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  1. .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2. ============
  3. Introduction
  4. ============
  5. The media subsystem consists on Linux support for several different types
  6. of devices:
  7. - Audio and video grabbers;
  8. - PC and Laptop Cameras;
  9. - Complex cameras found on Embedded hardware;
  10. - Analog and digital TV;
  11. - HDMI Customer Electronics Control (CEC);
  12. - Multi-touch input devices;
  13. - Remote Controllers;
  14. - Media encoders and decoders.
  15. Due to the diversity of devices, the subsystem provides several different
  16. APIs:
  17. - Remote Controller API;
  18. - HDMI CEC API;
  19. - Video4Linux API;
  20. - Media controller API;
  21. - Video4Linux Request API (experimental);
  22. - Digital TV API (also known as DVB API).