[MPlayer-dev-eng] Direct 3D Windows VO

[Olivier Chalouhi]

we ran an opengl "test" on our user base, and about 40% of our users  
don't have an advanced enough opengl driver to playback videos.
For some reasons, some default windows drivers have proper directx /  
direct3d support but not opengl, even though the card should be able  
to handle it.

That's why we can't go with openGL (asking our users to update their  
video card drivers is not an option for us).

Olivier.

On Nov 11, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Reimar Döffinger wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 09:31:17AM -0800, Olivier Chalouhi wrote:
>> Are there any plans for developing a direct 3d (vs directx) vo for
>> windows.
>
> No (yes, once in a while someone states they will do it, so far nobody
> has, and honestly I don't think anyone ever will).
>
>> The current directx vo on Vista forces the compatibility mode and
>> disables aero, which results in a degraded user experience. Moreover
>> the current directx implementation will only work with the primary
>> display.
>
> Just use -vo gl:yuv=2:force-pbo:ati-hack
> and if you have an ATI card make sure you use the 8.8 driver (sorry,  
> all
> others are just too broken - 8.8 is quite broken too, but it happens  
> to
> work for MPlayer).
> I admit you will not have any fun with SIS/S3 or any card without  
> OpenGL
> support, but probably movies won't play very well on these anyway...
>
> Greetings,
> Reimar Döffinger
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