summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/audio-channel-select.rst
blob: 69df4c0f2fb25cfef123ab341abeea5c258925ce (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-

.. _AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT:

====================
AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT
====================

Name
----

AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT


Synopsis
--------

.. cpp:function:: int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT, audio_channel_select_t)


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 AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT for this command.

    -  .. row 3

       -  audio_channel_select_t ch

       -  Select the output format of the audio (mono left/right, stereo).


Description
-----------

This ioctl is for DVB devices only. To control a V4L2 decoder use the
V4L2 ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_AUDIO_DEC_PLAYBACK`` control instead.

This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to select the requested channel if
possible.


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 <gen-errors>` chapter.
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud