1 Encoder firmware API description
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6 Name CX2341X_ENC_PING_FW
9 Does nothing. Can be used to check if the firmware is responding.
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13 Name CX2341X_ENC_START_CAPTURE
16 Commences the capture of video, audio and/or VBI data. All encoding
17 parameters must be initialized prior to this API call. Captures frames
18 continuously or until a predefined number of frames have been captured.
28 Bit 0 when set, captures YUV
29 Bit 1 when set, captures PCM audio
30 Bit 2 when set, captures VBI (same as param[0]=3)
31 Bit 3 when set, the capture destination is the decoder
33 Bit 4 when set, the capture destination is the host
34 Note: this parameter is only meaningful for RAW capture type.
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38 Name CX2341X_ENC_STOP_CAPTURE
41 Ends a capture in progress
43 0=stop at end of GOP (generates IRQ)
44 1=stop immediate (no IRQ)
46 Stream type to stop, see param[0] of API 0x81
48 Subtype, see param[1] of API 0x81
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52 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_AUDIO_ID
55 Assigns the transport stream ID of the encoded audio stream
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61 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_VIDEO_ID
64 Set video transport stream ID
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70 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_PCR_ID
73 Assigns the transport stream ID for PCR packets
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79 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_FRAME_RATE
82 Set video frames per second. Change occurs at start of new GOP.
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89 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_FRAME_SIZE
92 Select video stream encoding resolution.
94 Height in lines. Default 480
96 Width in pixels. Default 720
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100 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_BIT_RATE
103 Assign average video stream bitrate. Note on the last three params:
104 Param[3] and [4] seem to be always 0, param [5] doesn't seem to be used.
106 0=variable bitrate, 1=constant bitrate
108 bitrate in bits per second
110 peak bitrate in bits per second, divided by 400
112 Mux bitrate in bits per second, divided by 400. May be 0 (default).
114 Rate Control VBR Padding
116 VBV Buffer used by encoder
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120 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_GOP_PROPERTIES
123 Setup the GOP structure
125 GOP size (maximum is 34)
127 Number of B frames between the I and P frame, plus 1.
128 For example: IBBPBBPBBPBB --> GOP size: 12, number of B frames: 2+1 = 3
129 Note that GOP size must be a multiple of (B-frames + 1).
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133 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_ASPECT_RATIO
136 Sets the encoding aspect ratio. Changes in the aspect ratio take effect
137 at the start of the next GOP.
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150 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_DNR_FILTER_MODE
153 Assign Dynamic Noise Reduction operating mode
155 Bit0: Spatial filter, set=auto, clear=manual
156 Bit1: Temporal filter, set=auto, clear=manual
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167 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_DNR_FILTER_PROPS
170 These Dynamic Noise Reduction filter values are only meaningful when
171 the respective filter is set to "manual" (See API 0x9B)
173 Spatial filter: default 0, range 0:15
175 Temporal filter: default 0, range 0:31
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179 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_CORING_LEVELS
182 Assign Dynamic Noise Reduction median filter properties.
184 Threshold above which the luminance median filter is enabled.
185 Default: 0, range 0:255
187 Threshold below which the luminance median filter is enabled.
188 Default: 255, range 0:255
190 Threshold above which the chrominance median filter is enabled.
191 Default: 0, range 0:255
193 Threshold below which the chrominance median filter is enabled.
194 Default: 255, range 0:255
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198 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_SPATIAL_FILTER_TYPE
201 Assign spatial prefilter parameters
207 3=2D H/V Separable (default)
208 4=2D Symmetric non-separable
212 1=1D Horizontal (default)
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216 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_VBI_LINE
219 Selects VBI line number.
222 Bit 31 0=top_field, 1=bottom_field
223 Bits 0:31 all set specifies "all lines"
225 VBI line information features: 0=disabled, 1=enabled
227 Slicing: 0=None, 1=Closed Caption
228 Almost certainly not implemented. Set to 0.
230 Luminance samples in this line.
231 Almost certainly not implemented. Set to 0.
233 Chrominance samples in this line
234 Almost certainly not implemented. Set to 0.
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238 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_STREAM_TYPE
242 Note: Transport stream is not working in recent firmwares.
243 And in older firmwares the timestamps in the TS seem to be
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260 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_OUTPUT_PORT
263 Assign stream output port. Normally 0 when the data is copied through
264 the PCI bus (DMA), and 1 when the data is streamed to another chip
265 (pvrusb and cx88-blackbird).
