mmap is hard to implement efficiently and the original
implementation broke the code a lot so it was removed
about a year ago.

The Xv support will be a lot more efficient than going
to the frame buffer directly so i wouldn't worry about
the extra software involved. The added ability to run
anything that talks to X is also an advantage
occasionaly.

Thanks for the feedback on the documentation in the
code. I'll fix it later and check the readme i added
as well.

Thanks

John
--- Duncan Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> John Harvey wrote:
> 
> >Assuming freevo has Xv support why don't you just
> run X on the framebuffer
> >and use the Xv support for playback?
> >
> Thanks John, wasn't sure if freevo had Xv support,
> had a bit of work to 
> test it and it *does* work.
> 
> The only thing that bothers me is why the ivtv-fb
> does not support mmap, 
> either because it's technically not possible or
> because it has not been 
> implemented yet. Would be nicer to use freevo
> without a X (one less 
> layer of code), freevo supports SDL but this
> requires mmap to work.
> 
> BTW the comments in the driver/ivtv-osd.c have an
> example for the driver 
> say:
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15
> Framebuffer"
>     Driver      "fbdev"
>     Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"      # <-- modify
> if using another device
>     BusID "0:10:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Which should really say
>     Driver     "ivtvdev"
> 
> Regards,
> Duncan
> 
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