Limit resolution actor

camilozk

Hi!

I do not see the "limit resolution actor" anymore. deprecated? will come back? alternative?

thanks!

DusX

it is depreciated. (seen as red in version 2.x)

You are probably best to use the new Scaler (supports GPU and CPU)

camilozk

thank you very much sir.

mark

@camilozk,

Well, the main reason I deprecated this actor was because I didn't have any signal that it was being used. But I guess it was. It's not such a difficult job to update it for GPU and CI.

Anyone else? Is this actor useful?

Best,

Mark

camilozk

well, scaler seems to be the same, except for lacking the "force4:3" feature. any other difference?

mark

@camilozk,

They are very different. Scaler scales to a specified fixed resolution. Limit Resolution only scales if the resolution exceeds a specified threshold.

Best,
Mark

camilozk

got it.

for what I am currently doing with the actor, scaler does the job.

Armando

I don't seem to need something different than scaler

mark

I guess the usefulness of this actor is if you, let's say, have a bin of pictures with many different resolutions, and then you're using the 'picture' input of the movie player to switch between them. If the resolution goes above a certain point, the Limit Resolution actor would jump in and ensure that the resolution is not too high.

On the other hand, a better rule of thumb would be to have all the pictures at the size you want them in the first place. So I guess I won't worry about this actor.

Best Wishes,

Mark