XvQueryAdaptors(3X)XvQueryAdaptors(3X)NameXvQueryAdaptors - return adaptor information for a screen
Syntax
#include <X11/extensions/Xvlib.h>
XvQueryAdaptors(dpy, win, p_num_adaptors, pp_adaptor_info)
Display *dpy;
Drawable draw;
int *p_num_adaptors;
XvAdaptorInfo **pp_adaptor_info;
Arguments
dpy Specifies the display screen on which the Xv
Server is to accept requests from Xv clients. If
the display option is not specified, Xv uses the
display screen specified by your DISPLAY environ-
ment variable. The display option has the format
hostname:number. Using two colons (::) instead of
one (:) indicates that DECnet is to be used for
transport.
draw Specifies a drawable of the screen for which the
adaptor information is desired.
p_num_adaptors
A pointer to where the numer of adaptors for the
specified screen is returned.
pp_adaptor_info
A pointer to where the list of returned adaptor
information is returned.
DescriptionXvQueryAdaptors(3X) returns an video adaptor information
for the screen of the specified drawable. The XvAdaptor-
Info structure has the following organization:
typedef struct {
XvPortID base_id;
unsigned long num_ports;
char type;
char *name;
unsigned long num_formats;
XvFormat *formats;
unsigned long num_adaptors;
} XvAdaptorInfo;
base_id The resource ID of the first adaptor port.
num_ports
The number of ports supported by the adaptor.
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type A bit mask with the value XvInputMask asserted if
the adaptor supports video input, and value XvOut-
putMask asserted if the adaptor supports video
output.
name A vendor specific name that identifies the adap-
tor.
num_formats
The number of depth/visual id formats supported by
the adaptor.
formats A pointer to an array of XvFormat structures.
The XvFormat structure has the following organization:
typedef struct {
char depth;
unsigned long visual_id;
} XvFormat;
depth A drawable depth supported by the adaptor.
visual_id
A visual-id supported for the given depth by the
adaptor.
Returned Values
[Success]
Returns True if XvQueryAdaptors(3X) completed suc-
cessfully.
[XvBadExtension]
Returned if the Xv extension is unavailable.
[XvBadAlloc]
Returned if XvQueryAdaptors(3X) failed to allocate
memory to process the request.
Diagnostics
[Drawable]
Returned if the requested drawable does not exist.
See AlsoXvFreeAdaptorInfo(3X)
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