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Hello! I would like to try this out as I believe it is the solution I am looking for in displaying graphics over video on my raspi device. I am not very familiar with c++ and I am having tons of trouble getting it to compile (missing files on compilation). Would you be able to provide a pre compiled binary?

I was happy reading the README because you and I wanted to solve the same issue:

If you are using Chromium browser for the graphic interface of your application, as I do, you may want to show some graphics and text overlaying the video being played with OMXplayer.

So I compiled fox.cpp and ran it while omxplayer is playing a video. What I see is a grey overlay (due to the alpha) on top of the video.

However, I don't find other info in the README / sources about what to do to display an actual X window. At first I thought fox would paint the screen as it is visible "under" omxplayer on top of it but it doesn't seem so.

What am I missing?