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.. _VIDEO_CONTINUE:

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VIDEO_CONTINUE
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Name
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VIDEO_CONTINUE

.. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated.

Synopsis
--------

.. c:function:: int ioctl(fd, VIDEO_CONTINUE)
    :name: VIDEO_CONTINUE


Arguments
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       -  int fd

       -  File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().

    -  .. row 2

       -  int request

       -  Equals VIDEO_CONTINUE for this command.


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

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

This ioctl call restarts decoding and playing processes of the video
stream which was played before a call to VIDEO_FREEZE was made.


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.