xcb_xv_stop_video(3)

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💖 xcb_xv_stop_video — bestie's guide to making the video STOP 💖

okay so real talk, this is a page from the XCB Requests manual, and the function in question is xcb_xv_stop_video(3). She's giving "please, for the love of everything, cease the video." Let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xcb_xv_stop_video —

that's it. that's the whole name section. the original literally leaves the description blank, and honestly? iconic minimalism. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

first things first, you gotta pull in the header:

#include <xcb/xv.h>

🦋 Request function

and here's the actual call, bestie — look at her:

xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_xv_stop_video(xcb_connection_t *conn,
       xcb_xv_port_t port, xcb_drawable_t drawable);

three args, one return, zero chill ✨

🫶 REQUEST ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • conn — the XCB connection to X11. your lil lifeline to the server, the group chat with the display, ykwim? 💜
  • port — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. yeah. the original says that. i'm not making this up, and i'm not gonna pretend i know what it does, because that would be lying and we don't do that here. 🙈
  • drawable — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. same vibe. the manpage author left this one on read. 😭

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

this section is, and i cannot stress this enough, empty in the original. nothing. void. the absence of a description is itself the description. it's giving mystery, it's giving enigma, it's giving "figure it out bestie." 🌈

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

so she hands you back an xcb_void_cookie_t. that's the tea. 🍓

any errors? if there are any, you have to handle them in the event loop, periodt. that's just how it works.

but wait — if you'd rather handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead, then use xcb_xv_stop_video_checked instead. she's the checked version, she's the responsible one. for all the deets, go read xcb-requests(3). 📚

🔥 ERRORS 🔥

get this: this request does never generate any errors.

zero. none. not a single one. she's that well-behaved. ate and left no crumbs. 💅✨

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

nothing here, bestie. it's empty in the original. i would tell you what to look at but the manpage said "no thoughts, head empty." 🦋

💌 AUTHOR 💌

Generated from xv.xml. and if you've got corrections or improvements, hit up xcb@lists.freedesktop.org — they want to hear from you, fr fr. 📧

and that's the whole page!! we did it 🎉

little sign-off moment: this was X Version 11, libxcb 1.17.0, and the manual name is xcb_xv_stop_video(3). go forth and stop some video, bestie 💖🫶✨

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