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Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On a sunny day (Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:57:24 +1100) it happened Chris Baird
><abuse@brushtail.apana.org.au> wrote in
><ufipi6bmgb.fsf@brushtail.apana.org.au>:
>
>> > Why is X limited to a fixed frame-rate, though?
>>
>>It isn't. "Someone is Wrong on the Internet."
>>
>> > It seems like having an API to deal with an adjustable frame-rate
>> > would be a pretty straightforward addition?
>>
>>Most desktops today have disabled the "Ctrl-Alt-plus" binding
>>for changing screen mode on the fly, but you can put it back in,
>>and software that uses SDL often changes screen mode to what
>>it wants.
>
>You not even understand the problem.
>I have one system here with more modelines then you have ever seen
>in XF86Config, and yes you can change between them with ctrl alt +/-
>That is not the point, and not even that not every monitor will like that,
>The point is locking the frame rate of the X server to the video played.
>I gave a good link that explains it, try reading it,
>The other point is that people happily play 50 Hz video on a 60 Hz
>display these days, and then dare call that configuration a 'media player'.
>lack of real knowledge about video.

If you have a TFT screen then the controller inside the TFT screen
will convert the incoming frame rate to the frame rate native to the
TFT panel. You are jumping through hoops for nothing.

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