Running the "Stream video from a capture video device (/dev/video1) to an output video device (/dev/video2)" example from the manpage with vivid as the output device failed with a error message. vedant@pc ~$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices vivid (platform:vivid-000): /dev/video2 /dev/video3 /dev/radio0 /dev/radio1 /dev/vbi0 /dev/vbi1 /dev/swradio0 /dev/media1 HD WebCam: HD WebCam (usb-0000:00:14.0-7): /dev/video0 /dev/video1 /dev/media0 vedant@pc ~$ v4l2-ctl -d0 --stream-mmap --out-device /dev/video3 --stream-out-dmabuf VIDIOC_G_FMT returned -1 (Invalid argument) <VIDIOC_QBUF: failed: Invalid argument handle out -1 handle out2in -1 While using the --out-device mode g_fmt must be operated on out_fd as well. determine_field was called on fps_timestamp object for output, but was not passed out_fd. This patch fixes the VIDIOC_G_FMT returned -1 (Invalid argument) error. Signed-off-by: Vedant Paranjape <vedantparanjape160201@xxxxxxxxx> --- utils/v4l2-ctl/v4l2-ctl-streaming.cpp | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/utils/v4l2-ctl/v4l2-ctl-streaming.cpp b/utils/v4l2-ctl/v4l2-ctl-streaming.cpp index 752ea140..7f6482d6 100644 --- a/utils/v4l2-ctl/v4l2-ctl-streaming.cpp +++ b/utils/v4l2-ctl/v4l2-ctl-streaming.cpp @@ -2666,7 +2666,7 @@ static void streaming_set_cap2out(cv4l_fd &fd, cv4l_fd &out_fd) unsigned cnt = 0; cv4l_fmt fmt[2]; - fd.g_fmt(fmt[OUT], out.g_type()); + out_fd.g_fmt(fmt[OUT], out.g_type()); fd.g_fmt(fmt[CAP], in.g_type()); if (!(capabilities & (V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE | V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE | @@ -2757,7 +2757,7 @@ static void streaming_set_cap2out(cv4l_fd &fd, cv4l_fd &out_fd) } fps_ts[CAP].determine_field(fd.g_fd(), in.g_type()); - fps_ts[OUT].determine_field(fd.g_fd(), out.g_type()); + fps_ts[OUT].determine_field(out_fd.g_fd(), out.g_type()); if (fd.streamon() || out_fd.streamon()) goto done; -- 2.25.1