Re: [xine-devel] Transparency Feature Request

[Claudio \KLaN\ C. <kl...@ch...>]

Eric Higgins wrote:
> The other day, my boss came to my desk to show off a new program for
> his Apple PowerBook.
> 
> Unlike most of the time, this program actually impressed me.  He was
> able to play movies (windowed or fullscreen) and control the
> opacity/transparency of the movie, and it didnt just use a static
> snapshot of his desktop behind it, instead, he switched it to full
> screen, played Lord of the Rings, but it was transparent enough that
> he could see through to his desktop, and still work on it like normal.
> 
> It was amazing, and I was wondering if this would be possible to make
> an output plugin for xine to do this same thing (maybe using the
> framebuffer).
> 
> I'll try to get the name of the actual player he used but in the
> meantime, can I get some feedback on if this is possible for
> xine/linux ?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
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It's possible with DirectFB (http://www.directfb.org) if you
have a Matrox or a Via card (currently only these drivers support
hardware alphablending).



Claudio