1.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
2
3.. _VIDEO_PLAY:
4
5==========
6VIDEO_PLAY
7==========
8
9Name
10----
11
12VIDEO_PLAY
13
14.. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated.
15
16Synopsis
17--------
18
19.. c:function:: int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_PLAY)
20    :name: VIDEO_PLAY
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22
23Arguments
24---------
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31    -  .. row 1
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33       -  int fd
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35       -  File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().
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37    -  .. row 2
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39       -  int request
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41       -  Equals VIDEO_PLAY for this command.
42
43
44Description
45-----------
46
47This ioctl is for Digital TV devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the
48V4L2 :ref:`VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD` instead.
49
50This ioctl call asks the Video Device to start playing a video stream
51from the selected source.
52
53
54Return Value
55------------
56
57On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
58appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
59:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
60