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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-10-20 00:10:27 -0300
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+.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _VIDEO_GET_CAPABILITIES:
+
+======================
+VIDEO_GET_CAPABILITIES
+======================
+
+Name
+----
+
+VIDEO_GET_CAPABILITIES
+
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+.. cpp:function:: int ioctl(fd, int request = VIDEO_GET_CAPABILITIES, unsigned int *cap)
+
+
+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 VIDEO_GET_CAPABILITIES for this command.
+
+ - .. row 3
+
+ - unsigned int \*cap
+
+ - Pointer to a location where to store the capability information.
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This ioctl call asks the video device about its decoding capabilities.
+On success it returns and integer which has bits set according to the
+defines in section ??.
+
+
+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.