XvStopVideo(3)

XvStopVideo3

Stop active video

Usage

#include <X11/extensions/Xvlib.h>

int XvStopVideo(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.

Overview

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.

Return 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.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9–13
  6. Arch

From libxv 1.0.13-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.