Facilitating interaction between video renderers and graphics device drivers

One or more electronically-accessible media comprising electronically-executable instructions for a graphics device driver that, when executed, precipitate actions comprising:

• receiving an inquiry at the graphics device driver from a video renderer, the inquiry regarding one or more capabilities of the graphics device driver for having image processing operations performed;
• and
• sending a response for the inquiry to the video renderer from the graphics device driver, the response providing information regarding the one or more capabilities of the graphics device driver for having image processing operations performed.

A method for facilitating interaction between one or more video renderers and at least one graphics device driver, the method comprising actions of:

• querying, by a video render of the one or more video renderers, the at least one graphics device driver regarding video processing capabilities;
• and
• informing, by the at least one graphics device driver, the video render of at least a subset of video processing capabilities that the at least one graphics device driver can offer to the video renderer.

One or more electronically-accessible media comprising electronically-executable instructions for a video renderer that, when executed, precipitate actions comprising:

• requesting information regarding video processing capabilities from a graphics device driver;
• and
• receiving the information regarding video processing capabilities from the graphics device driver.

One or more electronically-accessible media comprising electronically-executable instructions for a graphics device driver that, when executed, precipitate actions comprising:

• receiving a request for information regarding video processing capabilities from a video renderer;
• and
• informing the video renderer of the information regarding video processing capabilities.

One or more electronically-accessible media comprising electronically-executable instructions that, when executed, precipitate actions comprising:

• issuing a query from a video render towards a graphics device driver, the query requesting information relating to process amplifier (ProcAmp) capabilities;
• and
• receiving a response at the video renderer from the graphics device driver, the response including the requested information relating to ProcAmp capabilities.

One or more electronically-accessible media comprising electronically-executable instructions that, when executed, precipitate actions comprising:

• receiving a query at a graphics device driver from a video renderer, the query requesting information relating to process amplifier (ProcAmp) capabilities;
• and
• sending a response to the video renderer from the graphics device driver, the response including the requested information that relates to ProcAmp capabilities.

An arrangement for facilitating interaction between video renderers and graphics device drivers, the arrangement comprising:

• issuance means for issuing a query for a graphics device driver, the query requesting information from the graphics device driver relating to process amplifier (ProcAmp) capabilities that the graphics device driver is capable of providing;
• and
• receiver means for receiving a response from the graphics device driver, the response including ProcAmp capabilities that the graphics device driver is capable of providing.

An arrangement for facilitating interaction between video renderers and graphics device drivers, the arrangement comprising:

• receiver means for receiving a query from a video renderer, the query requesting information relating to process amplifier (ProcAmp) capabilities that can be provided for a video to be displayed;
• and
• transmission means for transmitting a response to the video renderer, the response including the requested information that relates to ProcAmp capabilities that can be provided for the video to be displayed.

A system for facilitating interaction between a video renderer and a graphics device driver, the system comprising:

• video rendering logic that is adapted to prepare queries that request information relating to process amplifier (ProcAmp) capabilities that can be applied to video that is to be displayed;
• and
• graphics device driving logic that is adapted to prepare responses that indicate what ProcAmp capabilities can be applied to video that is to be displayed.

A graphics device driver that is configured to communicate with a video renderer using a protocol, wherein the protocol includes one or more formats for transmissions from the graphics device driver to the video renderer, the one or more formats including at least one field that is populated with ProcAmp control properties that are made available to the video renderer via the graphics device driver and at least one field that is populated with video processing operations that the graphics device driver can cause to be performed simultaneously with a ProcAmp adjustment operation.

A video renderer that is configured to communicate with a graphics device driver using a protocol, wherein the protocol includes one or more formats for transmissions from the video renderer to the graphics device driver, the one or more formats including at least one field that is populated with a description of video that the video renderer is to display in conjunction with an instigating application and at least one field that is populated with a selected ProcAmp control property which indicates a request to the graphics device driver for values for manipulating the selected ProcAmp control property.

One or more electronically-accessible media comprising electronically-executable instructions for a video renderer that, when executed, precipitate actions comprising:

• sending an inquiry from the video renderer towards a graphics device driver, the inquiry requesting information regarding process amplifier (ProcAmp) capabilities providable via the graphics device driver;
• receiving at the video renderer from the graphics device driver at least one ProcAmp control property that is available to the video renderer;
• and receiving at the video renderer from the graphics device driver at least one video processing operation that the graphics device driver can cause to be performed simultaneously with a ProcAmp adjustment operation.