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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst index dea9c0cc00ab..42659a3d1705 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-dqevent.rst @@ -389,14 +389,19 @@ call. decoder. Applications will have to query the new resolution (if any, the signal may also have been lost). + For stateful decoders follow the guidelines in :ref:`decoder`. + Video Capture devices have to query the new timings using + :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS` or + :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYSTD <VIDIOC_QUERYSTD>`. + *Important*: even if the new video timings appear identical to the old ones, receiving this event indicates that there was an issue with the video signal and you must stop and restart streaming (:ref:`VIDIOC_STREAMOFF <VIDIOC_STREAMON>` followed by :ref:`VIDIOC_STREAMON <VIDIOC_STREAMON>`). The reason is - that many devices are not able to recover from a temporary loss of - signal and so restarting streaming I/O is required in order for the - hardware to synchronize to the video signal. + that many Video Capture devices are not able to recover from a temporary + loss of signal and so restarting streaming I/O is required in order for + the hardware to synchronize to the video signal. Return Value |