<title>DVB Demux Device</title> <para>The DVB demux device controls the filters of the DVB hardware/software. It can be accessed through <emphasis role="tt">/dev/adapter0/demux0</emphasis>. Data types and and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including <emphasis role="tt">linux/dvb/dmx.h</emphasis> in your application. </para> <section id="dmx_types"> <title>Demux Data Types</title> <section id="dmx-output-t"> <title>dmx_output_t</title> <programlisting> typedef enum { DMX_OUT_DECODER, /⋆ Streaming directly to decoder. ⋆/ DMX_OUT_TAP, /⋆ Output going to a memory buffer ⋆/ /⋆ (to be retrieved via the read command).⋆/ DMX_OUT_TS_TAP, /⋆ Output multiplexed into a new TS ⋆/ /⋆ (to be retrieved by reading from the ⋆/ /⋆ logical DVR device). ⋆/ DMX_OUT_TSDEMUX_TAP /⋆ Like TS_TAP but retrieved from the DMX device ⋆/ } dmx_output_t; </programlisting> <para><emphasis role="tt">DMX_OUT_TAP</emphasis> delivers the stream output to the demux device on which the ioctl is called. </para> <para><emphasis role="tt">DMX_OUT_TS_TAP</emphasis> routes output to the logical DVR device <emphasis role="tt">/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0</emphasis>, which delivers a TS multiplexed from all filters for which <emphasis role="tt">DMX_OUT_TS_TAP</emphasis> was specified. </para> </section> <section id="dmx-input-t"> <title>dmx_input_t</title> <programlisting> typedef enum { DMX_IN_FRONTEND, /⋆ Input from a front-end device. ⋆/ DMX_IN_DVR /⋆ Input from the logical DVR device. ⋆/ } dmx_input_t; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-pes-type-t"> <title>dmx_pes_type_t</title> <programlisting> typedef enum { DMX_PES_AUDIO0, DMX_PES_VIDEO0, DMX_PES_TELETEXT0, DMX_PES_SUBTITLE0, DMX_PES_PCR0, DMX_PES_AUDIO1, DMX_PES_VIDEO1, DMX_PES_TELETEXT1, DMX_PES_SUBTITLE1, DMX_PES_PCR1, DMX_PES_AUDIO2, DMX_PES_VIDEO2, DMX_PES_TELETEXT2, DMX_PES_SUBTITLE2, DMX_PES_PCR2, DMX_PES_AUDIO3, DMX_PES_VIDEO3, DMX_PES_TELETEXT3, DMX_PES_SUBTITLE3, DMX_PES_PCR3, DMX_PES_OTHER } dmx_pes_type_t; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-filter"> <title>struct dmx_filter</title> <programlisting> typedef struct dmx_filter { __u8 filter[DMX_FILTER_SIZE]; __u8 mask[DMX_FILTER_SIZE]; __u8 mode[DMX_FILTER_SIZE]; } dmx_filter_t; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-sct-filter-params"> <title>struct dmx_sct_filter_params</title> <programlisting> struct dmx_sct_filter_params { __u16 pid; dmx_filter_t filter; __u32 timeout; __u32 flags; #define DMX_CHECK_CRC 1 #define DMX_ONESHOT 2 #define DMX_IMMEDIATE_START 4 #define DMX_KERNEL_CLIENT 0x8000 }; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-pes-filter-params"> <title>struct dmx_pes_filter_params</title> <programlisting> struct dmx_pes_filter_params { __u16 pid; dmx_input_t input; dmx_output_t output; dmx_pes_type_t pes_type; __u32 flags; }; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-event"> <title>struct dmx_event</title> <programlisting> struct dmx_event { dmx_event_t event; time_t timeStamp; union { dmx_scrambling_status_t scrambling; } u; }; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-stc"> <title>struct dmx_stc</title> <programlisting> struct dmx_stc { unsigned int num; /⋆ input : which STC? 0..N ⋆/ unsigned int base; /⋆ output: divisor for stc to get 90 kHz clock ⋆/ __u64 stc; /⋆ output: stc in 'base'⋆90 kHz units ⋆/ }; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-caps"> <title>struct dmx_caps</title> <programlisting> typedef struct dmx_caps { __u32 caps; int num_decoders; } dmx_caps_t; </programlisting> </section> <section id="dmx-source-t"> <title>enum dmx_source_t</title> <programlisting> typedef enum { DMX_SOURCE_FRONT0 = 0, DMX_SOURCE_FRONT1, DMX_SOURCE_FRONT2, DMX_SOURCE_FRONT3, DMX_SOURCE_DVR0 = 16, DMX_SOURCE_DVR1, DMX_SOURCE_DVR2, DMX_SOURCE_DVR3 } dmx_source_t; </programlisting> </section> </section> <section id="dmx_fcalls"> <title>Demux Function Calls</title> <section id="dmx_fopen"> <title>open()</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This system call, used with a device name of /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0, allocates a new filter and returns a handle which can be used for subsequent control of that filter. This call has to be made for each filter to be used, i.e. every returned file descriptor is a reference to a single filter. /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 is a logical device to be used for retrieving Transport Streams for digital video recording. When reading from this device a transport stream containing the packets from all PES filters set in the corresponding demux device (/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0) having the output set to DMX_OUT_TS_TAP. A recorded Transport Stream is replayed by writing to this device. </para> <para>The significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not affect the semantics of the open() call itself. A device opened in blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa) using the F_SETFL command of the fcntl system call.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int open(const char ⋆deviceName, int flags);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>const char *deviceName</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Name of demux device.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int flags</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>A bit-wise OR of the following flags:</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>O_RDWR read/write access</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>O_NONBLOCK open in non-blocking mode</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>(blocking mode is the default)</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>RETURN VALUE</para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>ENODEV</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Device driver not loaded/available.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EINVAL</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Invalid argument.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EMFILE</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>“Too many open files”, i.e. no more filters available.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>ENOMEM</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>The driver failed to allocate enough memory.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section> <section id="dmx_fclose"> <title>close()</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This system call deactivates and deallocates a filter that was previously allocated via the open() call.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int close(int fd);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>RETURN VALUE</para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>EBADF</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section> <section id="dmx_fread"> <title>read()</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This system call returns filtered data, which might be section or PES data. The filtered data is transferred from the driver’s internal circular buffer to buf. The maximum amount of data to be transferred is implied by count.