Re: DirectFB Overlay Help

Darren Vincent Hart wrote:
> I'm getting a little frustrated with the dfb overlay.  I don't think I
> understand how DFBLayers come into play.  We only seem to have layer 0,
If you only have layer 0 then your video card doesnt support overlays, 
quite simple :) (or the driver doesnt, its the same too dfb)
> even after I create another surface.  What are the layers for?  For som
> reason after I blit the overlay's surface to the screen surface it isn't
> showing up.  The video plays to completion (you can hear the audio) but
> not a single frame is displayed.
> 
> The xine driver changed the configuration of layer 0 at each
> frame_format_update, which seems wrong to me (and DFB agrees with me, it
> won't accept the change - see commented out section of the overlay_dfb
> constructor).
> 
> If anyone has more dfb experience than I and can shed a bit a light on
> this I'd appreciate it.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Darren