From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Daniel Kristjansson
Sent: Sat 10/1/2005 5:08 AM
To: Development of mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv] Generic Window Support (PiP)
On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 14:32 +0100, Paul wrote:
>
>
Hi,
>
> I'm interested in the Picture in Picture stuff in mythtv and
have been
> digging through the code a little. It seems that the existing
PiP stuff
> is closely coupled to the LiveTv video playing. However, I'd
be
> interested in seeing more generic PiP support - in fact, closer to
a
> media implementation of GNU screen.
>
> -
Multiple windows can be supported at any time
> - Each window
can be placed in one of the four corners or not on
> screen at
all
> - Each window can support any content - music, playback,
livetv, dvd,
> games, etc
> - Able to mix the audio
sources for each window
>
> I know these are big changes but I was
interested in having an
> understanding of how big. As I said, it looks
like the PiP
> implementation is tied to NuppelVideoPlayer right
now.
You might want to look in the libmythui directory.
It is a
new drawing layer we intend to move to after the 0.19 release.
It will
make features like the one you describe easier to implement.
Brandon
Beattie is also interested in implementing something like this
so you may
want to talk to him as well.
--
Daniel
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