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1<refentry id="vidioc-overlay">
2 <refmeta>
3 <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_OVERLAY</refentrytitle>
4 &manvol;
5 </refmeta>
6
7 <refnamediv>
8 <refname>VIDIOC_OVERLAY</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Start or stop video overlay</refpurpose>
10 </refnamediv>
11
12 <refsynopsisdiv>
13 <funcsynopsis>
14 <funcprototype>
15 <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
16 <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
17 <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
18 <paramdef>const int *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
19 </funcprototype>
20 </funcsynopsis>
21 </refsynopsisdiv>
22
23 <refsect1>
24 <title>Arguments</title>
25
26 <variablelist>
27 <varlistentry>
28 <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
29 <listitem>
30 <para>&fd;</para>
31 </listitem>
32 </varlistentry>
33 <varlistentry>
34 <term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
35 <listitem>
36 <para>VIDIOC_OVERLAY</para>
37 </listitem>
38 </varlistentry>
39 <varlistentry>
40 <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
41 <listitem>
42 <para></para>
43 </listitem>
44 </varlistentry>
45 </variablelist>
46 </refsect1>
47
48 <refsect1>
49 <title>Description</title>
50
51 <para>This ioctl is part of the <link linkend="overlay">video
52 overlay</link> I/O method. Applications call
53 <constant>VIDIOC_OVERLAY</constant> to start or stop the
54 overlay. It takes a pointer to an integer which must be set to
55 zero by the application to stop overlay, to one to start.</para>
56
57 <para>Drivers do not support &VIDIOC-STREAMON; or
58&VIDIOC-STREAMOFF; with <constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OVERLAY</constant>.</para>
59 </refsect1>
60
61 <refsect1>
62 &return-value;
63
64 <variablelist>
65 <varlistentry>
66 <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>Video overlay is not supported, or the
69parameters have not been set up. See <xref
70linkend="overlay" /> for the necessary steps.</para>
71 </listitem>
72 </varlistentry>
73 </variablelist>
74 </refsect1>
75</refentry>
76
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