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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:03:12 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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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 enable it in your [XServer], add
-To find out if you're using it, try __ xvinfo(1)__. __xvattr__ is also useful to set parameters for it.
-
-To use it, add
+<verbatim>
Load "v4l"
-in the module section of your
/etc/X11/XF86Config file (for [XFree86] version 4) or /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if using the X.org [XServer]). This allows the "Xvideo" extension to do video overlays and scaling.
+<
/verbatim>
-One useful effect of this is that some tv viewing apps don't need
to send those annoying refresh commands that make your desktop flicker every time
the window is resized, or another window obscures or reveals part
of its window
.
+to the module section
of its configuration (for [XFree86]: <tt>/etc/X11/XF86Config</tt>; for X.org: <tt>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</tt>)
.
