From: Jon M. Taylor <taylorj@ecs.csus.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:07:24 -0700 (PDT)

Re: ggi and video-cards

On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Jan Kneschke wrote:

> 
> are video-cards in the scope of ggi ?? 

	I assume you mean TV cards.  Nothing has been done with this yet,
but I would say that this type of support is appropriate for GGI.

> i just ask because i have a hauppage
> 418 but can't look videos with a ggi-app. the only interface which is given
> to the card is via video4linux-ioctls and as fas i'm concerned i don't like
> ioctls. i love wrappers around ioctls (like ggi->kgi). 

	I think that video4linux and GGI will merge at some point. 

> based on my feelings i had a small look at the web and the only thing i've
> found was that xfree 4.0 will have an video-card interface.
> 
> is there a need for a gvi ??
> ("godforsaken" video interface) [i just read the penguinplay-irc-log :) ]

	I suppose that GVI could use video4linux ioctls as a "target", but
the proper thing to do would be to support those cards with a proper KGI
driver.  Not many types of nonstandard features like video or S3 STREAMS
or 3D acceleration have been supported in a KGI driver yet.  Someday when
LibGWT is working I want to try implementing STREAMS in the S3Trio/Virge 
drivers and coding up an extension library for LibGWT which will let me 
handle each STREAMS region as a region.

> btw: which projects use the g..-naming-sheme so far??
> - ggi
> - gsi
> - gwt
> - ggi2d

- GII?  Is this still around?

> what about gci for ggi-console aka evstack fka evstream ??

	Consoles are usually part of the OS, and the Gxx libraries are all
userspace.  I'd stick with the GGI Console class system. 

> ( is fka vaild Three Letter Acronym ?? -> formerly know as ).

	I don't recall it ever being called 'EvStream'.  EvRing was used 
once IIRC but not anymore.

Jon

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