slime wrote:More specifically, physical GPU hardware doesn't support it.

Not so much that as its just not defined in the spec IIRC creating undefined behavior.

Please don't double-post. And yes, we are aware. But whilst ffmpeg itself is LGPL, many of the libraries it uses are GPL, and/or patent-encumbered. Not just that, the specific interpretation of the LGPL they promote is also annoying. Basically, a pain to distribute in binary form. Very used to auto...

rebelling against the machine and making an application in love2d

The effort bar is coming close to being reached for self implementation of ping-pong rendering

But yeah I don't have the source anymore due to a harddrive failure but I got around the Lua linking problem somehow that I don't remember

On the subject of licenses, yall are aware that most openal implementations use LGPL right

Is there any way to get around the inability to draw a canvas onto itself without forking love?

Psh, love.video only supports theora, libvlc supports literally everything (cough including DVDs)

One of my test projects got video working in Love2D using libvlc, if you want to talk about oversized libraries.

The FFI route isn't acceptable here due to the desire to maintain cross platform capabilities.
The bitops are very fast, its just that there's no actual operators making it a pain to use.