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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/intro.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fec8122f2412 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============ +Introduction +============ + +The media subsystem consists on Linux support for several different types +of devices: + +- 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. + +Due to the diversity of devices, the subsystem provides several different +APIs: + +- Remote Controller API; +- HDMI CEC API; +- Video4Linux API; +- Media controller API; +- Video4Linux Request API (experimental); +- Digital TV API (also known as DVB API). |