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DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 (Announce)

posted by Zyzzle, 04.05.2026, 08:29

> 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).
>
> 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...
 I am often the opposite... trying to watch 4:3 material on the 16:9 display of a laptop. I agree a "keep aspect ratio" option will be very important. As well
as the keyboard-based fast-forward and rewind options while watching in fullscreen mode (no gui).

Trying to find a true 4:3 LCD now is very difficult, none are being made any longer, sadly. At least not in a general sense; some niche extremely expensive boutique 4:3 LED/LCD monitors may be produced for the gaming market in 2026, but they cost over a thousand dollars.

What are your system specs? I noticed alpha 5 is slower as well. On baremetal DOS, but still fast enough to ensure a 24-30fps rate on film material even at 1920x1080 on my i5 - 8th gen CPU. On that system, your MTRRLFBE can't modify MTRRs for writecombining- system freeze every time. On an i7 - 5th gen laptop CPU I get about 60 fps at 1920x1080 with MTRRs enabled (MTRRLFBE doesn't freeze on this 5th gen Intel) and ~15-20 fps without MTRR writecombining @ 2.4 Ghz.

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