Mark Vojkovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> > > I can add a XvMC function to get you an XImage from the XvMC
> > > surface so that you can use XvMC instead of Xv. Then you can get
> > > rid of the delay between the XvShmPut() and the actual flip.
> > 
> >   But could this be a solution we could implement in general?
> 
>  We have tossed around an interface for this.  But there needs to be
>  kernel support to get around the permissions problems.  If root
>  permissions are required to be able to write to that XvImage, it's
>  not much use.

  I disagree.  If I'm showing a movie, have rented a large projector and
a hall, I'd really really like 24fps at exactly 72hz.  Giving
high-priority multimedia applications root access is a no-brainer.

-- 
Billy Biggs
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