disable the hardware overlay in android

[Saurav]

Hi fellows,

Is there any way to disable the hardware overlay in android phones and do the rendering of videos as is it done for other applications using framebuffer.  I have source code of GingerBread but not sure how to go about it. Any idea or clue will be of uttermost help !!

Thanks

Saurav !

[colex.john]

of course you can.

replace the overlay operation with other tools just like copybit or
something else in your surfaceflinger or videorenderer , but i don't
recommend you to change the framework of it.

maybe the videorenderer could be done as you think.

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[Praveen PB]

Video planes are routed through overlay internally. It is not possible to control the overlay switch.
Br
Praveen P B

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