Displaying Hardware Accelerated Video on X Window Systems
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJuan Zhao, Tomas Frydrych, Rui Long, Danming Xie
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Abstract
Multiple planes may be used to enhance the video experience in hardware accelerated video in X window systems. A composite window manager, cursor theme, and more than two ARGB format planes may be used. The window manager handles a transparent area. The area that shows the video is defined as a cutout area. Before the window manager redraws a specific window with the cutout area, the area is set to be transparent or translucent. Then the video can be seen through the cutout with or without overlaid translucent graphics. The cursor theme provides opaque cursors.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- implementing multiple planes to enable hardware accelerated video on X window systems.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executed by a computer to perform a sequence comprising:
- implementing multiple planes to enable hardware accelerated video on an X window system.
An X window system comprising;
- multiple planes to accelerate video on said system;
- and
- a memory buffer coupled to said planes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.