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Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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Here's a question to which the answer is almost certainly no; would it be possible, in any way, for me to create an A5 Windows app that could within it display the HDMI input from a PCI card? Or have I smoked too much. (It's a serious question though!)
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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If you can figure out which windows API to use to capture frames from the hdmi input, you can fire those at the A5 display no problem. -- |
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Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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Really!?! I don't suppose you'd like to point me in the direction of some material that could get me started on displaying a windows frame in an A5 display!? [EDIT] (I mean just to get me started on how to display a normal windows frame within an ALLEGRO_DISPLAY, I'll work out the rest myself/with more questions!!)
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Um, I suppose if you wanted to actually put a windows window inside the a5 display, you can get your hands on the HWND (see: al_get_win_window_handle)... I'm not sure I'd do it that way, depends on the API you have to use. The two most likely ways I'd try are: 1. Find the windows api that gives you raw frame data from the hdmi input, and then upload that to the a5 display (al_lock_bitmap... etc) 2. Find the windows api that lets you give it a HWND for it to display to, and hand it the a5 HWND. The third alternative would be if the API you get only gives you a HWND for some reason, then you can make it a child of the a5 HWND. -- |
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Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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Option 1 I think is going to be best, thanks Thomas I thought this was too 'out there' to do, but I'm an old school sprites & dirty rectangles A4 guy so don't ever mess with stuff. I'll let you know how I get on!
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jmasterx
Member #11,410
October 2009
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Don't know if it's worth a mention, but I remember when using OpenCV that I could display my graphics card IN with it: Agui GUI API -> https://github.com/jmasterx/Agui |
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Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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That may provide a starting point so thanks for that; I have to stick with A5 because the passage of time definitely increases with age (I'm sure I used to spend a LOT more time experimenting, even whilst working FT!?!?) but a starting point is all I need for this, nice one jmaster.
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