[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/3] Xv overlay: set default color-key to black

Eric Anholt eric at anholt.net
Fri Nov 6 00:01:20 CET 2009


On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 14:15 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> This way we avoid the dreaded blue. Furthermore most video players
> use black as background, so no one can notice the color-key painting.
> Leaking of the overlay outside the window is only possible when moving,
> because the kernel should place it pixel-accurate.

So, if I drag a window containing black over my XV overlay window, the
movie will show through, right?

I think some video players actually painted over the color key for
interface, as well.  This would likely break that, given that black's a
common color.

-- 
Eric Anholt
eric at anholt.net                         eric.anholt at intel.com


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