asm3072@xxxxxxxx wrote: > I'm attempting to write a simple v4l viewer which output is through > the mga_vid driver so i can use the g200/g400 BES. Currently i'm > reading from the capture cards buffer in YUV420P palette and > memcpy-ing it to the mga_vid device in the same YUV420P mode. My > question is... is it possible to do an overlay into the video cards > memory... so i can get rid of the cpu hog memcpy. You can. > I've been unable to > figure out if it's possible from the API documentation and misc > source code i've looked at. Overlay as it shows is for X11 only > correct? And i'm not sure if the framebuffer stuff is what i would > want to be looking at. fbtv does that, althrougth it doesn't use mga_vid. It uses matroxfb, maps the mmio area via mmap() and sets up the BES itself. Gerd -- Damn lot people confuse usability and eye-candy.
