> 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
