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QNX SDP is a cross-compiling and debugging environment, including an IDE and command-line tools, for building binary images and programs for target boards running the QNX OS 8.0.
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Video Capture Developer's Guide
The video capture framework provides applications the ability to capture frames from a video input source. These frames can be passed to a graphics component such as Screen for display.
Video Capture API (capture.h)
The video capture API includes all the functions, data structures, and constants needed for video capture. It does not handle video display, which should be handled by another component, such as Screen.
Properties
The video capture API includes constants, data types, enumerated values, and macros specifying video capture properties.
Interface, threads, and offsets
The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture interface type, thread priority, and YUV offsets.

QNX Momentics IDE User's Guide
This User's Guide describes version 8.0 of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that's part of the QNX Tool Suite.
QNX Software Development Platform
QNX SDP is a cross-compiling and debugging environment, including an IDE and command-line tools, for building binary images and programs for target boards running the QNX OS 8.0.
- Quickstart Guide
- System Architecture
  The System Architecture guide accompanies the QNX OS and is intended for both application developers and end-users.
- OS Components & Operations
- Graphics
  - Gestures Library Reference
    The Gestures library provides gesture recognizers to detect gestures through touch events that occur when you place one or more fingers on a touch screen.
  - Image Library Reference
  - Input Events Library Reference
    The Input Events library provides the framework necessary for Screen Graphics Subsystem to communicate with your touch driver.
  - OpenWF Configuration Developer's Guide
    If you are integrating a new display, you must configure and provide the parameters of your display based on its specifications via the OpenWF Display Configuration API (Wfdcfg Library).
  - OpenWF Display Server User's Guide
    The OpenWF Display Server (wfd-server) is a resource manager that provides applications the ability to show image buffers directly to the display controller via the OpenWF Display API.
  - Screen DDK Guide
    The Screen DDK (driver development kit) empowers you to support your own hardware (GPUs, display controller, etc), allowing you to write drivers that map their unique hardware capabilities to the standard Screen APIs.
  - Screen Graphics Subsystem Developer's Guide
    QNX Screen Graphics Subsystem is a graphics framework that provides all the functionality necessary to develop interactive user experiences.
  - Video Capture Developer's Guide
    The video capture framework provides applications the ability to capture frames from a video input source. These frames can be passed to a graphics component such as Screen for display.
    - Using Video Capture
      The video capture framework provides applications the ability to capture frames from a video input source. These frames can be passed to a graphics component such as Screen for display.
    - Video Capture Manager
      The Video Capture manager is based on a client/server model where an application is a client that's requesting capture services from the server (Video Capture manager).
    - Video Capture API (capture.h)
      The video capture API includes all the functions, data structures, and constants needed for video capture. It does not handle video display, which should be handled by another component, such as Screen.
      - Properties
        The video capture API includes constants, data types, enumerated values, and macros specifying video capture properties.
        Data bus, data lane, and clock
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture data bus, data lane and clock properties.
        Debugging
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture debugging properties.
        Deinterlacing
        The video capture API includes enumerated values that specify deinterlacing behavior.
        Destination buffer
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture destination buffer properties.
        Driver and device
        The video capture API includes constants and macros to be used when specifying and retrieving driver and device properties.
        External source
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture external source properties.
        Interface, threads, and offsets
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture interface type, thread priority, and YUV offsets.
        Capture interface type
        Types of interfaces
        Definitions
        The video capture API includes constants that specify thread priority.
        I2C decoder path and slave address
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture I2C decoder path and slave address properties.
        Polarity
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture polarity properties.
        Source
        The video capture API includes definitions for the source properties.
        Video capture behavior
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture video capture behavior properties.
        Video standards
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture video standard properties.
        Video frame
        The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture video frame properties.
      - capture_context_t
        An opaque pointer (or handle) to a video capture context
      - capture_create_buffers()
        Allocate driver-controlled memory for video capture
      - capture_create_context()
        Create a video capture context
      - capture_destroy_context()
        Disconnect from the video capture device, and destroy the video capture context
      - capture_get_frame()
        Get a frame from the video capture device
      - capture_get_free_buffer()
        Get a free video capture buffer when bringing in video from an external source
      - capture_get_property_i()
        Get a video frame capture property of type integer
      - capture_get_property_p()
        Get video frame capture property of type void*
      - capture_is_property()
        Check if the specified property is supported
      - capture_put_buffer()
        Pass a buffer to the driver for deinterlacing a frame when bringing in video from an external source
      - capture_release_frame()
        Release a video frame buffer
      - capture_set_property_i()
        Set a video frame capture property of type integer
      - capture_set_property_p()
        Set a video frame capture property of type (void) pointer
      - capture_update()
        Apply the capture settings
      - Helper macros
        The video capture API includes macros to help with interval conversions.
- Programming
- System Security Guide
  The QNX System Security Guide is intended for both system integrators who are responsible for the security of a QNX OS system and developers who want to create a QNX OS resource manager free from vulnerabilities.
- Utilities & Libraries
- Migrating to QNX OS 8.0
QNX Software in the Cloud
QNX Software in the Cloud enables developers to use the QNX software in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure).
QNX Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
This User's Guide describes the QNX^® Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. The guide introduces you to the QNX Toolkit by explaining the QNX development environment and how to build, run, and debug your QNX^® Operating System (OS) applications and systems.
QNX Hypervisor and QNX Hypervisor for Safety
The QNX Hypervisor and QNX Hypervisor for Safety products allow you to run multiple OSs on a target system so you can separate critical and non-critical functions, support a wide variety of applications, and reduce hardware costs.
Typographical Conventions, Support, and Licensing
This section describes the typographical conventions used throughout the documentation, explains how to obtain technical support, and provides some information about licensing.

Interface, threads, and offsets

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The video capture API includes constants that specify the video capture interface type, thread priority, and YUV offsets.

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