Author Topic: Video overlay - essential for fast video playback (Read 10470 times)

itix · « **on:** June 28, 2012, 05:05:18 PM »

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But the existing CompositeTags() can do hardware resizing on x1000...

It is faster use an overlay. Besides, when you are setting up a call to CompositeTags() or BltBitMapScaleArgs() overlay has done it already.

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But Altivec can (may) do that...

It is faster use an overlay. Besides, low end machines dont have AltiVec.

Overlay is not obsolete.

itix · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2012, 09:40:23 AM »

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Incidentally, I do find it strange that the people making the most noise about this aren't generally Sam users.

Indeed. But maybe if the performance was their biggest concern they would have chosen AmigaOne instead, no?