.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- .. _VIDEO_PLAY: ========== VIDEO_PLAY ========== Name ---- VIDEO_PLAY .. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated. Synopsis -------- .. c:function:: int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_PLAY) :name: VIDEO_PLAY Arguments --------- .. flat-table:: :header-rows: 0 :stub-columns: 0 - .. row 1 - int fd - File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). - .. row 2 - int request - Equals VIDEO_PLAY for this command. Description ----------- This ioctl is for Digital TV devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the V4L2 :ref:`VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD` instead. This ioctl call asks the Video Device to start playing a video stream from the selected source. 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 :ref:`Generic Error Codes ` chapter.