An extremely low latency KVMFR (KVM FrameRelay) implementation for guests with VGA PCI Passthrough.
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Geoffrey McRae aa6cf72718 [release] B5-rc1
After many months of hard work from our team, I am pleased to announce Beta 5 Release Candidate 1 which brings with it a huge number of improvements.

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Changelog:

**B4-rc1**
* removed SDL displayserver
* reduced amount of GPU buffer allocations in DMABUF import path
* implemented frame damage tracking, used to reduce amount of data copies needed
* added frame damage display mode in EGL backend
* added cimgui/imgui to the project
* added frame timings collection and display
* improved LGMP cursor performance by releasing the memory faster
* implemented eglSwapBuffersWithDamage for X11
* don't allow the mouse to trigger redraws if the video feed is disabled
* New "Overlay Mode" which allows interaction with imgui windows/widgets
* Allow the FPS display to be moved
* Observe XDG_CONFIG_DIR when looking for the configuration
* Added EGL texture import timing graph
* Alerts are now rendered using ImGui
* Added high DPI support
* add JIT rendering mode for wayland
* improve fractional scaling for wayland
* made numbering of IVSHMEM devices consistent
* Added guest cursor warp support to the KVMFR protocol
* Added the ability to have post-processing filters
* Added AMD FidelityFX CAS post-processor
* Added AMD FidelityFX FSR upscaling post-processor
* add DMABUF import support in OBS plugin
* add keyboard LED synchronization
* fix EGL backend not being detected on some systems (e.g. mesa without libglvnd) (edited)
* fix cursor blinking issue on certain hardware (e.g. old Intel integrated graphics)
* Guest cursor is now aligned to the local cursor on window entry using guest cursor warp (Fixes mouse acceleration issues)
* add ability to reorder post-processing filters
* add ability to load and save post-processing filter presets.
* add ability to capture via xdg-desktop-portal+PipeWire on Linux
* windows host installers are now distributed as 64-bit executables
2021-12-14 19:29:48 +11:00
.github [client] ci: check for improper usage of GL functions 2021-10-01 10:12:40 +10:00
client [client] egl: handle eglQuerySurface(EGL_BUFFER_AGE_EXT) error 2021-12-14 14:35:30 +11:00
cmake [all] cmake: fail if wrong submodule version is checked out 2021-12-02 22:08:03 +11:00
common [common] time: fixed time values in nsleep 2021-11-01 20:58:42 +11:00
contrib/redhat [meta] Add SELinux policy 2017-12-14 22:22:44 +11:00
doc [docs] obs: update instructions to make use of USER_INSTALL 2021-11-22 10:42:46 +11:00
host [host] nvfbc: be more intellegent when unionizing disjointed sets 2021-10-27 00:00:38 +11:00
module [all] copyright: use unicode copyright sign © 2021-08-04 21:16:35 +10:00
obs [all] cmake: tell users to clone submodules when they haven't 2021-08-19 21:28:36 +10:00
profile [all] copyright: use unicode copyright sign © 2021-08-04 21:16:35 +10:00
repos [all] update submodules 2021-09-11 10:50:16 +10:00
resources [res] added LG logo vector graphics 2021-02-21 10:31:48 +11:00
vendor [c-host] windows: update ivshmem driver header and usage 2019-10-24 19:46:09 +11:00
.gitattributes [git] added vcxproj files to crlf exceptions 2017-10-31 20:19:52 +11:00
.gitignore [obs] implemented intial OBS Looking Glass Client plugin 2020-01-10 18:14:08 +11:00
.gitmodules [repos] added cimgui @ version 1.82 2021-07-17 21:09:51 +10:00
AUTHORS [client] wayland: implement resizing for libdecor 2021-10-14 18:17:00 +11:00
CONTRIBUTORS Fixed typo in word wish 2018-05-31 13:28:36 +10:00
gl-check [client] add gl-check script to check GL function calls 2021-10-01 10:12:40 +10:00
LICENSE added licensing to sources 2017-10-31 19:07:16 +11:00
README.md [doc] README.md: Correct docs link 2021-05-25 20:04:16 +10:00
refresh-copyright [client] egl: exempt shaders from copyright refresh script 2021-08-11 02:42:24 +10:00
version.cmake [host] windows: add version resource 2021-07-21 12:32:41 +10:00

Looking Glass

An extremely low latency KVMFR (KVM FrameRelay) implementation for guests with VGA PCI Passthrough.

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IMPORTANT

This project contains submodules that must be checked out if building from the git repository! If you are not a developer and just want to compile Looking Glass, please download the source archive from the website instead:

https://looking-glass.io/downloads

Source code for the documentation can be found in the /doc directory.

You may view this locally as HTML by running make html with python3-sphinx installed.