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Re: [MiNT] Bit-Depth and Graphics stuff....



7 jul 2010 kl. 00.47 skrev m0n0:
> What about the fVDI? It seems to support 16bit natively. I haven't used
> fVDI really... I know aranym uses it, but that's all that I really know
> about it. 
> My falcon is not running with it, but I expect it would, wouldn't it? 

What exactly do you mean by "support 16bit natively"? Even the built-in VDI TOS-VDI in the Falcon works in 16-bit modes.

The only tricky thing is the pixel format detection. What kind of functionality are you talking about?

> 
> the klockars.net page is currently down, but the google cache page gives
> some infos. It seems fVDI has some support for true color, but
> http://www.sophics.cz/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/fvdi/fvdi/drivers/ just shows an
> driver for 16 bit... I think it would be perfectly possible to add 32 bit
> drivers... I'm sure someone will implement that when the firebee is
> available?...

Again, I don't quite get the question. NVDI works in 16-bit modes (and 24/32-bit modes on certain graphics cards), the built-in VDI in TOS 4 works in 15/16-bit modes, fVDI works in 8bpp, 16bpp, 24bpp and 32bpp depending on driver/hardware, oVDI (which was never finished unfortunately) most likely work in >=15bpp modes as well.

> Seems like this fVDI thing could really provide an convenient API for true
> color stuff... 

What kind of API is it you're talking about?

best regards

-- PeP