Name

    NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external

Name Strings

    GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external

Contributors

    Acorn Pooley

Contacts

    Acorn Pooley, NVIDIA Corporation (apooley 'at' nvidia.com)

Status

    DRAFT

Version

    Version 3, July 19, 2012

Number

    OpenGL ES Extension #104

Dependencies

    Requires OpenGL ES 1.1 or OpenGL ES 2.0.

    Requires EGL 1.2

    Requires the EGL_KHR_stream and EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture
    extensions.  (Also requires any EGL stream_producer extension to
    be useful.)

    This extension is written based on the wording of the OpenGL ES
    2.0 specification, the OpenGL ES Shading Language version 1.0, the
    EGL_KHR_stream extension, and the EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture
    extension.  On an OpenGL ES 2.0 implementation, ignore sections
    which are added only to the OpenGL ES 1.1 specification.

    This extension is also written based on the wording of the OpenGL
    ES 1.1 specification.  On an OpenGL ES 1.X implementation, ignore
    sections which are added only to the OpenGL ES 2.0 or OpenGL ES
    Shading Language specification.  Also ignore all mention of
    MAX_VERTEX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS, and
    MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS.

    This extension borrows concepts and function names from the
    GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension.  This extension is compatible
    with, but does not require, the GL_OES_EGL_image_external
    extension.  The presence of the GL_OES_EGL_image_external
    extension affects the wording of this extension (and vice versa)
    as described in this (the GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external)
    extension.

Overview

    This extension provides a mechanism for streaming image frames
    into a GL texture.  This extension defines a new texture target,
    TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES (which is else defined in the
    GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension).  This texture target can
    only be specified as being the consumer of an EGLStream.  (If the
    GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension is present it may
    alternatively be specified from an EGLImage as described in that
    extension.)
    
    There is no support for most of the functions that manipulate
    other texture targets (e.g. you cannot use gl*Tex*Image*()
    functions with TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES).  Also, TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES
    targets never have more than a single LOD level.  Because of these
    restrictions, it is possible to bind EGLStreams which have
    internal formats not otherwise supported by OpenGL ES.  For
    example some implementations may allow EGLStreams with planar or
    interleaved YUV data to be GLES texture target siblings.  It is up
    to the implementation exactly what formats are accepted.

Glossary

    Please see the EGL_KHR_stream specification for a glossary of
    terms used by this specification.

New Types

    /* (OpenGL ES 2.x only)
     * New sampler type allowed by the OpenGL ES Shading Language when
     *      #extension GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external
     * is used, also available if GL_OES_EGL_image_external is
     * supported and
     *      #extension GL_OES_EGL_image_external
     * is used.
     */
    samplerExternalOES

New Tokens

     Accepted as a target in the <target> parameter of BindTexture:

        TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES                                0x8D65

    (OpenGL ES 2.x only) Returned in the <type> parameter of GetActiveUniform:
        SAMPLER_EXTERNAL_OES                                0x8D66

    Accepted as <value> in GetIntegerv() and GetFloatv() queries:
        TEXTURE_BINDING_EXTERNAL_OES                        0x8D67

    Accepted as <value> in GetTexParameter*() queries:
        REQUIRED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES                    0x8D68
    

Additions to Chapter 3 of the OpenGL 1.1 or OpenGL 2.0 Specification

    - For OpenGL ES 2.0 add a new section: "3.7.14 External Textures,"
    which follows section "3.7.13 Texture Objects."  For OpenGL ES 1.1
    add the new section after section "3.7.11 Texture Objects." If the
    GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension is also present, then skip
    this addition (use section "3.7.14 External Textures," from that
    extension as-is).  If the GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension is
    not present then insert it as follows (this is a subset of the
    section "3.7.14 External Textures" from
    GL_OES_EGL_image_external).

        "3.7.14 External Textures

        External textures cannot be used with TexImage2D,
        TexSubImage2D, CompressedTexImage2D, CompressedTexSubImage2D,
        CopyTexImage2D, or CopyTexSubImage2D, and an INVALID_ENUM
        error will be generated if this is attempted.  Their default
        min filter is LINEAR.  It is an INVALID_ENUM error to set the
        min filter value to anything other than LINEAR or NEAREST.
        The default s and t wrap modes are CLAMP_TO_EDGE and it is an
        INVALID_ENUM error to set the wrap mode to any other value.
        (For OpenGL ES 1.x only: The texture parameter GENERATE_MIPMAP
        is always FALSE, and setting it to any other value generates
        an INVALID_ENUM error.  (For OpenGL ES 2.x only: Calling
        GenerateMipmaps with <target> set to TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES
        results in an INVALID_ENUM.)

