"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> EVERYTHING IS UNDER THE ADVANCED TAB!!
>>>
>>> [I have no idea why...]
>>
>>   Well, yeah, possibly, but it still isn't obvious what 'Use Overlays' 
>> means.
>>
>>    (Unless you read a manpage of course).
>
> It means basically that the video data isn't rendered into the main 
> framebuffer, it's "overlaid" onto the image by the video hardware. Thus, 
> when you hit the printscreen button and the framebuffer gets copied... no 
> image!

    Ah, ok, understood.


>
> Doing it this way given better performance - hence Warp's suggestion to 
> turn it back on after. ;-)

    Heh, well I've just turned it back on and noticed that there is another 
field for 'Use Overlays' in the DVD Video section! I assume this does 
exactly the same thing when playing a DVD?

      ~Steve~

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St. <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>     Heh, well I've just turned it back on and noticed that there is another 
> field for 'Use Overlays' in the DVD Video section! I assume this does 
> exactly the same thing when playing a DVD?

  All video players using DirectX have this option (at least internally;
some might not offer it in their GUI). It's a hardware/DirectX thing.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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St. wrote:
>   Well, yeah, possibly, but it still isn't obvious what 'Use Overlays' 
> means.

That's *why* it's under the advanced tab. :-) You shouldn't be screwing with 
the setting if you don't know what an "overlay" is.

My brother, who finds Macs challenging, wonders why some of the flags under 
the "Advanced" tabs in Windows can't be put into descriptions that someone 
who doesn't know how the computer works can understand.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
   There aren't any trees on Mars.

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> My brother, who finds Macs challenging, wonders why some of the flags under 
> the "Advanced" tabs in Windows can't be put into descriptions that someone 
> who doesn't know how the computer works can understand.

  Maybe there should be a note like: "GIYF"

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Warp wrote:
>   Maybe there should be a note like: "GIYF"

I don't know that google would be enough to explain what "always expand ALT 
text for images" or "move system caret with focus/selection changes" or 
"force off-screen compositing even under Terminal Server" would mean, or why 
you would want to "use passive FTP" or "send IDN server names for Intranet 
addresses".  Some stuff computers do is just harder than driving a car, is 
the problem.  He wants his computer to be a tool, when it's really more a 
toolbox.

On the other hand, "underline links always/never/hover" is there, as is "use 
smooth scrolling", both of which seem pretty straightforward to understand.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
   There aren't any trees on Mars.

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St. wrote:
>>  Note that performance will suffer when you do that, so be sure to turn
>> it back on afterwards.
> 
>    Ah, ok, thanks Warp, I'll do that. That's something else that isn't 
> entirely obvious.

	Things may become a bit more obvious if you change your media player ;-)

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Warp wrote:

>   All video players using DirectX have this option (at least internally;
> some might not offer it in their GUI). It's a hardware/DirectX thing.

Since you clearly know more about this than me... In what way is 
"DirectShow" related to "DirectX"?

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And lo On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:11:59 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

> Warp wrote:
>
>>   All video players using DirectX have this option (at least internally;
>> some might not offer it in their GUI). It's a hardware/DirectX thing.
>
> Since you clearly know more about this than me... In what way is  
> "DirectShow" related to "DirectX"?

Orignally all the APIs were called DirectSomething and then got grouped  
and distributed under the generic DirectX title. DirectShow was renamed  
 from ActiveShow at that time for consistency reasons but was later dropped  
 from DirectX downloads and was issued under the Windows SDK.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
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