Michael J. Hammel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > MythTV seems to want to work with V4L devices. My understanding is > that XFree86's v4l module will provide an Xv interface to V4l devices. > Is that correct? This assumes the TV is accessible through a V4l > driver, ie Xv sits atop V4L - is this also correct?
XVIDEO does two things. It provides an API allowing applications to draw their own video to the screen, and it also provides an API to have X talk directly to the capture card simply for displaying on the screen (no capture). The driver you're using, afaict, can _only_ display video to the screen, and not capture. This means that mythtv CANNOT record using it. > If I'm right about this, the only way to support my hardware would be > either: > > 1. write a V4l driver for the TV hardware and make the X server not > manage that hardware Yes. > 2. Add direct Xv support to MythTV No. The XVIDEO API for displaying video does not provide a usable interface for recording video streams. Send the output of 'xvinfo' and you'll likely see that no capture capabilities exist anyway. -Billy _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86