Support for libplacebo (gpu-next) in the rendering API
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Description
As of now, --vo=libmpv with the OpenGL backend has features roughly equivalent to --vo=gpu. Features only available in gpu-next are currently not available when using the rendering API. It would be nice if we could get support for a libplacebo-based backend in the rendering API.
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
An option to choose between using a gpu- or gpu-next-based OpenGL backend when using --vo=libmpv.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the existing --vo=libmpv rendering API path and its OpenGL backend, then compare how the gpu and gpu-next backends are selected. The work is complete when the API exposes an option to select either backend and gpu-next-only features are available through --vo=libmpv.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- api, computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100