Please explain Overlay Modes and YUV12...

vonsworld · #1 (**permalink**) 30th October 2003

Documentation for BSPlayer seems hard to find, so please could someone explain the following:

* The difference between Overlay Mode 1 and 2?

* The effect of disabling YUV12?

I've found that with Overlay Mode 1 I can play movies perfectly as long as I'm not using FFDShow.

If I try to use FFDShow, I get a green display and BSPlayer crashes.

However FFDShow works fine if I use Overlay Mode 2, or Overlay Mode 1 with YUV12 disabled.

Rather than just ticking boxes until I find a combination that works, please can someone explain the effect of these options?

Does using Mode 2 or disabling YUV12 reduce playback quality?

Thanks :-)

Priapulidae · #2 (**permalink**) 31st October 2003

I'm looking forward to this answer as well :P

vonsworld · #3 (**permalink**) 31st October 2003

Yes, me too...

I hope there's someone out there, other than the authors of the software, who understand what these options mean.

I can usually get BSPlayer to play any type of movie, but I don't understand many of the options I'm selecting, especially the difference between overlay modes etc...

Quietseb · #4 (**permalink**) 31st October 2003

have you had a look at the following post ?

http://forum.bsplayer.org/viewtopic.php?t=964