> > 1 -> you need the correct modelines for it to swith down to the correct > > resolution, if you decide you still want software mode. > > Aha, right. > What do you mean by "software mode"? fullscreen video playback can be done in two ways: 1) the resolution is changed down and the video optionally scaled in software to fit the screen. this is processor intensive. 2) the video can be passed to a video card for hardware scaling and smoothing. this eliminates the need for mode switching and takes the load off the cpu. currently there are a number of applications that support fullscreen sdl, such as avifile, smpeg, xmms-smpeg etc. once sdl has been recompiled against the x4 libs, it should work out of the box -- but watch the configure as you compile sdl to see if it detects the xvideo x4 libs. > I did recompile sdl. What are the xvideo extensions and why should I > care about them? hardware scaling. new to x4. > > but of course, if you'd done your homework > > and that would be...? the documentation on the web sites of the above mentioned players are helpful. try them. :) cheers damien
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