Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv9249 Added Files: DGA Log Message: - let's start creating some DGA FAQ (sort of ...) --- NEW FILE --- Contents ~~~~~~~~ 1. Summary 2. What is DGA 3. DGA & MPlayer 4. Features of DGA driver 5. Speed issues 6. Known bugs 7. Future work A. Some modelines 1. Summary ~~~~~~~~~~ This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't). 2. What is DGA? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a programm to bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory. Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into the memory range of your process. This is just allowed by the kernel if Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de) 17.5.2001 To be continued... _______________________________________________ Mplayer-cvslog mailing list Mplayer-cvslog@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog