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Core Video Concepts

Core Video is a new model for handling digital video in Mac OS X. It provides two major features to simplify video processing:

• A standard buffering model that makes it easy to switch between uncompressed video frames (such as from QuickTime) and OpenGL.

• A display synchronization solution.

This chapter describes the concepts behind these features.

Contents:

The Core Video Pipeline
The Display Link
Buffer Management
What’s in a Frame?

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