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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
2.. c:namespace:: V4L
3
4file: media/v4l/capture.c
5=========================
6
7.. code-block:: c
8
9    /*
10     *  V4L2 video capture example
11     *
12     *  This program can be used and distributed without restrictions.
13     *
14     *      This program is provided with the V4L2 API
15     * see https://linuxtv.org/docs.php for more information
16     */
17
18    #include <stdio.h>
19    #include <stdlib.h>
20    #include <string.h>
21    #include <assert.h>
22
23    #include <getopt.h>             /* getopt_long() */
24
25    #include <fcntl.h>              /* low-level i/o */
26    #include <unistd.h>
27    #include <errno.h>
28    #include <sys/stat.h>
29    #include <sys/types.h>
30    #include <sys/time.h>
31    #include <sys/mman.h>
32    #include <sys/ioctl.h>
33
34    #include <linux/videodev2.h>
35
36    #define CLEAR(x) memset(&(x), 0, sizeof(x))
37
38    enum io_method {
39	    IO_METHOD_READ,
40	    IO_METHOD_MMAP,
41	    IO_METHOD_USERPTR,
42    };
43
44    struct buffer {
45	    void   *start;
46	    size_t  length;
47    };
48
49    static char            *dev_name;
50    static enum io_method   io = IO_METHOD_MMAP;
51    static int              fd = -1;
52    struct buffer          *buffers;
53    static unsigned int     n_buffers;
54    static int              out_buf;
55    static int              force_format;
56    static int              frame_count = 70;
57
58    static void errno_exit(const char *s)
59    {
60	    fprintf(stderr, "%s error %d, %s\n", s, errno, strerror(errno));
61	    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
62    }
63
64    static int xioctl(int fh, int request, void *arg)
65    {
66	    int r;
67
68	    do {
69		    r = ioctl(fh, request, arg);
70	    } while (-1 == r && EINTR == errno);
71
72	    return r;
73    }
74
75    static void process_image(const void *p, int size)
76    {
77	    if (out_buf)
78		    fwrite(p, size, 1, stdout);
79
80	    fflush(stderr);
81	    fprintf(stderr, ".");
82	    fflush(stdout);
83    }
84
85    static int read_frame(void)
86    {
87	    struct v4l2_buffer buf;
88	    unsigned int i;
89
90	    switch (io) {
91	    case IO_METHOD_READ:
92		    if (-1 == read(fd, buffers[0].start, buffers[0].length)) {
93			    switch (errno) {
94			    case EAGAIN:
95				    return 0;
96
97			    case EIO:
98				    /* Could ignore EIO, see spec. */
99
100				    /* fall through */
101
102			    default:
103				    errno_exit("read");
104			    }
105		    }
106
107		    process_image(buffers[0].start, buffers[0].length);
108		    break;
109
110	    case IO_METHOD_MMAP:
111		    CLEAR(buf);
112
113		    buf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
114		    buf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
115
116		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_DQBUF, &buf)) {
117			    switch (errno) {
118			    case EAGAIN:
119				    return 0;
120
121			    case EIO:
122				    /* Could ignore EIO, see spec. */
123
124				    /* fall through */
125
126			    default:
127				    errno_exit("VIDIOC_DQBUF");
128			    }
129		    }
130
131		    assert(buf.index < n_buffers);
132
133		    process_image(buffers[buf.index].start, buf.bytesused);
134
135		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_QBUF, &buf))
136			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_QBUF");
137		    break;
138
139	    case IO_METHOD_USERPTR:
140		    CLEAR(buf);
141
142		    buf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
143		    buf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR;
144
145		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_DQBUF, &buf)) {
146			    switch (errno) {
147			    case EAGAIN:
148				    return 0;
149
150			    case EIO:
151				    /* Could ignore EIO, see spec. */
152
153				    /* fall through */
154
155			    default:
156				    errno_exit("VIDIOC_DQBUF");
157			    }
158		    }
159
160		    for (i = 0; i < n_buffers; ++i)
161			    if (buf.m.userptr == (unsigned long)buffers[i].start
162				&& buf.length == buffers[i].length)
163				    break;
164
165		    assert(i < n_buffers);
166
167		    process_image((void *)buf.m.userptr, buf.bytesused);
168
169		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_QBUF, &buf))
170			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_QBUF");
171		    break;
172	    }
173
174	    return 1;
175    }
176
177    static void mainloop(void)
178    {
179	    unsigned int count;
180
181	    count = frame_count;
182
183	    while (count-- > 0) {
184		    for (;;) {
185			    fd_set fds;
186			    struct timeval tv;
187			    int r;
188
189			    FD_ZERO(&fds);
190			    FD_SET(fd, &fds);
191
192			    /* Timeout. */
193			    tv.tv_sec = 2;
