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DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 21.10.2009, 01:02
(edited by DOS386 on 21.10.2009, 02:14)

FFK wrote:

> As on the announce title this new version of DUGL PLayer add support
> for ogg/theora video format.



> But also completely remove mpeg1/2 video format support.



> I'm taking this as an alpha version as i'm planing to add support for
> vorbis audio, when I'm done with AC'97 sound driver.



> Feedbacks are more than welcome

Excellent news ... I'll download and test and mirror

Laaca wrote:

> But on other hand the dropped support for MPEG videos is a mistake I think.

Drop obsolete stuff

> OGG format is very good but requires quite fast processor for decompressing.

Evidence please. Any reliable test results ???

> And the second more important issue is that OGG files are not widely used.

OGG: increasing MPEG: dying BTW, Firefox 3.5 (non-DOS) also has OGG video support, so it will get more popular in future

> Or how many .OGG files have you seen?

Many

> I know that f.e. wikipedia use them but except that they are extremely rare.

No longer.

> We can, of course, convert another format to them, even in DOS using FFMPEG encoder

YES, Since Japheth finally fixed the spurious-seek-BUG

> So, I find the MPEG dropping as quite problematic.

IMHO it's better to adopt new technologies in DOS than keep up all obsolete crap that one can dig out on various "technology" cemeteries

FFK wrote:

> BTW I have a question about ffmpeg2theora ! even if i use the "-v 10" for
> best quality I never get the same quality as the input file

heh ???

> and the output file is also bigger than the original.

heh ???

> Is this a limitation of theora/ogg format or a limitation of the ffmpeg2theora ?

NO. NO.

Theora is (like MPEG 1/2/4 and others ) a lossy-only codec. Sorry but that's how pretty all lossy multimedia codecs do work, including JPEG

IMPORTANT: To run FFMPEG , FFMPEG2THEORA , FFMPEG2DIRAC and MENCODER in DOS, the secret update of HX from 2009-08 is required , otherwise output file is garbage

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
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Complete thread:

• DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 17.10.2009, 15:18 (Announce)
  • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - flox, 17.10.2009, 18:51
    • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - Laaca, 18.10.2009, 15:35
      • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 18.10.2009, 16:41
        • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - flox, 18.10.2009, 18:59
        • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - Rugxulo, 19.10.2009, 10:36
          • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 19.10.2009, 23:21
  • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - DOS386, 21.10.2009, 01:02
    • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 22.10.2009, 21:43
  • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - ron, 22.10.2009, 23:16
    • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - ron, 23.10.2009, 00:18
      • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 23.10.2009, 00:44
        • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - ron, 23.10.2009, 02:39
          • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha (Theora/OGG) - DOS386, 23.10.2009, 05:40
            • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 27.10.2009, 01:49
              • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - ron, 27.10.2009, 23:08
                • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 28.10.2009, 01:04
                  • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - ron, 28.10.2009, 02:18
                    • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 28.10.2009, 09:37
                      • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - RayeR, 28.10.2009, 21:59
                        • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 29.10.2009, 00:04
                      • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - ron, 28.10.2009, 22:27
                        • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 29.10.2009, 00:15
              • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - DOS386, 30.10.2009, 06:37
                • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 2 (Theora/OGG) - FFK, 31.10.2009, 11:16
                  • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 3 - FFK, 12.02.2010, 01:30
                    • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 3 - DOS386, 14.02.2010, 08:54
                      • This time the "insight" will work with "DUCKS.OGV" - DOS386, 15.02.2010, 08:52
                        • DUGL PLayer 0.4 alpha4 - FFK, 20.02.2010, 01:01
                          • DUGL PLayer 0.4 alpha4 - DOS386, 21.02.2010, 14:14
                            • DUGL PLayer 0.4 alpha4 - FFK, 21.02.2010, 17:23
                              • DUGL PLayer 0.4 alpha4 - DOS386, 22.02.2010, 08:29
                      • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 3 - Zyzzle, 17.02.2010, 01:53
                        • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 3 - FFK, 17.02.2010, 12:19
                        • DUGL Player 0.4 alpha 3 - DOS386, 18.02.2010, 09:02