Niko Mikkila nm@phnet.fi writes:
Hi!
Thanks for your help.
Run xvinfo to see if the driver actually has Xv support. I recall
Looks good:
X-Video Extension version 2.2 screen #0 Adaptor #0: "ATI Mach64 Back-end Overlay Scaler" number of ports: 1 port base: 61 operations supported: PutImage supported visuals: depth 24, visualID 0x23 depth 24, visualID 0x24 depth 24, visualID 0x25 depth 24, visualID 0x26 depth 24, visualID 0x27 depth 24, visualID 0x28 depth 24, visualID 0x29 depth 24, visualID 0x2a number of attributes: 12 "XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 391) "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 15) "XV_COLOUR" (range -1000 to 1000) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 391) "XV_COLOR" (range -1000 to 1000) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 391) "XV_AUTOPAINT_COLOURKEY" (range 0 to 1) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 1) "XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 1) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 1) "XV_COLOURKEY" (range 0 to 16777215) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 197121) "XV_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 16777215) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 197121) "XV_COLOURKEY_MASK" (range 0 to 16777215) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 16777215) "XV_COLORKEY_MASK" (range 0 to 16777215) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 16777215) "XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 0) client settable attribute "XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 0) maximum XvImage size: 720 x 2048 Number of image formats: 4 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2) guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 16 number of planes: 1 type: YUV (packed) id: 0x59565955 (UYVY) guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 16 number of planes: 1 type: YUV (packed) id: 0x32315659 (YV12) guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 12 number of planes: 3 type: YUV (planar) id: 0x30323449 (I420) guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 12 number of planes: 3 type: YUV (planar)
DirectFB could be an option too if it has video overlay support for your card.
I'll give it a try...
Stephan.