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+<refentry id="vidioc-g-output">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT, VIDIOC_S_OUTPUT</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT</refname>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_S_OUTPUT</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Query or select the current video output</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <funcsynopsis>
+      <funcprototype>
+       <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
+       <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
+       <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
+       <paramdef>int *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+    </funcsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Arguments</title>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>&fd;</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT, VIDIOC_S_OUTPUT</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para></para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>To query the current video output applications call the
+<constant>VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT</constant> ioctl with a pointer to an integer
+where the driver stores the number of the output, as in the
+&v4l2-output; <structfield>index</structfield> field. This ioctl
+will fail only when there are no video outputs, returning the
+&EINVAL;.</para>
+
+    <para>To select a video output applications store the number of the
+desired output in an integer and call the
+<constant>VIDIOC_S_OUTPUT</constant> ioctl with a pointer to this integer.
+Side effects are possible. For example outputs may support different
+video standards, so the driver may implicitly switch the current
+standard.
+standard. Because of these possible side effects applications
+must select an output before querying or negotiating any other parameters.</para>
+
+    <para>Information about video outputs is available using the
+&VIDIOC-ENUMOUTPUT; ioctl.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>The number of the video output is out of bounds, or
+there are no video outputs at all.</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>