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Re:The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2 by aumerle on Friday December 29, 2023 @10:26PM (#38812594)
You need to use --vo-kitty-use-shm=yes when using the kitty backend with mpv.
Re:The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2 by kragen on Saturday December 30, 2023 @05:06AM (#38814038)
shared memory is, by contrast, an extremely reasonable way to get pixels into your user interface (i was going to say 'terminal' but it doesn't really make sense in this context)