| .. 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: |
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| - 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. |
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| Due to the diversity of devices, the subsystem provides several different |
| APIs: |
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| - Remote Controller API; |
| - HDMI CEC API; |
| - Video4Linux API; |
| - Media controller API; |
| - Video4Linux Request API (experimental); |
| - Digital TV API (also known as DVB API). |
