From: "Patrick Mitran" <pmitran AT tsp DOT ece DOT mcgill DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: mpeg?
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Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 03:51:43 GMT
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Hi,

I think I remember way back when DJGPP was in version 1, there was
a xing mpeg player that was built with DJGPP, though I doupt the
sources were free.

Patrick


"Manni Heumann" <manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de> wrote in message
news:Xns90D6BD6039F24manniheumanngmxde AT 130 DOT 133 DOT 1 DOT 4...
> Hi,
>
> I know this is not really on topic, and I guess this may be a
> stupid question anyway. But:
> For a research project I need the possibility of playing mpegs.
> Playback should be time-synched with another device (an EEG
> amplifier), so I need control of exactly when playback will
> start, and a way to trigger my amplifier.
> Therefore a solution incorporating the ms windows player seems
> out of the question, as exact timing seems completely
> impossible.
> My dream solution would be an open source mpeg player for good
> ol' dos, preferably compilable with DJGPP.
>
> Is there anything out there that resembles this descritpion?
>
> TIA,
>
> Manni
>
> PS: I am not tied to the mpg format, but avi seems even more
> unlikely.
>
>