| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later |
| .. c:namespace:: DTV.video |
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| .. _VIDEO_PLAY: |
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| ========== |
| VIDEO_PLAY |
| ========== |
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| Name |
| ---- |
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| VIDEO_PLAY |
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| .. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated. |
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| Synopsis |
| -------- |
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| .. c:macro:: VIDEO_PLAY |
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| ``int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_PLAY)`` |
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| Arguments |
| --------- |
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| - .. row 1 |
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| - int fd |
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| - File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). |
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| - .. row 2 |
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| - int request |
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| - Equals VIDEO_PLAY for this command. |
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| Description |
| ----------- |
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| This ioctl is for Digital TV devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the |
| V4L2 :ref:`VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD` instead. |
| |
| This ioctl call asks the Video Device to start playing a video stream |
| from the selected source. |
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| Return Value |
| ------------ |
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| On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set |
| appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the |
| :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. |
