ANALOG TV CONNECTOR PROPERTIES(9)

💖 ANALOG TV CONNECTOR PROPERTIES 💖

okay bestie, so this is the Kernel API Manual page for analog TV connector properties, and honestly it's giving "old-school broadcast tech but make it DRM" ✨. Let's get into it.

🎀 TV MODE 🎀

TV Mode — this property tells you which TV Mode is currently being used on an analog TV connector. Literally the whole vibe check for your signal. 👑

The value of this property can be one of these icons, no cap:

• NTSC — TV Mode is CCIR System M (aka 525-lines) together with the NTSC Color Encoding. 🦋
• NTSC-443 — TV Mode is CCIR System M (aka 525-lines) together with the NTSC Color Encoding, but with a color subcarrier frequency of 4.43MHz. she's the remix 💅
• NTSC-J — TV Mode is CCIR System M (aka 525-lines) together with the NTSC Color Encoding, but with a black level equal to the blanking level. Japan said "our black is different" and honestly? iconic 🌸
• PAL — TV Mode is CCIR System B (aka 625-lines) together with the PAL Color Encoding. the European main character 🌈
• PAL-M — TV Mode is CCIR System M (aka 525-lines) together with the PAL Color Encoding. 525 lines but PAL color, a lil crossover episode 🫶
• PAL-N — TV Mode is CCIR System N together with the PAL Color Encoding, a color subcarrier frequency of 3.58MHz, the SECAM color space, and narrower channels than other PAL variants. yes that's a lot, she contains multitudes 😭
• SECAM — TV Mode is CCIR System B (aka 625-lines) together with the SECAM Color Encoding. 🍓
• Mono — Use timings appropriate to the DRM mode, including equalizing pulses for a 525-line or 625-line mode, with no pedestal or color encoding. no color, no pedestal, just vibes ⭐

hot tip for the driver girlies: you can set up this property by calling drm_mode_create_tv_properties — that's the whole move 💜

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

okay this list is LONG bestie, grab a snack 🍓, but every single one is here fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c overview(9)
• drm_get_connector_type_name(9)
• drm_connector_get_cmdline_mode(9)
• drm_connector_init(9)
• drm_connector_dynamic_init(9)
• drm_connector_init_with_ddc(9)
• drmm_connector_init(9)
• drmm_connector_hdmi_init(9)
• drm_connector_attach_edid_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_encoder(9)
• drm_connector_has_possible_encoder(9)
• drm_connector_cec_phys_addr_invalidate(9)
• drm_connector_cec_phys_addr_set(9)
• drm_connector_cleanup(9)
• drm_connector_register(9)
• drm_connector_dynamic_register(9)
• drm_connector_unregister(9)
• drm_get_connector_status_name(9)
• drm_get_connector_force_name(9)
• drm_connector_list_iter_begin(9)
• drm_connector_list_iter_next(9)
• drm_connector_list_iter_end(9)
• drm_get_subpixel_order_name(9)
• drm_display_info_set_bus_formats(9)
• drm_get_tv_mode_from_name(9)
• drm_get_colorspace_name(9)
• standard connector properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_dvi_i_properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_dp_subconnector_property(9)
• HDMI connector properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_content_type_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_tv_margin_properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_tv_margin_properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_tv_properties_legacy(9)
• drm_mode_create_tv_properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_scaling_mode_property(9)
• Variable refresh properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_vrr_capable_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_scaling_mode_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_aspect_ratio_property(9)
• standard connector properties(9)
• drm_mode_create_hdmi_colorspace_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_dp_colorspace_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_content_type_property(9)
• drm_mode_create_suggested_offset_properties(9)
• drm_connector_set_path_property(9)
• drm_connector_set_tile_property(9)
• drm_connector_set_link_status_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_hdr_output_metadata_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_broadcast_rgb_property(9)
• drm_connector_attach_colorspace_property(9)
• Color format(9)
• drm_connector_attach_color_format_property(9)
• drm_connector_atomic_hdr_metadata_equal(9)
• drm_connector_set_vrr_capable_property(9)
• drm_connector_set_panel_orientation(9)
• drm_connector_set_panel_orientation_with_quirk(9)
• drm_connector_set_orientation_from_panel(9)
• drm_connector_create_privacy_screen_properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_privacy_screen_properties(9)
• drm_connector_attach_privacy_screen_provider(9)
• drm_connector_update_privacy_screen(9)
• drm_connector_find_by_fwnode(9)
• drm_connector_oob_hotplug_event(9)
• drm_connector_get_color_format(9)
• Tile group(9)
• drm_mode_put_tile_group(9)
• drm_mode_get_tile_group(9)
• drm_mode_create_tile_group(9)
• drm_connector_attach_panel_type_property(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that reading it 💅✨

mwah 💖 this lil gem lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm, comes from October 2026, and is filed under the Kernel API Manual — go read it again whenever you need a refresh, iykyk 🧚‍♀️🎀