Re: [RFC] The future of some old vo drivers
compn <[email protected]>
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On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 23:28:14 +0100 Roberto Togni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > this is a list of vo driver that may depend on old hardware, dead > libraries, and obsolete kernels: > - vo_vidix, related vos (xover, xvidix, vosub_vidix, winvidix, > cvidix). > The main reason for this mail is to understand if these driver are > still functional with a current kernel and MPlayer version; and if the > target hardware is still in use today (as a reference I had a 3dfx and > an S3 card in my pentium1, retired in 2002). i have seen an incredible renewed interest in people wanting to have video playing in the terminal or video completely without xorg/x11 support. on the #mplayer irc channel anyhow. i'm not sure if they are using cvidix or just trying to get fbdev working. i have no objection to removal. -compn _______________________________________________ MPlayer-dev-eng mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng