# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1280064074 0 # Node ID 6263da921f916fbeb7223b8cb8edb7b2fe25f9d6 # Parent d590a8d2386afda4322479748522d6d2e8212dd5 Remove pointless and non-informative SDL section from video output chapter. diff -r d590a8d2386a -r 6263da921f91 DOCS/xml/en/video.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sun Jul 25 13:16:05 2010 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sun Jul 25 13:21:14 2010 +0000 @@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ version 4.2.0 or later, it can handle YV12 and YUY2 while previous versions, including 4.1.0, crash with YV12. If you experience strange effects using , try SDL -(it has XVideo, too) and see if it helps. Check the -SDL section for details. +(it has XVideo, too) and see if it helps. @@ -628,39 +627,6 @@ - -SDL - - -SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified -video/audio interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not -about what video or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom -port using SDL can run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only -have to specify the (for example) video driver to use with the -SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment variable. Well, in theory. - - - -With MPlayer, we used its X11 driver's software -scaler ability for cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made -our own (faster, nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but -now we have ours which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than -ours, until recently. Get it now? :) - - - -It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky (not slow -system problem), or audio is lagging. - - - -SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if -present) black bar. - - - - - SVGAlib