Mortiz has released MKVToolNix 0.9.6.

Click here to obtain the MacOS X 10.3 build.

There have been many changes, enhancements, and fixes, but I’m too sick right now to bother typing them up. ;)

Thanks to a head’s up by the DOSBox team, I’ve managed to keep semi-recent on DOSBox development. Guess what? 0.62 has been released. Joy of joys!

Here’s a bit of a blurb from their front page:

* Improved x86 dynamic core, more stable.

• The usual cpu/fpu emulation fixes and speedups.
• Soundblaster 16 and opl3 emulation added.
• Internal mixer updated with interpolation and volume support.
• Intelligent MPU-401 emulation added.
• ISO/Disk image mounting support.
• Custom chipset emulation for cga,tandy hercules modes.
• Improved pc-speaker emulation.
• Improved GUS emulation.
• Added a keymapper.
• VGA/VESA Bios fixes.
• IPX networking support.
• A zillion internal dos fixes/updates.
• New ddraw rendering output and new render functions.
• Raw adlib/midi capturing.

It took a bit more work than I expected – they’ve shifted to SDL_sound; and of course, by default it doesn’t compile thanks to a broken libtool and a few other things.

However, Here’s DOSBox 0.62, AltiVec optimized, and ready to roll!

Per Anders F Björklund,

“Just thought you would be proud to know that your quick hack will live on an implementation of chkconfig and initscripts, RedHat-style…

[snip]

I’ll send you the end result (RPM and PKG) later…
Basically it’s chkconfig, with just one runlevel (3)

It’s for RPM4Darwin.”

How cool is that?

So far, that’s my miniMikmod library in CocoaModX, my custom build of DosBox in Radnor, and now, my silly Aintit.d in RPM4Darwin – and these are just those who have taken the time to thank me for my (rather odd) work.

Thanks guys, I, and I’m sure many end users thank you for creating such wonders!

Yes, I do manage a few other things than just MKVToolNix, although that one’s had the most attention recently.

My port of Bozotic is now sync’d to the August 23rd release, touting further CGI enhancements, support for .torrent files, and several bugfixes as according to the HTTP spec.

Because, uh-huh, uh-huh, That’s the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it. (Un-huh, uh-huh.)

Yes, I know – I’ve been back for months.

However, I’ve been far too busy to go out and ‘do things’. By this, I mean, I’ve generally gone to work, then gone home, ate, then slept.

This evening, I managed to get home immediately after work. I had a nice meal of some Thai noodles – then, at about 9pm, I became peckish. Nay, I craved – outright needed a Wendy’s Junior Bacon Cheeseburger.

So, I got in the car, drove the quarter-mile to Wendy’s. It was closed. The entire street, not more than two miles from “the strip” was wrapped right up like some city in rural Utah.

I still want my cheeseburger.

Sigh.