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DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 (Announce)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 03.03.2026, 02:33
(edited by RayeR on 03.03.2026, 20:56)

> The problem with compiling the latest version 6 for DOS is that pthreads is
> required. glennmcc had same problems as you finding a working pthreads
> implementation or source code for DOS. So couldn't compile FFMPEG 6 for DOS
> due to this hard wall.

BTW there's some pthread lib for DJGPP but as I never used it I don't know the limitations, maybe outdated or incomplete for recent ffmpeg req.
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.djgpp/c/RNeA2ZUAhmI

And here's Sherpya FFMPEG build that works on WinXP-32b and supports h266 including ffplay
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-win32/files/FFmpeg/git-N-118711-g1bce40cb73/
https://github.com/sherpya/FFmpeg

And here was old article of M.Ch. who even created DOS API extension for launching tasks on multiple cores - I cannot find it on webarchive but was here (I have a local copy)
https://main.codeproject.com/articles/The-Low-Level-M3ss-DOS-Multicore-Mode-Interface

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Complete thread:

• DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha2 - FFK, 28.02.2026, 04:59 (Announce)
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - rr, 28.02.2026, 12:57
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 28.02.2026, 22:47
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 01.03.2026, 05:29
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 01.03.2026, 10:50
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - DOS SMP - mceric, 01.03.2026, 12:27
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - DOS SMP - FFK, 01.03.2026, 21:50
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 01.03.2026, 15:52
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 01.03.2026, 17:58
              • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 02.03.2026, 18:20
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 23:21
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 03.03.2026, 02:25
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 28.02.2026, 14:48
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 28.02.2026, 23:20
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 01.03.2026, 01:43
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 02:15
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 02.03.2026, 05:14
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 09:08
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 02.03.2026, 18:25
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 23:30
              • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 03.03.2026, 02:15
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 03.03.2026, 02:33
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 04.03.2026, 12:26
              • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 03.03.2026, 20:59
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 03.03.2026, 22:13
                  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Laaca, 05.03.2026, 07:00
                    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 05.03.2026, 17:30
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 02.03.2026, 10:58
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 16:59
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha3 - FFK, 26.03.2026, 02:47
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha3 - Zyzzle, 05.04.2026, 20:37
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha3 - FFK, 06.04.2026, 17:28
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - FFK, 13.04.2026, 03:30