[vlc-devel] Re: vlc: svn commit r7375 (hartman)

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On 19 apr 2004, at 14:56, Felix Kühne wrote:
>> * OpenGL video output is now the default on OS X.
>>   I'm not aware of any REAL problems with the openGL output
>>   please report your experiences.
>
> On macs who does not have enough VRAM, this output does not work at 
> all. It stays black and the messages-window shows a bunch of 
> dropping-frame-messages.
> This applies especially for all macs with Rage128 Pro (including all 
> coloured iMacs) graphic cards, which are still in use quite often and 
> are able to play files with VLC with the normal output without any 
> problems. I think that likely every mac who is able to run Quartz 
> Extreme is able to run the OpenGL output, but the others are not.
> In my opinion, it is not very user-friendly that people who could use 
> VLC out-of-the-box previously, now would have to open their 
> Preferences and change the output-module. I think that this would 
> trigger quite a lot of user-questions, why the display of the videos 
> does not run on their computer anymore.
> If possible, it would be nice if the OSX-port could check, if the 
> computer has enough VRAM or Quartz Extreme is running, before using 
> the OpenGL-output by default. So, the normal output could be used if 
> needed.

CGDisplayUsesOpenGLAcceleration()
can check for Quartz Extreme presence.

There is also no multi monitor support, but i wouldn't be able to test 
that either..

DJ

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Derk-Jan Hartman (d.hartman at student.utwente dot nl)
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