03-27-2008
You can't - not from "format".
As to how you know what hardware you have and so on, the answer depends upon what your OS actually is. Linux? Unix (whose)?
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sdl_videoinfo
SDL_VideoInfo(3) SDL API Reference SDL_VideoInfo(3)
NAME
SDL_VideoInfo - Video Target information
STRUCTURE DEFINITION
typedef struct{
Uint32 hw_available:1;
Uint32 wm_available:1;
Uint32 blit_hw:1;
Uint32 blit_hw_CC:1;
Uint32 blit_hw_A:1;
Uint32 blit_sw:1;
Uint32 blit_sw_CC:1;
Uint32 blit_sw_A:1;
Uint32 blit_fill;
Uint32 video_mem;
SDL_PixelFormat *vfmt;
} SDL_VideoInfo;
STRUCTURE DATA
hw_available Is it possible to create hardware surfaces?
wm_available Is there a window manager available
blit_hw Are hardware to hardware blits accelerated?
blit_hw_CC Are hardware to hardware colorkey blits accelerated?
blit_hw_A Are hardware to hardware alpha blits accelerated?
blit_sw Are software to hardware blits accelerated?
blit_sw_CC Are software to hardware colorkey blits accelerated?
blit_sw_A Are software to hardware alpha blits accelerated?
blit_fill Are color fills accelerated?
video_mem Total amount of video memory in Kilobytes
vfmt Pixel format of the video device
DESCRIPTION
This (read-only) structure is returned by SDL_GetVideoInfo. It contains information on either the 'best' available mode (if called before
SDL_SetVideoMode) or the current video mode.
SEE ALSO
SDL_PixelFormat, SDL_GetVideoInfo
SDL
Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01 SDL_VideoInfo(3)