[PD] gem: storing pix_snap2tex's in a pix_buffer?

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Thoralf Schulze wrote:
> thanks chris, thanks johannes -
> 
>> You could use pix_snap and put that into pix_buffer.
>>  It will be slow.
> 
> oh my, that's certainly true.
> 
> its getting worse with higher frame rates and larger
> render windows - so pix_snap does those dreaded memory
> transfers, right?
> this is a real bottleneck ... does opengl allow for
> memory transfers on the graphic card itself? 
> 
well, yes: that's what [pix_snap2tex] does.
however, [pix_buffer] is non-openGL but instead just handles data in
main memory.

mfg,ar
IOhannes