Re: what is xv?

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Subject: Re: what is xv?
From: Yurij Sysoev <winix@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:33:32 +0530
In-reply-to: <20030819212331.GA581@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi,

I've launched xvinfo and I noticed that on the mini-itx I don't have got
any adapter  that supports it. What  is Xv? How  does it works? I  run a

Xv isn't a program - this is a X-Server future, which provides somehardware acceleration for video output.

couple of  programs that mmap the  device and grabe frames.  Can Xv make
these programs not working?

Exactly, Xv doesn't need for the video capturing - just for the playback.

Regards,
Yurij