Re: V4L without X11

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Subject: Re: V4L without X11
From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:34:36 +0100
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> I am digging around but can't seem to find any info
> regarding video4linux usage/development without using X11.
> I would like to know if it is possible to use video4linux
> to capture video input to a console buffer.
>
> or is X11 a requirement in all cases?

Sure is. V4L/V4L2  is a video API, and is not related to X11. Any application 
can grab frames using the V4L/V4L2 API, and render those frames to the screen 
(using X11 or not). The video overlay feature of V4L probably works on the 
console framebuffer too.

Laurent Pinchart

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