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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.
It was introduced in XFree86 4. (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__. __xvattr__ is also useful to set parameters for it.
+To find out if you're using it, try __ xvinfo(1)
__. __xvattr__ is also useful to set parameters for it.
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+To use it, add
+ 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.
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+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
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