On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Ren� Bartsch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to stream Video (800 x 600, highcolour, 25 fps) from V4L sources on my
>server's XDM to X-terminal's X with gigabit ethernet.
> But as for I can't use overlay, even the terminal's 600MHz Athlon isn't enough to
>get 25 fps (network is fast enough). Is there any
> other possibility (maybe some special XFree extension) which could help decreasing
>CPU load. (I want to use smaller cpus with
> passive cooling to avoid noise ...)
>
Why can't you use overlay? The hardware doesn't support it?
The XVideo extension will let you send YUV Image data via the
protocol bytestream. If the video source was really YUV you'd
likely be sending less data than with highcolor, and you only
have to send the source size, so scaling is free.
Mark.
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