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From:	"Juan Manuel Guerrero" <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
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Subject:	ANNOUNCE: DJGPP port of libmpeg2 and mpeg2dec 0.5.1 uploaded
Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:47:05 +0100
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This is a port of libmpeg2 and libmpeg2 0.5.1 to MSDOS/DJGPP.


  libmpeg2 is a free library for decoding mpeg-2 and mpeg-1 video
  streams. It is released under the terms of the GPL license.
  mpeg2dec is a test program for libmpeg2. It decodes mpeg-1 and mpeg-2
  video streams, and also includes a demultiplexer for mpeg-1 and mpeg-2
  program streams. It is purposely kept simple : it does not include
  features like reading files from a DVD, CSS, fullscreen output,
  navigation, etc... The main purpose of mpeg2dec is to have a simple
  test bed for libmpeg2.
  The project homepage is at http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/



  DJGPP specific changes.
  =======================

  - The DJGPP specific changes to the sources are those required to pacify the
    compiler and to include the right headers to provide the required functions
    prototypes.  To avoid a 8.3 file name collision between libmpeg2.[a|la] and
    libmpeg2convert.[a|la] the later has been renamed to libmpg2convert.[a|la].
    As for all binaries and libraries that handle images of any kind, it should
    be noticed that files (streams) are *always* openend in binary mode with
    all the well known implications on a DOS/WINDOWS OS if the stream is
    connected to STDIN and/or STDOUT when these are still connected to the
    console.

 - To configure and compile the sources you will need LFN support.  This means
   that you can only unzip and build the binaries on an OS that offers LFN
   support like Win9X, WinXP, etc.  There will be no support for the building
   on plain DOS by me.  IMHO this is not worth to be done nowadays if the
   amount of work exceeds certain limit.  It should also be noticed that you
   will need the bash port bsh205bbr2.zip to compile the sources; bsh204br2.zip
   does not work, it is not able to process certain parts of the libtool script
   and I have not investigated this issue further.  I also do not if the ports
   bsh205bb.zip and bsh204b.zip work or not.
   Of course, the distributed and/or build binaries and libraries will always
   work on plain DOS.
   As usual, all DJGPP specific stuff is located in /djgpp dir.


  Please *read* the docs stored in /contrib/libmpeg2.051/doc to become familiar
  with this product.


  The binaries and library and source packages can be downloaded from
  ftp.delorie.com and mirrors as (timestamp: 2009-02-18):

    libmpeg2 0.5.1 binaries and library and man format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lmpg051b.zip

    libmpeg2 0.5.1 source:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lmpg051s.zip


  For the convenience of the WinXP users the binaries and library have been
  produced a second time using the djdev204 beta library. This package is
  available at ftp.delorie.com and mirrors as (timestamp 2009-02-18):

    libmpeg2 0.5.1 binaries and library and man format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2tk/lmpg051b.zip



  Send libmpeg2 specific bug reports to libmpeg2-devel after having
  subscribed to the list at <http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/lists.html>
  Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to
  comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.


  Enjoy.

    Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>

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