Re: Recommendations for fullscreen video on a 486 DX-66?
Posted on 2016-11-06, 03:14
I believe this might be helpful old video formats for pentium 1 Like I said, I would love someone tried it out in a 486
Re: old video formats for pentium 1
Posted on 2016-11-06, 03:12
Hey guys. So, here are some recent tests I made. Using only DOS you can actually download a video from youtube and watch it in a Pentium 1. You just have to use www.keepvid.com and, using Links, download the video you want in "3GP" quality, you can pick either 144 or 240. The trick is that you save …
Re: Recommendations for fullscreen video on a 486 DX-66?
Posted on 2016-11-05, 12:51
Hey fronzel, with that quality I am curious, what if you converted an old Charlie Chaplin video? Those are already black and white movies, image quality wasn't that great back then anyway, and sound was just a music instrumental being played on the background (both midi and wave would suffice). I …
Re: old video formats for pentium 1
Posted on 2016-11-05, 12:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wraAawslLKs 286 playing fullscreen video with sound
Re: old video formats for pentium 1
Posted on 2016-11-05, 12:35
Well, I used to have my Pentium 1 playing movies that I converted to mpeg1. The conversion was fast (using my Pentium 4), and the quality was acceptable... I was using windows 98 at the time. These days I have been trying to get avi/divx and mp4/h264 to play in the same Pentium1, this time using DOS …
Re: PSView for DOS - run on RAM?
Posted on 2016-10-21, 23:52
Hey man. Thanks for answering. I actually had given a try at MuPDF and was pleased with the results. It's faster than PSView, even if still far from perfect. I have to mannually adjust the resolution to get it right (actually had to do some trial and error on that one) and when you move to the …
Re: PSView for DOS - run on RAM?
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:30
Yeah, I know this is a damn messy process but AFAIK is the best (only?) way to view pdf files in DOS (especially if they contain both text and pictures). What I want is basically a way to run a dos program (any program, but in this case PSView) in ram memory, including temporary files created. This …
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:05
I believe Soundblaster Music Synthesizer refers to the OPL3 block, so it's the MIDI emulation I referred to earlier. It just uses a DOS TSR instead of a Windows driver. Ok, got it! Thanks a bunch everyone for the help. Hey since you guys know a lot about MIDI and stuff, does anyone knows an answer …
PSView for DOS - run on RAM?
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:03
Hey everyone. Does anyone uses PSView for DOS? PDF viewer for DOS, works nice, but is very slow with large files. I wanted to know if anyone knows if it is possible to make PSView run entirely in RAM (temp directory included) so as to make it faster... ? is it possible? Thanks in advance.
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 16:05
The MPU401 interface requires something connected to the card, either an external device or a daughterboard. Windows implements a software MIDI synthesizer which outputs via PCM (WAV type audio), although there are better and more versatile options out there. The FM synthesizer interprets MIDI data …
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 13:31
It's confirmed, I can only get sound in Dos when I set the option to "Soundblaster Music Synthesizer". I still get worst results than in windows :( I have now set it to use the "General Midi" option which at least gives me sound in most midi files (where Extended Midi sometimes fails to give me …
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 13:22
Hey guys. Once again, thank you for the replies, greatly appreciated. Well, I want to play these midi files in pure Dos (MS-Dos or FreeDos, right now using Ms-Dos). However, I have Win98 installed at this moment in my computer (which is a laptop yes), so I used it to have some information on the …
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 03:56
I found another info in Windows 98. "Yamaha MPU-401". It's worthy to note that I found it in the MIDI section and it indeed has another option of FM Synthesizer. IN DOS I don't remember seeing these options.
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 03:52
In windows98 I can only see "Yamaha OPL3-SAx WDM" A websearch identifies it as a "Soundblaster 16 / Pro Compatible". Btw, in games I usually say that I have a Sound Blaster compatible in order to get sound (otherwise I get no sound). What more info can I provide? Thanks!
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 03:30
First of all thanks for the replies. Second, I am using the player mentioned here http://www.vogons.org/posting.php?mode=quote&f=5&p=306722 since it's the only TSR player I have found. I want to have the midi files playing in the "background" while I do something else, which this player does. …
Re: Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 02:33
In a reply to my own question, I tried playing the same file in VanBasco Karaoke Player and it gave me a better result than in the dos player. So, it might be dependent on the player after all...? Still would appreciate any help guys 😀
Midi playback, how to ?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 02:27
Hey guys, Sorry if this is a stupid question, but, when I try to play a midi file in msdos, does the sound depends on the soundcard that I have (it can only playback certain instruments and always in the same way) or does it depend on the player (certain players can make better sound with the same …
DOS app to join MIDI files
Posted on 2016-10-16, 17:15
Hey, Not sure if I am posting in the right place, but I am looking for a DOS program to join midi files. I have several that I want to have playing consecutively in a single file. Using the TSR player suggested here ( http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35628 ) I can listen to midi files while …
Re: Clipbboard for dos (possibly TSR?)
Posted on 2016-10-15, 13:37
Thank you so much everyone! I am gonna take a look at those. I am surprised that in my countless searches for dos software I never found that link ( http://archives.scovetta.com/pub/fehq/DOSUtils/00_index.htm ) Thanks everyone. I hope I will find what I need.
Re: Clipbboard for dos (possibly TSR?)
Posted on 2016-10-12, 20:05
But if you're going to do that, why not just export stuff to a text file with the one program, and then import stuff from the text file with the other program? It is certain to cause far fewer problems. Because, while this would work, it's certainly less convenient than a clipboard since you have …
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