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.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
.. _DMX_START:
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DMX_START
=========
Name
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DMX_START
Synopsis
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.. cpp:function:: int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_START)
Arguments
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- int fd
- File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().
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- int request
- Equals DMX_START for this command.
Description
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This ioctl call is used to start the actual filtering operation defined
via the ioctl calls DMX_SET_FILTER or DMX_SET_PES_FILTER.
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.
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- ``EINVAL``
- Invalid argument, i.e. no filtering parameters provided via the
DMX_SET_FILTER or DMX_SET_PES_FILTER functions.
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- ``EBUSY``
- This error code indicates that there are conflicting requests.
There are active filters filtering data from another input source.
Make sure that these filters are stopped before starting this
filter.