        Each TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture object may require up to 3
        texture image units for each texture unit to which it is
        bound.  The number of texture image units required by a bound
        texture object can be queried using GetTexParameteriv() with
        <target> set to the texture target in question, <value> set to
        REQUIRED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES, and ActiveTexture set to the
        texture unit to which the texture object is bound.  When
        <target> is set to TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES this value will be
        between 1 and 3 (inclusive).  For other valid texture targets
        this value will always be 1.  Note that, when a
        TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture object is bound, the number of
        texture image units required by a single texture unit may be
        1, 2, or 3, while for other texture objects each texture unit
        requires exactly 1 texture image unit.

        (For OpenGL ES 1.x only) DrawArrays and DrawElements will fail
        and generate an INVALID_OPERATION error if the number of
        texture image units required is greater than the number
        available.  The number of required texture image units is
        equal to the sum of the requirements for each enabled texture
        unit.  For each texture unit the requirement is the value
        returned by GetTexParameteriv() when <value> is set to
        REQUIRED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES, <target> is set to the
        target which is enabled, and ActiveTexture has been set to the
        texture unit in question.

        (For OpenGL ES 2.x only) DrawArrays and DrawElements will fail
        and generate an INVALID_OPERATION error if the number of
        texture image units required is greater than the number
        available.  The number of required texture image units for
        each stage (fragment or vertex) is equal to the sum of the
        requirements for each sampler referenced by the stage.  A
        sampler is considered referenced if its location (returned by
        GetUniformLocation) is not -1.  For each referenced sampler
        the requirement is the value returned by GetTexParameteriv()
        when <value> is set to REQUIRED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES,
        <target> is set to the target corresponding to the sampler
        type, and ActiveTexture has been set to the texture unit
        corresponding to the value of the sampler uniform.  The
        condition can be detected by calling ValidateProgram.

        (For OpenGL ES 2.x only) A shader that uses external texture
        samplers may require some number of hidden uniform variables
        to implement the conversion from YUV to RGB, and this may
        reduce the amount of space available for uniforms defined by
        the shader program.  This may cause a shader program which was
        working to stop working when a different external texture is
        used (i.e. when Uniform1i or BindTexture is called).  If there
        are not enough uniforms available then calls to DrawArrays or
        DrawElements will fail and generate an INVALID_OPERATION
        error.  This condition can be detected by calling
        ValidateProgram.

        Sampling an external texture will return an RGBA vector in the
        same colorspace as the source image frame.  If the source
        image frame is stored in YUV (or some other basis) then the
        YUV values will be transformed to RGB values. (But these RGB
        values will be in the same colorspace as the original image.
        Colorspace here includes the linear or non-linear encoding of
        the samples. For example, if the original image is in the sRGB
        color space then the RGB value returned by the sampler will
        also be sRGB, and if the original image is stored in ITU-R
        Rec. 601 YV12 then the RGB value returned by the sampler will
        be an RGB value in the ITU-R Rec. 601 colorspace.) The
        parameters of the transformation from one basis (e.g.  YUV) to
        RGB (color conversion matrix, sampling offsets, etc) are taken
        from the producer of the EGLStream that is associated with the
        external texture.
        
        If the image frames in the EGLStream contain alpha values then
        the value of the alpha component returned is taken from the
        image; otherwise the alpha component is 1.0.  


    - In both OpenGL ES 1.x and OpenGL ES 2.0 add a new subsection after
      the previously described "3.7.14 External Textures" section:

        "3.7.14.1 External Textures as Stream Consumers

        To use a TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture as the consumer of an
        EGLStream, bind the texture to the active texture unit, and
        call eglStreamConsumerGLTextureExternalNV() as described in the
        EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture extension.  The EGLStream
        must be in the EGL_STREAM_STATE_CREATED_KHR state (i.e. it
        must not be associated with any consumer or producer yet).

        The width, height, format, type, internalformat, border, and
        image data of the TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture will all be
        determined based on the specified EGLStream <stream> once
        <stream> is associated with a producer.  Until <stream> is
        associated with a producer these attributes are undefined.
        Once <stream> is associated with a producer and the producer
        has inserted one (or more) images into <stream> (as described
        in the EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture extension) these
        attributes are determined (internally by the implementation),
        but they are not exposed to the GL client and there is no way
        to query their values.

