[SDL] Re: OpenGl and SDL

Sun Dec 10 11:13:49 PST 2000

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Marc Lavallée wrote:

> David Olofson asked:
> >> Why would you want to do that if you have h/w accelerated
> >> OpenGL on the machine...?
>
> Andreas Shiffler replied:
> > Simple. I'd like to accelerate OpenGL graphics on the desktop
> > without having to run the desktop in 3D mode. I want
> > accelerated 3D or basically run any 3D stuff without full
> > screen mode.
> >
> > It seems from your description, that current graphics cards
> > are just made for one thing: pump data to the screen, flip
> > buffers.
>
> Do you mean delegate openGL compositing to the h/w accelerated card,
> then integrate the result in 2D, mixing openGL 3D and bitmap 2D
> techniques?
>

Exactly that's what I would like to do!

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Marc Lavallée wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>David Olofson asked:
 >> Why would you want to do that if you have h/w accelerated
 >> OpenGL on the machine...?
Andreas Shiffler replied:
 > Simple. I'd like to accelerate OpenGL graphics on the desktop
 > without having to run the desktop in 3D mode. I want
 > accelerated 3D or basically run any 3D stuff without full
 > screen mode.
 >
 > It seems from your description, that current graphics cards
 > are just made for one thing: pump data to the screen, flip
 > buffers.
Do you mean delegate openGL compositing to the h/w accelerated card,
 then integrate the result in 2D, mixing openGL 3D and bitmap 2D
 techniques?
  </blockquote>
Exactly that's what I would like to do!
  
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|  Andreas Schiffler                    aschiffler at home.com  |
|  Senior Systems Engineer    -    Deskplayer Inc., Buffalo  |
|  4707 Eastwood Cres., Niagara Falls, Ont  L2E 1B4, Canada  |
|  +1-905-371-3652 (private)  -  +1-905-371-8834 (work/fax)  |</pre>
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