diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.c b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.c
index 6c5891c9c..98b754947 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <kdrive-config.h>
 #endif
-#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/Xvlib.h>
 
 #include "hostx.h"
@@ -125,15 +125,34 @@ EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetName (const EphyrHostXVAdaptor *a_this)
     return ((XvAdaptorInfo*)a_this)->name ;
 }
 
-const EphyrHostVideoFormat*
+EphyrHostVideoFormat*
 EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetVideoFormats (const EphyrHostXVAdaptor *a_this,
                                    int *a_nb_formats)
 {
+    EphyrHostVideoFormat *formats=NULL ;
+    int nb_formats=0, i=0 ;
+    XVisualInfo *visual_info, visual_info_template ;
+    int nb_visual_info ;
+
     EPHYR_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (a_this, NULL) ;
 
+    nb_formats = ((XvAdaptorInfo*)a_this)->num_formats ;
+    formats = Xcalloc (nb_formats * sizeof (EphyrHostVideoFormat)) ;
+    for (i=0; i < nb_formats; i++) {
+        memset (&visual_info_template, 0, sizeof (visual_info_template)) ;
+        visual_info_template.visualid =
+                            ((XvAdaptorInfo*)a_this)->formats[i].visual_id;
+        visual_info = XGetVisualInfo (hostx_get_display (),
+                                      VisualIDMask,
+                                      &visual_info_template,
+                                      &nb_visual_info) ;
+        formats[i].depth = ((XvAdaptorInfo*)a_this)->formats[i].depth ;
+        formats[i].visual_class = visual_info->class ;
+        XFree (visual_info) ;
+    }
     if (a_nb_formats)
-        *a_nb_formats = ((XvAdaptorInfo*)a_this)->num_formats ;
-    return (EphyrHostVideoFormat*) ((XvAdaptorInfo*)a_this)->formats ;
+        *a_nb_formats = nb_formats ;
+    return formats ;
 }
 
 int
@@ -157,16 +176,38 @@ EphyrHostXVQueryEncodings (int a_port_id,
                            EphyrHostEncoding **a_encodings,
                            unsigned int *a_num_encodings)
 {
-    int ret = 0 ;
+    EphyrHostEncoding *encodings=NULL ;
+    XvEncodingInfo *encoding_info=NULL ;
+    unsigned int num_encodings=0, i;
+    int ret=0 ;
+
     EPHYR_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (a_encodings && a_num_encodings, FALSE) ;
 
     ret = XvQueryEncodings (hostx_get_display (),
                             a_port_id,
-                            a_num_encodings,
-                            (XvEncodingInfo**)a_encodings) ;
-    if (ret == Success)
-        return TRUE ;
-    return FALSE ;
+                            &num_encodings,
+                            &encoding_info) ;
+    if (num_encodings && encoding_info) {
+        encodings = Xcalloc (num_encodings * sizeof (EphyrHostEncoding)) ;
+        for (i=0; i<num_encodings; i++) {
+            encodings[i].id = encoding_info[i].encoding_id ;
+            encodings[i].name = strdup (encoding_info[i].name) ;
+            encodings[i].width = encoding_info[i].width ;
+            encodings[i].height = encoding_info[i].height ;
+            encodings[i].rate.numerator = encoding_info[i].rate.numerator ;
+            encodings[i].rate.denominator = encoding_info[i].rate.denominator ;
+        }
+    }
+    if (encoding_info) {
+        XvFreeEncodingInfo (encoding_info) ;
+        encoding_info = NULL ;
+    }
+    *a_encodings = encodings ;
+    *a_num_encodings = num_encodings ;
+
+    if (ret != Success)
+        return FALSE ;
+    return TRUE ;
 }
 
 void
@@ -187,20 +228,11 @@ EphyrHostEncodingsDelete (EphyrHostEncoding *a_encodings,
 }
 
 void
-EphyrHostAttributesDelete (EphyrHostAttribute *a_attributes,
-                           int a_num_attributes)
+EphyrHostAttributesDelete (EphyrHostAttribute *a_attributes)
 {
-    int i=0 ;
-
     if (!a_attributes)
         return ;
-    for (i=0; i < a_num_attributes; i++) {
-        if (a_attributes[i].name) {
-            xfree (a_attributes[i].name) ;
-            a_attributes[i].name = NULL ;
-        }
-    }
-    xfree (a_attributes) ;
+    XFree (a_attributes) ;
 }
 
 Bool
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.h b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.h
index 89c087c75..d9034fde7 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.h
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrhostvideo.h
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@
 #ifndef __EPHYRHOSTVIDEO_H__
 #define __EPHYRHOSTVIDEO_H__
 
