[vdr] Re: GUI: mix of still pics and OSD?

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Olivier Jacques wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I understand that the whole SDRAM-extension on DVB board discussion is about
> having bigger OSD memory to get nice graphical user interface (GUI) on DVB
> output. Exciting :)
> But what I don't get is why is there anything that prevents to base the future
> new VDR GUI on a mix from "still pictures" and OSD.
> We could have a complete "background still-picture" generated on-the-fly using
> a library like ImageMagick. This will allow to create a fullscreen mpeg picture
> from various graphical elements (pictures, text, lines, ...).
> Then, all "dynamic elements", like cursors, arrows, selection box, basically
> everything that is controlled by remote could be managed by the OSD at a
> relatively low DVB-SDRAM cost.
> Ok, you will not get a background live-video but is this really a problem?
> I guess that there is a limitation in the still_picture DVB API call that
> limits the usage (there are few lines in the README of the MP3 plugin
> explaining that displaying still pictures is not as easy as it sounds). Stefan,
> what is your experience with this?

Have you ever used an STB that does this?
The Sky DigiBox turns off live video whenever it displays any full screen
OSD - and that's a major PITA!

I never want to have an OSD in VDR that doesn't continue to play whatever
is corrently on (live or recording).

That doesn't mean that a plugin couldn't do that, but it won't be the default
in VDR.

Klaus
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