6.2.2.4. VIDEO_STOP

6.2.2.4.1. Name

VIDEO_STOP

Attention

This ioctl is deprecated.

6.2.2.4.2. Synopsis

int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_STOP, boolean mode)

6.2.2.4.3. Arguments

int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().
int request Equals VIDEO_STOP for this command.
Boolean mode Indicates how the screen shall be handled.
  TRUE: Blank screen when stop.
  FALSE: Show last decoded frame.

6.2.2.4.4. 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 stop playing the current stream. Depending on the input parameter, the screen can be blanked out or displaying the last decoded frame.

6.2.2.4.5. 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.