the user mailinglist won't give you much of a chance +if you have a VIA-based motherboard. They may be cheap, but sometimes, you'd +rather want to spend some more money on better boards. In general, VIA +mainboard's IDE/PCI performance will also suck badly compared to others. +You'll noticed the DC10+/DC30+ aren't mentioned anywhere in the overview. +Basically, you can assume that if the Buz works, the LML33 will work too. If +the LML33 works, the DC10+/DC30+ will work too. They're most tolerant to +different mainboard chipsets from all of the supported cards. + +If you experience timeouts during capture, buy a better mainboard or lower +the quality/buffersize during capture (see 'Concerning buffer sizes, quality, +output size etc.'). If it hangs, there's little we can do as of now. Check +your IRQs and make sure the card has its own interrupts. + +Programming interface +--------------------- + +This driver conforms to video4linux2. Support for V4L1 and for the custom +zoran ioctls has been removed in kernel 2.6.38. + +For programming example, please, look at lavrec.c and lavplay.c code in +the MJPEG-tools (http://mjpeg.sf.net/). + +Additional notes for software developers: + + The driver returns maxwidth and maxheight parameters according to + the current TV standard (norm). Therefore, the software which + communicates with the driver and "asks" for these parameters should + first set the correct norm. Well, it seems logically correct: TV + standard is "more constant" for current country than geometry + settings of a variety of TV capture cards which may work in ITU or + square pixel format. + +Applications +------------ + +Applications known to work with this driver: + +TV viewing: + +* xawtv +* kwintv +* probably any TV application that supports video4linux or video4linux2. + +MJPEG capture/playback: + +* mjpegtools/lavtools (or Linux Video Studio) +* gstreamer +* mplayer + +General raw capture: + +* xawtv +* gstreamer +* probably any application that supports video4linux or video4linux2 + +Video editing: + +* Cinelerra +* MainActor +* mjpegtools (or Linux Video Studio) + + +Concerning buffer sizes, quality, output size etc. +-------------------------------------------------- + + +The zr36060 can do 1:2 JPEG compression. This is really the theoretical +maximum that the chipset can reach. The driver can, however, limit compression +to a maximum (size) of 1:4. The reason for this is that some cards (e.g. Buz) +can't handle 1:2 compression without stopping capture after only a few minutes. +With 1:4, it'll mostly work. If you have a Buz, use 'low_bitrate=1' to go into +1:4 max. compression mode. + +100% JPEG quality is thus 1:2 compression in practice. So for a full PAL frame +(size 720x576). The JPEG fields are stored in YUY2 format, so the size of the +fields are 720x288x16/2 bits/field (2 fields/frame) = 207360 bytes/field x 2 = +414720 bytes/frame (add some more bytes for headers and DHT (huffman)/DQT +(quantization) tables, and you'll get to something like 512kB per frame for +1:2 compression. For 1:4 compression, you'd have frames of half this size. + +Some additional explanation by Martin Samuelsson, which also explains the +importance of buffer sizes: +-- +> Hmm, I do not think it is really that way. With the current (downloaded +> at 18:00 Monday) driver I get that output sizes for 10 sec: +> -q 50 -b 128 : 24.283.332 Bytes +> -q 50 -b 256 : 48.442.368 +> -q 25 -b 128 : 24.655.992 +> -q 25 -b 256 : 25.859.820 + +I woke up, and can't go to sleep again. I'll kill some time explaining why +this doesn't look strange to me. + +Let's do some math using a width of 704 pixels. I'm not sure whether the Buz +actually use that number or not, but that's not too important right now. + +704x288 pixels, one field, is 202752 pixels. Divided by 64 pixels per block; +3168 blocks per field. Each pixel consist of two bytes; 128 bytes per block; +1024 bits per block. 100% in the new driver mean 1:2 compression; the maximum +output becomes 512 bits per block. Actually 510, but 512 is simpler to use +for calculations. + +Let's say that we specify d1q50. We thus want 256 bits per block; times 3168 +becomes 811008 bits; 101376 bytes per field. We're talking raw bits and bytes +here, so we don't need to do any fancy corrections for bits-per-pixel or such +things. 