[MPlayer-cygwin] Re: Testers needed for -vo gl under Vista

[Erik Lunchpail]

--- Frank Aurich <fa859178 at inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:

> Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > Hello,
> > to anyone who wants the issues to be fixed, I need someone who can
> > compile MPlayer and test patches.
> > Attached is a patch that might make -vo gl actually display
> something.
> > I was reading the VirtualDub blog, and it seems Vista just doesn't
> > update windows as long as there is still a DC allocated - and
> MPlayer
> > for simplicity always keeps one.
> > Note: I did not even test for compilation.
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > Reimar Döffinger
> > 
> > 
> >
>
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> ReleaseDC(..) takes 2 parameters instead of one (hWnd and HDC). After
> adding the 
> hWnd, it compiles fine.
> 
> I am running Vista Business on a Athlon XP 2600+ with a ATi Radeon
> X800 Pro.
> -vo gl did work for me before this patch, and as far as I can see
> nothing 
> changes after applying. So maybe this "black window" problem is only
> relevant 
> for Nvidia models.
> 
> The OpenGL support from ATi on Vista is quite bad currently, which
> causes video 
> playback to be kind of slow motion. I hope the issue will be fixed
> soon by ATI.
> 
> 

I have a few Vista boxes at work I can test. One I know has an nvidia,
and I *think* one or two might have an ATI card. Will build and test a
binary tomorrow if I have time, unless someone has one readily
available.

Regards,
Erik