Date: Mon, 01 May 95 12:12:01 -0700 From: hasty@netcom.com To: jdc@xinside.com Cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Video stuff... Message-ID: <199505011912.MAA29778@netcom14.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 01 May 95 12:42:55 -0600. <199505011842.MAA07543@crab.xinside.com>
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> Amancio Hasty Jr writes: > > > > >At the moment, we believe that we will have to create our own > > >extension, probably building an API that will be a compatible > > >extension of the X Video extension. We will also need a device > > > > Tnks, I am thinking about similar lines. My first cut at this > > problem will be to just have a simple app that can control the > > video overlay window and the mpeg stream. The second round will be > > two modify the X video extensions to allow us to feed it mpeg data. > > > > Thanks again for your input :) > We expect to start publishing our interface specs in a few months, > when Release 1.2 is finally out of the door. I don't know what time > requirements you have, but you might want to look at our API. It > would reduce some of the incompatibility madness that afflicts the > UNIX derivative environments... We'd certainly be prepared to look > at your specs, and we may even be able to provide some suggestions > with only mildly annoying criticism ;-) > I think that you will need to develop much of> the X Video spec > API initially, since you probably want to have a superset of that > functionality with the added capability of MPEG feed and controls. > We found that it took us several months to bring to acceptable > quality. Tnks when I am ready I will be happy to share with anyone my work and I can take criticism so I don't see this as an issue. My take on the current situation is that there is no standard so whatever I write in terms of X protocol support will be a throw away;however, the mechanism in the X server side which controls the card will most likely will remain intact . When you are ready with your specs please let us know ... I will be nice to be able to watch movies with another X implementation :) Now if any freebsd hackers, want to jump in the hardware assist mpeg bandwagon drop me a note . There is plenty of work to be done at all levels. Regards, Amancio
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