intro.rst

 1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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 4Introduction
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 6
 7The media subsystem consists on Linux support for several different types
 8of devices:
 9
10- Audio and video grabbers;
11- PC and Laptop Cameras;
12- Complex cameras found on Embedded hardware;
13- Analog and digital TV;
14- HDMI Customer Electronics Control (CEC);
15- Multi-touch input devices;
16- Remote Controllers;
17- Media encoders and decoders.
18
19Due to the diversity of devices, the subsystem provides several different
20APIs:
21
22- Remote Controller API;
23- HDMI CEC API;
24- Video4Linux API;
25- Media controller API;
26- Video4Linux Request API (experimental);
27- Digital TV API (also known as DVB API).