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authorLou Logan <lou@lrcd.com>2015-01-28 09:35:31 -0900
committerLou Logan <lou@lrcd.com>2015-01-29 13:12:13 -0900
commit961f2e3aace04411c6f5f95fe9c24d8d6deb8911 (patch)
tree3d37c37b8fecc347687a9deafd56d3492be9e972 /doc
parentccccfb59b14ffbc2a6c1d402c8cae3cdf30f1a6e (diff)
doc/indevs: add some XCB info to x11grab
Signed-off-by: Lou Logan <lou@lrcd.com>
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/indevs.texi b/doc/indevs.texi
index ae61331a6f..bd09f3fb6d 100644
--- a/doc/indevs.texi
+++ b/doc/indevs.texi
@@ -975,8 +975,12 @@ other filename will be interpreted as device number 0.
X11 video input device.
-Depends on X11, Xext, and Xfixes. Requires the configure option
-@code{--enable-x11grab}.
+To enable this input device during configuration you need libxcb
+installed on your system. It will be automatically detected during
+configuration.
+
+Alternatively, the configure option @option{--enable-x11grab} exists
+for legacy Xlib users.
This device allows one to capture a region of an X11 display.
@@ -994,10 +998,12 @@ omitted, and defaults to "localhost". The environment variable
area with respect to the top-left border of the X11 screen. They
default to 0.
-Check the X11 documentation (e.g. man X) for more detailed information.
+Check the X11 documentation (e.g. @command{man X}) for more detailed
+information.
-Use the @command{dpyinfo} program for getting basic information about the
-properties of your X11 display (e.g. grep for "name" or "dimensions").
+Use the @command{xdpyinfo} program for getting basic information about
+the properties of your X11 display (e.g. grep for "name" or
+"dimensions").
For example to grab from @file{:0.0} using @command{ffmpeg}:
@example
@@ -1046,6 +1052,10 @@ If @var{show_region} is specified with @code{1}, then the grabbing
region will be indicated on screen. With this option, it is easy to
know what is being grabbed if only a portion of the screen is grabbed.
+@item region_border
+Set the region border thickness if @option{-show_region 1} is used.
+Range is 1 to 128 and default is 3 (XCB-based x11grab only).
+
For example:
@example
ffmpeg -f x11grab -show_region 1 -framerate 25 -video_size cif -i :0.0+10,20 out.mpg
@@ -1061,7 +1071,8 @@ Set the video frame size. Default value is @code{vga}.
@item use_shm
Use the MIT-SHM extension for shared memory. Default value is @code{1}.
-It may be necessary to disable it for remote displays.
+It may be necessary to disable it for remote displays (legacy x11grab
+only).
@end table
@section decklink