1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
14 .. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated.
19 .. c:function:: int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_PLAY)
35 - File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().
41 - Equals VIDEO_PLAY for this command.
47 This ioctl is for DVB devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the
48 V4L2 :ref:`VIDIOC_DECODER_CMD` instead.
50 This ioctl call asks the Video Device to start playing a video stream
51 from the selected source.
57 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
58 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
59 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.