[directfb-users] Re: CLE266 hardware accelleration questions

[Selwyn Tang <selwyn@hectrix.com>]

Hi Matthias,

On 01/27/04 15:43, Huber, Matthias S-RD-CP1 wrote:
> 3. If yes, what do I have to do to play back a MPEG file via
> directFB? Okay, mplayer -directfb -dr does this (and works :-)), but
> how would I code my own application?

If you want to use directfb, you may hack mplayer's directfb vo driver
to make it play video on a specific layer. Then you app may call it when
needed.

> 5. Is there a more general framework overview of directfb, besides
> the very detailed generated API. The API e.g. does not explain what a
> Layer or a Surface is, or for what it is used...

I faced the same problem as yours when I started using directfb. The
following overview may help, although it is a bit old:

<http://www.directfb.org/documentation/DirectFB_overview_V0.1.pdf>

Selwyn



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