My guess is that pix_write came before pix_snap which is why they have duplicate functionality.
I suppose pix_write could have two modes: one for capturing the GL backbuffer and one for working with pix_ frames. That is about as good/bad as pix_image_write for a solution.
On 6/4/07, Roman Haefeli reduzierer@yahoo.de wrote:
hello everyone
i just realized, that [pix_write], unlike [pix_record], takes its images from the framebuffer. when working exclusively in the pix-domain, using [pix_write] creates a huge cpu-overhead, that wouldn't be necessary, afaik. otoh, [pix_record] does crash to often to be used in everyday life. is there a way to capture single images from a pix-stream? if not, are there plans for a [pix_image_write] (or however this should be called)?
roman
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