.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/v4l/v4l.man,v 1.3 2001/05/29 22:24:06 dawes Exp $ .\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. .ds q \N'34' .TH V4L __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__ .SH NAME v4l \- video4linux driver .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B "Section \*qModule\*q" \ \ ... .B " Load \*qv4l\*q" .B EndSection .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B v4l is an XFree86 driver for video4linux cards. It provides a Xvideo extention port for video overlay. Just add the driver to the module list within the module section of your XF86Config file if you want to use it. There are no config options. .P Note that the the extmod module is also required for the Xvideo support (and lots of other extentions too). .SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE The .B v4l driver works with every piece of hardware which is supported by a video4linux (kernel-) device driver and is able to handle video overlay. .P bt848/bt878-based TV cards are the most popular hardware these days. .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS Please refer to XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. .SH "SEE ALSO" XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(__miscmansuffix__) .SH AUTHORS Authors include: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>