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.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
.. _AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE:
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AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE
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Name
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AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE
Synopsis
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.. cpp:function:: int ioctl(fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE, int type)
Arguments
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- int fd
- File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().
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- int request
- Equals AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE for this command.
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- int type
- stream type
Description
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This ioctl tells the driver which kind of audio stream to expect. This
is useful if the stream offers several audio sub-streams like LPCM and
AC3.
Return Value
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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``
- type is not a valid or supported stream type.