[vdr] Re: Idea - drawing speed-up

[Andreas Brugger <brougs78@gmx.net>]

Sascha Volkenandt wrote:

> Am Montag, 6. Dezember 2004 20:28 schrieb Patrick Gleichmann:
>  
> > Hi,
> > I wonder if adding a
> >
> >   #define IS_VISIBLE(COL) (COL & 0xFF000000 > 0)
> >
> > check would speed up drawing operations (osd.c).
> >    
> Dunno, since sometimes it maybe necessary and wanted to draw a transparent 
> pixel to delete a visible one...
>
> Also, you can't be sure that the area is initialized with clrTransparent 
> before any drawing takes place.
>
> greetings,
> Sascha
>  
Somebody (I think you Sascha) said, that the implementation of a 
RLE-encoding is planned to speed up the transfer. Are there news to that 
subject.
I know the proper place for that question would be the DVB-ML, but maybe 
somebody knows something. ;-)

Bye,
Andereas Brugger