[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] VFCTRL_PERIODIC_UPDATE

[Jason Tackaberry]

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 17:13 +0200, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> You could buffer them internally and do write to real vo + flip_page()
> when flip_page() is called. Not that I would support using such a hack.

Why is it a hack?

> A better system for this would be good for MPlayer's own use too.
> MPlayer's own OSD also fails with low FPS (adjusting speed of normal
> video is enough to cause that).

This is what I've been trying to avoid.  I don't want to rearchitect
core parts of mplayer to get this functionality.  It seems like this is
what's required, since nobody is willing to accept compromises -- even
when they don't impact the non-overlay case.