I thought I would wrap up this thread by letting all know of the solution. It's a bit dependent on how much horsepower your PC has but it's PLATFORM INDEPENDENT :thumbup:
SIDE NOTE: Mario, I was just looking to display the image (end side note)
I have found a way to hack into the picture control to allow fast redraws of streaming video. Assuming you get your video data in a 1-d array of U8 (but concept can be adjusted for any vid format). If you use the standard "Draw Unflattened PixMap" for your first frame, to format all the picture data/header info
And then for every following frame, simply replace only that portion of the picture data within the bytestream.
You can reach framerates in excess of 30 FPS with only the PICTURE CONTROL. There are a number of other assumptions going on here, but for the sake of space I'll stop here.
Happy Hacking
~,~
The Captain