Fix for video problems on ATI
For those of you who experience a green screen when viewing videos, download this new version. I’ve disabled the ATI-specific OpenGL renderer, since (a) I’m not quite sure what its raison d’être was and (b) it was causing trouble on OS X (and apparently Linux, as well).
Anyway, ATI users should have better luck with this version. This doesn’t mean video is actually working, but hey, it might render a few frames for you. In order. At some random speed. But beggars can’t be choosers, right?
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Does this release fix the Mac mini issue? TIA.
“I’m not quite sure what its raison d’être was and”
The reason was that ATI Linux drivers suck (at least they used to, haven’t tried their latest ones) and therefore it required special handling. It couldn’t do multi-context rendering without crashing. However, few weeks back, I updated the main GL renderer so that all texture loads happen from the main GUI thread, which optimized video playback on non-ATI GPUs but had the side effect of breaking the ATI renderer.
@Karel: The Mac Mini has an Intel graphics chipset, not ATI, so this release does not help you. I’ll try to get the Mini fix in soon.
Awesome work elan! I’ve got it up and running on my imac. Videos are running fast and without audio. Also networking doesn’t seem to be working. Are you planning on implementing the apple remote?
Btw, how’s the current status? Are you getting help from any other devs?
Keep up the great work!
Thanks, Matt. Networking should be working, but then again it may only work for those who go through en0. Are you connected via wireless?
I’m the only one working on the “core” right now, although a few other people (e.g. cullman, tokyovigilante) are helping out with some of the other parts like the plug-in codecs and Python. I’d welcome any help I can get!