Franz Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> If I've understood it correctly, this is how it's done.
> 
> Framebuffer   --------------------->  System Memory (cacheable)
> Video-Card     DMA Transfer                   many buffers
>                        (steered by interrupt)
> 
> Do the driver use double buffering for the framebuffer to separate the 
> frames properly ?

There is no framebuffer memory.  Capture doesn't need a video card,
the data goes from the grabber card directly into main memory.

> Is streaming done all the time, or does it stop after filling up all the 
> enqueued buffers ?

It stops after filling all enquened buffers (what else it should do?
There is no place where the data can go to ...).

  Gerd

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