[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] RFC: xv, composition managers and translucent windows

[Paul TT]

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:39:17 +0100
Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:04:06AM +0100, Paul TT wrote:
....
> > with a blue hue inside, and no video resulting. the patch simply
> > lights up XV_ALPHA_MODE xv's attribute.
> > 
...
> > what do you think?
> 
> IMO there is no obviously correct setting for this so it should better
> be handled by some config tool, e.g. xvattr. Esp. since you seem to
> only want it because of a driver bug?
> If the problem becomes widespread this can be explained in the FAQ.

indeed is not a driver bug. wiht other drivers/arch/gpu's, it works the
same.
the real question is then: is it correct to let the xv window become
translucent, then the vieo not visible, or is it better off to tell
mplayer to fire up that xv attribute???
i can't test it with a lot of drivers/arch/gpu's to get to a point where
i could decide which is the 'correct' setting... friends of mine are
testing this, if i'll get some 'statistic' values, i'll tell....
thanx
Pau8l