my understanding is that the system gives a black box and tells the video cards gpu to render <X> inside the black box. where ever the gpu sees the black box at, it places the rendered output of <X> inside.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gobbledegeek Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:56 To: James Weatherall Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: VNC-List digest, Vol 1 #1273 - 28 msgs Hmmm! I came across this overlay thing when I tried to get a PCI TV tuner card to work with onboard Graphics. Couldn't get it to work. What exactly is this overlay business? Rgrds On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:53:31 -0000, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys, > > Sorry, I thought I'd corrected this thread. > > The problem is to do with applications that create overlays in the graphics > card, into which video output is rendered. VNC server fetches the display > contents from the primary buffer, so any overlays don't appear. > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gobbledegeek > > Sent: 17 March 2005 07:56 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: VNC-List digest, Vol 1 #1273 - 28 msgs > > > > Interesting. Any ideas on why we have this black box then? > > > > Rgrds > > > > > From: "Erik Soderquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > > I believe john is correct. I traced back several programs that come > > > through as a black box (the video window of powerDVD is but > > one) and it > > > seems they all use the GPU of the video card to do that > > potion of the > > > display rendering. > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [email protected] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
