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New release, MPlayer Ringo 2020-10-27 (ffmpeg N-99357-g14d6838) This also include the last vulnerability fix from FreeType 2.10.4 (https://www.freetype.org/) The stable release was updated with this fix as well and also include SDL support Recomended Update...

A very notable feature in this release is Windows 10 invisible borders fix. Now I have a Windows 10 workstation that I can test it on. Do NOT use FullWin=0 in Vista+ if Aero is enabled or under Windows 8.x/10, this will be very slow because GDI drawing is EXTREMELY slow with DWM. I will in the future fix this hopefully. I wonder if I should keep this thread in the old NT topic. It work fine on NT4 but i have not yet fixed the config dialog box on this latter, this will be hopefully for next version. You can still manually edit the ini file. There are also some minor bugs remaining under NT4. == AltDrag 1.22 == + Added options to chose the Aero Snap ratio. You can now chose the position in percentage of screen size, where the AeroSnap corners will meet. Default is 50%:50% ie: AeroHoffset=50 ; Horizontal from left AeroVoffset=50 ; Vertical from top You could set for example AeroHoffset to 33, this mean that a windows snapped to the left will use only 33% of the screen and a window snapped to the right will use 67%. The same logic applies to AeroVoffset for the vertical direction. This will be appreciated by the widescreen users. + Added toggle window title bar and border on/off Action (Igor Bochkariov) I used a different implementation though. If you want to just disable the title bar and keep borders, press shift. * Fixed Transparency action. Now when setting back the windows to an opaque state, the WS_EX_LAYERED attribute is removed as it should be. This will avoid useless performance issues when using this feature * Fixed: Now under Windows 10, the DWM api will be used when available to obtain correct window rectangle and avoid gaps between snapping windows * Fixed: now fullscreen windows that have a system menu will not be automatically blacklisted. * Now a full screen window will not be restored unless the mouse is moved instead of a simple alt+click as before. It was an annoying behaviour. * Double click will maximize a normal window and restore a maximized window. Download: https://mega.nz/folder/mW5ExCCT#gI8DQICICk-y4FIjxaqtGg

Here is the reg I use to associate my video files on Win9x copy/paste into a txt file, edit the path to mplayer.exe (if different) no not forgot to double backslash and backslash before double quotes. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\Open] @="MP&layer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\Open\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\MPlayer\\mplayer.exe\" -vf screenshot -priority high \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\MPlayer Fast] @="MPlayer &Fast" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\MPlayer Fast\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\MPlayer\\mplayer.exe\" -lavdopts \"fast:skiploopfilter=all\" -priority high \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\MPlayer XFast] @="MPlayer &XFast" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\MPlayer XFast\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\MPlayer\\mplayer.exe\" -lavdopts \"lowres=1:fast:skiploopfilter=all:skipframe=nonref\" -nodouble -priority high \"%1\"" ; Uncomment if you want this very special WTF mode (keyframe only) ; This will turn any movie in an audio comics but will b always fast. ;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\MPlayer WTF] ;@="MPlayer &WTF" ;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Video\Shell\MPlayer WTF\Command] ;@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MPlayer\\mplayer.exe\" -lavdopts \"skipframe=nonkey\" -priority high -really-quiet \"%1\"" ; Add and remove extensions you want below... ; Backup your registery if you want to be able to revert those changes!!! [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.webm] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.flv] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogm] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogv] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp4] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4v] @="Video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov] @="Video"

I could not agree more, this is why I am not motivated in using GUI in general, even without performance problems. I even go further and directly associate MPlayer with all Video files, I will give you the .reg files I use soon. I found an other GUI last night, named MPlayer GUI https://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayerguiwin/ This one is written in C++ and compile with VC++ 6 without errors or warnngs, MPUI was written in Pascal... I do not know why those GUI are not working properly under Win98 when they load just fine and can lunch the video but no commands work. They must be using NT only features to communicate with MPlayer window, and I have no idea of which.

This would be pretty cool, However the main GUI you have for Windows is SMPlayer. SMPlayer is only a GUI+MPlayer. I Tried using SMplayer long ango and stop because the GUI slows everything substentially, however I remember there was an other option and it is named MPUI http://mpui.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=about I have not tried it again but I think it was 9x compatible, it is a bit old, I will give it a try when I have time. Donot say you are a noob, come on, you are an active Win9x user this is pretty rare today, and you do have some talent to be able to use it today.

Here again I come with the Filly featured AltDrag for NT4+ Download: https://mega.nz/folder/mW5ExCCT#gI8DQICICk-y4FIjxaqtGg == Additions from Original AltDrag == == AltDrag 1.20 == + Ability to drag only a square instead of the full windows (beter perf.) + Added an option to replace center resizing mode by bottom-right mode. + Added MDIs blacklist: Windows list for which MDI behaviour will be disabled. - No more HookWindows as (unstable and mixing 64 and 32 bit code) - No more FocusOnTyping (too buggy) * Fixed cursor performances problems, before the cursor windows used alpha blending which is very slow. I just told the windows to do nothing when it receave the WM_PAINT or WM_ERASEBKGND messages and that's it, this also means proper display for all windows versions instead of being limited to Windows 2000+ . * Now compatible with Windows NT4 sp3+ * Removed dependencies with shlwapi.dll * Dynamically import PSAPI.DLL in case it is missing (it is not much used) * Fixed: Now the cursor windows captures the mouse input (prevents some bugs). * Fixed compleatly opaque blacklist reading procedure, it will be trivial to add or remove blacklists from now. * Fixed some drawing problems (not all). * Fixed .manifest information for high dpi awareness. * Refactoring by putting some code into functions * Use GetPrivateProfileInt instead of the 'String version for all int values. * Avoid floating point arithmetric. Only int math are used. * Add -nostdlib flag to gcc to avoid useless bloat to the dll and exe. * Avoid GUI locking when windows is very slow to resize (with FullWin=0 only)

