Xv on quad head card

[Daniel Stone]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 02:49:56PM +0100, Erwin Rol wrote:
> This is of course correct cause there is another mplayer running. The
> question is is it possible to have two Xv application (which i will have
> to write myself) run on the same display that consists out of 4 screens
> in Xinerama mode ? Or is it never possible to have more than one Xv
> application. If it is not possible for two applications to both use Xv,
> is it possible for one application to open two Xv "windows" one on
> monitor 1 and one on monitor 4 (that would be one Xv for the first M9
> and one for the second M9, since they both have overlay hardware that
> should work from the hardware point of view).

It's possible in general to run more than one Xv app, however most cards
only have one (rather inflexible) video overlay, so this is a hardware
limitation you're seeing.

Cheers,
Daniel
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