DOS ain't dead

The last version is from 1.st of February
Michael says about it:
"The DOS port development is currently stopped because existing functionality is enough for me. If someone wants more, your patches are always welcome."

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> The last version is from 1.st of February
> Michael says about it:
> "The DOS port development is currently stopped because existing
> functionality is enough for me. If someone wants more, your patches are
> always welcome."

From where we can download all Michael's diffs? Firstly I want to compile myself Mplayer applying the already existing patches, but I can't find them.

> > The last version is from 1.st of February
> > Michael says about it:
> > "The DOS port development is currently stopped because existing
> > functionality is enough for me. If someone wants more, your patches are
> > always welcome."
>
> From where we can download all Michael's diffs? Firstly I want to compile
> myself Mplayer applying the already existing patches, but I can't find
> them.

At the bottom of webpage is the link to
http://mik.dyndns.org/dos-stuff/src/

If you will success, let us know. I would rather have one zipped ready to compile package instead mess with patches...

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> At the bottom of webpage is the link to
> http://mik.dyndns.org/dos-stuff/src/

Thanks, but the link appears to be dead now. Anyway, IIRC at that link there were not ALL the patches, only some of them.

> Thanks, but the link appears to be dead now. Anyway, IIRC at that link
> there were not ALL the patches, only some of them.

Yes, seems dead. I offered to Michael a free webhosnig on mplayer.ic.cz... Maybe I should do it myself. Anyway here will be within 20 minutes all bins and srcs I had downloaded.
http://rayer.uvadi.cz/MPLAYER.102

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> Yes, seems dead. I offered to Michael a free webhosnig on mplayer.ic.cz...
> Maybe I should do it myself. Anyway here will be within 20 minutes all bins
> and srcs I had downloaded.
> http://rayer.uvadi.cz/MPLAYER.102

Many thanks! I didn't have some of the diffs, and I hope these to be all needed. In the next couple of days I will try to compile Mplayer (with DJGPP 2.04).

> Many thanks! I didn't have some of the diffs, and I hope these to be all
> needed. In the next couple of days I will try to compile Mplayer (with
> DJGPP 2.04).

Hope they are. It's all from 7.1.2008

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> Hope they are. It's all from 7.1.2008

Unfortunately they are not all the diffs needed to compile with DJGPP, and some of them are a newer others an older patch for the same code. OTOH the port of libvbe is apparently missing. When I'll have more time I will try to patch myself the rest of files.

> Hope they are. It's all from 7.1.2008

http://mik.dyndns.org/dos-stuff/src/ is alive again, and there can be found ALL the needed files.

> http://mik.dyndns.org/dos-stuff/src/ is alive again, and
> there can be found ALL the needed files.

How the compiling is going on? :)

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> How the compiling is going on? :)

Well, I've managed to compile it (applying Michael's patches to the SVN source code, nothing more), but I didn't have too much time to test it, although I think it should work as expected (i.e. as Michael's build).

If you want the already patched source code (but keep in mind that you have to patch yourself the libraries), tell me where to upload it.

I rebuilt it with all optimizations enabled (for the newest CPUs) and it works like a charm. Fantastic fps (even with vesa video output), very smooth playing, no crash etc. The only problem is that I had to disable allegro, because my newest sound card doesn't have neither hardware, nor software SB emulation. A low-level sound library must be ported, but I don't know which one.

> The last version is from 1.st of February
> "The DOS port development is currently stopped

Regrettably there is a version from 2008-02-18 there:

http://mik.dyndns.org/dos-stuff/bin/

Well, I don't need a new MPLAYER every day ... but still would be good if future major achievements (1.0RC3, 1.0final, 2.0ultimate ) got ported and released as well

It's usable by now ... of course, a mature CVIDIX port or even more PCI sound would be very cool

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html

The guys ^^^ missed the new project page I reported this problem long ago but no effect

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> > "The DOS port development is currently stopped
>
> Regrettably there is a version from 2008-02-18 there:
>
> http://mik.dyndns.org/dos-stuff/bin/

"Active development is stopped because existing functionality is enough for me but new binary builds based on fresh upstream sources will be available."

> It's usable by now ... of course, a mature CVIDIX port or even more PCI
> sound would be very cool

IMHO Cvidix port is mature enough. The only problem still unsolved is lack of support for modern sound cards.

Edit: Did you try to run mplayer with "-vo vesa:vidix -fs" switch? There is no need to set a graphic video mode before, and the video output is flawless.

> IMHO Cvidix port is mature enough.

It doesn't set the mode

> Edit: Did you try to run mplayer with "-vo vesa:vidix -fs" switch?

Will try

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

> > IMHO Cvidix port is mature enough.
>
> It doesn't set the mode

Why should it set a video mode, if it's usually run in a windowed environment? Just "supply" some additional source code and it should work.

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> > > IMHO Cvidix port is mature enough.
> > It doesn't set the mode
> Why should it set a video mode, if it's usually run in a windowed environment

Missed the point:

1. I clearly referred to the port, not the original MS-windowed environment
2. This is "DOS ain't dead" , not "windowed environment ain't dead"

> Just "supply" some additional source code and it should work.

... no need to supply anymore, just add

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

With the NVIDIA cards still not supported by cvidix drivers, vesa is fast enough. OTOH, as I told you before, if you use mplayer with "-vo vesa:vidix" there is no more need to set the mode with another program, it is set by the vesa driver. The video output is not an issue any more. It has the same quality as the Windows port.

Could you upload it to e-disk ?

It's cz site but quite easy
1) below "Vyberte soubor s max. velikostí 100 MB" formular window click browse buton and select your file
2) You can fill short description to "Popis souboru (nepovinné)" window
3) click "Souhlasím s podmínkami u?ití (číst podmínky)" checkbox to agree sharing rulez
4) click "Nahrát soubor" button

After file will be uploaded it brings you to next page where you'll see URL to the file. This will be temporary hosted. Maybe then I could make some mplayer site at freehosting (as I suggested to michael) and upload all the stuffs there for everyone. But I will no time to mess with code now, busy...

Allegro for sound is useless form me (sb live/realtek HDA) too.

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I think that the source code I have is obsolete. Let's wait for Michael's webpages to be available again.

> Let's wait for Michael's webpages to be available again.

They are online now.