Short: Multi-codec video player and streamer Author: Darren "boingball" Banfi Uploader: Darren Banfi Type: gfx/show Version: 1.0 Requires: 68030+; util/libs/AmiSSL-v5-OS3.lha for online features Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.0.0 Description: MintVID is a multi-codec video player for accelerated 68k Amigas, from 68030-class ECS/AGA systems through 68040/060 machines to PiStorm/Emu68. It supports native chipset and RTG output, local files, HTTP/HTTPS, HLS, IPTV and public YouTube playback. Codec support does not imply real-time playback on every CPU. Practical performance depends on processor speed, codec complexity, resolution, bitrate and display mode. Lightweight older codecs are the natural fit for classic accelerators; modern H.264 streaming is primarily aimed at PiStorm/Emu68-class systems. WHO THIS IS FOR MintVID is aimed at accelerated Amiga hardware whose owner wants a broad video player with local-file, network, YouTube and IPTV support. On classic 68030/040/060 accelerators, the supported online formats should not be read as a promise of smooth H.264 streaming; those features are also useful for compatibility testing and experimentation. PiStorm/Emu68-class systems are the main target for practical H.264 YouTube/IPTV use. MintVID uses the same feature set across its 68030, 68040 and 68060 builds. There is no separate AGA, RTG or PiStorm feature edition; display mode and practical playback performance depend on the hardware underneath it. - 68030-class ECS/AGA systems - best suited to lightweight codecs and modest frame sizes. Cinepak is the natural starting point; heavier formats may decode correctly without being practical in real time. - 68040/060 systems - older codecs such as Cinepak, MJPEG, MPEG-1/2 and MPEG-4 Part 2 become more practical at modest resolutions, especially with RTG. H.264/AVC remains far too demanding for normal real-time YouTube/IPTV viewing on classic CPUs. On a tested 68060 using AGA, lowest-resolution YouTube/IPTV H.264 playback has been around 7 fps at best. Treat H.264 streaming on classic 040/060 hardware as a compatibility or demonstration path rather than smooth video playback. - PiStorm/Emu68 - use the MintVID040 build. This is the build targeted for the Emu68/PiStorm environment. H.264/AVC (Baseline through High Profile, CABAC and B-frames) becomes much more practical here. On the tested Pi3-based PiStorm 600, low-resolution H.264 streams below roughly 200p have played well. Faster PiStorm hardware should provide more headroom, but exact results depend on the stream and configuration. - Vampire/Apollo 68080 - not yet validated by the MintVID project, so no optimised build is officially recommended yet. Do not assume the 68060 build is the correct choice solely from the CPU name; feedback from real Vampire hardware is welcome. WHAT IT PLAYS - Containers: AVI, QuickTime MOV/MP4, Matroska/MKV, MPEG-TS/M2TS, raw MPEG-1 program streams, raw MJPEG/MPEG-4 Visual streams, and direct HTTP(S)/HLS URLs (including live IPTV playlists and YouTube). - Video codecs: Cinepak, Microsoft Video 1, Microsoft RLE8, uncompressed UYVY422, H.263 baseline, Motion-JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (with B-frames), MPEG-4 Part 2 (ISO ASP and Microsoft MP42/DIV2), and H.264/AVC Baseline/ Main/High Profile. - Audio to Paula: PCM, MP2, MP3, AAC-LC (raw/ADTS/LATM), and fixed-point AC-3 (stereo downmix). MP3/AAC decoding reuses the proven MintAMP/Helix code. - Two complete GUI sets over the same player: ReAction (V44) and plain GadTools/Intuition (V37) for a standard AmigaOS 3.0 install, each with matching file, IPTV-directory and YouTube-search browser windows. MintVID's core decoders are regression-tested against ffmpeg using the project's test fixtures where applicable. The portable core is also cross-built and exercised on a big-endian m68k target under QEMU to catch endianness and alignment problems that a little-endian x86 host build can miss - see the project page for details. WHAT IT IS NOT MintVID uses a modular decoder architecture, so its supported format list can grow without tying the player to one fixed codec. It is not a video editor or encoder: use ffmpeg or similar on a modern machine to prepare source material, then play the result on the Amiga. Timeline seeking (cursor left/right, 10 seconds at a time, landing on the nearest keyframe) works for local QuickTime MOV/MP4 files; AVI, MKV, and network/live sources don't have a keyframe index yet, so cursor-right stays a fast-forward toggle there instead. Cursor up/down adjust Paula's volume, and once playback starts, the controller's Info: field - and, on RTG (CGX/P96), the video window's own title bar - mirrors a live H:MM:SS/M:SS playhead so you can see where a seek actually landed. INSTALLATION Choose the MintVID030, MintVID040 or MintVID060 drawer for a normal 68030, 68040 or 68060 system respectively. PiStorm/Emu68 users should use MintVID040. Vampire/Apollo 68080 has not yet been validated, so there is no official optimised-build recommendation for it yet. Copy the chosen drawer to your Amiga and keep its contents together. Run MintVID on systems with ReAction V44, or MintVID-GT for the plain GadTools/Intuition interface used by a standard AmigaOS 3.0 installation. IPTV and YouTube browsing are reachable from the controller's menus. Everything else in the drawer (mrplay, iptvgui, ytgui, the GadTools -GT set, mr_decode) is a support binary loaded on demand. Nothing in the release drawer is intended to be split up or copied out on its own. PROJECT / SOURCE https://github.com/boingball/MintVID Clone with submodules to obtain the pinned MintAMP and libavc sources used by the build: git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/boingball/MintVID.git SOURCE / LICENSING MintVID's own source is MIT-licensed. It links several dependencies that keep their own licences (GPL-2.0-or-later, Apache-2.0, and RealNetworks RPSL among them). The release archive includes a LICENSES drawer with the MintVID licence and upstream licence/notices available from the checked-out dependencies. See the project README for the full breakdown before redistributing binaries, and provide the corresponding source required by the licences of the binary components you redistribute. SUPPORT If MintVID is useful, or YouTube on an Amiga made you laugh, you can help keep the hardware testing and development going at: https://buymeacoffee.com/boingball