[MPlayer-users] Re: DVD playing

[Arpi]

Hi,

> Attila Kinali didn't RTFM :
> > That sounds interesting.... mga_vid and Xv use basicaly the same
> > system. The only diff is, that Xv behaves more nice to other
> > X related stuff (restoring registers, not overwriting used memory and such
mga_vid also restores registers. the only disadvantage of memory allocation.

> That's not interesting ;)
> mga_vid is much faster than Xv ! Because it bypasses X? Dunno, Arpi would be
> The Man to ask ;)

not much faster, just do one less memcpy. but it supports triple buffering
with vsync, while Xv don't have such feature at all, so mga_vid has a LOT
better quality and a bit better speed, and it doesn't require X.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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