Before the release of DCI, a specialized video accelerator could only provide scaling services for
digital-video clips. Video for Windows required the CPU to perform decompression and color space conversion, passing RGB data on to the graphics subsystem. A DCI-compliant video codec can check for the presence of video hardware and, if a video accelerator is present, can pass unconverted YUV data directly to the video subsystem for color space conversion and video scaling. With more control over video playback, graphics-chip vendors have devised innovative architectures for efficient video acceleration within Windows.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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