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71 >SDL_VideoModeOK</A
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78 ><H2
79 >Name</H2
80 >SDL_VideoModeOK&nbsp;--&nbsp;Check to see if a particular video mode is supported.</DIV
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87 >Synopsis</H2
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95 ><PRE
96 CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSISINFO"
97 >#include "SDL.h"</PRE
98 ><P
99 ><CODE
100 ><CODE
101 CLASS="FUNCDEF"
102 >int <B
103 CLASS="FSFUNC"
104 >SDL_VideoModeOK</B
105 ></CODE
106 >(int width, int height, int bpp, Uint32 flags);</CODE
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115 NAME="AEN768"
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117 ><H2
118 >Description</H2
119 ><P
120 ><TT
121 CLASS="FUNCTION"
122 >SDL_VideoModeOK</TT
123 > returns <SPAN
124 CLASS="RETURNVALUE"
125 >0</SPAN
126 >
127 if the requested mode is not supported under any bit depth, or returns the
128 bits-per-pixel of the closest available mode with the given width, height and requested <A
129 HREF="sdlsurface.html"
130 >surface</A
131 > flags (see <A
132 HREF="sdlsetvideomode.html"
133 ><TT
134 CLASS="FUNCTION"
135 >SDL_SetVideoMode</TT
136 ></A
137 >).</P
138 ><P
139 >The bits-per-pixel value returned is only a suggested mode. You can usually request and bpp you want when <A
140 HREF="sdlsetvideomode.html"
141 >setting</A
142 > the video mode and SDL will emulate that color depth with a shadow video surface.</P
143 ><P
144 >The arguments to <TT
145 CLASS="FUNCTION"
146 >SDL_VideoModeOK</TT
147 > are the same ones you
148 would pass to <A
149 HREF="sdlsetvideomode.html"
150 >SDL_SetVideoMode</A
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159 >Example</H2
160 ><PRE
161 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
162 >SDL_Surface *screen;
163 Uint32 bpp;
164 .
165 .
166 .
167 printf("Checking mode 640x480@16bpp.\n");
168 bpp=SDL_VideoModeOK(640, 480, 16, SDL_HWSURFACE);
169
170 if(!bpp){
171 printf("Mode not available.\n");
172 exit(-1);
173 }
174
175 printf("SDL Recommends 640x480@%dbpp.\n", bpp);
176 screen=SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, bpp, SDL_HWSURFACE);
177 .
178 .</PRE
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186 >See Also</H2
187 ><P
188 ><A
189 HREF="sdlsetvideomode.html"
190 ><TT
191 CLASS="FUNCTION"
192 >SDL_SetVideoMode</TT
193 ></A
194 >,
195 <A
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199 >SDL_GetVideoInfo</TT
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