        (Add this paragraph only if OES_EGL_image_external is also
        supported.) If the TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture is already
        bound to an EGLImage then that binding is broken when the
        texture becomes the consumer of <stream> (i.e. when
        eglStreamConsumerGLTextureNV() returns successfully). 
        
        The TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture remains the consumer of
        <stream> until the first of any of these events occur:
            - The texture is associated with a different EGLStream
              (with a later call to eglStreamConsumerGLTextureNV).
            - The texture is bound to an EGLImage (with a call to
              EGLImageTargetTexture2DOES).
            - The texture is deleted in a call to DeleteTextures().
        When any of these events occurs the texture is no longer the
        consumer of <stream>, and <stream> transitions to the
        EGL_STREAM_STATE_DISCONNECTED_KHR state (as described in the
        EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture and EGL_KHR_stream
        extensions).
        
        Sampling an external texture which is not the consumer of any
        EGLStream and is not associated with any EGLImage sibling will
        return a sample value of (0,0,0,1). 

        Sampling an external texture which is the consumer of an
        EGLStream will return a sample value of (0,0,0,1) unless an
        image frame is currently 'latched' into the texture.  An image
        frame is 'latched' into the texture by any successful call to
        eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV (as described in the
        EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture extension).  A call to
        eglStreamConsumerReleaseNV() unlatches the image frame from
        the texture.

        Any context which is bound to the thread that
        eglStreamConsumerAcquireNV and eglStreamConsumerReleaseNV is
        called from will "see" the affect of the 'latching' or
        'unlatching' immediately.  Contexts not bound to that thread
        may or may not "see" the effects of latching until the
        texture is bound (or re-bound) to the context by calling
        glBindTexture.
        

Changes to section "2.10.4 Shader Variables" of the OpenGL ES 2.0
specification (ignore for OpenGL ES 1.x)

    - In the subsection "Uniform Variables" paragraph 13, last sentence, add

        "SAMPLER_EXTERNAL_OES"
    to the list of types that can be returned.
    
Changes to section "2.10.5 Shader Execution" of the OpenGL ES 2.0
specification (ignore for OpenGL ES 1.x)

    - In the subsection "Validation", add to the bullet points in the second
      paragraph:

        "- the number of texture image units required is greater than
           the number available (see REQUIRED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES,
           MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS, MAX_VERTEX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS,
           and MAX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS).

        - the number of uniforms required to implement the shader program is
           greater than the number available."

Changes to section "3.7.5 Texture Parameters" of the OpenGL ES 1.1 specification

    - Add to the end of the section a new paragraph:

            "When <target> is TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES only NEAREST and LINEAR are
        accepted as TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, only CLAMP_TO_EDGE is accepted as
        TEXTURE_WRAP_S and TEXTURE_WRAP_T, and only FALSE is accepted as
        GENERATE_MIPMAP.  Attempting to set other values for
        TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, TEXTURE_WRAP_S, TEXTURE_WRAP_T, or GENERATE_MIPMAP
        will result in an INVALID_ENUM error.

Changes to section "3.7.4 Texture Parameters" of the OpenGL ES 2.0 Specification

    - Add to the end of the section a new paragraph:

            "When <target> is TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES only NEAREST and LINEAR are
        accepted as TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER and only CLAMP_TO_EDGE is accepted as
        TEXTURE_WRAP_S and TEXTURE_WRAP_T.  Attempting to set other values for
        TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, TEXTURE_WRAP_S, or TEXTURE_WRAP_T will result in
        an INVALID_ENUM error.

Changes to section "3.7.10 Texture State" of the OpenGL ES 1.1 Specification
and section "3.7.12 Texture State" of the OpenGL ES 2.0 Specification

    - Add an additional sentence at the end of the section:

            "In the initial state of a TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture object,
        the value assigned to TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER and TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER is
        LINEAR, and the s and t wrap modes are both set to
        CLAMP_TO_EDGE."

Changes to section "3.7.11 Mipmap Generation" of the OpenGL ES 2.0 Specification
(ignore for OpenGL ES 1.x)

    - Add two additional paragraphs to the end of the section:

            "When <target> is set to TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES, GenerateMipmap
        always fails and generates an INVALID_ENUM error."

