OpenGL acceleration and 2D and 3D support - Page 2

npinchot · 04-18-2011, 06:06 PM

Video is not smooth enough. The 1.6 beta 4 driver is out and still no hardware acceleration? Sad panda.

Paul N. Edwards · 04-22-2011, 07:02 PM

I'm using a Macbook Pro with two brand new Dell U2410s side by side. One is hooked up through the Mac's Displayport, the other to a Mac USB port using a Diamond BVU195 adapter and the Displaylink Mac 1.6 beta driver. The graphics card is set to "better graphics" in the Energy Saver preferences panel.

At first I hooked up the display using the Diamond "straight": DVI cable from the monitor to the Diamond's built-in DVI input, output to USB on the Mac.

This caused the display to turn slightly blue, and it seemed to get bluer and bluer over the 2 hours I used it that way. Eventually whites became almost sky blue -- basically unusable. Plus I could not calibrate the monitor's color. I freaked out and found this forum, so I know why I can't calibrate. (Displaylink, please fix this!!!)

Then I hooked up the Diamond to its included DVI to VGA adapter and used a VGA cable from the monitor. Surprisingly, this seems to have solved the problem. Of course I still can't calibrate the monitor, but at least the color balance is more or less normal.

Seax · 11-14-2011, 02:43 PM

Any news when its gonna be possible to configure a display connected to a displaylink-adapter? Really looking forward to it.

tye · 03-27-2012, 04:13 PM

What is the status on this?
Some (video)applications just don't work with a displaylink adapter plugged in, so it would be great to know if this will change.

Thanks in advanced!

Hophoto · 03-27-2012, 05:34 PM

+1 for sure.. on Open GL.... would love that... for sure..

Hophoto · 03-27-2012, 05:36 PM

Color and Open GL would be IDEAL. for sure.. I would take just OPEN GL if I had to..

Hophoto · 03-30-2012, 10:46 AM

PLEASE>.. as soon as you can... Photoshop not a happy camper...

kingsapo · 07-25-2013, 06:37 AM

+1 on this. I thought that with the introduction of USB 3.0 products, the lag would mostly go away, but there are still instances where stuff gets choppy, and certain applications don't work, and things like expose affect the other native monitors.

I heard that OS X 10.9 Mavericks is supposed to have some updates to OpenGL, does anyone know if that includes access to hardware acceleration? If so, I imagine it would make it possible for the devs here to update the driver to support it.

ehendrix · 08-01-2013, 04:21 PM

+1 on this. I use VMWare Fusion and I see a big lag on my screen using DisplayLink, figuring this is due to OpenGL. Hoping that with 2.0 driver out and the changes done with it that after the first bugs are fixed this will become a priority.

segfaults · 09-25-2013, 01:53 AM

+1 as well. Using the 2.0 drivers against the VMWare Fusion 6 on 10.8.5 I encounter serious slowness when interacting with the Fusion window.

04-18-2011, 06:06 PM	#11
npinchot Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 9	Video is not smooth enough. The 1.6 beta 4 driver is out and still no hardware acceleration? Sad panda. Last edited by npinchot; 07-25-2013 at 10:28 PM.

04-22-2011, 07:02 PM	#12
Paul N. Edwards Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	Color calibration problem & workaround I'm using a Macbook Pro with two brand new Dell U2410s side by side. One is hooked up through the Mac's Displayport, the other to a Mac USB port using a Diamond BVU195 adapter and the Displaylink Mac 1.6 beta driver. The graphics card is set to "better graphics" in the Energy Saver preferences panel. At first I hooked up the display using the Diamond "straight": DVI cable from the monitor to the Diamond's built-in DVI input, output to USB on the Mac. This caused the display to turn slightly blue, and it seemed to get bluer and bluer over the 2 hours I used it that way. Eventually whites became almost sky blue -- basically unusable. Plus I could not calibrate the monitor's color. I freaked out and found this forum, so I know why I can't calibrate. (Displaylink, please fix this!!!) Then I hooked up the Diamond to its included DVI to VGA adapter and used a VGA cable from the monitor. Surprisingly, this seems to have solved the problem. Of course I still can't calibrate the monitor, but at least the color balance is more or less normal.

03-27-2012, 04:13 PM	#14
tye Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1	opengl What is the status on this? Some (video)applications just don't work with a displaylink adapter plugged in, so it would be great to know if this will change. Thanks in advanced!

03-30-2012, 10:46 AM	#17
Hophoto Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9	Open Gl PLEASE>.. as soon as you can... Photoshop not a happy camper...

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11-14-2011, 02:43 PM	#13
Seax Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1	Any news when its gonna be possible to configure a display connected to a displaylink-adapter? Really looking forward to it.

03-27-2012, 05:34 PM	#15
Hophoto Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9	+1 for sure.. on Open GL.... would love that... for sure..

03-27-2012, 05:36 PM	#16
Hophoto Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9	Color and Open GL would be IDEAL. for sure.. I would take just OPEN GL if I had to..

07-25-2013, 06:37 AM	#18
kingsapo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 5	+1 on this. I thought that with the introduction of USB 3.0 products, the lag would mostly go away, but there are still instances where stuff gets choppy, and certain applications don't work, and things like expose affect the other native monitors. I heard that OS X 10.9 Mavericks is supposed to have some updates to OpenGL, does anyone know if that includes access to hardware acceleration? If so, I imagine it would make it possible for the devs here to update the driver to support it.

08-01-2013, 04:21 PM	#19
ehendrix Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 39	+1 on this. I use VMWare Fusion and I see a big lag on my screen using DisplayLink, figuring this is due to OpenGL. Hoping that with 2.0 driver out and the changes done with it that after the first bugs are fixed this will become a priority.

09-25-2013, 01:53 AM	#20
segfaults Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 4	+1 as well. Using the 2.0 drivers against the VMWare Fusion 6 on 10.8.5 I encounter serious slowness when interacting with the Fusion window.