On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 13:33, Rogério Brito wrote: > On May 16 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > The problem is that the XVideo extension is very simple (it was > > basically designed to display single images with colorspace > > conversion and scaling, nothing more), > > Which means it was not meant really for videos in the sense of > a sequence of frames?
I wouldn't say it wasn't meant for that, but I think the things we worry about today were far from possible when it was conceived. > > Things are probably better with XvMC. > > But will it depend on the idct and mc specifications of the > chips? No, XvMC was originally designed for that but it also supports non-accelerated surfaces. In contrast, Xv definitely can't take advantage of those chip features; XvMC is a must for that. > If yes, then it would probably be a problem with the r128, > right? The problem right now is that there's no XvMC driver for r128 yet. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
