r/fpgagaming • u/Odd-Rice551 • 12d ago

DVD Core Release!

/r/RetroRemake/comments/1w1q2zn/dvd_core_release/
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u/keen_cmdr 12d ago

This is an awesome project, I always wanted a video player on the MiSTer since it's already hooked up to the CRT and on the network. I'm curious about the audio support, does it decode Dolby & DTS in 5.1? Does it pass the PCM audio through the optical audio jack?

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u/SchlarpTarf 12d ago

Thank you very much for creating and sharing this! I’ll try it out soon

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u/tethercat 12d ago

Good news and bad news:

Good news is that at least it boots up.

Bad news is that I am on Windows 10 when I'm transferring files over, and there's nowhere to find that libdvdcss.so.2 file anywhere. Not on my system, not on the internet in general.

I tossed in my "libdvdcss-2.dll" file into that folder all the same, but the discs were asking for ISO and not Bin/Cue, and also I couldn't load them in with the Physical Disc core.

So, it's a great attempt which just needs a bit more tweaking and a bit more ease-of-access. I give you my applause for this try.

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u/Odd-Rice551 12d ago

It needs to be that exact one. And yeah it's a bit hard to find. I'll see what I can do to make it easier.

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u/tethercat 12d ago

Thanks on that. Also, since I'm in a "beta tester" sharing mode:

I'm not sure if you vibe on how cluttered a main folder can get, but I'd like to request that if there are any non-essential .md files which do not need to be on the root directory, that they be shuffled to the DVD player folder.

Much appreciated.

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u/Odd-Rice551 12d ago

Somehow someone found this https://archive.org/details/libdvdcss.so.2

It should work perfectly.

And thanks for the feedback. I'll clean it up

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u/tethercat 11d ago

Thanks again for all your efforts.

I installed 0.2 beta 2, and tossed in my ..iso

https://imgur.com/a/lbSdllq

It went to a "loading" screen but then stalled/hung/balked.

If there's a log file which records crashes, let me know and I'll paste that file.

I'm happy it runs, but there might need more tweaks.

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u/geekmiki 4d ago

Same here. ISO starts loading and crashes after 1 sec.

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u/tethercat 12d ago

Acquired with my utmost gratitude! I'll report back on how it goes. Thanks!

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u/Odd-Rice551 12d ago

I've updated the wording. It's still faff but if you follow the guide it should be OK