---
name: "XvFreeEncodingInfo"
section: "3x"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxv-dev"
version: "1:1.0.2-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XvFreeEncodingInfo/3x"
---

# XvFreeEncodingInfo(3x)

free encoding information

## Name

XvFreeEncodingInfo - free encoding information

## Syntax

**XvFreeEncodingInfo(***p\_encoding\_info*)

**XvEncodingInfo** *\*p\_encoding\_info*;

## Arguments

- *p\_encoding\_info*

  Pointer to where the encoding information is located.

## Description

[XvFreeEncodingInfo(3x)](/XvFreeEncodingInfo/3x.md) frees encoding information that  was returned by [XvQueryEncodings(3x)](/XvQueryEncodings/3x.md).  The data structure used for encoding information is defined in the reference page for [XvQueryEncodings(3x)](/XvQueryEncodings/3x.md).

## See Also

[XvQueryEncodings(3x)](/XvQueryEncodings/3x.md)\