Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-04-14 Thread Emmanuel Charpentier
Thomas Winischhofer wrote: [ ... ] Anyway, here's another point: Xv was not supported *at all* on the 6326 with 4.2. Hence, video applications were using another method (probably xshm) by default. I added Xv support for the 5597/5598/6326/530/620 in September 2002, so it wasn't there before

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-04-13 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
Branden Robinson wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 02:31:37AM +0200, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: 1280x1024 at 24bpp needs 3,932,160 bytes of video RAM just for the visible screen. There is only 4032K available as the log clearly shows. Do the math yourself. I, for one, am not surprised. Hi Th

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-04-13 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 02:31:37AM +0200, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: > 1280x1024 at 24bpp needs 3,932,160 bytes of video RAM just for the > visible screen. There is only 4032K available as the log clearly shows. > > Do the math yourself. > > I, for one, am not surprised. Hi Thomas, If you mean

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-04-11 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
1280x1024 at 24bpp needs 3,932,160 bytes of video RAM just for the visible screen. There is only 4032K available as the log clearly shows. Do the math yourself. I, for one, am not surprised. Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria thomas AT winischhofer DOT net http://www.wini

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-03-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 10:12:10AM +0100, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > 2) The above workaround might help to pinpoint the problem. Since you have > marked the bug "upstream", I presume you have submitted it. That's not a very good presumption to make. Please see http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Devel

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-03-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 19:07, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 10:12, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > > > >>3) I didn't report libxv1 as broken in 4.3.0-5 ; I reported it broken *for* > >>*me*, *and* saw that users of other cards submitted similar repor

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-03-17 Thread Emmanuel Charpentier
Dear Michael, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 10:12, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: 3) I didn't report libxv1 as broken in 4.3.0-5 ; I reported it broken *for* *me*, *and* saw that users of other cards submitted similar reports. I agree with you that it might be problems in individual

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-03-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 10:12, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > > 3) I didn't report libxv1 as broken in 4.3.0-5 ; I reported it broken *for* > *me*, *and* saw that users of other cards submitted similar reports. I > agree with you that it might be problems in individual card drivers ; The informat

Bug#238100: XVideo workaround for SDL apps

2004-03-17 Thread Emmanuel Charpentier
FWIW, I found a workaround for the problem I reported, working for applications using the SDL library (this includes both mjpeg tools and VLC, can't say for other video apps). From the SDL FAQ on their website (www.libsdl.org) : Q: How do I disable XFree86 XVideo acceleration? A: You can