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CPFSPD library
On windows platforms (cygwin, win32) we use high performance platform
specific file I/O.
When the OS version (windows NT, 2000, XP) and the file system (ntfs)
supports it, unbuffered and asynchronous I/O is used
(this is detected at runtime).
As an example, the underlaying I/O system performs the read DMA of a
next block while the application is processing the current block.
This I/O is optimized for sequential image access and allows us to
process video data with only a single memcpy operation between an
cpfspd internal buffer and the application.
On win32, this memcpy is optimized using MMX operations.
The result is a data throughput close to the theoretical limits of
the harddisk with a very low CPU load overhead.
This is only possible with I/O blocks that are a multiple of the disk
block size.
We found that a block size of 256 kbyte provides optimal performance
in most cases.
As a side effect of this approach, the file size is always a multiple
of 256 kbyte on cygwin/win32.
The buffer size can be changed with p_set_file_buf_size().
On all other platforms, regular clib file I/O is used (fopen/fread/fwrite/fclose).
Symptom
On a dual screen setup, the *nix version of PV shows large text
size for menu entries, status bar, help text, error dialogs etc.
Diagnosis
We observed this problem using the "Reflection" X server on systems with
dual monitor setup. The command "xdpyinfo" shows a mismatch between the
physical size of your monitors and the resolution; e.g:
> xdpyinfo ... screen #0: dimensions: 2880x1200 pixels (380x300 millimeters) resolution: 193x102 dots per inch ...Two monitors are attached: one 19" 1280x1024 pixels and a secondary monitor with 1600x1200 pixels. The default ReflextionX handling assumes a total screen real estate of (1280+1600) x max(1024,1200) pixels, assuming the physical size of only the primary 19" monitor!
Solution
Start the Reflection X client manager.
Under "Settings" -> "Display", you can enter the physical size of the
total display area. In the above example, it is changed to
800 x 340 mm. This is slightly larger than the actual size, but this
gives best results.
Authors: Bram Riemens
Copyright (c) KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2000-2006
Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
CVS id: $Id: faq.html,v 1.4 2006/03/28 15:15:47 riemens Exp $