> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dragonwingdocs.qualcomm.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Camera Documentation

Connect camera sensors, enable camera use cases, and explore advanced camera features.

## Camera overview

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  <Card title="Camera components" icon="camera" href="./camera-overview">
    Review the components of the camera subsystem.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Prerequisites" icon="clipboard-check" href="./camera-overview#prerequisites">
    Set up your device for baseline camera functionality.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Camera Quickstart Guide

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  <Card title="Camera Quickstart Guide" icon="rocket" href="./quick-start-stream-cameras">
    Get Camera up and running quickly with 3 simple steps.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Stream cameras

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  <Card title="Set up the camera" icon="plug-circle-bolt" href="./stream-cameras">
    Connect camera sensors to your reference hardware platform.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Choose a stream API" icon="diagram-project" href="./stream-cameras#02-·-choose-the-stream-api">
    Review the available stream API options.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Stream with the GStreamer API" icon="sliders" href="./stream-cameras#03-·-stream-camera-with-the-gstreamer-api">
    Use GStreamer APIs to stream cameras.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Stream with the V4L2 API" icon="video" href="./stream-cameras#04-·-stream-camera-with-the-v4l2-api">
    Use the V4L2 framework to stream cameras.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Enhance camera output

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  <Card title="Multi-Camera Offline IFE" icon="layer-group" href="./support-multi-camera-using-offline-ife">
    Enable concurrent streaming from up to 4 Bayer cameras on a single IFE hardware.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Support per port grouping" icon="network-wired" href="./support-per-port-grouping">
    Enable high-density camera concurrency by multiplexing up to 4 GMSL sensors over a single CSI/IFE-Lite path.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Support software TNR/MCTF" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="./support-software-tnr-mctf">
    Reduce noise and refine motion clarity using TNR/MCTF.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enable high dynamic range" icon="sun" href="./enable-high-dynamic-range">
    Enable the staggered high dynamic range (SHDR) feature.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enable EIS and LDC" icon="compass-drafting" href="./enable-eis-and-ldc">
    Enable electronic image stabilization (EIS) and lens distortion correction (LDC).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enable defog" icon="cloud-sun" href="./enable-high-dynamic-range#04-·-defog-feature">
    Enable the defog feature.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Advanced feature concurrences" icon="bolt" href="./advanced-feature-concurrences">
    Simultaneously run SHDR, EIS, and LDC on the QCS6490 platform with optimized hardware-accelerated pipelines.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enable multiple ROI streams" icon="crop-simple" href="./enable-multiple-roi-streams">
    Extract up to three independent Region of Interest (ROI) streams from a single full FOV source on QCS6490.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Switch linear vs. SHDR mode automatically" icon="arrow-right-arrow-left" href="./switch-linear-vs-shdr-mode-automatically">
    Enable seamless runtime switching between Linear and SHDR v2 pipelines on QCS6490 platforms.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Troubleshoot camera

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  <Card title="Troubleshoot sensor streaming" icon="triangle-exclamation" href="./troubleshoot-camera">
    Troubleshoot camera issues.
  </Card>
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