101376 bytes per field. + +d1 video contains two fields per frame. Those sum up to 202752 bytes per +frame, and one of those frames goes into each buffer. + +But wait a second! -b128 gives 128kB buffers! It's not possible to cram +202752 bytes of JPEG data into 128kB! + +This is what the driver notice and automatically compensate for in your +examples. Let's do some math using this information: + +128kB is 131072 bytes. In this buffer, we want to store two fields, which +leaves 65536 bytes for each field. Using 3168 blocks per field, we get +20.68686868... available bytes per block; 165 bits. We can't allow the +request for 256 bits per block when there's only 165 bits available! The -q50 +option is silently overridden, and the -b128 option takes precedence, leaving +us with the equivalence of -q32. + +This gives us a data rate of 165 bits per block, which, times 3168, sums up +to 65340 bytes per field, out of the allowed 65536. The current driver has +another level of rate limiting; it won't accept -q values that fill more than +6/8 of the specified buffers. (I'm not sure why. "Playing it safe" seem to be +a safe bet. Personally, I think I would have lowered requested-bits-per-block +by one, or something like that.) We can't use 165 bits per block, but have to +lower it again, to 6/8 of the available buffer space: We end up with 124 bits +per block, the equivalence of -q24. With 128kB buffers, you can't use greater +than -q24 at -d1. (And PAL, and 704 pixels width...) + +The third example is limited to -q24 through the same process. The second +example, using very similar calculations, is limited to -q48. The only +example that actually grab at the specified -q value is the last one, which +is clearly visible, looking at the file size. +-- + +Conclusion: the quality of the resulting movie depends on buffer size, quality, +whether or not you use 'low_bitrate=1' as insmod option for the zr36060.c +module to do 1:4 instead of 1:2 compression, etc. + +If you experience timeouts, lowering the quality/buffersize or using +'low_bitrate=1 as insmod option for zr36060.o might actually help, as is +proven by the Buz. + +It hangs/crashes/fails/whatevers! Help! +--------------------------------------- + +Make sure that the card has its own interrupts (see /proc/interrupts), check +the output of dmesg at high verbosity (load zr36067.o with debug=2, +load all other modules with debug=1). Check that your mainboard is favorable +(see question 2) and if not, test the card in another computer. Also see the +notes given in question 3 and try lowering quality/buffersize/capturesize +if recording fails after a period of time. + +If all this doesn't help, give a clear description of the problem including +detailed hardware information (memory+brand, mainboard+chipset+brand, which +MJPEG card, processor, other PCI cards that might be of interest), give the +system PnP information (/proc/interrupts, /proc/dma, /proc/devices), and give +the kernel version, driver version, glibc version, gcc version and any other +information that might possibly be of interest. Also provide the dmesg output +at high verbosity. See 'Contacting' on how to contact the developers. + +Maintainers/Contacting +---------------------- + +The driver is currently maintained by Laurent Pinchart and Ronald Bultje +(<laurent.pinchart@skynet.be> and <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>). For bug +reports or questions, please contact the mailinglist instead of the developers +individually. For user questions (i.e. bug reports or how-to questions), send +an email to <mjpeg-users@lists.sf.net>, for developers (i.e. if you want to +help programming), send an email to <mjpeg-developer@lists.sf.net>. See +http://www.sf.net/projects/mjpeg/ for subscription information. + +For bug reports, be sure to include all the information as described in +the section 'It hangs/crashes/fails/whatevers! Help!'. Please make sure +you're using the latest version (http://mjpeg.sf.net/driver-zoran/). + +Previous maintainers/developers of this driver include Serguei Miridonov +<mirsev@cicese.mx>, Wolfgang Scherr <scherr@net4you.net>, Dave Perks +<dperks@ibm.net> and Rainer Johanni <Rainer@Johanni.de>. + +Driver's License +---------------- + + This driver is distributed under the terms of the General Public License. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + +See http://www.gnu.org/ for more information. |