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

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 09:46:22AM -0800, Olivier Chalouhi wrote:
> 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).

Um, Vista emulates OpenGL via Direct3D. Obviously you can't use the
advanced commandline above, but just -vo gl should still work (since I
do not have such a card I have never tested Vista's OpenGL emulation I
admit).

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger