Re: [Celestia-developers] 1.5.0 prerelease 2

[Chris L. <cl...@gm...>]

On 12/21/06, Pat Suwalski <pa...@su...> wrote:
> Chris Laurel wrote:
> > What features are you working on? The file loader? If it's something
> > major, I'd prefer to include it in 1.5.1, which won't have nearly as
> > long a cycle as 1.5.0.
>
> I have to play catch-up with the things that were added since the
> summer. I also wanted to tune the video code.
>
> Regarding the video code, I was thinking I might attempt to use the
> video sync extension to limit the actual GL rendering to the selected
> rate of the video. It would be an interesting experiment, and I am
> interested in seeing if it would work better as currently recording a
> video really takes its toll on my computers.

I don't think that this will work--the monitor refresh rate isn't
necessarily an integer multiple of the video frame frame rate.

--Chris