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Well, it looks like version 0.3 to be released today. I see there's significant optimisations in video player - 14 fps at 192х144 , and 8 fps at 256x192 !!! Almost two times faster than in the previous version.
I completely agree with The 9th Sage - Infantile Paralysiser, you're amazing programmer !

Kir wrote:

Well, it looks like version 0.3 to be released today. I see there's significant optimisations in video player - 14 fps at 192х144 , and 8 fps at 256x192 !!! Almost two times faster than in the previous version.
I completely agree with The 9th Sage - Infantile Paralysiser, you're amazing programmer !

whoot!The video optimisation is just great.Looks like Mo?nshell v.03 will be almost the perfect DS app.
and yes he IS indeed amazing in programming.Not only he programms with an incredible speed(there were like 3 updates in one day!) but it also seems that he can fix any bug in no time.Hell, when was the very first ver of Moonshell released?3-4 weeks ago?unbelievable
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do you think it's better higher resolution or faster frame rate?

ANd quantize is best to be set to 1, isnt'it?

falcon!!! wrote:

do you think it's better higher resolution or faster frame rate?

ANd quantize is best to be set to 1, isnt'it?

depends on your personal taste and what you watch(animation or real).
I will take "256x144" @ 9frames as i like the video to be not that blocky.
dunno what you want.

just try some setting and you will see
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The o.3 versione has been NOW released!!!

Lets try it out!

To zubiac :
I've updated readme files. Check PM.

the program is perfect!

Nice one! I have every faith that he'll get videos to work at full frame rate eventually.

Kir wrote:

To zubiac :
I've updated readme files. Check PM.

thanx Kir.I just wanted to update myself.
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@ Infantile Paralysiser

Thanks to superfast Kir the readmes are updated:

Russian Readme: [url=http://www.tiptopmode.at/readme(russian).zip]HERE[/url]
English Readme: [url=http://www.tiptopmode.at/ReadMe(English).zip]HERE[/url]

and thank you for your awesome programm "Moonshell".
v.03 is really THE app for DS
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this is really amazing
i just converted a 10MB mpeg of F-Zero from E3 a couple of years ago
settings i put in avi2dmv were:
128x96 resolution, 30fps, quantize x4.00

the video was a little flickery, and some of those blocks from such a low res, but it looked like it stayed at 30fps the whole way through

then decided to try the same but at 256x192 resolution...
unfortunately it froze, but i'm still impressed

keep up the great work infantile paralysiser

Another readme update (small fix really), and localized (mostly) DVM Encoders ! zubiac, check PM :)

Hello

Now that we can hide the windows on the lower screen I've figured I could make a picture that I liked to be shown down there. So I did this one:

http://tull.planetaclix.pt/20050831_desktop_moonshell.rar

Hope you like it:)

I've made a little readmeplease.txt explaining how to change the picture. It's not dificult, but I did it just in case.

Tell me what you think!

I know I'm not saying anything new, but the guy/girl is really amazing:)

hmm, the dmvenc tool included in the 03 release doestn work for me. I get an error message with every moviefile i open.

edit: thnx tuLL, the dll can be found in the wintools folder, make sure it is in the same folder as the dmvenc.

in the dmvenc tool the max framerates are also outdated:
( 14 fps at 192х144 , and 8 fps at 256x192)

But i must say, and im sure ill speak for al the members of this forum, im a very impressed, u manage to bring so many updates in such little time and the updates that you make are also very useful, whith the movie playing at the topscreen and increased fps, im certain i will never use the old gbamp software again (-_-)

Last edited by Lukaso on Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:03 pm; edited 2 times in total

Lukaso wrote:

hmm, the dmvenc tool included in the 03 release doestn work for me. I get an error message with every moviefile i open.

It's the missing DLL.

Just copy the "wav2m6258.dll" file of the previous dmv release to that directory:)

Kir wrote:

Another readme update (small fix really), and localized (mostly) DVM Encoders ! zubiac, check PM :)

Oh,thanx kir. The translated encoders rock.
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@ Moonlight

Thanks to Kir there are another updates for the ReadMes plus Kir localized the DVM encoders!

Get english ReadMe [url=http://www.tiptopmode.at/ReadMe(English).zip]HERE[/url]
Get russian ReadMe [url=http://www.tiptopmode.at/readme(russian).zip]HERE[/url]
Get russian encoder HERE
Get english encoder HERE

^_^
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I still can't get the encoder to work. Is there a video length limit/do WMV's really work, and what should my settings be ?
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Heh, this is sad.

I installed win2kpro under qemu on my gentoo box to see how this runs.
Got it to work right away, even though I'm only getting an encode rate of 3fps.

I've been using this japanese "Fire Emblem" GBA commercial for testing. Has a cute girl & shots of the game itself.

http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=2750

Now it'd be nice to have the source to this and have dvm support in ffmpeg so's I could rip my veggie tales videos directly from dvd (for my daughter).

I guess I could also do this in wine if I knew what dlls' were needed to run the encoder.

leoedin wrote:

I still can't get the encoder to work. Is there a video length limit/do WMV's really work, and what should my settings be ?
Leo

What is the error?

WMV, for what I know it encodes only uncompressed AVI's (no DIVX, XVid, the likes) and mpegs.

ok
well, it was a WMV, which appeared in the menu as an option, so I thought you could encode them. I'll just get a raw AVI and try that :)
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When i try to change some of the settings so that the mp3 player defaults to playing the next song and not random i cant get the batch file to work i get this error

C:\NDS_MP3_Player>rem files?t?H???_?α?╠?t?@?C???≡?????₧?▌

C:\NDS_MP3_Player>wintools\IMFS_WriteNDS.exe _BOOT_MP.nds files
The system cannot find the path specified.

any idear why ? i wouldnt mind changing the backgroud to but this is stopping me if anyone can help i would ne gratfull

cheers

The_Aylmer wrote:

When i try to change some of the settings so that the mp3 player defaults to playing the next song and not random i cant get the batch file to work i get this error

C:\NDS_MP3_Player>rem files?t?H???_?α?╠?t?@?C???≡?????₧?▌

C:\NDS_MP3_Player>wintools\IMFS_WriteNDS.exe _BOOT_MP.nds files
The system cannot find the path specified.

any idear why ? i wouldnt mind changing the backgroud to but this is stopping me if anyone can help i would ne gratfull

cheers

Hi

Well, either you make the global.ini unreadable which is not proable or the bat is not finding the programs. Try to download again the latest zip and unzip it without changing the directory structure.

Hope it helps. If it doesn't give the more details you can, so we can help better:)

leoedin wrote:

ok
well, it was a WMV, which appeared in the menu as an option, so I thought you could encode them. I'll just get a raw AVI and try that :)
Leo

Hi

I tried to encode an wmv file and it went alright with no errors. But when I put it in the CF card and run it on the DS only the first image appears. The sound is ok but it gets stuck on the first frame or second.

Same thing happened to you?

EDIT: Well same thing happened when I converted an MPEG (that I had previously converted) with more frames per second.

I'm converting the same wmv as before, but with the "normal" frames per second. I'll re-edit in a short while.

EDIT2: Well it plays the sound well as before, but the picture goes twice as fast. So its no good. I'm not sure but I think the wmv videos are not standartly encoded, I mean, there are a lot of "dirty" wmvs. But I can be wrong. Going to try some more wmvs, if there's any success I'll post it here.

