[mythtv] Experimental epia/xvmc colour osd HACK

[Asher Schaffer]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:01:55 +0000, Ivor Hewitt <ivor at ivor.org> wrote:
> All,
> 
> Updated colour osd hack attached with fixed font code as promised.
> 
> The corresponding epiaosd theme is at:-
> http://www.ivor.it/mythtv/epiaosd.tar.gz
> 
> Basically this speeds up the osd drawing for xvmc by rendering everything
> directly into IA44 format, also the fonts are rendered as monochrome bitmaps
> rather than anti-aliased bitmaps. This speedup removed the prebuffer pauses
> as the OSD fades in and out.. and of course provides the added bonus of
> colour.
> 
> Still rather hacky of course. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Ivor Hewitt.
> http://www.ivor.it - tech | http://www.ivor.org - hedge

compiling now, I'll let you know when I get home tonight