Changes to section "3.7.11 Texture Objects" of the OpenGL ES 1.1 specification
(ignore for OpenGL ES 2.x)

    - Modify this section as follows: (changed lines marked with *, and added
      lines are marked with +)

*           "In addition to the default textures TEXTURE_2D and
*       TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES, named two-dimensional and external texture
        objects can be created and operated upon.  The name space for texture
        objects is the unsigned integers, with zero reserved by the GL.

            A texture object is created by binding an unused name to
*       TEXTURE_2D or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES. The binding is effected by calling
               void BindTexture( enum target, uint texture );
*       with target set to the desired texture target and texture set to the
        unused name. The resulting texture object is a new state vector,
        comprising all the state values listed in section 3.7.10, set to the
+       same initial values. If the new texture object is bound to TEXTURE_2D
+       or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES it is and remains a two-dimensional or
+       external texture respectively until it is deleted.

            BindTexture may also be used to bind an existing texture object to
*       TEXTURE_2D or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES. If the bind is successful no
        change is made to the state of the bound texture object, and any
        previous binding to target is broken.

            While a texture object is bound, GL operations on the target to
        which it is bound affect the bound object, and queries of the target
        to which it is bound return state from the bound object. If texture
        mapping is enabled, the state of the bound texture object directs the
        texturing operation. 

*       In the initial state, TEXTURE_2D and TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES have
*       two-dimensional and external texture state vectors respectively
*       associated with them.  In order that access to these initial textures
*       not be lost, they are treated as texture objects all of whose names
*       are 0. The initial two-dimensional and external texture are therefore
*       operated upon, queried, and applied as TEXTURE_2D or
*       TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES respectively while 0 is bound to the
*       corresponding targets.

            Texture objects are deleted by calling
               void DeleteTextures( sizei n, uint *textures );
        textures contains n names of texture objects to be deleted. After a
        texture object is deleted, it has no contents, and its name is again
        unused. If a texture that is currently bound to the target TEXTURE_2D
*       or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES is deleted, it is as though BindTexture had
        been executed with the same target and texture zero. Unused names in
        textures are silently ignored, as is the value zero.

            The command
               void GenTextures( sizei n, uint *textures );
        returns n previously unused texture object names in textures. These
        names are marked as used, for the purposes of GenTextures only, but
        they acquire texture state only when they are first bound, just as if
        they were unused.

            The texture object name space, including the initial texture
        object, is shared among all texture units. A texture object may be
        bound to more than one texture unit simultaneously. After a texture
        object is bound, any GL operations on that target object affect any
        other texture units to which the same texture object is bound.

            Texture binding is affected by the setting of the state
        ACTIVE_TEXTURE.

            If a texture object is deleted, it is as if all texture units which
        are bound to that texture object are rebound to texture object zero.

Changes to section "3.7.13 Texture Objects" of the OpenGL ES 2.0 specification
(ignore for OpenGL ES 1.x)

    - Modify this section as follows: (changed lines marked with *, and added
      lines are marked with +)

*           "In addition to the default textures TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP,
*       and TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES, named two-dimensional, cube map, and
        external texture objects can be created and operated upon.  The name
        space for texture objects is the unsigned integers, with zero reserved
        by the GL.

            A texture object is created by binding an unused name to
*       TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES. The binding is
        effected by calling
               void BindTexture( enum target, uint texture );
        with target set to the desired texture target and texture set to the
        unused name. The resulting texture object is a new state vector,
        comprising all the state values listed in section 3.7.12, set to the
        same initial values. If the new texture object is bound to TEXTURE_2D,
*       TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES it is and remains a
*       two-dimensional, cube map, or external texture respectively until it
        is deleted.

            BindTexture may also be used to bind an existing texture object to
*       either TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES. The error
        INVALID_OPERATION is generated if an attempt is made to bind a texture
*       object of different target than the specified target. If the bind is
        successful no change is made to the state of the bound texture object,
        and any previous binding to target is broken.

            While a texture object is bound, GL operations on the target to
        which it is bound affect the bound object, and queries of the target to
        which it is bound return state from the bound object. If texture
        mapping is enabled, the state of the bound texture object directs the
        texturing operation.

