Re: [V4L] Re: PVR hardware selection help

[Stephen Davies]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Mike Frisch wrote:

> Obviously the number of libraries and applications will be much less
> than that of X, but I agree DirectFB seems like a MUCH better choice,
> especially if it supports deinterlacing of v4l devices.  Not to mention
> the lower overhead for the windowing system.  For me a PVR/DVD player
> would have a minimal UI (similar to any off-the-shelf video component
> with an OSD) and carrying around the baggage of X is probably not
> necessary.

X baggage?  Don't confuse X and KDE/GNOME and all that.  X by itself is
pretty small.  It's even an easy fit on an iPAQ or Tuxscreen (16MB of
RAM).

Steve





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