Hi,
Aren't I'm right in thinking that there is still no 16 bit colour
support for VNC ?.
I think that this would be a really good compromise depth for over the
internet.
Adrian.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Tkac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Corne Beerse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <vnc-list@realvnc.com>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: 24bit-per-pixel support
> Corne Beerse napsal(a):
> > Adam Tkac wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Could you tell me why vncserver doesn't support 24bit-per-pixel
> >> depth? Are you going to implement this depth in newer versions of vnc?
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure but there are many reasons to not implement 24 bits
> > colordepth.
> >
> > - It is covered by using 32 bits colordept, just not using the upper 8
> > bits.
> > - It takes additional time to implement.
> > - It results in additional code, including additional bugs.
> > - 24 bits is not a native integer width, 32 bits is.
> > - 24 bits needs special care in most handling.
> > - 24 bits numbers are sometimes optimized to 32 bits anyway
> > - 24 bit colordepth is sometimes using 32 bits numbers anyway
> >
> > On the other hand, 32 bits colordepth isn't always 32 bits colordept
> > as you'd expect: It is 3 bytes for the 3 major colors (red, green and
> > blue) and an additional byte for something else. This can be
> > brightness (with video stuff), depth (with 2,5 D), layer, fogginess,
> > opacity or other sutff. I donnot know what VNC does with it.
> >
> > Hence, no I donnot think 24 bits colordepth will be implemented...
> >
> > ... However, I'm not a VNC specialist, I'm just using my software
> > development knowledge.
> >
> > CBee
> >
> Yes, I know about this problems with implementation. But some graphics
> drivers (like siliconmotion) support only 8, 16 and 24 bits colordepth.
> So, if you have this type of card you can't use best colordepth, only 16.
>
> Regards, Adam
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