194			    tv.tv_usec = 0;
195
196			    r = select(fd + 1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
197
198			    if (-1 == r) {
199				    if (EINTR == errno)
200					    continue;
201				    errno_exit("select");
202			    }
203
204			    if (0 == r) {
205				    fprintf(stderr, "select timeout\n");
206				    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
207			    }
208
209			    if (read_frame())
210				    break;
211			    /* EAGAIN - continue select loop. */
212		    }
213	    }
214    }
215
216    static void stop_capturing(void)
217    {
218	    enum v4l2_buf_type type;
219
220	    switch (io) {
221	    case IO_METHOD_READ:
222		    /* Nothing to do. */
223		    break;
224
225	    case IO_METHOD_MMAP:
226	    case IO_METHOD_USERPTR:
227		    type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
228		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_STREAMOFF, &type))
229			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_STREAMOFF");
230		    break;
231	    }
232    }
233
234    static void start_capturing(void)
235    {
236	    unsigned int i;
237	    enum v4l2_buf_type type;
238
239	    switch (io) {
240	    case IO_METHOD_READ:
241		    /* Nothing to do. */
242		    break;
243
244	    case IO_METHOD_MMAP:
245		    for (i = 0; i < n_buffers; ++i) {
246			    struct v4l2_buffer buf;
247
248			    CLEAR(buf);
249			    buf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
250			    buf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
251			    buf.index = i;
252
253			    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_QBUF, &buf))
254				    errno_exit("VIDIOC_QBUF");
255		    }
256		    type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
257		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_STREAMON, &type))
258			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_STREAMON");
259		    break;
260
261	    case IO_METHOD_USERPTR:
262		    for (i = 0; i < n_buffers; ++i) {
263			    struct v4l2_buffer buf;
264
265			    CLEAR(buf);
266			    buf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
267			    buf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR;
268			    buf.index = i;
269			    buf.m.userptr = (unsigned long)buffers[i].start;
270			    buf.length = buffers[i].length;
271
272			    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_QBUF, &buf))
273				    errno_exit("VIDIOC_QBUF");
274		    }
275		    type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
276		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_STREAMON, &type))
277			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_STREAMON");
278		    break;
279	    }
280    }
281
282    static void uninit_device(void)
283    {
284	    unsigned int i;
285
286	    switch (io) {
287	    case IO_METHOD_READ:
288		    free(buffers[0].start);
289		    break;
290
291	    case IO_METHOD_MMAP:
292		    for (i = 0; i < n_buffers; ++i)
293			    if (-1 == munmap(buffers[i].start, buffers[i].length))
294				    errno_exit("munmap");
295		    break;
296
297	    case IO_METHOD_USERPTR:
298		    for (i = 0; i < n_buffers; ++i)
299			    free(buffers[i].start);
300		    break;
301	    }
302
303	    free(buffers);
304    }
305
306    static void init_read(unsigned int buffer_size)
307    {
308	    buffers = calloc(1, sizeof(*buffers));
309
310	    if (!buffers) {
311		    fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory\n");
312		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
313	    }
314
315	    buffers[0].length = buffer_size;
316	    buffers[0].start = malloc(buffer_size);
317
318	    if (!buffers[0].start) {
319		    fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory\n");
320		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
321	    }
322    }
323
324    static void init_mmap(void)
325    {
326	    struct v4l2_requestbuffers req;
327
328	    CLEAR(req);
329
330	    req.count = 4;
331	    req.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
332	    req.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
333
334	    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_REQBUFS, &req)) {
335		    if (EINVAL == errno) {
336			    fprintf(stderr, "%s does not support "
337				     "memory mapping\n", dev_name);
338			    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
339		    } else {
340			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_REQBUFS");
341		    }
342	    }
343
344	    if (req.count < 2) {
345		    fprintf(stderr, "Insufficient buffer memory on %s\n",
346			     dev_name);
347		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
348	    }
349
350	    buffers = calloc(req.count, sizeof(*buffers));
351
352	    if (!buffers) {
353		    fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory\n");
354		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