271 Unknown, but leaving this to 0 seems to work best. Indications are that
272 this might have to do with USB support, although passing anything but 0
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277 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_AUDIO_PROPERTIES
280 Set audio stream properties, may be called while encoding is in progress.
281 Note: all bitfields are consistent with ISO11172 documentation except
282 bits 2:3 which ISO docs define as:
287 This discrepancy may indicate a possible error in the documentation.
288 Testing indicated that only Layer II is actually working, and that
289 the minimum bitrate should be 192 kbps.
301 Index | Layer I | Layer II
302 ------+-------------+------------
303 '0000' | free format | free format
304 '0001' | 32 kbit/s | 32 kbit/s
305 '0010' | 64 kbit/s | 48 kbit/s
306 '0011' | 96 kbit/s | 56 kbit/s
307 '0100' | 128 kbit/s | 64 kbit/s
308 '0101' | 160 kbit/s | 80 kbit/s
309 '0110' | 192 kbit/s | 96 kbit/s
310 '0111' | 224 kbit/s | 112 kbit/s
311 '1000' | 256 kbit/s | 128 kbit/s
312 '1001' | 288 kbit/s | 160 kbit/s
313 '1010' | 320 kbit/s | 192 kbit/s
314 '1011' | 352 kbit/s | 224 kbit/s
315 '1100' | 384 kbit/s | 256 kbit/s
316 '1101' | 416 kbit/s | 320 kbit/s
317 '1110' | 448 kbit/s | 384 kbit/s
318 Note: For Layer II, not all combinations of total bitrate
319 and mode are allowed. See ISO11172-3 3-Annex B, Table 3-B.2
325 Note: testing seems to indicate that Mono and possibly
326 JointStereo are not working (default to stereo).
327 Dual does work, though.
329 10:11 Mode Extension used in joint_stereo mode.
330 In Layer I and II they indicate which subbands are in
331 intensity_stereo. All other subbands are coded in stereo.
332 '00' subbands 4-31 in intensity_stereo, bound==4
333 '01' subbands 8-31 in intensity_stereo, bound==8
334 '10' subbands 12-31 in intensity_stereo, bound==12
335 '11' subbands 16-31 in intensity_stereo, bound==16
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357 Name CX2341X_ENC_HALT_FW
360 The firmware is halted and no further API calls are serviced until the
361 firmware is uploaded again.
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365 Name CX2341X_ENC_GET_VERSION
368 Returns the version of the encoder firmware.
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377 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_GOP_CLOSURE
380 Assigns the GOP open/close property.
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387 Name CX2341X_ENC_GET_SEQ_END
390 Obtains the sequence end code of the encoder's buffer. When a capture
391 is started a number of interrupts are still generated, the last of
392 which will have Result[0] set to 1 and Result[1] will contain the size
395 State of the transfer (1 if last buffer)
397 If Result[0] is 1, this contains the size of the last buffer, undefined
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402 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_PGM_INDEX_INFO
405 Sets the Program Index Information.
413 Elements requested (up to 400)
415 Offset in SDF memory of the table.
417 Number of allocated elements up to a maximum of Param[1]
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421 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_VBI_CONFIG
424 Configure VBI settings
427 0 Mode '0' Sliced, '1' Raw
429 '000' insert in extension & user data
430 '001' insert in private packets
431 '010' separate stream and user data
432 '111' separate stream and private data
433 8:15 Stream ID (normally 0xBD)
435 Frames per interrupt (max 8). Only valid in raw mode.
437 Total raw VBI frames. Only valid in raw mode.
447 Observed frames per interrupt in raw mode only. Rage 1 to Param[1]
449 Observed number of frames in raw mode. Range 1 to Param[2]
451 Memory offset to start or raw VBI data
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455 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_DMA_BLOCK_SIZE
458 Set DMA transfer block size
460 DMA transfer block size in bytes or frames. When unit is bytes,
461 supported block sizes are 2^7, 2^8 and 2^9 bytes.