(by the way, sorry for the double post :|)

Is anyone else having a problem getting version 3p1 to boot? It seems as though it boots, but won't display the file browser...I don't see the time either, although that window is displayed. I hope I'm not the only one having this problem, that would stink. >_>

*edit*
Oh, and by the way, according to the top screen it has read the INI and is reporting the free memory available...that's just where it freezes there.
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Last edited by The 9th Sage on Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:52 am; edited 1 time in total

im having the same problem here... ive tried changing the directory but it still wont work... guess we will have to wait for the next release.

To Infantile Paralysiser :
It seems that video suffers from bad colours saturation. Maybe it's because you use YUV 4:1:1 , not 4:2:0 (like in MPEG2) ? Last time I converted some of my homemade videos, and resulting video was almost black & white.
Also, how about bookmarks for TXT files ? Because it's the only thing that forces me to launch original firmware...

kekit wrote:

im having the same problem here... ive tried changing the directory but it still wont work... guess we will have to wait for the next release.

From his site, it sounds as though he accidentally uploaded a debug version of MoonShell instead of the regular version...that's fixed it for me.

Thank you for the quick fix Moonlight. ^_^
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encoding works for me now :) this is very impressive work! good job moonshell guy!

Kir wrote:

Also, how about bookmarks for TXT files ? Because it's the only thing that forces me to launch original firmware...

Same for me, but I also switch over for NES games and smaller filesizes for videos :)

IxthusTiger wrote:

Kir wrote:

Also, how about bookmarks for TXT files ? Because it's the only thing that forces me to launch original firmware...

Same for me, but I also switch over for NES games

you do know that there is a perfectly working(over 90% of the games) fullscreen DS NES emu(NESDS)?
No sizelimit etc. I recommend getting it instead of PocketNes.

@ kir
Got it!thanx

@ Infantile Paralysiser

Kir has bugfixed the russian-translated encoder.
Get it HERE
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zubiac wrote:

IxthusTiger wrote:

Kir wrote:

Also, how about bookmarks for TXT files ? Because it's the only thing that forces me to launch original firmware...

Same for me, but I also switch over for NES games

you do know that there is a perfectly working(over 90% of the games) fullscreen DS NES emu(NESDS)?
No sizelimit etc. I recommend getting it instead of PocketNes.

Yeah of course, but I can't use it and Moonshell at the same time :)

Context was that you wanted to use moonshell AND another function (bookmarks)

IxthusTiger wrote:

zubiac wrote:

IxthusTiger wrote:

Kir wrote:

Also, how about bookmarks for TXT files ? Because it's the only thing that forces me to launch original firmware...

Same for me, but I also switch over for NES games

you do know that there is a perfectly working(over 90% of the games) fullscreen DS NES emu(NESDS)?
No sizelimit etc. I recommend getting it instead of PocketNes.

Yeah of course, but I can't use it and Moonshell at the same time :)

Context was that you wanted to use moonshell AND another function (bookmarks)

oh sorry I thought you have more than one CF cards.
you should really look in ebay or at pawn shops for cheap CF cards.
I found one(32MB...better than nothing) in a thrown-away broken digicam.
It works perfectly and I have about 100 roms on it.

maybe Mighty Max is able to release a version of his GBAMP multiboot-programm which is able to boot moonshell and emus at the same time.
time will tell
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do u know why sometime i get simmetric .dmv?

In this way:

\ /
\ /_ DMV
\ /
\/ ____
/\
/ \ _ MPEG
/ \
/ \

falcon!!! wrote:

do u know why sometime i get simmetric .dmv?

In this way:

\ /
\ /_ DMV
\ /
\/ ____
/\
/ \ _ MPEG
/ \
/ \

I really don't know what you want to tell me(us)?
You mean perhaps that sound and video are out of sync?
Or that there are some freezes in your converted videos?

When you mean the short freezes:
I got them too several times and didn't know why till I realized that the conversion-software doesn't like it when I run too many other apps at the same time.I guess I have too less RAM(256).
anyways...I solved this "prob".I am just running the Encoder and no RAM-eating apps too(at the same time).
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falcon!!! wrote:

do u know why sometime i get simmetric .dmv?

In this way:

\ /
\ /_ DMV
\ /
\/ ____
/\
/ \ _ MPEG
/ \
/ \

You must check "Flip Video" checkbox in DVM encoder to get rid of this problem.

Kir wrote:

You must check "Flip Video" checkbox in DVM encoder to get rid of this problem.

SO if i check that box I will have a flipped video?
Let me try

Edit:OK! it was my fault. I always checked that box cuz I thought it was to see the video in the upper screnn XD

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I see there's significant optimisations in video player - 14 fps at 192х144 , and 8 fps at 256x192

is this official?(the convertor doesnt mention any higher fps rates than before

i am experiencing framedrops in all of my videos. It usually occurs with : 14 fps at 192х144
Some of the files i encoded were 100mb+

Sometimes it just hangs for a few seconds...Sometimes it hangs at the start en never continues(the music does play correct, the player doesnt crash or anything)

Ill try to encode with no other programs running... (i thought i already did that the first time), and in the taskmanager ill set the convertor property to 'above normal'

edit: no difference at all, hangs at the exact same spots and file size is also exact the same

and what does the Quantizator do?

Last edited by Lukaso on Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:34 pm; edited 2 times in total

i tried to convert a video with 256x192 and 8fps but it freezed after some seconds (only the video)

Hi

I had some problems with changing the colors, the "global.ini" has 2 bugs:

- You have to remove the ";" before the variables
- You have to join them all together, example:

Abc=12

Abc=13

Has to be:

Abc=12
Abc=13

Hope it helps. And hope I'm not mistaken:)

hey but moonshell works with supercard, doesnt' it?

Well, if it's so i would buy a supercard and sell my gbamp just to play nds roms!

falcon!!! wrote:

hey but moonshell works with supercard, doesnt' it?

Well, if it's so i would buy a supercard and sell my gbamp just to play nds roms!

I guess it would if accessing the Compact Flash is exactly the same as in the GBAMP...but I kind of doubt that.
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The 9th Sage wrote:

I guess it would if accessing the Compact Flash is exactly the same as in the GBAMP

If it works as a ds.gba ROM, then it'll probably work on the SuperCard (albeit without saving).
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tepples wrote:

The 9th Sage wrote:

I guess it would if accessing the Compact Flash is exactly the same as in the GBAMP

If it works as a ds.gba ROM, then it'll probably work on the SuperCard (albeit without saving).

Oh, that's right...I forgot about the Supercard having that ability.
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Noo! The supercard does not support ds.gba!

I think it will able to load the Bootmp.gbfs.nds (or something like that) file that's the corrispondent to the ds.gba file.

Is it so?

Ps: have u heard the news? ther's a new gbamp firmware update e.19
It supports long filenames.!

ROTFL!!!

SuperCard with the latest SC firmware supports ds.gba files; it's just a bit dyslexic about them. You just have to rename them to .gba.nds when you put them on the card.
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no not really the supercard can do some other things but in the end its just a rip off of the gbamp with ram in for pirating gba games. It cant do all the gba part of the gbamp (ie the crystal engine videos). Might as well get the m3 when it comes out!

