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10.. _VIDEO_PLAY:
11
12==========
13VIDEO_PLAY
14==========
15
16Name
17----
18
19VIDEO_PLAY
20
21.. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated.
22
23Synopsis
24--------
25
26.. c:function:: int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_PLAY)
27 :name: VIDEO_PLAY
28
29
30Arguments
31---------
32
33.. flat-table::
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37
38 - .. row 1
39
40 - int fd
41
42 - File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().
43
44 - .. row 2
45
46 - int request
47
48 - Equals VIDEO_PLAY for this command.
49
50
51Description
52-----------
53
54This ioctl is for Digital TV devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the
55V4L2 :ref:`VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD` instead.
56
57This ioctl call asks the Video Device to start playing a video stream
58from the selected source.
59
60
61Return Value
62------------
63
64On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
65appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
66:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.