Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-18 Thread Mark Vojkovich
The grab is client-specific. The grab will only fail if it's owned by another client. This is just to prevent multiple apps from fighting over the same port. It's assumed that if you've got a single client that client will be able to keep track of which ports it's using.

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-17 Thread Smoof .
Thanks everyone for the help. The ultimate solution was that I switched to a machine with an nvidia chipset. Then I was able use the video blitter port to send the video images to their respecitve X windows with no flashing. Interesting thing is that I was able to successfully grab the same

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-17 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Smoof . wrote: > >On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > > > On 11/16/05, Smoof . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am writing an application that will display up to 9 independent > >video > > > > streams (each stream is 320 x 240). I'm new t

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-17 Thread Andrew C Aitchison
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Smoof . wrote: > I should have mentioned earlier that for this project I can specify any > video card I want. So if someone has a suggestion of what would be the best > video card for this type of application please let me know. My Matrox G550 reports: # xvinfo X-Video Ext

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-16 Thread Alex Deucher
On 11/16/05, Smoof . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Smoof . wrote: > > > >> > >>My plan was to do all the rendering with the same client and I know that > >>my overlay adaptor only has a single port for the YUV420 format that I am > >>using. Can someone say if the following would be possible: > >>

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-16 Thread Smoof .
Smoof . wrote: My plan was to do all the rendering with the same client and I know that my overlay adaptor only has a single port for the YUV420 format that I am using. Can someone say if the following would be possible: Suppose I create a single overlay that is the size of the entire scre

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-16 Thread Tim Roberts
Smoof . wrote: My plan was to do all the rendering with the same client and I know that my overlay adaptor only has a single port for the YUV420 format that I am using. Can someone say if the following would be possible: Suppose I create a single overlay that is the size of the entire scr

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-16 Thread Smoof .
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Alex Deucher wrote: > On 11/16/05, Smoof . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am writing an application that will display up to 9 independent video > > streams (each stream is 320 x 240). I'm new to Xv and may not be using the > > correct terminology so please

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-16 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Alex Deucher wrote: > On 11/16/05, Smoof . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am writing an application that will display up to 9 independent video > > streams (each stream is 320 x 240). I'm new to Xv and may not be using the > > correct terminology so please be

Re: Multiple Xv overlays cause blue flashing

2005-11-16 Thread Alex Deucher
On 11/16/05, Smoof . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am writing an application that will display up to 9 independent video > streams (each stream is 320 x 240). I'm new to Xv and may not be using the > correct terminology so please bear with me. I have tried two approaches: > > The firs