nal_h264_tr...racteristics(9)

💅 nal_h264_transfer_characteristics(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the v4l2 universe and you need the actual H.264 transfer_characteristics value, and this little function is literally the girl who hands it to you. no cap. it lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's giving "quietly essential" main character energy ✨

✨ NAME ✨

nal_h264_transfer_characteristics — get the transfer_characteristics for v4l2 xfer_func 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nal_h264_transfer_characteristics (enum v4l2_colorspace colorspace ,
enum v4l2_xfer_func xfer_func );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• colorspace — the color space, and yes bestie it's an enum v4l2_colorspace 🌈
• xfer_func — the transfer function, as an enum v4l2_xfer_func 💫

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does she actually do? she converts that enum v4l2_xfer_func of yours into a transfer_characteristics value, exactly as specified in Rec. ITU-T H.264 (04/2017) E.2.1 📺✨ that's it, that's the whole vibe. no drama, no surprises, just a clean little conversion. periodt.

🫶 RETURN 🫶

she gives you back the transfer_characteristics value for the transfer function you passed in 🎁 iykyk

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/platform/allegro-dvt/nal-h264.h 📁
• nal_h264_profile(9)
• nal_h264_level(9)
• nal_h264_full_range(9)
• nal_h264_color_primaries(9)
• nal_h264_matrix_coeffs(9)

💀 real talk: this page is a tiny corner of ./drivers/media/platform/alleg... and it's dated October 2026, with nal_h264_tr...racteristics(9) chillin' in the footer. go read the whole nal-h264 family, they're all iconic together 🔥💜

slay, go convert those transfer functions, bestie 🌟