XawTV has a few display methods, GrabDisplay and Overlay are the ones we'll look at. Basically GrabDisplay takes the frame from the card and sends the image to the video card like a standard image. This is software mode basically, and thus when resizing the window you will in effect get software resizing. Overlay is neat, the video stream goes pretty much straight from the tuner into your video card, where it's plopped on the screen at X by X coordinates. Thus, when you resize the view you are resizing it with hardware. Overlay I've had a couple problems with, mostly with old AccuView cards or non standard bt8x8's, but for the most part it's clean sailing. --dfo "Minson, John M. [Contractor]" wrote: > OK .What is the key to 'hardware scaling' ? I admit I know nodda about video > but have been reading 'XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO' and playing with > modelines and xvidtune . > > Thanks > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bart Schuller [mailto:schuller+video4linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:44 PM > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Win98 - XFree86 and what the parrot saw > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:21:46AM -0500, Minson, John M. [Contractor] > wrote: > > Is it unreasonable to think I can get bttv(as of Kernel 2.4) , xawtv (3.3) > > to work as well as Win98 and WebTV on the same set of hardware ? When I > say > > 'work as well' I'm refering to the size and quality of the picture not > the > > bells and whistles of the app . > > I don't know anything about WebTV, but for me using an old Hauppauge > card, a Matrox G450 video card and Xfree86 4.0.2, it's at least much > better than the crappy app that came with the TV card. Instant full > screen by hardware scaling (I work on 1600x1200). And even though the UI > of xawtv is a bit spartan, I'm quite fond of it, using the mouse wheel > to zap back and forth through the channels and having the most used ones > readily available on the number keys. > > -- > The idea is that the first face shown to people is one they can readily > accept - a more traditional logo. The lunacy element is only revealed > subsequently, via the LunaDude. [excerpted from the Lunatech Identity > Manual] > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list -- Regards, DFO [ Media Development Manager ] [ Pervasys Technologies Inc. ] (Vancouver, BC Canada) -------------------------------------------------------------- The opinions given in this email are only the opinions of the sender, not Pervasys Technologies Inc., or any employees at Pervasys Technologies Inc. Pervasys Technologies Inc. accepts no responsibility for offensive or destructive emails generated from Pervasys Technologies Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------
