[MPlayer-dev-eng] Another SiS vidix issue

[Jake Page]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:

> Marcus Thiese wrote:
 
>  > > I think the xvidix driver is a
>  > > great way to test VIDIX development, but Xv is a better option for
>  > > real playback, since it's better integreated with X11.
>  >
>  > But shouldn't the xvidix driver be faster? If it directly accesses the
>  > graphics card it should and I'm always heading for speed :-)
> 
> And what, if not "directly accessing the graphics card", do you think 
> the X Server does?

Exactly - as Thomas said, & I mentioned originally, the VIDIX driver was 
based almost entirely on the Xv driver in the first place.  The goal (for 
me at least) was to be able to play video using the hardware overlay on 
the framebuffer withOUT X11.  When in X, use Xv, you'll get the same 
performance with much better integration...

-Jake