Update AltDrag Micro 1.16 * Fixed compleatly opaque blacklist reading procedure, it will be trivial to add or remove blacklists from now. * Removed tray.c, the three functions it contains are now in altdrag.c + Added MDIBlacklist: Windows list for which MDI behaviour will be disabled. * Fixed some drawing problems (not all). - Minimized calls to GetAncestor and GetClientRect in the case of an MDI - removed dependancy to advapi32.dll - removed -elevate stuff (use runas instead if you want) - removed -quiet option (useless) Download: https://mega.nz/folder/CWoQQICK#iNDhz_M2ytBs0Q22cRdCvw

This is completely normal, MPlayer has actually no GUI, so when you lunch it without any parameters it instantly quits. You can try to drag&drop video file on the mplayer.exe or invoke from the command line. If it works good enough for you Yo can add MPlayer in your 'Send To...' folder or associate it to your video files so that it opens them on double click. Because Mplayer has no GUI, you ave to use the Keyboard to navigate in the video (left and right arrows to move forwart/backward 10s) up/down => 1min pageUp/Dwn => 10min, 'Space' or 'p' to pause, 'f' to toggle fullscreen, 'j' to change subtitles, '#' to change audio track, 'ESC' or 'q' to quit, 'o' to cycle through more or less OSD, Read the Keyboard.txt for more details, you can change those keys with the mplayer/input.conf You can change general options in mplayer/config (open with notepad), you will want to try several video drivers to check which is the best for you. If you want to benchmark the video output, find a short video file on your drive and use the flowing command line (in command.com/command prompt): > mplayer shortTestFile.mp4 -vo XXX -nosound -benchmark With XXX = directx or direct3d or gl or sdl -vo stands for 'video output' At the end MPlayer will display performance details. Then once you found the one that works best put it in your config file (vo=XXX)

Stefan Sundin wrote a program named AltDrag that adds the ability to move/resize windows with the 'ALT' key (Linux style) under Windows. I started using his program which is really awesome but encountered some performance problems on my old computer. Because AltDrag Shows the content of the windows while dragging, it is annoying to use on slow hardware, I also prefer, and find visually less disturbing, to have just a rectangle when I move/resize the window. In addition I realized that the program had a lot more features that I needed and was incompatible with Windows NT4 and 2000. So I made a 'Micro' version that is very simple light and has few features (only the ones I need) for myself. Now it is time to share. This program needs at least Windows NT4 service pack 3 or later. This is because it relies on the 'LowLevel Keyboard/Mouse Proc' functions that is only supported by the NT based Windows and from NT4 sp3. GitHub page: https://github.com/RamonUnch/AltDrag MEGA Download for AltDrag Micro (no more updated): https://mega.nz/folder/CWoQQICK#iNDhz_M2ytBs0Q22cRdCvw MEGA Download for fully featured AltDrag: https://mega.nz/folder/mW5ExCCT#gI8DQICICk-y4FIjxaqtGg Original AltDrag from Stefan Sundin: https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/ Original Instructions on how to use AltDrag: https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/doc/usage.html

On Firefox 41+ you can disable the 'normal fonts' download only by using this combination in about:config: browser.display.use_document_fonts = 0 gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled = true https://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/21/firefox-41-mozilla-modifies-how-icon-fonts-are-handled-by-the-browser/ All icon fonts will still be downloaded this way. Tested on Serpent 52.9

I will add SDL support in next build. EDIT: DONE now, have a try with latest version in directory. I put a version of SDL.dll (I had good experience with it). Maybe you will prefer to try an other version that you know works for you, if you still have troubles. KernelEx is pretty good but I prefer vanilla programs. And in the future I plan 95 support and NT4 as well. I am happy because video output is almost twice faster on my computer with SDL... (using SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib)

Since quite a long time now (at least 2016), I am doing MPlayer builds using MinGW, targeting My old Win98SE machine. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html There are a few modifications that are made to the code and then it works just fine. I decided to share those builds now so that everyone can benefit from it. I mostly use WinXP now, and I still prefer to use my own builds for performance reasons and because I enabled automatic CPU detection which is quite helpful when installing on several computers. Here is the links with last stable release (1.4) and last build. MEGA: https://mega.nz/folder/zbJiHIqK#garNgPLQaYp0Tu9bF--MsA GitHub: https://github.com/RamonUnch/MPlayer-Ringo-builds/releases In general I recommend the last build because it is usually stable. I will try to add every few months a new build (whenever I will need it). Note that the stable builds requires at least an i486 The latest build requires at least an i586 because of latest ffmpeg (I may try to fix that in the future). This player is very up to date and you will be able to decode any modern h264/265/opus streams etc. Be sure to check the configuration in mplayer/config (open with notepad or any other text editor) Whenever I start a new build I will always use the latest mplayer/ffmpeg config so that it all stays updated. In the future I hope to build GNU TLS for 9x so that you can read HTTPS streams. I will also need to add CD support someday... Tell me what you think about it. Keep in mind however that I have very little time to bug-fix and do all of this.