^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 1) .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 2) .. c:namespace:: V4L
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 3)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4) .. _VIDIOC_OVERLAY:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 5)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 6) ********************
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7) ioctl VIDIOC_OVERLAY
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8) ********************
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10) Name
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) ====
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) VIDIOC_OVERLAY - Start or stop video overlay
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) Synopsis
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16) ========
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18) .. c:macro:: VIDIOC_OVERLAY
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20) ``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_OVERLAY, const int *argp)``
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22) Arguments
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23) =========
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25) ``fd``
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26) File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 28) ``argp``
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 29) Pointer to an integer.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 30)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 31) Description
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 32) ===========
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 33)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 34) This ioctl is part of the :ref:`video overlay <overlay>` I/O method.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 35) Applications call :ref:`VIDIOC_OVERLAY` to start or stop the overlay. It
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 36) takes a pointer to an integer which must be set to zero by the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 37) application to stop overlay, to one to start.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 38)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 39) Drivers do not support :ref:`VIDIOC_STREAMON` or
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 40) :ref:`VIDIOC_STREAMOFF <VIDIOC_STREAMON>` with
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 41) ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OVERLAY``.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 42)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 43) Return Value
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 44) ============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 45)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 46) On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 47) appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 48) :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 49)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 50) EINVAL
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 51) The overlay parameters have not been set up. See :ref:`overlay`
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 52) for the necessary steps.