"Jimmy Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, how does [the X11 XVideo extension] work?
Like any other X extension it expands the set of requests that the X server understands. Applications that know about the extension can detect its presence and can use the additional requests it provides. XVideo provides new X calls that are intended to make it easier for an application to present video data. The XVideo operations are designed to be more efficient than the core X operations and the X server doesn't have to make the same guarantees that it has to make for core X operations, so using XVideo should let the application paint more pixels than it would be able to otherwise. Google will find the details for you. > Second, is it better or worse than writing video applications > that run native? It's probably not as efficient as writing directly to a low-level API that lets the application bypass X and talk directly to the hardware. On the other hand it has the huge benefit that many multimedia apps know how to do XVideo, while practically no apps know how to talk directly to a Sun Ray. > Lastly, is it going to be in the next release? Support for XVideo on Sun Ray hasn't been announced, and if it hasn't been announced then nobody can say when (or even if) it might be supported. You'd need to be under a confidentiality agreement to get this kind of roadmap information. OttoM. __ ottomeister Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer. -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