I'm trying to convert Quicktime's sample.mov over to dvm format with no luck. Here's what I did:

Converted from .mov to .avi
Copied wav[Whatever].dll to the base dir
Opened the MoonShell tool and set it to 128x96 with Quantize x4 and 30 fps

The tool appears to be working fine, but whenever I try to load the file in MoonShell it freezes. I'm using the 8/31 version.

mrnull wrote:

I'm trying to convert Quicktime's sample.mov over to dvm format with no luck. Here's what I did:

Converted from .mov to .avi
Copied wav[Whatever].dll to the base dir
Opened the MoonShell tool and set it to 128x96 with Quantize x4 and 30 fps

The tool appears to be working fine, but whenever I try to load the file in MoonShell it freezes. I'm using the 8/31 version.

lower the fps

I find trouble with my videos when I go over 8 fps in 192x144

u should follow the indications on the converter

128x96 16 fps
192x144 8 fps
256x192 4 fps

ANyway i found out that if you dont follow that limit, the video freezes after some seconds...But it starts

i found 128x96 at 30fps and quantize at 4.0x was quite good, except for a black flicker in every 5 or so frames. can't wait till its optimized, should be exceptionally good then

what does the quantize option do?

Normal is 1x

If you set it higher, you'll get a ligther and less sharp video

Lukaso wrote:

what does the quantize option do?

It defines "blockiness" of the video. Small quantizator = Lesser blocks in resulting video.

i found that the frame rate is a bit smoother when quantize is set to 4 instead of 1, which is what i think its supposed to do:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=define%3A+quantize&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

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A function on some sequencers which modifies the information in its memory to improve the rhythmic accuracy and correct playing errors.

so in relation to video, i assume it improves the accuracy in the time delay between each frame, which makes it run smoother

I had the urge to reproduce the DS menu for my background.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/CubeGuy/mockup.jpg

Feel free to nab it if you want below.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/CubeGuy/desktop.jpg

this is great now that multiboot works with it everything is comming allong perfectly :D i cant wait to see wats next from moonshell ...... Text Editor???? :D
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Sebbo wrote:

i found that the frame rate is a bit smoother when quantize is set to 4 instead of 1, which is what i think its supposed to do:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=define%3A+quantize&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

Quote:

A function on some sequencers which modifies the information in its memory to improve the rhythmic accuracy and correct playing errors.

so in relation to video, i assume it improves the accuracy in the time delay between each frame, which makes it run smoother

Yes, but with quantize set to 4, the videos look bad :(
THere's already a lack of colour in the dmv video, and if you also set quantize to 4 they become even less colorful.

Amyway what's the best settings (frame/resolution/quantize) from your tests?

have u tried with 256x192/ 8 fps and quantized (2,3,4..)?

Does it work? Because I tried those settings but with quantize 1x and it freezed.

well, first thing i noticed is that quantize x1.0 is 456KB, x4.0 is 236KB, and everything in between steps down

the multicoloured artefacts also appear to b more visible in x4.0, actually the video itself is a bit more pixelated and blockier too

because the files were so small, it was difficult to tell which was smoother, but in the end i think i noticed some motion that was in x1.0 that was skipped out in x4.0

i'm gonna say that it depends on how big your file is. i've noticed that a large video runs smoother at high quantize, but if your running a smaller file leave the quantize at 1.0

if i convert video of 5 minutes? (music's video)

Does Moonshell work with anything other than the GBAMP?
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Does Moonshell work with anything other than the GBAMP?

yeah, it supports 3 file systems: MPCF (movie player compact flash) GBFS (game boy file system(?)) and IMFS (implant file system). moonshell includes the tools for creating the imfs which is kinda like a zip...in windows etc you see only the one file, but it contains several files inside it

i'm going to give converting bourne supremacy a go tonite on 256x192 8fps x1.0, will let you know how it goes in the morning

Chetic wrote:

Does Moonshell work with anything other than the GBAMP?

It works in normal flash carts and supercard, though it seems that dmv dont start on them (surely on superdcard, not sure about flash card)

Anyway I converted the same video to 256x192 8fps amd 192x144 16 fps both with quantize 4x and both look good :) I suggest to view the 192x144 in the lower screen so it will fit better ;)

I was wondering how much power from the ds is needed to play mp3's. Is it possible to use mp3's as background music for games (like Perfect Dark on the n64).
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Lil' Bug report:

opening small .BMP files displays them in a row repeatingly. Space around them is corrupted. If the BMP is big enough (it needs scrolling to show full) it works just fine.

the best way to convert movies i have found is using "IMTOO mpeg encoder" and encode it to MPEG-1 then using the dvm converter. IMTOO will convert anything i have converted countless movies to my ds

episode 1-40 of red vs blue
matrix 1 2 and 3
and the first season of black books
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Hope I'm not the only one calling out for a linux version of the encoder =D
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LunarCrisis wrote:

Hope I'm not the only one calling out for a linux version of the encoder =D

You aren't the only one, I'm also interested in having a plugin that would work with linux, probably something compat with ffmpeg would be great.

Have you seen Moonlight's page?

Strange pictures there, tried to translate the text but it came out quite strange. Hope it's not him or anyone for real:|

Now completely cruel, when you do the "ChangeCodePage" to your moonshell it stops working with MightyMax's Multiboot. Ate least the 1250 one.

i think the image is put to show he's a bit tired and needs a long rest from pc

At least i hope...

No, for a short period of time there was a message on his blog, telling that he has got into car crash or something like that. Now there are pictures. Probably showing his injuries - and of course, guy mus take a rest from coding and let his wounds to heal. Infantile Paralysiser, I hope you'll recover real soon!

umm. it looks like he's trying to kill himself.

Kir wrote:

No, for a short period of time there was a message on his blog, telling that he has got into car crash or something like that. Now there are pictures. Probably showing his injuries - and of course, guy mus take a rest from coding and let his wounds to heal. Infantile Paralysiser, I hope you'll recover real soon!

Those wounds which are showed now on his site are def. not car crash injuries.These are carpetknife cuts done by himself.I guess he(if it's even him on the photos) suffers from a self-injurying(sp?) sickness.I saw similar photos when I studied psychologie.You can see already healed (horizontal)cuts on his arm under the fresh (vertical) cuts.
I hope he's doing well and gets any help needed.
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what!!??!! OMFG! It's real blood??

I'm using an app of a man who make himself bleed??

They do look look like self inflicted injuries, they are too short and many to be from a car crash and like you say you can see previous marks as well

That what i thought, i hope hes/shes okay! He should get a paypal link i'd gladly give a donation to say thanks for all the hardwork he/shes done for everyone. Moonshell kicks ass!

yes!
Dont give up infantile paralysizer!
Take care!

Babelfish yeilds nothing. ._.

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2005 September 05th it is dense - to say, You call the グロ picture, whether or not is, it is unclear. It is the げ -. The keyboard is attached the べ is.... Therefore the virgin as for the bed being smearing with blood assuming that it is good, the くま... fears the bear of the blood dyeing rather... When now you telephoned, the Akiba blood donation room revived, being so, it goes. It is wasted and.

yes i've already tried it...

I'm italian however that doesnt say me anything O.o

ONly word sensed are "keyboard" and "blood"...

