Re: [Mplayerxp-general] Permedia2 driver
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From: Nick K. <nic...@ma...> - 2002-08-30 08:29:22
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Hello, MЕns! On 29 Aug 2002 13:06:15 +0200 you wrote: > Nick Kurshev <nic...@ma...> writes: > > > > I have checked in a Vidix driver for 3Dlabs permedia2 chips. There is > > > one caveat though: it requires double buffering. Maybe this should be > > > mentioned in some documentation. Any opinions? > > > > In -xp mode driver should provide multi buffered mode (from 5 up to > > 64 buffers) So if it works there than it's not a problem for many > > users. > > It works with -xp and with only -double. The reason is that the > permedia2 doesn't have an overlay unit, so I faked it using the > texture unit and sending a render command for when flipping frames. > I've studied that already. > > For old mode it should be documented anyway! > > Man page? > Yes! Of course. > > Btw, I'm going to implement -xq options to use the same number of > > buffers in RAM as in video memory for bus mastering (currently it > > uses only 1 buffer in video memory) but AFAIK permedia drivers are > > still far from this feature! ;) > > Well, I've been thinking about it at least. > ;) > -- > MЕns RullgЕrd > mr...@us... > Best regards! Nick |