Re: XFree86 5.0 TODO
Alex Deucher <[email protected]>
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on the same topic, making sure the new version of Xv/surfaces/gl textures (Xv is currently network independant) would be nice. HW accelerated indirect rendering for gl. Alex --- Leon Shiman <[email protected]> wrote: > georgina writes: > > >>one more thing, I know X primarily deals with video, but some > >>integrations with MAS might be nice for network transparent sound. > >>Plus, if Xfree86 were to integrate it it might be more easily > picked up > >>by distros and other UNIXs so we would have a common audio > interface. > > >>Alex > > >What's MAS? And where can I learn more about it? > > >Georgina > > MAS, a Media Application Server, was developed to support X11's need > for > full audio and media support, which "follows the display variable"; a > > network transparent and platform independent solution. > > MAS has been developed by SAI with the endorsement and approval of > X.Org, > and with partial financial support by X.Org and Sun. It is released > under > the MIT ("X") license. It is in the works as an X Standard. > > MAS has many features which, while fully supporting X11, provide a > new > paradigm for peer to peer network communication. MAS provides > time-management and synchronization for network data transport, > independent > of data type. MAS has immediate application not only as a sound > server, but > for streaming and interactive pluri-modal media and for Accessibility > > support. MAS has already been ported to several platforms. > > The project site URL: http://www.MediaApplicationServer.net. > > Shiman Associates Inc (SAI) is the developer and project maintainer. > > Leon > > Shiman Associates Inc (SAI) > 163 Tappan Street > Brookline MA 02445 USA > > tel: (00)1.617.277.0087 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com