-
 typedef void* EphyrHostXVAdaptor ;
 typedef struct _EphyrHostXVAdaptorArray EphyrHostXVAdaptorArray ;
 
 typedef struct _EphyrHostVideoFormat {
     char depth ;
-    unsigned long visual_id;
+    short visual_class;
 } EphyrHostVideoFormat ;
 
 typedef struct _EphyrHostRational {
@@ -100,9 +99,7 @@ EphyrHostXVAdaptor* EphyrHostXVAdaptorArrayAt (const EphyrHostXVAdaptorArray *a_
 
 char EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetType (const EphyrHostXVAdaptor *a_this) ;
 const char* EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetName (const EphyrHostXVAdaptor *a_this) ;
-const EphyrHostVideoFormat* EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetNbVideoFormats
-                                                (const EphyrHostXVAdaptor *a_this) ;
-const EphyrHostVideoFormat* EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetVideoFormats
+EphyrHostVideoFormat* EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetVideoFormats
                                                 (const EphyrHostXVAdaptor *a_this,
                                                  int *a_nb_formats) ;
 int EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetNbPorts (const EphyrHostXVAdaptor *a_this) ;
@@ -125,8 +122,7 @@ Bool EphyrHostXVQueryPortAttributes (int a_port_id,
                                      EphyrHostAttribute **a_attributes,
                                      int *a_num_attributes) ;
 
-void EphyrHostAttributesDelete (EphyrHostAttribute *a_attributes,
-                                int a_num_attributes) ;
+void EphyrHostAttributesDelete (EphyrHostAttribute *a_attributes) ;
 /*
  * image format
  */
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrvideo.c b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrvideo.c
index 4808685c6..d08f111ba 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrvideo.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrvideo.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ephyrInitVideo (ScreenPtr pScreen)
         return FALSE ;
     }
 
-    if (EphyrXVPrivRegisterAdaptors (xv_priv, pScreen)) {
+    if (!EphyrXVPrivRegisterAdaptors (xv_priv, pScreen)) {
         EPHYR_LOG_ERROR ("failed to register adaptors\n") ;
         return FALSE ;
     }
@@ -266,11 +266,13 @@ EphyrXVPrivQueryHostAdaptors (EphyrXVPriv *a_this)
         if (!cur_host_adaptor)
             continue ;
         a_this->adaptors[i].type = EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetType (cur_host_adaptor) ;
+        a_this->adaptors[i].type |= XvWindowMask ;
         a_this->adaptors[i].flags = VIDEO_OVERLAID_IMAGES | VIDEO_CLIP_TO_VIEWPORT;
         if (EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetName (cur_host_adaptor))
             a_this->adaptors[i].name =
                                 strdup (EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetName (cur_host_adaptor)) ;
-        a_this->adaptors[i].name = "Xephyr Video Overlay";
+        else
+            a_this->adaptors[i].name = strdup ("Xephyr Video Overlay");
         base_port_id = EphyrHostXVAdaptorGetFirstPortID (cur_host_adaptor) ;
         if (base_port_id < 0) {
             EPHYR_LOG_ERROR ("failed to get port id for adaptor %d\n", i) ;
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ EphyrXVPrivQueryHostAdaptors (EphyrXVPriv *a_this)
             continue ;
         }
         a_this->adaptors[i].pImages = (KdImagePtr) image_formats ;
+        a_this->adaptors[i].nImages = num_formats ;
     }
     is_ok = TRUE ;
 
@@ -315,13 +318,9 @@ out:
         encodings = NULL ;
     }
     if (attributes) {
-        EphyrHostAttributesDelete (attributes, num_attributes) ;
+        EphyrHostAttributesDelete (attributes) ;
         attributes = NULL ;
     }
-    if (image_formats) {
-        xfree (image_formats) ;
-        image_formats = NULL ;
-    }
     EPHYR_LOG ("leave\n") ;
     return is_ok ;
 }
@@ -374,7 +373,11 @@ EphyrXVPrivRegisterAdaptors (EphyrXVPriv *a_this,
     for (i=0 ; i < a_this->num_adaptors; i++) {
         *(adaptors + num_registered_adaptors + i) = &a_this->adaptors[i] ;
     }
-    KdXVScreenInit (a_screen, adaptors, num_adaptors);
+    if (!KdXVScreenInit (a_screen, adaptors, num_adaptors)) {
+        EPHYR_LOG_ERROR ("failed to register adaptors\n");
+        goto out ;
+    }
+    EPHYR_LOG ("registered %d adaptors\n", num_adaptors) ;
     is_ok = TRUE ;
 
 out: