[libdv-dev] Re: simpledv interface to libdv

[Vladimir V. <vla...@In...>]

Yeah, I had considered YUV output and will probably implement it soon..
when I first wrote this up, I just needed a quick-and-dirty way to access
a DV file. I need to read up on the Xv extension some more..

	- Vlad


On 7 Aug 2000, Charles 'Buck' Krasic wrote:

> 
> Hi there.  I have one comment so far on your simpledv api.  
> 
> You may want to reconsider the direct use of GdkPixmaps in DVFile.  I
> think that the natural output format of the decoder should be YUV, not
> an RGB format like the GdkPixmap.  When HW assist for YUV color
> conversion and scaling are available, they make a massive difference
> in performance.
> 
> There are currently two patches in the libdv project page on
> sourceforge.net which implement YUV rendering.  One uses the Xv
> extension directly, while the other uses the SDL library as a shim
> over Xv (when it is present).  Another as yet unimplemented approach
> is to use OpenGL textures.
> 
> -- Buck
> 
> 
> Vladimir Vukicevic <vla...@In...> writes:
> 
> > Howdy.. I wrote up a simple API for using libdv from external apps;
> > it gets the job done, for the most part. I'm currently beginning a
> > gnome DV editing software project; it will be available as gnome cvs
> > module 'gnomotion' sometime in the near future, and I've been using
> > this API (and your library) extensively without any problems.
> 
> > I've attached the tar.gz; please email me any questions/etc., I'm
> > out of the country until next weekend so my email access will be
> > sporadic until then.
> 
> >       - Vladimir
> >       - vla...@he...
>