[vlc-devel] [RFC 0/7] Subpictures outside the video

[Salah-Eddin Shaban]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 6:37 PM, Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> wrote:
> Le maanantaina 19. helmikuuta 2018, 12.43.03 EET Salah-Eddin Shaban a écrit :
>> Salah-Eddin Shaban (7):
>>   subpictures: support rendering subpictures in display dimensions
>>   opengl: support rendering subpictures in display dimensions
>
> This looks like a cart before the horse.
>
> Before SPU's can be drawn outside the video area, the view port must be
> extended to the whole window and filled with black (nonobviously #7702). This
> can, and probably should, be solved before SPU are even considered.
>

The view port is indeed extended to the whole window here.

In my tests on Windows and Linux I've had no issues with the
background or with tearing. But I'll take a closer look at both.