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xvstopvideo

XvStopVideo(3)						     Library Functions Manual						    XvStopVideo(3)

Name
       XvStopVideo - stop active video

Syntax
       #include <X11/extensions/Xvlib.h>

       XvGetStill(Display *dpy, XvPortID port, Drawable draw);

Arguments
       dpy     Specifies the connection to the X server.

       port    Specifies the port for which video is to be stopped.

       draw    Specifies the drawable associated with the named port.

Description
       XvStopVideo(3)  stops  active video for the specified port and drawable.  If the port is not processing video, or if it is processing video
       in a different drawable, the request is ignored.  When video is stopped a XvVideoNotify(3) event with detail XvStopped is generated for the
       associated drawable.

Returned Values
       [Success]
	       Returned if XvStopVideo(3) completed successfully.

       [XvBadExtension]
	       Returned if the Xv extension is unavailable.

       [XvBadAlloc]
	       Returned if XvStopVideo(3) failed to allocate memory to process the request.

Diagnostics
       [XvBadPort]
	       Generated if the requested port does not exist.

       [BadDrawable]
	       Generated if the requested drawable does not exist.

See Also
       XvGetVideo(3), XvPutVideo(3), XvVideoNotifyEvent(3)

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