Loren M Lang (lorenl@xxxxxxxxxxx): > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have two systems, one with debian linux installed on it which I'll > call debian and the other has redhat. On redhat, I don't have a > dedicated motherboard and keyboard and I connect to a vncserver on in > to do all my work on it. The debian system has a tv tuner card and > xawtv installed on it. At some point I had vnced to redhat from a > nearby windoze box and loaded a xterm. On the xterm I executed the > command 'ssh -X debian' and then ran 'xawtv &' in the ssh session. I > expected xawtv to complain that there was no Xvideo support and it > only could run in the mode of grabdisplay. What actually happened was > I got a black window on redhat in the vncserver and on my debian box I > saw the tv channel being display even on top of the screen saver. It > said it was running as overlay and as soon as I turned it to > grabdisplay, the video on debian disappeared and redhat show the video > in the window at a slow rate as expected. Every other app like gtv, > xine, mplayer always complains that no Xvideo support is in the server > and refuses to run. How is xawtv able to contact the X server on > debian for Xvideo and the X server on redhat for events while others > can't? If I move the window on redhat, the video on debian moves with > it. > > And is this related to how xawtv can only display in the primary > screen of a multi-head system and is there a way to change that to > secondary so I can focus on my work in the primary screen instead? In "overlay" mode, the capture card is sending RGB data directly to video memory on your primary display. In your case, xawtv is not using XVIDEO. -Billy
