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here's what I would love: an SD card image I can flash and put in a pi that turns it into a demoscene jukebox where it just runs thru random "best of" playlists forever, maybe some minimal controls for skipping around
here's my understanding of why that won't work: most demoscene works target x86 windows specifically so ARM linux is incompatible for multiple reasons
here's a cheesy workaround I don't want to do: yt-dlp some playlists resulting in many many gigabytes of video files; this just feels wasteful and antithetical to everything the demoscene stands for
here's a potential workaround: instead of a pi, run it on an old thinkpad running linux? would wine cut the mustard on this or are demos typically more exacting than it can achieve? is it realistic to accomplish this without involving windows at all? (I know I could if we were talking about emulating C64 or amiga or whatever but I want 4k stuff too) does this exist?
@technomancy a lot of old windows demos rely on really particular assets being around (which wine doesn't/can't distribute), but often you can just copy all of the installation files from XP and get those demos to work.
they often aren't dependent on super esoteric behavior or exact implementations of libraries, just like, "the bitmap of the gradient built into the control panel" and stuff like that. my favorite keygens have tended to work pretty well in wine!
@kt cool I might give it a try then; thanks!