v4l2src

v4l2src — Reads raw frames from a video4linux2 (BT8x8) device

Synopsis

                    GstV4l2Src;

Properties

  "device"                   gchar*                : Read / Write
  "device-name"              gchar*                : Read
  "flags"                    GstV4l2DeviceTypeFlags  : Read
  "queue-size"               guint                 : Read / Write
  "always-copy"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "device-fd"                gint                  : Read

Description

Example launch lines

v4l2src can be used to capture video from v4l2 devices, like webcams and tv cards.

gst-launch v4l2src ! xvimagesink

This pipeline shows the video captured from /dev/video0 tv card and for webcams.

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2src ! jpegdec ! xvimagesink

This pipeline shows the video captured from a webcam that delivers jpeg images.

Synopsis

Element Information

plugin

video4linux2

author

Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>, Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>

class

Source/Video

Element Pads

name

src

direction

source

presence

always

details

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)8, depth=(int)8, red_mask=(int)224, green_mask=(int)28, blue_mask=(int)3, endianness=(int)1234, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)16, depth=(int)15, red_mask=(int)31744, green_mask=(int)992, blue_mask=(int)31, endianness=(int)1234, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)16, depth=(int)16, red_mask=(int)63488, green_mask=(int)2016, blue_mask=(int)31, endianness=(int)1234, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)16, depth=(int)15, red_mask=(int)31744, green_mask=(int)992, blue_mask=(int)31, endianness=(int)4321, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)16, depth=(int)16, red_mask=(int)63488, green_mask=(int)2016, blue_mask=(int)31, endianness=(int)4321, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)255, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)16711680, endianness=(int)4321, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)16711680, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)255, endianness=(int)4321, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)32, depth=(int)32, red_mask=(int)255, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)16711680, endianness=(int)4321, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-rgb, bpp=(int)32, depth=(int)32, red_mask=(int)-16777216, green_mask=(int)16711680, blue_mask=(int)65280, endianness=(int)4321, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)YVU9, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)YV12, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)YUY2, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)UYVY, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)Y42B, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)Y41B, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)Y41P, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)NV12, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)NV21, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)YUV9, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)I420, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-raw-bayer, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

image/jpeg, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

image/jpeg, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-dv, systemstream=(boolean)true, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-sonix, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-pwc1, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

video/x-pwc2, width=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], height=(int)[ 1, 32768 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 100/1 ]

Details

GstV4l2Src

typedef struct {
  GstPushSrc pushsrc;
} GstV4l2Src;

Opaque object.

GstPushSrc pushsrc;

parent GstPushSrc.

Property Details

The "device" property

  "device"                   gchar*                : Read / Write

Device location.

Default value: "/dev/video0"


The "device-name" property

  "device-name"              gchar*                : Read

Name of the device.

Default value: NULL


The "flags" property

  "flags"                    GstV4l2DeviceTypeFlags  : Read

Device type flags.


The "queue-size" property

  "queue-size"               guint                 : Read / Write

Number of buffers to be enqueud in the driver.

Allowed values: [2,16]

Default value: 2


The "always-copy" property

  "always-copy"              gboolean              : Read / Write

If the buffer will or not be used directly from mmap.

Default value: TRUE


The "device-fd" property

  "device-fd"                gint                  : Read

File descriptor of the device.

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1