Quicktime 5.0.x / XVideo usage
Marcus Meissner
Marcus.Meissner at caldera.de
Mon Sep 10 07:26:55 CDT 2001
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 01:34:05PM +0200, Matthias Dahl wrote:
> Hey there... ]) powered by Linux 2.4.8 ([
>
> 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
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