Hmm, not seeing the video resolution, but am seeing the throughput as 35553kbps

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Quoting: denyasisWoa woa.... Surround sound? Since when did Linux support that?

All I could ever do was mirror stereo to the rear speakers...

As far as I know it has supported surround sound for a long time, though no idea if it worked through Wine.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: dannielloNetflix in browser means that quality of picture will not be good - 720p max. Officially only Microsoft browsers are allowed to play in 1080p/4K quality. There is external addon to enable 1080p in Firefox, but from legal point of view it is "hack" so definitely it cannot be integrated in commercial product like Atari VCS.

Really?! Son of a bitch. And our legal system just lets that be the case.

Kind of weird, because I have 4k monitors and I am pretty sure I would notice the difference with 1080p vs 720p on them an Netflix looks fine in firefox on Linux. Granted there is the occasional crap look because my ISP isn't the best.
I have also been able to play Disney+ in Linux with Firefox, so do not have to use the shitpile that is Chrome for that. So I am happy.

I'm in the same boat - I sit about a foot and a half away from my Predator 4K and I use it to watch Netflix on Firefox without a hint that there's anything wrong with the picture. I'd love to see a blind test against a sizable sampling of people to see if they could actually tell the difference between 720p and 1080p, even on hidef screens that should make that "difference" even clearer.

Conversely, my Amazon Fire TV keeps offering to play the UHD versions of Bosch, even though my living room has an aging Panasonic 1080p plasma panel! What a waste of bandwidth that would be! Two or three of the season 5 episodes didn't even offer HD - I was forced to use the 4K stream!

Side note, Bosch is a fantastic show!
The bandwidth thing gets really fun when you have an ISP that has bandwidth caps (yup, those still exist, because of lack of Net neutrality they now like to have a streaming cap per month...) This is why I still haven't switched to the faster Comcast from my CenturyLink ISP, well and other reasons, but that's definitely on the list.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: slaapliedjemuch like Glide is a wrapper for the 3Dfx API into OpenGL

Just a little nitpick: While there are several wrappers, Glide is actually the name of the 3Dfx API itself.

Ha, well in my defense, it's been like 20 years since I used it.
nGlide was the one I was probably thinking of.

It's fun trying to describe to people the difference between emulation, library wrappers and something like FPGA though.
'FPGA is emulation!'
'No, FPGA is hardware recreation.'
'So, emulation?'
'No, it's actual hardware, that is told to act like a specific piece of hardware.'
'So, emulation?'
'no...
'But it's not the same thing!!'
'It's still hardware!'
'But.. it's not the original hardware, so it's emulating it!'
*punches* 'Well, one more non-believer is down...'

Ha, watching the arguments for the Vampire boards for the Amiga is entertaining.

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Quoting: appetrosyan

Quoting: antisol

Quoting: scainethink about the end-game, which is perfect, seamless support for all Windows games, on Linux.

Firstly, that's not my end-game. I'm not particularly interested in running windows games on Linux. I'd rather have Linux games.

Secondly, the idea of having perfect, seamless support for all Windows games is a pipe dream that will never happen unless Microsoft opens up the relevant tech (directx, win32 api or whatever the modern equivalent is), which they will absolutely never do. Even if they did you're only going to get up tp ~95% compatibility. Without the specs (at least) for these techs being open it's always going to be a reverse-engineering effort where you're playing whack-a-mole with new versions of APIs. If you think that this is a reasonable goal you're just setting yourself up for disappointment.

You're not going to get perfect support for all windows games under wine. Not ever. This is the nature of emulation. 100% is not achievable, even with open specs and non-moving targets. Attempting it with windows is bold and commendable but ultimately futile and laughable. Wine can't even run the ~20 year old stuff that I want to run.

This comment highlights a common misconception that plagues all of these discussions.. For the LAST TIME, WINE = WINE IS NOT an EMULATOR.

Reverse engineering, can and often does work better than having access to the source code, provided enough dedication and good enough platforms: nblood vs blood fresh supply is a good example of a reverse engineered lovingly crafted engine doing better than a commercial port.

Wine can't run things that are 20years old, may be up to the projects themselves, and it's highly likely that windows 10 can't either. At this stage the only thing that does actually make more sense to do is to think of the distant future. Apple just deprecated 90% of all games that have a Mac version, because of stubbornly removing 32-bit libraries. A similar thing can and might very well happen on Windows, and on Linux, we have averted the catastrophe once, we can avert it again. I'm positive that at some point, the libraries will be deprecated so badly that we'll simply be bundling them as part of retro gaming, much like we do now for the 8/16 bit stuff. This, you will never be able to do, if you've never ventured into emulation.

A pipe dream it might be, but I'm happy with the vertical slice of games that can reliably be played through wine. I'm also a bit unhappy with the state of "native" games with proprietary licenses.

Actually wine can and does run 20 year old games better than Windows 10 can. Because in wine you can actually set the version of Windows you wish to pretend to be (also known as emulation, but I know it isn't emulation, it is a compatibility wrapper, much like Glide is a wrapper for the 3Dfx API into OpenGL.)
Wine, the great Pretender!

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Quoting: MaathIs this open source? I think the engine for Descent one and two is open sourced, and I'm wondering if they did the same for three.

Not sure about Descent 3, but Freespace 2 is open source, and I thought the actual game was kind of under a 'DGAF' license, where they don't care if people distrinute it.
So there are TONS of mods for it.

I could never really play the descent games as they used to make me hurl. Really wanted to dive into foresaken as well, but same issue. But now I am a bit better with VR and Elite, so surely I should be able to handle Descent now...

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: dannielloNetflix in browser means that quality of picture will not be good - 720p max. Officially only Microsoft browsers are allowed to play in 1080p/4K quality. There is external addon to enable 1080p in Firefox, but from legal point of view it is "hack" so definitely it cannot be integrated in commercial product like Atari VCS.

Really?! Son of a bitch. And our legal system just lets that be the case.

Kind of weird, because I have 4k monitors and I am pretty sure I would notice the difference with 1080p vs 720p on them an Netflix looks fine in firefox on Linux. Granted there is the occasional crap look because my ISP isn't the best.
I have also been able to play Disney+ in Linux with Firefox, so do not have to use the shitpile that is Chrome for that. So I am happy.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPGuys, what are you even talking about?!

PC gaming is dead!

Ha, I always laugh so hard when I see this. Video games were born ona computer, they will forever stay on computers!

Ha, when looking at the two main consoles and their refresh versions, they basically ARE PCs. They didn't even bother having different CPU architectures...

The only thing the PS4 needs to be a computer is some more general purpose office suite or something, and to open up its bluetooth device support (seriously Sony, why can't I use my Sony WH-1000MX3 headphones with the PS4 Pro?)

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Someone was thinking that this was running Windows 10. I'm not seeing anything myself that shows as much. Did notice they have Disney+ on it too.

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Quoting: HamishLike Patola said, this was done as one of Ryan's Patreon projects. If you want to support his work then you can do so by giving to him directly.

Yeah, I thought Ryan put it out there a few years ago that he was asking for people to suggest ports, and for giving money to his patreon.

Wonder how much work was actually needed from the original port, or if this was a completely new / remade port.

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