Drawing on video in MMAPI

I'v learnt how to use MMAPI to take snapshots of the video feed from my phone. But I read in the API that it isn't possible to draw onto the area where the video feed is displayed. I really need to overlay some graphics onto the video feed, is there anyway I can do this? (I'm using USE_DIRECT_VIDEO btw )
Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Have a look at this thread :
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97784
It talks about a solution for decoding video in pure software, on a phone. Demos are at http://www.versatile-media-format.com and there is one showing a translucent overlay on top of the video stream.

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