Re: bttv / video display mapping with xawtv

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David Warwick (david_warwick@xxxxxxxxxxx):

> I have just installed a Hauppauge WinTV GO card and trying to gat it
> to work with xawtv.
> When I start xawtv it seems that the video is accessing the wrong area
> of video memory in the display.  I get lots of dots for several lines
> across the whole display and no picture in the xawtv window. Can
> anyone point me in the right direction to fixing this, has this
> happened to anyone else?

  Don't use 'overlay' mode in xawtv.  Either use the "v4l" X extension,
or use a mode or program that displays video by capturing and using the
XVIDEO API.  'overlay' mode is considered harmful by many.

  -Billy





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