XvVideoNotify(3)

XvVideoNotify3

Event generated for video processing

Usage

#include <X11/extensions/Xvlib.h>

     typedef union {
       int type;
       XvVideoNotifyEvent xvvideo;
       XvPortNotifyEvent xvport;
       long pad[24];
     } XvEvent;
     typedef struct {
       int type;
       unsigned long serial;
       Bool send_event;
       Display *display;
       Drawable drawable;
       unsigned long reason;
       XvPortID port_id;
       Time time;
     } XvVideoNotifyEvent;
type

Specifies the type of event: XvVideoNotify.

serial

Number of the last request processed by the server.

send_event

True if the event was generated by a SendEvent request.

display

A pointer to the display the event was read from.

drawable

The drawable for which the event was generated.

reason

The reason the event was generated: XvStarted, XvStopped, XvPreempted, XvBusy, XvHardError.

port_id

The port processing the video for which the event was generated.

Overview

XvVideoNotify events are generated when video is started, stopped, preempted by another video request, ignored because the port is grabbed by another client, or interrupted because of a hard transmission or reception error.

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.