24.Aug.2026
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Video player: MintVID 1.0.0
Darren Banfi's MintVID is a video player for fast Amigas and supports both local video playback and streaming. It supports HTTP/HTTPS streams, HLS, IPTV and public YouTube content, which can be played on AGA, HAM or RTG systems.
MintVID does not require any external codecs and has been developed in the same way as the MintAMP audio player: a small, portable C core with streamlined Amiga-specific layers.
The goal is to go beyond MPEG-1 on accelerated 68k Amigas — from 68030-class ECS/AGA systems through 68040/060 machines to PiStorm/RTG. MintVID provides a broad range of codecs, but what is practical in real time depends heavily on CPU speed, codec complexity, resolution, bitrate and display mode.
What can be expected from each hardware:
- 68030-class ECS/AGA: 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: 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 classic 040/060 H.264 streaming as compatibility/demo functionality rather than smooth playback.
- PiStorm/Emu68: use the MintVID040 build. This is the release build targeted for the Emu68/PiStorm environment. H.264 becomes much more practical; on a tested Pi3-based PiStorm 600, low-resolution H.264 streams below roughly 200p have played well. Faster PiStorm hardware should provide more headroom, but results still depend on the source and configuration.
- Vampire/Apollo 68080: currently unvalidated by the MintVID project. No optimised build is officially recommended yet, and the 68060 build should not be assumed to be the right choice solely from the CPU name.
Download: MintVID.lha (3,9 MB) (dr)
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