0001 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
0002 .. c:namespace:: DTV.video
0003
0004 .. _VIDEO_PLAY:
0005
0006 ==========
0007 VIDEO_PLAY
0008 ==========
0009
0010 Name
0011 ----
0012
0013 VIDEO_PLAY
0014
0015 .. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated.
0016
0017 Synopsis
0018 --------
0019
0020 .. c:macro:: VIDEO_PLAY
0021
0022 ``int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_PLAY)``
0023
0024 Arguments
0025 ---------
0026
0027 .. flat-table::
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0030
0031 - .. row 1
0032
0033 - int fd
0034
0035 - File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().
0036
0037 - .. row 2
0038
0039 - int request
0040
0041 - Equals VIDEO_PLAY for this command.
0042
0043 Description
0044 -----------
0045
0046 This ioctl is for Digital TV devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the
0047 V4L2 :ref:`VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD` instead.
0048
0049 This ioctl call asks the Video Device to start playing a video stream
0050 from the selected source.
0051
0052 Return Value
0053 ------------
0054
0055 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
0056 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
0057 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