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2005年 09月 06日
The police it was caught, -.

You probably will bend? (Laughing
But after, the liquor you drink it is as for drinking check being not to be done transcendent lucky. (Difference
Obtaining? It is lucky, don't you think?? License having, the る don't you think?? It was. It was good, it was good. (イヤマジデ

Even if the ま, the medicine just it did not have, with it does. (マテ

... maybe it was a wreck, or the wreck of a family member, and he cut himself in remorse?

In my page, there are 'GBA', 'etc', and 'NDS'. more 'olddate'.
to post make a mistake.
The post that had to be made 'NDS' was made 'etc'.

I apologizes to all the people who have had it keep unpleasant.
I am safe. I came safely home.

By the way, gbadev was not able to be read that the user was not registered. It is very regrettable.

I think that it need not read because 'etc category' are all 'Uselessness and complaint and dissatisfaction'. There might not be what related to NDS either.

I really feel sorry for this mistake. It will ask suitably in the future.

I made not reply but topic misunderstanding it. Someone erased it. Thank you.

No need to apologise to any of us, just stop hurting yourself if you are, you are obviously a clever guy. If these marks are actually from the car crash then, lucky you, it could've been much worse

I can't "web translation service".
Because Gbadev request user and password was needed.
I want you to permit when it is a poor self-translation fairly, and
there is mislead.

It came to be able to write in the forum though I was poor. It came to be able to say directly to me if there was a complaint. It is glad!

The photograph of vehicular accidents and the example is not related though this is a personal story. It apologizes to cause anxiety really really.

Is it a suicide act? is sick. It did not reconcile though it went to the hospital. It is the kind of one for which the self-improvement is necessary. It was impossible in me.

It is unrelated.

I am sorry for the long sentence.
...The Japanese always often apologizes. hahaha.

In addition, postscript.
peypal? Is it a story round which some money twines?
If it is so, it refuses. The shareware etc. are hated though "It is free" is not virtue.

MoonShell wrote:

In addition, postscript.
peypal? Is it a story round which some money twines?
If it is so, it refuses. The shareware etc. are hated though "It is free" is not virtue.

Hello Moonlight

Paypal is only a way of saying thank you, only people who want will send money. No obligation.

Thank you for Moonshell, it puts a smile in my face:)

tuLL wrote:

MoonShell wrote:

In addition, postscript.
peypal? Is it a story round which some money twines?
If it is so, it refuses. The shareware etc. are hated though "It is free" is not virtue.

Hello Moonlight

Paypal is only a way of saying thank you, only people who want will send money. No obligation.

Thank you for Moonshell, it puts a smile in my face:)

This is what Google came up with upon translating to Japanese and back to English:

Quote:

The money which the people want is sent but, today as for the month optical Paypal only you say method it is you who appreciate. Obligation. Smile appreciate on my surface which is placed on you because of that of the Moonshell :)

Google sucks. Does anyone here speak Japanese and English who can be our go between? We really want Moonlight to know we are grateful!

It's kinda funny that what he was saying came out of the translator saying pretty much the opposite of what he meant =/

Mine through the translator:

Quote:

Strange It' The kinda he of S = / as for some proverb where he of those which are meant is is the thing opposition which comes out of many translators rather

At least it's semi-understandable. . .
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welcome to the forums infantile paralysiser ^_^

oh and I just read on your site that you managed to run a 256x192 movie at 24fps(!!!).The movie was huge though(1min=30MB ouch).
congrats and keep up the awesome work.
Moonshell rules!
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hi infantile paralysizer.
I'm happy that u've done a 256x192 video with 24 fps.
PErhaps 24 fps are even too much, i think u should increase the colours in the video.
16 fps should be enough, dont'u think?

yes welcome. with a single program you've already managed to reach "legend" status, so i'm sure everyone will look up to you

and ouch indeed on the movie size, need 3.6GB for a 2 hour movie... are there any open-source video codecs laying around, as i've had the dmv converter crash on me while trying to convert a full length mpg (it makes it to quantizing, then decides it can't do any more)

do keep up the great work, i'm thinking of getting a 2GB CF card just for this program and music

IxthusTiger wrote:

tuLL wrote:

MoonShell wrote:

In addition, postscript.
peypal? Is it a story round which some money twines?
If it is so, it refuses. The shareware etc. are hated though "It is free" is not virtue.

Hello Moonlight

Paypal is only a way of saying thank you, only people who want will send money. No obligation.

Thank you for Moonshell, it puts a smile in my face:)

This is what Google came up with upon translating to Japanese and back to English:

Quote:

The money which the people want is sent but, today as for the month optical Paypal only you say method it is you who appreciate. Obligation. Smile appreciate on my surface which is placed on you because of that of the Moonshell :)

Google sucks. Does anyone here speak Japanese and English who can be our go between? We really want Moonlight to know we are grateful!

Heh goddam:|

I'm hopping he reads a bit of english.

Can you please add a loader for NDS files, using my firmware V2?

PM me for help if you want it.

Here is a link to my firmware and loader.

Hm, Im a bit confused.
First time I tried the new version, Moonshell started from Darkains loader from my flashcard, but it didn't respond. Then it never worked again. It sais:

boot MoonShell
blabla

set DefaultCodePage is 932.
Local2UnicodeTable size=65510.
IMFS_GetFileDataFromIndex
Request malloc(size)

Thats it.
Touchscreen remains black.

Any ideas? Why did it run first time? (without responding)

I would absolutely adore SPC support.. perhaps incorperate pocketSPC into this thing.. I've been playing with it, and I'm very very impressed.

tssf wrote:

I would absolutely adore SPC support.. perhaps incorperate pocketSPC into this thing.. I've been playing with it, and I'm very very impressed.

Me too, perhaps it will be supported in mighty max's multiboot loader(it already supports some ds.gba)

i cant wait for the day that infantile paralysizer desides to impliment chishm's multi-nds loader for the new gbamp firmware!!, then moonshell will pretty much take over the need for any other type of gui on the ds, or what would really be cool is if there was some kind of scripting tool that you could right mini apps that ran inside moonshell!.

Quote:

what would really be cool is if there was some kind of scripting tool that you could right mini apps that ran inside moonshell!

would be awesome to have a graphic equalizer on the touch screen, eventually with presets as well
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Sebbo wrote:

Quote:

what would really be cool is if there was some kind of scripting tool that you could right mini apps that ran inside moonshell!

would be awesome to have a graphic equalizer on the touch screen, eventually with presets as well

Not sure if that would be possible because DSP (Digital Signal Processing) takes up a lot of processor power up. and from what i gather, decoding the mp3 itself takes up most of the processor power as it is.

binarystatic wrote:

Not sure if [an equalizer] would be possible because DSP (Digital Signal Processing) takes up a lot of processor power up. and from what i gather, decoding the mp3 itself takes up most of the processor power as it is.

With MP3 you can cheat on the equalizer because MP3 is a sub-band/transform codec, and you can scale the individual sub-bands. Winamp's graphic EQ does this.
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Troublemaker wrote:

Hm, Im a bit confused.
First time I tried the new version, Moonshell started from Darkains loader from my flashcard, but it didn't respond. Then it never worked again. It sais:

boot MoonShell
blabla

set DefaultCodePage is 932.
Local2UnicodeTable size=65510.
IMFS_GetFileDataFromIndex
Request malloc(size)

Thats it.
Touchscreen remains black.

