6.2.2.5. VIDEO_PLAY¶
6.2.2.5.3. Arguments¶
| int fd | File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). |
| int request | Equals VIDEO_PLAY for this command. |
6.2.2.5.4. Description¶
This ioctl is for Digital TV devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the V4L2 ioctl VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD, VIDIOC_TRY_DECODER_CMD instead.
This ioctl call asks the Video Device to start playing a video stream from the selected source.
6.2.2.5.5. Return Value¶
On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the errno variable is set
appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
Generic Error Codes chapter.