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>When returning section data the driver always tries to return a complete single section (even though buf would provide buffer space for more data). If the size of the buffer is smaller than the section as much as possible will be returned, and the remaining data will be provided in subsequent calls.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>The size of the internal buffer is 2 * 4096 bytes (the size of two maximum sized sections) by default. The size of this buffer may be changed by using the DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE function. If the buffer is not large enough, or if the read operations are not performed fast enough, this may result in a buffer overflow error. In this case EOVERFLOW will be returned, and the circular buffer will be emptied. This call is blocking if there is no data to return, i.e. the process will be put to sleep waiting for data, unless the O_NONBLOCK flag is specified.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>Note that in order to be able to read, the filtering process has to be started by defining either a section or a PES filter by means of the ioctl functions, and then starting the filtering process via the DMX_START ioctl function or by setting the DMX_IMMEDIATE_START flag. If the reading is done from a logical DVR demux device, the data will constitute a Transport Stream including the packets from all PES filters in the corresponding demux device /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 having the output set to DMX_OUT_TS_TAP.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>size_t read(int fd, void ⋆buf, size_t count);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>void *buf</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Pointer to the buffer to be used for returned filtered data.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>size_t count</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Size of buf.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>RETURN VALUE</para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>EWOULDBLOCK</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>No data to return and O_NONBLOCK was specified.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EBADF</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>ECRC</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Last section had a CRC error - no data returned. The buffer is flushed.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EOVERFLOW</para> </entry><entry align="char"> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>The filtered data was not read from the buffer in due time, resulting in non-read data being lost. The buffer is flushed.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>ETIMEDOUT</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>The section was not loaded within the stated timeout period. See ioctl DMX_SET_FILTER for how to set a timeout.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EFAULT</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>The driver failed to write to the callers buffer due to an invalid *buf pointer.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section> <section id="dmx_fwrite"> <title>write()</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This system call is only provided by the logical device /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0, associated with the physical demux device that provides the actual DVR functionality. It is used for replay of a digitally recorded Transport Stream. Matching filters have to be defined in the corresponding physical demux device, /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0. The amount of data to be transferred is implied by count.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>ssize_t write(int fd, const void ⋆buf, size_t count);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>void *buf</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Pointer to the buffer containing the Transport Stream.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>size_t count</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Size of buf.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>RETURN VALUE</para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>EWOULDBLOCK</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>No data was written. This might happen if O_NONBLOCK was specified and there is no more buffer space available (if O_NONBLOCK is not specified the function will block until buffer space is available).</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EBUSY</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>This error code indicates that there are conflicting requests. The corresponding demux device is setup to receive data from the front- end. Make sure that these filters are stopped and that the filters with input set to DMX_IN_DVR are started.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EBADF</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section> <section id="DMX_START"> <title>DMX_START</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This ioctl call is used to start the actual filtering operation defined via the ioctl calls DMX_SET_FILTER or DMX_SET_PES_FILTER.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_START);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int request</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Equals DMX_START for this command.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> &return-value-dvb; <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>EINVAL</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Invalid argument, i.e. no filtering parameters provided via the DMX_SET_FILTER or DMX_SET_PES_FILTER functions.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>EBUSY</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>This error code indicates that there are conflicting requests. There are active filters filtering data from another input source. Make sure that these filters are stopped before starting this filter.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section> <section id="DMX_STOP"> <title>DMX_STOP</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This ioctl call is used to stop the actual filtering operation defined via the ioctl calls DMX_SET_FILTER or DMX_SET_PES_FILTER and started via the DMX_START command.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_STOP);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int request</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Equals DMX_STOP for this command.