Windows paint plays Winamp 5.12 video!?!

MS-DOS Fan · 5th January 2006, 22:39

1.ok start up winamp then play a video.
2. count to 10 then press prt scr or sysrq on your keybord while watching your video.
3.Run windows paint
4.paste your screen shot by pressing Ctrl+v
5.go into 2X mode on winamp
6.Watch for 5 seconds leave winamp RUNNING behide paint.
7.go back to paint and enjoy the film

E-MAIL me about this at cole.henderson@gmail.com tell me if it works!

mikm · 5th January 2006, 22:51

Not a bug. That's overlay rendering.

What it does is tell the graphics card to replace all instaces of color X (the background color of the video window) with the image.

Because this is done at the hardware level, any screenshot you take will display the color, not the video. Thus, when you move the video window behind the screenshot of the video window, the graphics card sees the pixels of color X and replaces them with the video stream.

You ususally don't notice this effect because the video stream only occupies a small space and you generally do not have other windows on top of the video window.

MS-DOS Fan · 5th January 2006, 22:54

I know that i was whondering if anyone else knows that.

mikm · 5th January 2006, 22:57

Why'd you post in bug reports, then?

MS-DOS Fan · 5th January 2006, 23:01

Because seems like (to others you don't know a lot about computers) a bug so i put it here.

mikm · 5th January 2006, 23:05

But this isn't a place to post "this isn't a bug". The developers know this. This is a place to post actual bugs.

MS-DOS Fan · 5th January 2006, 23:14

but this can be fixed if you make a running process that disables SysRq while viewing the video. then tell it to replace all instaces of color X (the background color of the video window) with the image in the Windows operating system in the pixels by pixels area of the film.

DrO · 5th January 2006, 23:28

definitely not a bug since it's how overlays work and always have done. even if it is possible to work around this 'quirk' i wouldn't bother pestering the already pushed dev team to even bother with it since it's pointless really.

-daz

MS-DOS Fan · 5th January 2006, 23:33

HOW YOU DO THAT ITS NO LONGER IN THE BUG REPORTING FORUM!

DrO · 5th January 2006, 23:39

1) it's not a bug so it does not belong in there
2) having moderator access makes it very easy to do so
3) don't shout by typing in capitals

-daz

mikm · 5th January 2006, 23:47

The point of overlay mode is so Windows DOESN'T render the video.

If you don't like it, disable Overlay mode under the video prefrences.

5th January 2006, 22:39	#1
MS-DOS Fan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 7	Windows paint plays Winamp 5.12 video!?! 1.ok start up winamp then play a video. 2. count to 10 then press prt scr or sysrq on your keybord while watching your video. 3.Run windows paint 4.paste your screen shot by pressing Ctrl+v 5.go into 2X mode on winamp 6.Watch for 5 seconds leave winamp RUNNING behide paint. 7.go back to paint and enjoy the film E-MAIL me about this at cole.henderson@gmail.com tell me if it works!

5th January 2006, 22:51	#2
mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: 2001:4978:20f::/48 Posts: 1,244	Not a bug. That's overlay rendering. What it does is tell the graphics card to replace all instaces of color X (the background color of the video window) with the image. Because this is done at the hardware level, any screenshot you take will display the color, not the video. Thus, when you move the video window behind the screenshot of the video window, the graphics card sees the pixels of color X and replaces them with the video stream. You ususally don't notice this effect because the video stream only occupies a small space and you generally do not have other windows on top of the video window. powered by Câ‚‚Hâ‚…OH \| eff \| aclu

5th January 2006, 22:57	#4
mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: 2001:4978:20f::/48 Posts: 1,244	Why'd you post in bug reports, then? powered by Câ‚‚Hâ‚…OH \| eff \| aclu

5th January 2006, 23:05	#6
mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: 2001:4978:20f::/48 Posts: 1,244	But this isn't a place to post "this isn't a bug". The developers know this. This is a place to post actual bugs. powered by Câ‚‚Hâ‚…OH \| eff \| aclu

5th January 2006, 23:47	#11
mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: 2001:4978:20f::/48 Posts: 1,244	The point of overlay mode is so Windows DOESN'T render the video. If you don't like it, disable Overlay mode under the video prefrences. powered by Câ‚‚Hâ‚…OH \| eff \| aclu

5th January 2006, 22:54	#3
MS-DOS Fan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 7	I know that i was whondering if anyone else knows that.

5th January 2006, 23:01	#5
MS-DOS Fan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 7	Because seems like (to others you don't know a lot about computers) a bug so i put it here.

5th January 2006, 23:14	#7
MS-DOS Fan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 7	but this can be fixed if you make a running process that disables SysRq while viewing the video. then tell it to replace all instaces of color X (the background color of the video window) with the image in the Windows operating system in the pixels by pixels area of the film.

5th January 2006, 23:28	#8
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	definitely not a bug since it's how overlays work and always have done. even if it is possible to work around this 'quirk' i wouldn't bother pestering the already pushed dev team to even bother with it since it's pointless really. -daz

5th January 2006, 23:33	#9
MS-DOS Fan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 7	HOW YOU DO THAT ITS NO LONGER IN THE BUG REPORTING FORUM!

5th January 2006, 23:39	#10
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	1) it's not a bug so it does not belong in there 2) having moderator access makes it very easy to do so 3) don't shout by typing in capitals -daz

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