Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2024-04-09, 03:13

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Install Ubuntu 20.04 in a VM and build it there, might be less trouble. Use Qt 5 and GCC 9. Somebody can make and distribute an appimage. VCS 3.5.0 adds rudimentary support for digital cameras via gPhoto2. I don't know the use case, maybe put VCS on a Pi and strap it with an LCD onto your old camera …

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Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2024-03-17, 13:19

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How come more Windows folk aren't contributing to this? Some unemployed Linux user can't be the only one who can maintain the Windows version.

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Re: S3 virge dx vs software rendering

Posted on 2024-02-27, 04:15

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Thanks so using software renderer on p2 cpu is better idea You will likely get better frame rates with software rendering on a P2, but there is a trade off. Software rendering normally uses 8-bit color while 3D acceleration (on Virge cards) uses 16-bit color. Because of that, using the software …

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Re: Serlain - Windows 95-themed Wayback Machine front-end with mock IE4

Posted on 2024-01-29, 16:32

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This is no longer hosted as a standalone project, it's now a sample app for the w95 UI framework. Find it live there: https://www.tarpeeksihyvaesoft.com/experiment … rchive-browser/.

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Re: Is Matrox MGA-G100 Productiva compatible with Matrox Simple Interface (MSI 3D API)?

Posted on 2024-01-27, 11:33

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I'd think the brain can adapt to the stipple pattern. Once it reads it as proper alpha, the question is whether you want more or less detail in your blended effects.

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Re: Is Matrox MGA-G100 Productiva compatible with Matrox Simple Interface (MSI 3D API)?

Posted on 2024-01-27, 03:35

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What do you mean by true multi-bit alpha? I made it up for this dummy. The G100 has better fill patterns in any case. Not always, at least to my eyes. Do you have a set of screenshots where the Mystique's patterns are objectively more accurate? Subjectively it's obviously a tossup, no point back …

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Re: Is Matrox MGA-G100 Productiva compatible with Matrox Simple Interface (MSI 3D API)?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 19:38

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Putas wrote on 2024-01-26, 15:47: vvbee wrote on 2024-01-26, 14:59: True multi-bit alpha, smooth textures, twice the performance. What do you mean by true multi-bit alpha? I made it up for this dummy. The G100 has better fill patterns in any case.

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Re: Is Matrox MGA-G100 Productiva compatible with Matrox Simple Interface (MSI 3D API)?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 14:59

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True multi-bit alpha, smooth textures, twice the performance.

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Re: Is Matrox MGA-G100 Productiva compatible with Matrox Simple Interface (MSI 3D API)?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 12:36

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It's not so early 3D videcard. The Mystique, Mystique 220 and Milennium II models were developed and released before this one (Productiva is from G200's time) and they aren't so much factory broken. It is an early 3D card, you're listing the characteristics. It's Matrox pushing older stuff on the …

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Re: Is Matrox MGA-G100 Productiva compatible with Matrox Simple Interface (MSI 3D API)?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 03:59

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Let's summarize what we get with Matrox MGA-G100 Productiva: - mostly poor 3D performance - broken MSI API support - no "out of the box" OpenGL support - broken level of detail for 3D models - broken alpha blending ... What else could be broken in this "3D accelerator" videocard? :D This is normal …

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Re: w95 - UI framework for building web apps in the style of Windows 95

Posted on 2024-01-21, 21:46

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Proper DOSBox integration works more or less. Sort of pointless though. I guess you could build a web app with this that takes in a ZIP of a DOS game, displays the files in an explorer, and runs the exes in DOSBox, for what it's worth. A bit roundabout.

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Re: w95 - UI framework for building web apps in the style of Windows 95

Posted on 2024-01-05, 02:40

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It's also possible to integrate DOSBox into the UI relatively seamlessly by painting a hole in the canvas with a transparent widget, composing it with the DOM element of jsdos underneath and doing some dynamic redirecting of mouse and keyboard events. The animation is from a year ago when I did a …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-04, 15:50

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One era is the million retro videos for you to catch up on. The other era is getting a new retro video from your favorite youtuber, likely gets replaced with some other source of entertainment pretty automatically.

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w95 - UI framework for building web apps in the style of Windows 95

Posted on 2024-01-02, 21:34

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leikareipa/w95/master/screenshot.png On GitHub: https://github.com/leikareipa/w95 Test app: https://tarpeeksihyvaesoft.com/experimental/w95/samples/test-app/#no-debug A fully custom canvas-rasterized UI framework for building Win95-lookalike JavaScript apps. …

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Re: Retro n-gon renderer - a JavaScript 3D software renderer for your retro projects

Posted on 2023-12-18, 19:08

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Five years in, this thing is now 1.0. That said, I'm not aware of it being used in projects other than my own, so don't expect a polished experience all around. Go check it out in production in this thing , doing custom 2.5D one-point perspective graphics for a DOS track editor. The renderer is now …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-11-29, 17:03

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NightSprinter wrote on 2023-11-29, 13:52: I have the E2S, and it only sees the fullscreen mode as 640x480 59.94Hz. Hence the screenshot I provided. I have both and have recommended the PRO for DOS many times. They were being handed out for $25 shipped a few years back, hard to beat that.

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-11-29, 06:00

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So, discovering the Datapath card may not be as ideal as some think for DOS capture. Tried using JROK's "Ms. PacPC" in fullscreen mode, and a total of 20% of the image for top and bottom are completely cut off. Looks fine on the Datapath via OSSC. Though (as with amy 4:3 source), my EVGA XR1 Pro …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-11-21, 20:05

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Well, the datapath, to go-to capture device so far, got a pricetag of 1000$. Just that most of us happened to get some used ones for cheap ^^ $1000 Datapath is a niche in the retro scene. But unlike the Datapath the Retrotink is made for the scene so you can forget about tangential use benefits …

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Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2023-11-21, 09:38

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Thanks. Looking at the code my guess is since the alias resolution loader defaults to an empty string it generates a non-empty QStringList with an empty string and .at() asserts. I've fixed it by defaulting to an empty QStringList, which doesn't enter the split loop. Ideally the assertion would show …

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Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2023-11-19, 06:33

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I use Ubuntu 20.04. You can compile with the virtual capture backend (CAPTURE_BACKEND_VIRTUAL in vcs.pro) to rule out a problem with the Datapath capture chain. Otherwise compile with VCS_DEBUG_BUILD and see if the debugger tells you anything.

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