On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 11:51:13AM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote: > > > > What kind of computers would be in trouble because of no hardware scaling? > > > > In my experience, most slow (but recent) computers can cope with -vo x11 > > -zoom just fine. > > I know quite a few PCs that can't play DVDs with just -vo x11 even > without using -zoom but work just fine with -vo xv. > In addition -vo x11 can not sync to vblank so you will see tearing. > I also think you completely missed the videos that are not based on 10 > year old technology like > http://images.apple.com/movies/lionsgate/the_condemned/the_condemned-tlr_h720p.mov > (that is one of those that actually need little CPU) and here -vo xv or > -vo x11 easily makes the difference between playable or not even with a > new PC.
I see what you mean... I wasn't aware that new codec implementations were so CPU hungry. Could we keep accelerated mode as default, but try to arrange it in a way that the novice user can easily choose x11 with software scaling if she wants that? I could send a patch to do this. -- Robert Millan ACK STORM, S.L. - http://www.ackstorm.es/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