Any ideas? Why did it run first time? (without responding)

heh, I had the same problem using it with the GBAMP multiboot program. I am re-downloading it right now to see if it was fixed or if I need to try v3 instead of 3p1.

Attention: I do not know recent information.

New firmware (Ver2) for GBAMP did not start MoonShell.
I thought, "Software that the ARM7 code is different from the standard doesn't start". (software different from standard IPC interface)

I cannot write the code now.
It is free that everyone remodels MoonShell. The code that I wrote is free. It is free to open the remodeling goods to the public. It is also free to do include to another work.
However, it is applied only to the code that I wrote. The library where include was done is another. (libmad/png/etc.)

see you again.

Troublemaker wrote:

Hm, Im a bit confused.
First time I tried the new version, Moonshell started from Darkains loader from my flashcard, but it didn't respond. Then it never worked again. It sais:

boot MoonShell
blabla

set DefaultCodePage is 932.
Local2UnicodeTable size=65510.
IMFS_GetFileDataFromIndex
Request malloc(size)

Thats it.
Touchscreen remains black.

Any ideas? Why did it run first time? (without responding)

This is because MoonShell expects the memory to be filled with 00s, but Darkain's loader doesn't do it. It is caused a bug in both programs. I had this problem when writing the new firmware for GBAMP, but I managed to fix it. This is why it takes 3 seconds to boot the new GBAMP firmware hack.

MoonShell wrote:

New firmware (Ver2) for GBAMP did not start MoonShell.
I thought, "Software that the ARM7 code is different from the standard doesn't start". (software different from standard IPC interface)

The new firmware does start MoonShell. I have made sure that MoonShell works.

MoonShine:
I would advise you to use libnds from now on, and the latest version of DevKitPro. NDSlib is no longer being worked on. If you want help getting the new GBAMP Ver2 firmware features in to MoonShell, I can do that. The only problem is that MoonShell doesn't compile properly on my setup, due to the old libraries being used.

yeah i've had that exact same prob, i too have wanted to compile the source but have not been able to run both libs side by side

I wonder if the new movie format will work with flash carts aswell...
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dumb question:

I don't see source code in his releases.
Is there another way to get a hold of it?

sources are in zip inside the zip ^^

Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but my 64kbps MP3's are not working with moonshell.. Is this a bug?

I have high hopes for the next release, hopefully this fixed, maybe SPC support, and maybe an NDS loader of some sort.. but perhaps that's pushing it a little. ;)

theres a new beta version of moonshell, it looks like he added multiboot.

looks good! i've updated the front page again, it seems i forgot to put up the p1 version for some reason.

tssf wrote:

Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but my 64kbps MP3's are not working with moonshell.. Is this a bug?

In a decoder for a variable bit rate format such as MP3, bit rate shouldn't matter as much as playback frequency and number of channels in an audio stream. Are they mono or stereo? Are they 22 kHz, 32 kHz, or 44 kHz?
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I can't get nesds to load from this. I get two white screens.
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my .DVM movies don't work anymore :S

tepples wrote:

tssf wrote:

Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but my 64kbps MP3's are not working with moonshell.. Is this a bug?

In a decoder for a variable bit rate format such as MP3, bit rate shouldn't matter as much as playback frequency and number of channels in an audio stream. Are they mono or stereo? Are they 22 kHz, 32 kHz, or 44 kHz?

I believe they were 22050Hz, which the new version of MoonShell is supposed to support, so I will try that.

The bitrate was 64kbps, so I'm sure that's not the problem..they should work now.

Now alls I have to worry about is the fact that directories with many files in it at once will not play, and actually crash moonshell. It's nothing that directories can't fix, but I was actually trying to avoid pulling out my DS every time I wanted to swap directories. Ah well.

C/NTR-JPN(W) and AdMovie and two CF cards. _BOOT_MP.nds cannnot start.
In the same environment, MoonShell is started from WifiMe. and MultiBoot can start.

This is URL of the file that binary dumps as for CF MBR that I am using.
I am glad when there is a person who confirms it.

http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/fat16mbr_bin.zip

There is CF that was not able to be used with GBAMP.
The formatter made a compatible format is necessary.
I now making gbampcf_format.nds. It is difficult. Wry smile.

i didnt get what is that zip for..

falcon!!! wrote:

i didnt get what is that zip for..

http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/moonlight/fat16mbr_bin.zip

Zip was up-loaded to a different place again.
Could you try?

Quick peak in the archive suggests they're custom drivers for specific compact flash cards to work with Moonshell.

tssf wrote:

Quick peak in the archive suggests they're custom drivers for specific compact flash cards to work with Moonshell.

You're wrong, dude :) They're not custom drivers but MBR sectors from different CF cards. One for SanDisk, one for TDK.

Hey, chishm! Looks like that was meant for you. Infantile Paralysiser said that only specifically formatted CF cards work with Moonshell ( as _BOOT_MP.NDS ) . Looks like some kind of bug in firmware hack V2 or GBA MP filesystem driver.

MoonShell:
Let me understand correctly. When you try to run MoonShell from the CF card it doesn't load at all. You then load it by WMB and it works. After starting it you can then run another NDS from the CF card. Is this right? Can you then load MoonShell from the CF card using the MoonShell you started from WMB?

I am thinking this won't be a simple Boot sector problem, but rather a root directory problem.

where can you download the new version of Moonshell from ?? I have been to their homepage but cant seem to find a link to the new version and everything shows up of that page as a bunch of ?????'s. If anyone has a link or knows where to find it please help

Thank you

As far as I am aware we are upto version 0.3+2

The_Aylmer wrote:

where can you download the new version of Moonshell from ?? I have been to their homepage but cant seem to find a link to the new version and everything shows up of that page as a bunch of ?????'s. If anyone has a link or knows where to find it please help

Thank you

http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/archives/2005/09/moonshell_ver_0_12.html

This version is beta release.
'chishm's GBA MP NDS Firmware Hack Version 2' is necessary for NDSROM MultiBoot.

Thank you for your help

chishm wrote:

MoonShell:
Let me understand correctly. When you try to run MoonShell from the CF card it doesn't load at all. You then load it by WMB and it works. After starting it you can then run another NDS from the CF card. Is this right? Can you then load MoonShell from the CF card using the MoonShell you started from WMB?

I am thinking this won't be a simple Boot sector problem, but rather a root directory problem.

Yes. It is very correct.
Next, I tried the test of specification.

1. MoonShell start from WMB
2. FileSelector to '_BOOT_MP.nds (MoonShell)' item.
3. MultiBoot start from CF (plug_ndsrom.cpp)
4. ok. restart MoonShell.

Moreover, the dump log of the CF another card was added. Please refer.

http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/moonlight/fat16mbr_log.zip

add edit.

If _BOOT_MP.nds is first started from CF, it becomes GBA mode.
print message 'Warning! Card has not been Formaterd. ...'

The_Aylmer wrote:

where can you download the new version of Moonshell from ?? I have been to their homepage but cant seem to find a link to the new version and everything shows up of that page as a bunch of ?????'s. If anyone has a link or knows where to find it please help

Thank you

usually put a translated version and a link to latest version on the front page of this thread

He has a new beta test version up but "Moonshell" itself doesn't seem to boot no matter what I'm doing.
The encoder works fine though.
anyone else confirm this?

here it is btw
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i think u need GBAMP V2 firmware to use the new moonshell.

