On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 04:46:58PM -0500, teunis wrote:
> On 5 Feb 2000, Marcus Sundberg wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > The second library should be a simple glue-layer between the first
> > library an LibGGI. The reason to make two libraries that a generic
> > image loader/writer that is _not_ tied to any graphics/window system
> > is badly needed, and the first library will be just that.
>
> On image grabbing: This is good, very good. Would work for stills,
> scanning, digital cameras, ....
>
> On -video- capture (ie stream of messages): No. Absolutely not.
> Frame grabbing has -terrible- problems with two things:
> 1. It goes very fast. Hard to capture 30fps at 640x480
> straight into a raw buffer...
ggitv gets 25fps in 640x480 by video-card->X->gfx-card (NO overlay).
> 2. Drivers aren't very stable... *sigh* [for bttv]
which driver are you using (driver-version, hardware) ??
> Anyways, you'd have to do a different interface for -video- capture than
> for image capture anyways. Mostly due to latency problems.
> I want that personally....
> (mind you, I don't use GGI to -play- videos either other than to supply a
> frame to write to ... it doesn't fit the purpose)
>
> G'day, eh? :)
> - Teunis
thats all
Jan
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