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-Xv is "
[The XFree86 X Video Extension (Xv) Device Dependent Layer|http://www.xfree86.org/current/DESIGN16.html]"
, an extension to [XFree86] to allow for
hardware accelerated video playback
.
+[
Xv]
is [The XFree86 X Video Extension (Xv) Device Dependent Layer | http://www.xfree86.org/current/DESIGN16.html], an extension to [XFree86] that allows applications access
to hardware accelerated video overlaying and scaling. Without it, some TV viewing applications will cause flicker by making your desktop redraw whenever their window is resized or partially obscured or revealed by another window
.
-It
was introduced in XFree86 4.
(See
[the Xv(3x) man page|http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/Xv.3.html].)
+[Xv]
was introduced in [
XFree86]
4.0
(see
[the Xv(3x) man page | http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/Xv.3.html])
. To find out if you're using it, try __ xvinfo(1
)__. __xvattr__ is also useful to set parameters for it.
-To find out if
you're using it
, try __xvinfo__
. __xvattr__ is also useful
to set parameters
for it
.
+If
you have TvTunerCards and you want them to use Xv
, you need to load a driver in your [XServer]
. Add
+
+<verbatim>
+
Load "v4l"
+</verbatim>
+
+
to the [Module] section of its configuration (
for [XFree86]: <tt>/etc/X11/XF86Config</tt>; for X
.org: <tt>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</tt>).
+
+----
+See also [Video4Linux]
