[ long description snipped ] > This means you can no longer do video capture, > and some of the picture adjustment options change slightly. However, > you'll probably find that the X display flickers less when you move > windows about, since the display region updates can occur sooner since > they're implemented at a lower level (inside the X server). The flicker (due to the screen refresh triggered by xawtv) should be gone completely with Xvideo. The point is that the X-Server can to everything in order (i.e. first call the driver to reclip the video overlay, then draw the new windows, so the grabber wouldn't draw to the wrong window), which is impossible when xawtv talks to the bttv driver. Xvideo also works correctly in multihead setups (starting with xfree86 4.1+), you can move video windows from one screen to another in xinerama mode. And the X-Server knows exactly what mode the gfx card uses (xawtv sometimes fails to figure the correct one and confuses 24 bpp / 32 bpp modes). > Hope that makes some sense! Yes, was a nice overview. Gerd -- Damn lot people confuse usability and eye-candy.