Well, it runs fine on my GBA MP V1 with firmware hack v2. Of course, without any multiloaders - pure _BOOT_MP.NDS. Video quality improved, but there's significant desynchronisation between audio & video. Video runs faster than audio, at least at default settings (256x192x9). Colors saturation is also improved, but still differ from originals. Keep up good work, Infantile Paralysiser!

P.S.
I think it's time to do readme files update. I'll do it when come back to home from my work. I'm also planning to write small app for comfortable Moonshell settings editing (global.ini parameters, languages, etc.).

P.P.S.
Just found out that text files are now limited to ~320Kb, larger ones will cause "malloc LinesCache out of memory" :( .

I cant get the video to work with the new version of moonshell, when i try playback i just get a black screen with crackles for audio. anyone else have this problem or a fix to it ?

Kir wrote:

Well, it runs fine on my GBA MP V1 with firmware hack v2. Of course, without any multiloaders - pure _BOOT_MP.NDS. Video quality improved, but there's significant desynchronisation between audio & video. Video runs faster than audio, at least at default settings (256x192x9). Colors saturation is also improved, but still differ from originals. Keep up good work, Infantile Paralysiser!

P.S.
I think it's time to do readme files update. I'll do it when come back to home from my work. I'm also planning to write small app for comfortable Moonshell settings editing (global.ini parameters, languages, etc.).

P.P.S.
Just found out that text files are now limited to ~320Kb, larger ones will cause "malloc LinesCache out of memory" :( .

Reading 600kb txt book from IMFS at the moment, TextView-tweaked MoonShell 0.3p2 loaded via WiFi, maybe troubles with GBA MP

betatest has some already-known bugs.
PCM is at least defective.
there is sample data in //IMFS/.
Please try when there are bugs other than 'Extreme click noise' in the DMV reproduction.
The size of the maximum file is remarkably limited because of the sample data.
This problem doesn't exist in a public version.
Readme and the global.ini editor are very useful. I am expecting it very much.
I cannot confirm the bug that MoonShell doesn't start.
Was 'Start with WifiMe' tried?I want more detailed information for the defect.
Another topic. As for MoonShell, only multi boot cannot be done, and firmware V1 of GBAMP operates.

betatestはいくつかの既知のバグがあります。
少なくともPCMは不良です。
//IMFS/にサンプルデータが入っています。
DMV再生に'はげしいクリックノイズ'以外のバグがあったら試してみて下さい。
サンプルデータのせいで、最大ファイルサイズが著しく制限されます。
この問題は正式版では解除されます。
readmeとglobal.iniエディタは非常に有用です。私は期待しています。
私は、MoonShell自体が起動しないバグは確認できません。
'WifiMeで起動'を試してみましたか？不良に関してより詳しい情報が欲しいです。
別の話題。MoonShellは、マルチブートができないだけで、GBAMPのファームウェアV1でも動作します。

The_Aylmer wrote:

I cant get the video to work with the new version of moonshell, when i try playback i just get a black screen with crackles for audio. anyone else have this problem or a fix to it ?

I have that problem. Setting the audio to Mono fixes that problem, but the video is still black and distorted.

I don't know how to fix it. Maybe it's a new bug in dmvenc.exe...

Media file where bug that becomes black screen occurs.
Because I want also to examine it closely, I want the media file.
What is an appropriate forwarding means?Please suggest it.

MoonShell wrote:

Media file where bug that becomes black screen occurs.
Because I want also to examine it closely, I want the media file.
What is an appropriate forwarding means?Please suggest it.

Hmm. I've used DMV Encoder included in Moonshell 0.3p2, and resulting video was a black screen with random color dots. Audio was playing fine. I can send you converted .dmv file, but it's quite big (~9 Mbytes)... PM me your e-mail address, if you want me to send it to you.
DMV Encoder beta with Moonshell beta were playing ok, excluding a/v desynchronisation.

Kir wrote:

MoonShell wrote:

Media file where bug that becomes black screen occurs.
Because I want also to examine it closely, I want the media file.
What is an appropriate forwarding means?Please suggest it.

Hmm. I've used DMV Encoder included in Moonshell 0.3p2, and resulting video was a black screen with random color dots. Audio was playing fine. I can send you converted .dmv file, but it's quite big (~9 Mbytes)... PM me your e-mail address, if you want me to send it to you.
DMV Encoder beta with Moonshell beta were playing ok, excluding a/v desynchronisation.

MoonShell betatest2 uploaded. but ADPCM bug corrected only.
DMV made from dmvenc.exe(Moonshell0.3p2) cannot be decoded by Moonshell betatest1/2.
I am sorry not compatible.
Moreover, the DMV file made from dmvenc_betatest.exe will not be able to be decoded in a stable (next) version.
It is glad when permitting for the speed priority.

When it is E-mail, 9MB is impossible.
Is there a thing that I can do? :(

Moonshell:
Use GMail (http://gmail.google.com)

It can send 10MB e-mails.

PM your e-mail to me and I can invite you.
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what does the last update mean?

2005年10月03日
ふぅむ。

ベンチマ?あ、死んだってさ。ま、しゃーないね。眠いし後で書こう。

実家。死んでる。実感湧かないなぁ。硬いけど。
256x192pixel/32frameの展開描画時間。テストははるのあしおとのトレイラームービーだから元々相当重い（場面展開が速い）データ。

compress type / 32frame decode time(ms) / 無圧縮サイズ対圧縮サイズ比
無圧縮 4880ms 1:1
zlib 4027ms 1:0.457
bzip2 9565ms 1:0.434
lzss 3790ms 1:0.542

bzip2は遅いなと思っていたけど、まさかここまで違うとは。
lzssより無圧縮のほうが遅いのはつまりCFの読み込み時間が相当違うってことかぁ。
というか、さすが任天堂様のBIOSコードだけあってlzss展開が速い。さすが。
んー。zlibでも256x192pixel/8frameは間に合うんだから、後はユーザ選択がいいのかな。bzip2はDMVでは使い道が無いから外そう。

無圧縮の重さを見ていると、先にCFリードをなんとかした方が近道な気もするけど、とはいえ既にDMAやろうとして挫折（理由不明）してるし。う～～～ん。近いうちもっかいトライ。まずはCFリードの非DMAベンチマークから。

で。どうやら水曜日に田舎に行く模様。腐らないのかね。虫沸いたらやだよ。綺麗なまま埋めてあげたいけど?。忙しいから仕方ないのか。うー。

今日明日は昨日と比べたら暑くならないらしい。よかったよかった。ひとしきり愛でて満足したので帰って寝よう。

It reaches '256x192pixel 12frame' by least. A little more.
Please wait for a while. In a few days...
Thank you for desiring it.

MoonShell, will you ever use the system like M3's - ARM7 is for music while ARM9 is used for video?

i just dream in a moonshell version for supercard.. its a amzing program

the audio is fantastic...

i just cant make the video work i guess im doing something wrong
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you're not doing anything wrong. in the latest beta release, the video isn't working quite right.

