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DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 (Announce)

posted by FFK , 04.05.2026, 08:55

> Please could you add some option to keep video aspect ratio? When fitted to
> screen it's stretched to my 4:3 LCD (original format is usually 16:9 or
> wider).

Yes on todo list.

> Sound plays OK when used VSBHDA but I noticed that alpha 5 is significantly
> slower than alpha 1 I tested before (I got 40-250FPS before, now only
> 15-30FPS), maybe sound decoding and emulation is too heavy...

could you try to set [EnableSound] to false on DUGLPLAY.cfg, to compare ?
I thought sound emulation/decoding isn't that heavy, but it clearly depends on used system performance.

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
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - Zyzzle, 24.04.2026, 13:22
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - FFK, 24.04.2026, 17:38
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - Zyzzle, 25.04.2026, 04:14
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - FFK, 25.04.2026, 13:27
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - PCGamingTimeMachine, 25.04.2026, 21:52
              • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - FFK, 25.04.2026, 22:34
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - PCGamingTimeMachine, 28.04.2026, 18:39
                  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - FFK, 04.05.2026, 09:28
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - FFK, 25.04.2026, 13:18
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - RayeR, 04.05.2026, 06:40
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - Zyzzle, 04.05.2026, 08:29
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - FFK, 04.05.2026, 10:11
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - RayeR, 04.05.2026, 21:26
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - Zyzzle, 05.05.2026, 02:12
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - FFK, 06.05.2026, 09:01
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - FFK, 04.05.2026, 08:55
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - Zyzzle, 07.05.2026, 11:49
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - FFK, 07.05.2026, 13:27
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 - Zyzzle, 08.05.2026, 02:42