Re: use of vbi device

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Joëlle Nakhlé wrote:

>I use /dev/video0 when developping my application.  But, what is
>/dev/v4l/vbi0 for? In which context is it used?   Thanks a lot. JN

I believe it is used by programs decoding videotext pages, e.g. alevt.
vbi likely means "vertical blanking interval", where the videotext data is
transmitted.




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