[MPlayer-users] Re: Re: VESA driver on windows versions

[Ladislav Lacina]

This is not needed to recompile Mplayer for DOS. If you have installed the
HX-DOS extender (http://www.japheth.de) you are able to run some windows
apps from pure DOS. It is something like emulator. Most of console programs
work, most uf GUI don't.
Anyway the last version is able to run MPlayer.
Mplayer even works with sound (with "-vo win32" option) but the problem is
graphics output. The vidix output don't work in this envirinment :-(
(But under windows don't work for me either)
So I think that the only chance to get the graphics output in DOS is the
VESA or SVGA driver. But they are disabled in windows versions of MPplayer.
Does exist some version which has these drivers enabled?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Felker" <dalias at aerifal.cx>
To: <MPlayer usage questions>; <feature requests>; "bug reports"
<mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] VESA driver on windows versions


> On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 04:50:06PM +0200, Ladislav Lacina wrote:
> > Is possible to use the VESA BIOS driver under windows build?
> > I would like to use Mplayer in pure DOS. I am able to run it (with
HX-DOS
> > extender) and even "play" films through JPG or TGA output drivers. But I
>
> Hmm? What did you use to compile it? I didn't know this was possible..
>
> > would like to real watch the films. I think that through VESA driver it
> > could be possible. Why is it disabled in the windows versions?
>
> DOS or Windows, which one are you talking about? The VESA driver will
> certainly crash the windows video drivers, I think. You should just
> use one of the vidix vo modules. It's much better anyway! It already
> works with windows and in theory it could work with plain dos too.
>
> Rich
>
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