vpif_s_fmt_vid_cap(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 vpif_s_fmt_vid_cap — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the main character is vpif_s_fmt_vid_cap ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vpif_s_fmt_vid_cap — the Set FMT handler. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's the one that handles setting your format for video capture, and honestly? she's serving.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int vpif_s_fmt_vid_cap (struct file *file , void *priv , struct
v4l2_format *fmt );

like, she takes three things and gives you back an int. no cap, that's the whole signature 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • file — a file ptr. yep, just a file pointer, she's not complicated 🫶
  • priv — the file handle. it's giving "you already know what this is" energy 🔥
  • fmt — a ptr to a v4l2_format structure. this is the actual format tea, the whole reason we're here ☕

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/vpif_capture.c — go read it, it's iconic.

and here's the whole friend group, all the sibling functions, not me listing every single one because I would never skip anyone 👑:

the whole squad, assembled. iykyk 💜

also note the s in the name versus the g and try versions — they are not interchangeable, bestie, don't come for me 🙈

and that's the page! this little slice of the manual is from the source ./drivers/media/platform/ti/da... (yes it's truncated, she's mysterious like that 🌈) and it's dated October 2026 🎀 bye bestie, go set some formats 💖✨

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