355	    }
356
357	    for (n_buffers = 0; n_buffers < req.count; ++n_buffers) {
358		    struct v4l2_buffer buf;
359
360		    CLEAR(buf);
361
362		    buf.type        = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
363		    buf.memory      = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
364		    buf.index       = n_buffers;
365
366		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_QUERYBUF, &buf))
367			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_QUERYBUF");
368
369		    buffers[n_buffers].length = buf.length;
370		    buffers[n_buffers].start =
371			    mmap(NULL /* start anywhere */,
372				  buf.length,
373				  PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE /* required */,
374				  MAP_SHARED /* recommended */,
375				  fd, buf.m.offset);
376
377		    if (MAP_FAILED == buffers[n_buffers].start)
378			    errno_exit("mmap");
379	    }
380    }
381
382    static void init_userp(unsigned int buffer_size)
383    {
384	    struct v4l2_requestbuffers req;
385
386	    CLEAR(req);
387
388	    req.count  = 4;
389	    req.type   = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
390	    req.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR;
391
392	    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_REQBUFS, &req)) {
393		    if (EINVAL == errno) {
394			    fprintf(stderr, "%s does not support "
395				     "user pointer i/o\n", dev_name);
396			    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
397		    } else {
398			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_REQBUFS");
399		    }
400	    }
401
402	    buffers = calloc(4, sizeof(*buffers));
403
404	    if (!buffers) {
405		    fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory\n");
406		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
407	    }
408
409	    for (n_buffers = 0; n_buffers < 4; ++n_buffers) {
410		    buffers[n_buffers].length = buffer_size;
411		    buffers[n_buffers].start = malloc(buffer_size);
412
413		    if (!buffers[n_buffers].start) {
414			    fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory\n");
415			    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
416		    }
417	    }
418    }
419
420    static void init_device(void)
421    {
422	    struct v4l2_capability cap;
423	    struct v4l2_cropcap cropcap;
424	    struct v4l2_crop crop;
425	    struct v4l2_format fmt;
426	    unsigned int min;
427
428	    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_QUERYCAP, &cap)) {
429		    if (EINVAL == errno) {
430			    fprintf(stderr, "%s is no V4L2 device\n",
431				     dev_name);
432			    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
433		    } else {
434			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_QUERYCAP");
435		    }
436	    }
437
438	    if (!(cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE)) {
439		    fprintf(stderr, "%s is no video capture device\n",
440			     dev_name);
441		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
442	    }
443
444	    switch (io) {
445	    case IO_METHOD_READ:
446		    if (!(cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_READWRITE)) {
447			    fprintf(stderr, "%s does not support read i/o\n",
448				     dev_name);
449			    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
450		    }
451		    break;
452
453	    case IO_METHOD_MMAP:
454	    case IO_METHOD_USERPTR:
455		    if (!(cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_STREAMING)) {
456			    fprintf(stderr, "%s does not support streaming i/o\n",
457				     dev_name);
458			    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
459		    }
460		    break;
461	    }
462
463
464	    /* Select video input, video standard and tune here. */
465
466
467	    CLEAR(cropcap);
468
469	    cropcap.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
470
471	    if (0 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_CROPCAP, &cropcap)) {
472		    crop.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
473		    crop.c = cropcap.defrect; /* reset to default */
474
475		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_S_CROP, &crop)) {
476			    switch (errno) {
477			    case EINVAL:
478				    /* Cropping not supported. */
479				    break;
480			    default:
481				    /* Errors ignored. */
482				    break;
483			    }
484		    }
485	    } else {
486		    /* Errors ignored. */
487	    }
488
489
490	    CLEAR(fmt);
491
492	    fmt.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
493	    if (force_format) {
494		    fmt.fmt.pix.width       = 640;
495		    fmt.fmt.pix.height      = 480;
496		    fmt.fmt.pix.pixelformat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV;
497		    fmt.fmt.pix.field       = V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED;
498
