> > but this isn't a API limit. Capture to a pixmap and then read
> > data with XGetImage would work in theory (unless I've missed
> > something important).
>
> XvGetImage and XvGetVideo are (AFAICT) intended for putting stuff from
> a drawable to videoout, not for capturing to file on the host.
Yes.
> (XvPutImage and XvPutVideo do what you're describing here from videoin
> -> screen)
Exactly. For capture you could do XvPutImage to blit to a pixmap, then
XGetImage (note the missing "v" here) to transfer the image data from
the pixmap (X-Server´s storage) into your X11 client memory.
Gerd
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