[MPlayer-users] ?Patch to allow vo=xv with Compiz

[Wesley S.]

2008/3/13, andrew <andrew.david.45 at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a patch either supported by mplayer, or has been committed
> to the svn mplayer at some stage, that allows vo=xv when running
> Compiz which I believe has been problematic?
>

The problem is that XVideo bypasses the AIGLX rendering architecture in its
current implementation (NVidia's own version and 'Xgl' don't have that
problem, although their implementation has a performance issue; DRI2 is
supposed to fix everything for AIGLX in the future...)

There is an unofficial patch for mplayer/compiz (it'll never be official,
it's more like a temporary and dirty hack) that makes XVideo work for the
most part, and adds a 'smooth zoom'. Read more here:
http://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/unlocking-the-full-video-potential-of-your-video-card/

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