| Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 8e080c2 | 2009-09-13 22:16:04 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 1 |   <title>Effect Devices Interface</title> | 
 | 2 |  | 
 | 3 |   <note> | 
 | 4 |     <title>Suspended</title> | 
 | 5 |  | 
 | 6 |     <para>This interface has been be suspended from the V4L2 API | 
 | 7 | implemented in Linux 2.6 until we have more experience with effect | 
 | 8 | device interfaces.</para> | 
 | 9 |   </note> | 
 | 10 |  | 
 | 11 |   <para>A V4L2 video effect device can do image effects, filtering, or | 
 | 12 | combine two or more images or image streams. For example video | 
 | 13 | transitions or wipes. Applications send data to be processed and | 
 | 14 | receive the result data either with &func-read; and &func-write; | 
 | 15 | functions, or through the streaming I/O mechanism.</para> | 
 | 16 |  | 
 | 17 |   <para>[to do]</para> |