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> &return-value-dvb; </section> <section id="DMX_SET_FILTER"> <title>DMX_SET_FILTER</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This ioctl call sets up a filter according to the filter and mask parameters provided. A timeout may be defined stating number of seconds to wait for a section to be loaded. A value of 0 means that no timeout should be applied. Finally there is a flag field where it is possible to state whether a section should be CRC-checked, whether the filter should be a ”one-shot” filter, i.e. if the filtering operation should be stopped after the first section is received, and whether the filtering operation should be started immediately (without waiting for a DMX_START ioctl call). If a filter was previously set-up, this filter will be canceled, and the receive buffer will be flushed.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_SET_FILTER, struct dmx_sct_filter_params ⋆params);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int request</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Equals DMX_SET_FILTER for this command.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>struct dmx_sct_filter_params *params</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Pointer to structure containing filter parameters.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> &return-value-dvb; </section> <section id="DMX_SET_PES_FILTER"> <title>DMX_SET_PES_FILTER</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This ioctl call sets up a PES filter according to the parameters provided. By a PES filter is meant a filter that is based just on the packet identifier (PID), i.e. no PES header or payload filtering capability is supported.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>The transport stream destination for the filtered output may be set. Also the PES type may be stated in order to be able to e.g. direct a video stream directly to the video decoder. Finally there is a flag field where it is possible to state whether the filtering operation should be started immediately (without waiting for a DMX_START ioctl call). If a filter was previously set-up, this filter will be cancelled, and the receive buffer will be flushed.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_SET_PES_FILTER, struct dmx_pes_filter_params ⋆params);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int request</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Equals DMX_SET_PES_FILTER for this command.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>struct dmx_pes_filter_params *params</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Pointer to structure containing filter parameters.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> &return-value-dvb; <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>EBUSY</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>This error code indicates that there are conflicting requests. There are active filters filtering data from another input source. Make sure that these filters are stopped before starting this filter.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section> <section id="DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE"> <title>DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This ioctl call is used to set the size of the circular buffer used for filtered data. The default size is two maximum sized sections, i.e. if this function is not called a buffer size of 2 * 4096 bytes will be used.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE, unsigned long size);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int request</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Equals DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE for this command.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>unsigned long size</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Size of circular buffer.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> &return-value-dvb; </section> <section id="DMX_GET_EVENT"> <title>DMX_GET_EVENT</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This ioctl call returns an event if available. If an event is not available, the behavior depends on whether the device is in blocking or non-blocking mode. In the latter case, the call fails immediately with errno set to EWOULDBLOCK. In the former case, the call blocks until an event becomes available.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>The standard Linux poll() and/or select() system calls can be used with the device file descriptor to watch for new events. For select(), the file descriptor should be included in the exceptfds argument, and for poll(), POLLPRI should be specified as the wake-up condition. Only the latest event for each filter is saved.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_GET_EVENT, struct dmx_event ⋆ev);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int request</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Equals DMX_GET_EVENT for this command.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>struct dmx_event *ev</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Pointer to the location where the event is to be stored.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> &return-value-dvb; <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>EWOULDBLOCK</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>There is no event pending, and the device is in non-blocking mode.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section> <section id="DMX_GET_STC"> <title>DMX_GET_STC</title> <para>DESCRIPTION </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>This ioctl call returns the current value of the system time counter (which is driven by a PES filter of type DMX_PES_PCR). Some hardware supports more than one STC, so you must specify which one by setting the num field of stc before the ioctl (range 0...n). The result is returned in form of a ratio with a 64 bit numerator and a 32 bit denominator, so the real 90kHz STC value is stc->stc / stc->base .</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>SYNOPSIS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = DMX_GET_STC, struct dmx_stc ⋆stc);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> <para>PARAMETERS </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int fd</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>int request</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Equals DMX_GET_STC for this command.</para> </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> <para>struct dmx_stc *stc</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Pointer to the location where the stc is to be stored.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> &return-value-dvb; <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>EINVAL</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>Invalid stc number.</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> </section></section>