499		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_S_FMT, &fmt))
500			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_S_FMT");
501
502		    /* Note VIDIOC_S_FMT may change width and height. */
503	    } else {
504		    /* Preserve original settings as set by v4l2-ctl for example */
505		    if (-1 == xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_G_FMT, &fmt))
506			    errno_exit("VIDIOC_G_FMT");
507	    }
508
509	    /* Buggy driver paranoia. */
510	    min = fmt.fmt.pix.width * 2;
511	    if (fmt.fmt.pix.bytesperline < min)
512		    fmt.fmt.pix.bytesperline = min;
513	    min = fmt.fmt.pix.bytesperline * fmt.fmt.pix.height;
514	    if (fmt.fmt.pix.sizeimage < min)
515		    fmt.fmt.pix.sizeimage = min;
516
517	    switch (io) {
518	    case IO_METHOD_READ:
519		    init_read(fmt.fmt.pix.sizeimage);
520		    break;
521
522	    case IO_METHOD_MMAP:
523		    init_mmap();
524		    break;
525
526	    case IO_METHOD_USERPTR:
527		    init_userp(fmt.fmt.pix.sizeimage);
528		    break;
529	    }
530    }
531
532    static void close_device(void)
533    {
534	    if (-1 == close(fd))
535		    errno_exit("close");
536
537	    fd = -1;
538    }
539
540    static void open_device(void)
541    {
542	    struct stat st;
543
544	    if (-1 == stat(dev_name, &st)) {
545		    fprintf(stderr, "Cannot identify '%s': %d, %s\n",
546			     dev_name, errno, strerror(errno));
547		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
548	    }
549
550	    if (!S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
551		    fprintf(stderr, "%s is no device\n", dev_name);
552		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
553	    }
554
555	    fd = open(dev_name, O_RDWR /* required */ | O_NONBLOCK, 0);
556
557	    if (-1 == fd) {
558		    fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open '%s': %d, %s\n",
559			     dev_name, errno, strerror(errno));
560		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
561	    }
562    }
563
564    static void usage(FILE *fp, int argc, char **argv)
565    {
566	    fprintf(fp,
567		     "Usage: %s [options]\n\n"
568		     "Version 1.3\n"
569		     "Options:\n"
570		     "-d | --device name   Video device name [%s]\n"
571		     "-h | --help          Print this message\n"
572		     "-m | --mmap          Use memory mapped buffers [default]\n"
573		     "-r | --read          Use read() calls\n"
574		     "-u | --userp         Use application allocated buffers\n"
575		     "-o | --output        Outputs stream to stdout\n"
576		     "-f | --format        Force format to 640x480 YUYV\n"
577		     "-c | --count         Number of frames to grab [%i]\n"
578		     "",
579		     argv[0], dev_name, frame_count);
580    }
581
582    static const char short_options[] = "d:hmruofc:";
583
584    static const struct option
585    long_options[] = {
586	    { "device", required_argument, NULL, 'd' },
587	    { "help",   no_argument,       NULL, 'h' },
588	    { "mmap",   no_argument,       NULL, 'm' },
589	    { "read",   no_argument,       NULL, 'r' },
590	    { "userp",  no_argument,       NULL, 'u' },
591	    { "output", no_argument,       NULL, 'o' },
592	    { "format", no_argument,       NULL, 'f' },
593	    { "count",  required_argument, NULL, 'c' },
594	    { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
595    };
596
597    int main(int argc, char **argv)
598    {
599	    dev_name = "/dev/video0";
600
601	    for (;;) {
602		    int idx;
603		    int c;
604
605		    c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
606				    short_options, long_options, &idx);
607
608		    if (-1 == c)
609			    break;
610
611		    switch (c) {
612		    case 0: /* getopt_long() flag */
613			    break;
614
615		    case 'd':
616			    dev_name = optarg;
617			    break;
618
619		    case 'h':
620			    usage(stdout, argc, argv);
621			    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
622
623		    case 'm':
624			    io = IO_METHOD_MMAP;
625			    break;
626
627		    case 'r':
628			    io = IO_METHOD_READ;
629			    break;
630
631		    case 'u':
632			    io = IO_METHOD_USERPTR;
633			    break;
634
635		    case 'o':
636			    out_buf++;
637			    break;
638
639		    case 'f':
640			    force_format++;
641			    break;
642
643		    case 'c':
644			    errno = 0;
645			    frame_count = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
646			    if (errno)
647				    errno_exit(optarg);
648			    break;
649
650		    default:
651			    usage(stderr, argc, argv);
652			    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
653		    }
654	    }
655
656	    open_device();
657	    init_device();
658	    start_capturing();
659	    mainloop();
660	    stop_capturing();
661	    uninit_device();
662	    close_device();
663	    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
664	    return 0;
665    }
666