[MPlayer-G2-dev] libvo2 api/design problem

[Attila Kinali]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 23:14:00 +0200
Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu> wrote:

> I 2 possible solutions:
> 1. assume that every vo device with name beginning wiht char 'x' is x11
>    device. so xv, xmga, xvidix, xgl...
>    it sounds quite lame, but this is the only way to know if a driver is
>    x11 or non-x11 driver, before calling preinit(). it may be interesting
>    for a GUI or even for a CLI app to know which drivers require X11 or
>    which drivers won't use X11 (if the GUI has embedded winde, liek a
>    browser plugin).
> 2. instead of using VO_EVENT_CONFIG to requiest teh window, we could
>    define VO_EVENT_SET_WINDOW or so, so x11 drivers can ask for a
>    window (at config()) if not yet set (via control()).


I'd prefere #1, but would extend the vo_info_t structure by
a special requirements field and put there a VO_NEED_X11 or something
like that.

			Attila Kinali

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