MoonShell wrote:

It reaches '256x192pixel 12frame' by least. A little more.
Please wait for a while. In a few days...
Thank you for desiring it.

Wow, so you can run video of 256x192 at 12 frames a second now? That's quite an optimization over the last non-beta release. ^_^
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if i understood, the video at that speed will be in the next release?

And what about the colour in the videos? Are they better than before?

Hmm, MoonShell, in this most recent release, 3+2, I belive- the select button speed playback is broked.

Also, can you add a feature, that allows you to change songs when the DS is closed?

deltro wrote:

Hmm, MoonShell, in this most recent release, 3+2, I belive- the select button speed playback is broked.

Also, can you add a feature, that allows you to change songs when the DS is closed?

If you change the appropriate setting in the INI, you can have it so that the L and R button are active when the DS is closed, letting you Pause and Change Songs respectively.
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what is the max framerate at all three resolutions?
the dmv encoder is still displaying the same framerates since it's earliest release and i believe it was improved now?

i am using version 3.2 (beta?)

Lukaso wrote:

what is the max framerate at all three resolutions?
the dmv encoder is still displaying the same framerates since it's earliest release and i believe it was improved now?

i am using version 3.2 (beta?)

So far as I know, it sounds like only the beta releases have this optimised video, so I guess they probably didn't change the FPS listed in the program since it isn't out of beta yet, and it sounds like he's still very much working on getting the FPS limit even higher.
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so at this moment, in 3.1 and 3.2(beta) the fps rates are still:
128*96 >16fps
192*144>8fps
256*192>4fps

am i right?

Re:MaHe

It is not possible to correspond because I do not have M3.
ARM7 takes charge of ADPCM codec.
ARM9 takes charge of the video codec.
DMV is a very simple codec.

Re:Dudu.exe

>the audio is fantastic...

Is 'fantastic' a meaning of trouble?
I am not good at English. We wish to express our gratitude when teaching in another word.

Re:deltro

fastmode and seek has not corresponded yet.
I want seek. It is likely to correspond if there is time.

Re:Lukaso

It doesn't correspond because SuperCard is not owned.
Moreover, specifications were not found.

I am sorry for the long response.

fantastic = a Good thing!
litterally it means its so good it like it was something from a fantasy

Beta 3 is out :) Hope a/v synchronisation is ok in this version.

P.S.
Just found a bug in DMV Encoder. I'm using the same CastlevaniaDS.wmv trailer as in earlier betas, and this time encoder almost froze at frame 810 of 1047. SourceImage and ComressedImage shows black screens, fps counter is at 1 fps, bytesperframe graphic completely cut. DMV Encoder window is giving very large response time (i.e while moving it on screen)...

Well, it seems that bug is in WMV Decoder. I converted WMV to MPG, then used DMV Encoder - it worked like a charm. But resulting DVM file couldn't be played on DS. In upper 2/3 of the screen it just shows random color dots, in lower 1/3 - some vertical lines of different colors. Sound plays ok, though.

used the latest beta(3)

converted a .wmv, played it on ds, sound worked fine, exept a few 'ticks' every second.
Video was just a still image of random coloured pixels on a black screen.

This is a version with a fatal bug.
It came to light. sorry.

actually I cant run dmv in the last beta version...

strangely enough though the videos made with the previous version do work but not ones with the new one so i guess its the encoder not moonshell itself

Neither previous dmv work for me.

he updated again but it seems there's no file ... I cant download it :(

falcon!!! wrote:

he updated again but it seems there's no file ... I cant download it :(

OOPS!!

It made a mistake in the file name and it up-loaded it.
up-loaded it again.
Thank you for the report.

sorry now it's working ^^ 4.9 MB :O

Its working, very nice job!

i converted a Battlefield2 movie (modern high-detail fps)
with the highest resolution, and it looked VERY GOOD!!!

just 2 problems,

the audio ticks once in a while,
and sometimes the video just freezes for a few seconds.

Maybe the file was too big, 190 MB :P

The search bar for video is also very handy.

Im very happy :):)

i'm very happy too :)
Moonshell rocks!!!
Now i only wait for mighty max to improve the Mpeg decoder :P:P

....
I found some bugs in playing mp3...Can u notice them?

Lukaso wrote:

Its working, very nice job!

i converted a Battlefield2 movie (modern high-detail fps)
with the highest resolution, and it looked VERY GOOD!!!

just 2 problems,

the audio ticks once in a while,
and sometimes the video just freezes for a few seconds.

Maybe the file was too big, 190 MB :P

The search bar for video is also very handy.

Im very happy :):)

Movie that it is complex and the switch is fast stops because it is heavy.

High resolution DMV requests CF.
Please use high-speed, new CF.
However, it is likely to freeze still. It is regrettable.

What codecs are you guys using? Anytime I try to convert a file I get the following almost immediately,

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At first I thought it was because DirectShow couldn't render the file, but I installed the K-Lite pack and it now plays OK in WMP. Here is the GSpot for the movie I am trying (although it happens with all movies),

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I am using the 20051007_moonshellfinalbeta release. Any ideas?

The bug is that mp3 audio goes in jerks :(

I also see the MP3 problem.

There is a correction version.
Please refer to the reply below.
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override copy to moonshell finalbeta folder.

http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/moonlight/mft.zip

dmvenc.exe support over framerate of AVI. (ex:120fps)
dmvenc.exe 0 division error was caught.
NDSROM High-speed frame skip. (The drop frame becomes unremarkable.)
NDSROM The access of the FAT entry is optimized.
NDSROM The click noise has been decreased.

Please confirm it.

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with the previous beta release(final beta)
all my movies, hung after a few seconds, and then continued, and hung again, and so on...

Now i tried the update u gave for the final beta, u encoded a clip with the updated dmvenc and it seemed to run well. After some time, about 20 sec, the screen turns blue or green. The sound still continues and u can still fast forward or rewind, but the screens stays green. when u cancell the movie and try a new one it doesnt work and moonshell hangs.

Lukaso wrote:

with the previous beta release(final beta)
all my movies, hung after a few seconds, and then continued, and hung again, and so on...

Now i tried the update u gave for the final beta, u encoded a clip with the updated dmvenc and it seemed to run well. After some time, about 20 sec, the screen turns blue or green. The sound still continues and u can still fast forward or rewind, but the screens stays green. when u cancell the movie and try a new one it doesnt work and moonshell hangs.

I guess that it is 'Buffer underrun error'.
I was not able to reproduce the situation though it was regrettable.
Please try with another kind of CF card.
Is there a method of giving me source AVI?

Still getting dmvenc crash, although it happens after some processing,

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i used this video for testing, but the problem occurred at al of the videos i tried:
http://www.tamernakisci.com/visual/animations/888.zip

i am using a kingston 512MB compact flash now, i will look for another card to try it out...

i tried a smaller avi, the encoded dmv was 4.5MB, no problem playing.
i will try a bigger file now...

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MP3 playing still broken. Track jumps & skips. Debug has messages such as,
"Decoding Error... Lost Synchronisation" with various offsets recorded.

dmvenc error looks related to file size. I split my 700Mb AVI into 10 chunks and they all convert fine.

What is the actual size limit?

Lukaso, I tried your movie & it works well for me. I have a 1Gb high-speed Kingston CF card.

