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Teletext support for tv:// (v4l and v4l2 only) modified patch from Otvos Attila oattila at chello dot hu Module uses zvbi library for all low-level VBI operations (like I/O with vbi device, converting vbi pages into usefull vbi_page stuctures, rendering them into RGB32 images). All teletext related stuff (except properties, slave commands and rendering osd in text mode or RGB32 rendered teletext pages in spu mode) is implemented in tvi_vbi.c New properties: teletext_page - switching between pages teletext_mode - switch between on/off/opaque/transparent modes teletext_format - (currently read-only) allows to get format info (black/white,gray,text) teletext_half_page - trivial zooming (displaying top/bottom half of teletext page) New slave commands: teletext_add_dec - user interface for jumping to any page by editing page number interactively teletext_go_link - goes though links, specified on current page

lidbha - Direct Hardware Access library
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This library was designed for providing direct hardware access under different
OS'es and architectures, so it's platform- and os-independent.

The main project on the top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace
video drivers for Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident (and it's still evolving).

For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, anyway here's a 'reported
as working' list (these platforms are used daily):
 Linux/x86
 FreeBSD/x86
 NetBSD/x86
 Linux/PPC

There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that.
With root privileges libdha will run fine, but there are some others ways
to use it as a normal user:
1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this way it runs with root privileges)
2, use svgalib kernel helper
3, use dhahelper (not yet finished)

The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from the GATOS project)
sources.

Original import and design by Nick Kurshev and Alex Beregszaszi.
Current maintenance and dhahelper by Alex Beregszaszi.
Svgalib kernelhelper support by Matan Ziv-Av.
(for the e-mail addresses see the AUTHORS file in MPlayer)