This has been easier than I thought. One loads the framebuffer module (mambolfb) that comes with the SMP8634LF and that makes the framebuffer device available on a layer on top of the video. So then playing a video(eg. ./mono -nogui bla.mpg) one can from a seperate process or the same one write to the framebuffer device and it will be shown on top of the video on a seperate layer.
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 02:55:26PM +0900, Eugene Everson wrote: > > > Hi, > > I've been using directfb with a Sigma designs SMP8634LF chip and I've > been really amazed at the API and how well it performs. Thanks very much - > this is a great piece of work! > > Everyhing works fine but I'm now at the point where I want to play multimedia > using the hardware decoders coming with the Sigma chip. The chip runs using > a uClibc linux. Is there a way I can do this? Is it possible to play video > from an external program on a layer, or something like that without degrading > the performance. > > I was thinking of using directfb for the osd and all other graphics and then > just using the sigma chip for the decoding and displaying of the video. In > the Sigma documentation they have a sample of creating a osd using the > framebuffer with their chip so I have been guessing it is possilble. > > Is there a existing video provider that can be used or any other easy way to > do this, or will I have to create a new video provider? > Would doing it through a video provider degrade the performance at all? > > > Thank You, > Eugene. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > directfb-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users
