On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 03:59:45PM -0800, Robert Lee wrote:
> Can somebody give me advice about doing streaming
> video on Assabet? I have a few questions:
>
> 1. What windows? Should I use microwindows, X
> windows, or something else? What are the pros and
> cons of each?
X is the de facto standard, but its memory footprint is larger than
microwindows. However, it might be faster to write directly to the
frame buffer and do without a windowing system.
> 2. What video client programs?
Under X, any X video program will do (Xawtv, for example).
> 3. How much memory do the programs (video + Windows)
> take? Do I need to do anything special to make them
> small?
For X use the frame buffer server from XFree86 4.0.3. Jim Gettys
slimmed it down for use on handheld devices.
> 4. What kernel support is needed? I assume that I
> should set "Y" for V4L and Video for Linux under
> Multimedia devices.
Video for linux should do. It's the standard on linux.
> 5. Other things to pay attention?
Hardware. I suppose you somehow have a video device connected to your
Assabet and wrote a kernel device driver for it. If not: no, a USB
video camera doesn't work because the Assabet is not a USB host.
Erik
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