Quicktime 5.0.x / XVideo usage

[Marcus Meissner]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 01:34:05PM +0200, Matthias Dahl wrote:
> Hey there...                                      ]) powered by Linux 2.4.8 ([
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> I have discovered some strange behavior with WINE and Quicktime 5.0.x. As long
> as the "time slider" and the "audio bars" are being  updated  the  video  runs
> quite sluggish. But if you open a menu or a dialog box both the  "time slider"
> and the "audio bars" stop updating - which is normal.  BUT  the  video  itself
> runs at full speed as long as both are not being updated.     Which  is  kinda
> strange I guess. Even those animation content which is included with some movs
> doesn't slow the playback down, so it cannot be a performance issue.  (on PIII
> with 500 Mhz, 256 MB ram and X 4.1.x (G400MAX))

Please check if after the patch I sent Saturday, which restricts blting
to actually used rectangles and gives a rather good speed up to QuickTime
here.

> Also if you maximize the video to full screen or  anything  that  is  not  its
> original size, the playback also becomes very sluggish.

Yes.

> Doesn't WINE  use  the XVideo protocol for such operations?

It does not at this time.

I am currently working towards adding support for this.

Ciao, Marcus