'High-speed frame skip' bug as corrected.

http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/moonlight/mft2.zip

There is no change in dmvenc.exe.

The frame did not drop to issinoho.
Therefore, trouble did not occur.

There seems considerably to be an individual difference by CF.
Can I speed it up by the program?
I want to manage to do by the program.
Though it might be a dream.

However, being able to complete even with a slow CF card to the last
minute is a great reward.
We wish to express our gratitude for Lukaso and issinoho.

issinoho wrote:

MP3 playing still broken. Track jumps & skips. Debug has messages such as,
"Decoding Error... Lost Synchronisation" with various offsets recorded.

'Decoding Error' when seeking it is normal.
A frame on the way is annulled. It is reproduced from the following
frame.
Because the annulled time is 0.026sec, it is not anxious.

If, I am misunderstanding the symptom.
Please teach again if the reproduction stops abnormally.

MoonShell.... YOU ROCK! Thanks for such a great application.

Moonshell, you seem to be concentrating on playing movies very much.
But, how about playing MP3? Some already posted about it.
Playing MP3 has been somewhat broken since MoonShell was released.
Sometimes track jumps & skips happen. Does this happen because of
the lack of DS CPU power? If not, I'd like you to work on completing
MP3 playing much more. This is too demanding, sorry.
Anyway, your program is awesome! Keep working. Good luck.

There was a bug in the newly established DMA reading routine.
It fails in an irregular reading like mp3.

Please try corrected NDSROM.

http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/moonlight/mft3_fixmp3.zip

I apologize for the delay of the reception.

MoonShell, can confirm that MP3 is now good. Thanks.

Can you say the maximum size of movie file that dmvenc can encode?

Have you any tips on joining DMV files to make a single playable movie? I can split movies into chunks and encode them to DMV but would prefer to join them back to make one movie.

issinoho wrote:

MoonShell, can confirm that MP3 is now good. Thanks.

Can you say the maximum size of movie file that dmvenc can encode?

Mp3 rang normally. I am glad.

It is up to 4TB because it manages DMV by 4bytes. However, CF of 4TB doesn't exist.
It is a bug of the encoder or the decoder if there is DMV that cannot be reproduced.

Your website references,
http://www.pat.hi-ho.ne.jp/~sata68/200510.html#07_asa
which contains this,

Quote:

r0m loader for Nintendo DS
It automatically patches the game during load.
You can switch DS card/GBA cart save and save settings per game.
Put the loader on a CF or SD card together with the NDS files.
Start the loader and select the NDS to play!
Enjoy.

Currently supports:
* Supercard
* GBA Movie player

Future support:
* G6
* M3

Can you provide a download location for this program?

issinoho wrote:

Have you any tips on joining DMV files to make a single playable movie? I can split movies into chunks and encode them to DMV but would prefer to join them back to make one movie.

Your question is...
Can DMV treat the chapter?
Is this correct?

Only one stream can be involved to DMV.
It is not possible to deal with me because the chapter becomes a very complex format.

>r0m loader for Nintendo DS

Please read it in detail.

>WARRNING!! r0mloader.nds is 'CrashMe'

NDS is destroyed when starting.
Please never start.

OK. Thanks.

When an AVI is bigger than a certain size it crashes the encoder. Have yet to discover the break size. 70Mb is good; 700Mb is bad.

Will follow up later when more time.

MoonShell wrote:

>r0m loader for Nintendo DS

Please read it in detail.

>WARRNING!! r0mloader.nds is 'CrashMe'

NDS is destroyed when starting.
Please never start.

What?
What is this? Does it really crash your ds?? i didn get it

falcon!!! wrote:

What?
What is this? Does it really crash your ds?? i didn get it

Infantile Paralysiser just wanted to warn us all not to run suspicious romloader.nds, which appeared in the Net not so long ago. romloader.nds in fact is a trojan, like Trojan.PSPBrick. If you're stupid enough to run it on yours DS, it erases portions of DS firmware, and thus brickyfies your DS. Hopefully, if you installed FlashMe before that, you can try to start in Recovery mode (A+B+Select+Start during boot) and restore firmware.

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but does it start nds r0ms via gbamp?

falcon!!! wrote:

but does it start nds r0ms via gbamp?

Sorry, but you are hopeless...

falcon!!! wrote:

but does it start nds r0ms via gbamp?

no
and if it boots r0mz ,it would be piracy and piracy in general is th3 sUxXx0r0x.
i really wonder how many PSP owners will brickify their PSP with the "memory-erasing" trojan.

btw:
ROFL @

Moonshell wrote:

r0mloader.nds is 'CrashMe'

great...just great
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Abusing Cube and DS with all sorts of homebrew and hacks.

Does anyone else have a problem with the new version of moonshell, when i encode a DMV of the 256x12FPS setting the audio is way out of sink. Is there a way to fix this ? seems a shame because the video is excellent quality in that mode.

The_Aylmer wrote:

Does anyone else have a problem with the new version of moonshell, when i encode a DMV of the 256x12FPS setting the audio is way out of sink. Is there a way to fix this ? seems a shame because the video is excellent quality in that mode.

The lip synch is *slightly* out, but only very slightly and if you use the seek bar it seems to rectify itself. Not bad enough to bother me.

What is more troublesome is the size of the files. A render at that quality of a 70Mb AVI results in a 120Mb DMV file. It would be lovely to get that down a tad.

I would agree though, the picture quality is brilliant.

Out of interest what is the biggest video file you have successfully encoded?

Just for the record... what is the main reason for encoding to DMV? Is there a good reason why a DivX/Xvid Mpeg-4 decoder could not run natively on ths DS in the same way the MP3 decoder works?

Well, it demands way more CPU speed, IIRC.
It'd be nice though, to just run VirtualDub, select the correct resolution and bitrate and put the file on CF...

An audio decoder running at CD spec has to decode 44100*2 = 88,200 signal points per second. A video decoder running at full screen 24fps has to decode 256*192*24 = 1,179,648 signal points per second in addition to the audio. It's difficult to get a decoder optimized that far, especially given that MPEG-4 video (DivX/XviD) is more computationally complex than MPEG-1 video. This is part of why Play-Yan uses an external decoder on the GBA cartridge and why GBA Video uses a much less complex codec.
_________________
-- Where is he?
-- Who?
-- You know, the human.
-- I think he moved to Tilwick.

issinoho: i'm at work at the moment and the largest i have encoded is about 130Mb -also i have had a 212Mb file crash while trying to encode.

Yes, its working very well now, no more crashes at all!!

2 minor problems:

The audio and video get out of sync quite fast(the video plays a little slower)

there is a line at the right of the screen, width = 1 pixel, height is about 3/5 of the screen

except those two things it's woking fantastic!

Lukaso wrote:

Yes, its working very well now, no more crashes at all!!

2 minor problems:

The audio and video get out of sync quite fast(the video plays a little slower)

there is a line at the right of the screen, width = 1 pixel, height is about 3/5 of the screen

except those two things it's woking fantastic!

Tap your bottom screen. The video transfers to the top screen and not only looks better but gets rid of that right-hand bar.

The_Aylmer wrote:

issinoho: i'm at work at the moment and the largest i have encoded is about 130Mb -also i have had a 212Mb file crash while trying to encode.

MoonShell - any reason for this?

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