APITrace 3.0 Brings Graphics Tracing Goodness

[phoronix]

Phoronix: APITrace 3.0 Brings Graphics Tracing Goodness

APITrace, the versatile open-source utility for tracing OpenGL calls from games and other programs, is now at version 3.0 with the introduction of several useful features...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA2ODY

[allquixotic]

An absolutely amazing tool for developers. I wish we had this sort of robustness in other domains, like graphics and audio. Well, we sort of do -- Wireshark is almost the same as apitrace for the network -- but it's "heavier" as it requires drivers.

[log0]

The only piece I've been missing is some minimal performance profiling capability. I haven't tried the latest release yet though.

[whizse]

There is profiling now, courtesy of icculus:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/apitrace/2012-January/000189.html