*           In the initial state, TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, and
*       TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES have two-dimensional, cube map, and external
        texture state vectors respectively associated with them.  In order
        that access to these initial textures not be lost, they are treated as
        texture objects all of whose names are 0. The initial two-dimensional,
*       cube map, and external texture are therefore operated upon, queried,
*       and applied as TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES
        respectively while 0 is bound to the corresponding targets. 

            Texture objects are deleted by calling
               void DeleteTextures( sizei n, uint *textures );
        textures contains n names of texture objects to be deleted. After a
        texture object is deleted, it has no contents or dimensionality, and
        its name is again unused. If a texture that is currently bound to one
*       of the targets TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES
        is deleted, it is as though BindTexture had been executed with the
        same target and texture zero.  Unused names in textures are silently
        ignored, as is the value zero.

            The command
               void GenTextures( sizei n, uint *textures );
        returns n previously unused texture object names in textures. These
        names are marked as used, for the purposes of GenTextures only, but
        they acquire texture state only when they are first bound, just as if
        they were unused.

            The texture object name space, including the initial texture
        object, is shared among all texture units. A texture object may be
        bound to more than one texture unit simultaneously. After a texture
        object is bound, any GL operations on that target object affect any
        other texture units to which the same texture object is bound.

            Texture binding is affected by the setting of the state
        ACTIVE_TEXTURE.

            If a texture object is deleted, it is as if all texture units which
        are bound to that texture object are rebound to texture object zero.

Changes to section "3.7.13 Texture Application" of the OpenGL ES 1.1
specification (ignore for OpenGL ES 2.x)

    - Replace the first sentence of the first paragraph with:

            "Texturing is enabled or disabled using the generic Enable and
        Disable commands, with the symbolic constant TEXTURE_2D or
        TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES to enable or disable texturing with the
        TEXTURE_2D or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES texture target, respectively.  If
        TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES is enabled it takes precedence over TEXTURE_2D, 
        TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_OES, TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, and
        TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_NV."

Changes to section "3.8.2 Shader Execution" of the OpenGL ES 2.0
specification (ignore for OpenGL ES 1.x)

    - Add to the end of the last paragraph of the subsection "Texture Access"

        "The REQUIRED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES parameter can change based on the
        number of external textures which are currently bound (see section
        3.7.14)."

Changes to section "6.1.3 Enumerated Queries" of the OpenGL ES 1.1 specification

    - Change:
        "...TEXTURE_2D..."
      to
        "...TEXTURE_2D or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL..."
      in the last paragraph.

Changes to section "6.1.3 Enumerated Queries" of the OpenGL ES 2.0 specification

    - Change:
        "...TEXTURE_2D or TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP..."
      to
        "...TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, or TEXTURE_EXTERNAL..."
      in the second paragraph.


Changes to section "6.2 State Tables" of the OpenGL ES 1.1 specification

    - Add to "Table 6.13 Textures (state per texture unit and binding point)"

        +-------------------+-------+-------------+-------+------------------+
        | TEXTURE_BINDING_- | 8*xZ+ | GetIntegerv | 0     | Texture object   |
        |   EXTERNAL_OES    |       |             |       | bound to         |
        |                   |       |             |       | TEXTURE_-        |
        |                   |       |             |       |    EXTERNAL_OES  |
        +-------------------+-------+-------------+-------+------------------+
        | TEXTURE_-         | 2*xB  | IsEnabled   | False | True if external |
        |   EXTERNAL_OES    |       |             |       | texturing is     |
        |                   |       |             |       | enabled          |
        +-------------------+-------+-------------+---+----------------------+

    - Add to "Table 6.14 Textures (state per texture object)"

        +--------------------+-------+-----------------+---+----------------+
        | REQUIRED_TEXTURE_- | n*xZ3 | GetTexParameter | 1 | Number of      |
        |   IMAGE_UNITS_OES  |       |                 |   | texture image  |
        |                    |       |                 |   | units required |
        |                    |       |                 |   |    by texture  |
        +--------------------+-------+-----------------+---+----------------+

Changes to section "6.2 State Tables" of the OpenGL ES 2.0 specification

    - Add to "Table 6.7 Textures (state per texture unit and binding point)"

        +-------------------+-------+-------------+-------+------------------+
        | TEXTURE_BINDING_- | 8*xZ+ | GetIntegerv | 0     | Texture object   |
        |   EXTERNAL_OES    |       |             |       | bound to         |
        |                   |       |             |       | TEXTURE_-        |
        |                   |       |             |       |    EXTERNAL_OES  |
        +-------------------+-------+-------------+-------+------------------+

