From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= Subject: Re: Adding overlays Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:32:23 +0200 Message-ID: <20050211053223.GA16480@sci.fi> References: <20050210145634.34525.qmail@web53606.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CzTPo-00078W-8r for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:32:28 -0800 Received: from gw01.mail.saunalahti.fi ([195.197.172.115]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CzTPm-0002lf-P4 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:32:28 -0800 Received: from kuori.saunalahti.fi (kuori.saunalahti.fi [195.197.175.23]) by gw01.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8E3D405C for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:32:23 +0200 (EET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050210145634.34525.qmail@web53606.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 06:56:34AM -0800, Komal Shah wrote: > Hi All, >=20 > I am a newbie into this overlay stuff. Let me explain > my confusion first: >=20 > 1. I have a display controller hardware which support > "primary buffer window", "video1 window", "video2 > window". video2 on top of -> video 1 on top of -> > primary. >=20 > Now primay buffer window is used by /dev/fb for normal > framebuffer support.=20 >=20 > 2. Now I want to utilize overlay support given by > "video1 and 2", to have two playbacks/previews. >=20 > What should I do/use the interface to get this overlay > support given my video1 and video2 windows?? Ofcourse > I need to get around by setting lots of hardware > specific values... Userspace: DirectFB, VIDIX, XFree86/XOrg Kernel: mga_vid style module I'm not sure about v4l. Does it work as a purely output device? Even if=20 it does I don't think many apps support it as such. --=20 Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 syrjala@sci.fi http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click