463 Unit: 0=bytes, 1=frames
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467 Name CX2341X_ENC_GET_PREV_DMA_INFO_MB_10
470 Returns information on the previous DMA transfer in conjunction with
471 bit 27 of the interrupt mask. Uses mailbox 10.
477 Maximum size of transfer
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481 Name CX2341X_ENC_GET_PREV_DMA_INFO_MB_9
484 Returns information on the previous DMA transfer in conjunction with
485 bit 27 of the interrupt mask. Uses mailbox 9.
488 Bit 0 set indicates transfer complete
489 Bit 2 set indicates transfer error
490 Bit 4 set indicates linked list error
494 Presentation Time Stamp bits 0..31
496 Presentation Time Stamp bit 32
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500 Name CX2341X_ENC_SCHED_DMA_TO_HOST
503 Setup DMA to host operation
505 Memory address of link list
507 Length of link list (wtf: what units ???)
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513 Name CX2341X_ENC_INITIALIZE_INPUT
516 Initializes the video input
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520 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_FRAME_DROP_RATE
523 For each frame captured, skip specified number of frames.
525 Number of frames to skip
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529 Name CX2341X_ENC_PAUSE_ENCODER
532 During a pause condition, all frames are dropped instead of being encoded.
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539 Name CX2341X_ENC_REFRESH_INPUT
542 Refreshes the video input
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546 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_COPYRIGHT
549 Sets stream copyright property
551 0=Stream is not copyrighted
552 1=Stream is copyrighted
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556 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_EVENT_NOTIFICATION
559 Setup firmware to notify the host about a particular event. Host must
560 unmask the interrupt bit.
562 Event (0=refresh encoder input)
564 Notification 0=disabled 1=enabled
568 Mailbox slot, -1 if no mailbox required.
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572 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_NUM_VSYNC_LINES
575 Depending on the analog video decoder used, this assigns the number
576 of lines for field 1 and 2.
578 Field 1 number of lines:
583 Field 2 number of lines:
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590 Name CX2341X_ENC_SET_PLACEHOLDER
593 Provides a mechanism of inserting custom user data in the MPEG stream.
595 0=extension & user data
596 1=private packet with stream ID 0xBD
598 Rate at which to insert data, in units of frames (for private packet)
599 or GOPs (for ext. & user data)
601 Number of data DWORDs (below) to insert
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623 Name CX2341X_ENC_MUTE_VIDEO
629 0 '0'=video not muted
630 '1'=video muted, creates frames with the YUV color defined below
632 8:15 V chrominance information
633 16:23 U chrominance information
634 24:31 Y luminance information
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638 Name CX2341X_ENC_MUTE_AUDIO
644 1=audio muted (produces silent mpeg audio stream)
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648 Name CX2341X_ENC_UNKNOWN
651 Unknown API, it's used by Hauppauge though.
653 0 This is the value Hauppauge uses, Unknown what it means.
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657 Name CX2341X_ENC_MISC
660 Miscellaneous actions. Not known for 100% what it does. It's really a
661 sort of ioctl call. The first parameter is a command number, the second
665 1=set initial SCR value when starting encoding.
666 2=set quality mode (apparently some test setting).
667 3=setup advanced VIM protection handling (supposedly only for the cx23416
669 Actually it looks like this should be 0 for saa7114/5 based card and 1
670 for cx25840 based cards.
671 4=generate artificial PTS timestamps
673 6=something to do with the quantization matrix
674 7=set navigation pack insertion for DVD
675 8=enable scene change detection (seems to be a failure)
676 9=set history parameters of the video input module
677 10=set input field order of VIM
678 11=set quantization matrix
679 12=reset audio interface
680 13=set audio volume delay