XvSelectVideoNotify(3)

XvSelectVideoNotify3

Enable or disable videonotify events

Usage

#include <X11/extensions/Xvlib.h>

int XvSelectVideoNotify(Display *dpy, Drawable drawable, Bool onoff);

Arguments

dpy

Specifies the connection to the X server.

drawable

Defines the drawable in which video activity is to be reported.

onoff

Selects whether video notification is enabled or disabled.

Overview

XvSelectVideoNotify(3) enables or disables XvVideoNotify(3) events to be reported for video activity in a drawable.

Return values

[Success]

Returned if XvSelectVideoNotify(3) completed successfully.

[XvBadExtension]

Returned if the Xv extension is unavailable.

[XvBadAlloc]

Returned if XvSelectVideoNotify(3) failed to allocate memory to process the request.

Diagnostics

[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.