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.. _audio_fwrite:

=================
DVB audio write()
=================

Name
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DVB audio write()


Synopsis
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.. cpp:function:: size_t write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)


Arguments
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       -  int fd

       -  File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().

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       -  void \*buf

       -  Pointer to the buffer containing the PES data.

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       -  size_t count

       -  Size of buf.


Description
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This system call can only be used if AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY is selected
in the ioctl call AUDIO_SELECT_SOURCE. The data provided shall be in
PES format. If O_NONBLOCK is not specified the function will block
until buffer space is available. The amount of data to be transferred is
implied by count.


Return Value
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       -  ``EPERM``

       -  Mode AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY not selected.

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       -  ``ENOMEM``

       -  Attempted to write more data than the internal buffer can hold.

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       -  ``EBADF``

       -  fd is not a valid open file descriptor.