    - Add to "Table 6.8 Textures (state per texture object)"

        +--------------------+-------+-----------------+---+----------------+
        | REQUIRED_TEXTURE_- | n*xZ3 | GetTexParameter | 1 | Number of      |
        |   IMAGE_UNITS_OES  |       |                 |   | texture image  |
        |                    |       |                 |   | units required |
        |                    |       |                 |   |    by texture  |
        +--------------------+-------+-----------------+---+----------------+

Changes to section 3.7 of the OpenGL ES Shading Language specification

    - Add to the list of keywords:

        "samplerExternalOES"

Changes to section 4.1 of the OpenGL ES Shading Language specification

    - Add to the list of basic types:

        "samplerExternalOES   a handle for accessing an external texture"

Changes to section 4.5.3 of the OpenGL ES Shading Language specification
    
    - Add to the list of "vertex language has the following predeclared
    globally scoped default precision statements:"

        "precision lowp samplerExternalOES;"

    - Add to the list of "fragment language has the following predeclared
    globally scoped default precision statements:"

        "precision lowp samplerExternalOES;"

Changes to section 8.7 of the OpenGL ES Shading Language specification

    - Add to the table the following sampler functions:

        "vec4 texture2D(
                    samplerExternalOES sampler,
                    vec2 coord)
        vec4 texture2DProj(
                    samplerExternalOES sampler,
                    vec3 coord)
        vec4 texture2DProj(
                    samplerExternalOES sampler,
                    vec4 coord)"


Changes to section 9 of the OpenGL ES Shading Language specification

    - Add to token list:

        "SAMPLEREXTERNAL"

    - Add following "type_specifier_no_prec:"

        "SAMPLEREXTERNAL"

Changes to section "A.7 Counting of Varyings and Uniforms" of the OpenGL ES
Shading Language specification

    - Change the first sentence of the last paragraph to

        "Part of the storage may be reserved by an implementation for its own
        use e.g. for computation of transcendental functions or conversion of
        external textures."


Issues

    In addition to issues below, see issues from the
    GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension.  

    1.  Is this extension needed, or is the
        EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture extension plus the existing
        GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension enough to cover this?

        SUGGESTION: yes

        DISCUSSION: The EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture and
        GL_OES_EGL_image_external extensions together define all the
        types, tokens, and entry points needed to expose this
        functionality.  The GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension fully
        describes how external textures work.  The
        EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture extension fully describes how
        to associate an EGLStream with an external texture.

        However, there were questions about exactly how it was
        supposed to work.  This extension clarifies some of those
        questions.

        Also, this allows the GL driver to expose the extension
        independent of the EGL driver.  This might be important in
        situations where 2 GLES drivers exist on the same system, one
        of which supports this functionality and the other not.

    2.  Should this be an NV, EXT, or OES extension?

        It was originally drafted as OES, but then quickly changed to
        NV as the policy in the ES group is to not draft extensions
        as OES until they are ratified.  The assumption is that this
        will be an OES if the ES group agrees with it, or possibly an
        EXT otherwise.  For now, while it is a draft, it will be NV.

    3.  Why are the new enumerants suffixed with _OES if this is an NV
        extension?

        SUGGESTION: These enumerants are all already added (with _OES
        suffixes) by the GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension.  Adding
        the same enums with NV suffix would be confusing.

Dependencies on OES_EGL_image_external.

    This extension builds on the ideas of the OES_EGL_image_external
    extension.  If both are supported then this extension adds
    language to that extension.  If this extension is supported
    without that one then some parts of that extension get included by
    this extension.  This is mentioned inline in this extension.  Some
    of the sections added by this extension are verbatim copies from
    that extension.  If both are supported these sections should only
    be added once.

Dependencies on EGL_KHR_image_base and EGL_KHR_image

    This extension neither depends on nor affects the wording of
    EGL_KHR_image_base or EGL_KHR_image.  This extension borrows ideas
    from the EGLImage related extensions, but does not require them.

Revision History

    #3 - (July 19, 2012) Acorn Pooley
         Fix name used with #extension in glsl.
    #2 - (Aug 3, 2011) Acorn Pooley
         Rename from GL_OES_EGL_stream_consumer_external to
         GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external
    #1 - (Aug 2, 2011) Acorn Pooley
         Original draft

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