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MoonShell (for Nintendo DS, by Moonlight) (Website: Google translated: English | Original language: Japanese)

Release notes:
Version 0.999 test3 2006/02/21
DPGPlugin:Include MP2 and GSM decoder of DPG. (for old DPG files)
PNGPlugin:It corresponded to the stream reading.
BMPPlugin:It corresponded to the stream reading.
The maximum reduction rate of the image has been improved from 50% to 25%.
An external plug-in (MSP format) can be dynamically load.
The font file is dynamically substituted. refer to CreateFontPackage.exe.
Version 0.999 test2nocnt 2006/02/16
This is a version that doesn't do the frame rate control at late of DPG playback.
Version 0.999 test2 2006/02/15
Include MP2 and GSM decoder of DPG. (for old DPG files)
The maximum reduction rate of the image has been improved from 50% to 25%.
PNGPlugin:It corresponded to the stream reading.
The clock was changed to 24 hour system.
The total of the number of files display was limited only to a pure files.
Version 0.999 test1 2006/02/15
Include MP2 and GSM decoder of DPG.
Version 0.999 2006/02/14
The FAT library was updated to gba_nds_fat_2006-02-09. (very very thanks Chishm)
MagicKey2/3 was supported. (Please refer to forMagicKey/readme.txt)
A small bug to shuffle was corrected. (Thanks 681)
The maximum reduction rate of the image has been improved from 65% to 50%.
MP3Plugin:A reactive speed of the seek operation has been improved.
DPGPlugin:'mpeg1-audio-layer-2' can be used for the audio codec.
DPGPlugin:Going up to 400% of the volumes other than movie can be done.
DPGPlugin:A synchronous problem was solved.
dpgenc:The mode to be able to acquire the audio by using mencoder or ffmpeg was added.

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Last edited by Xtreme on Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:53 pm; edited 32 times in total

old dpgs dont go at all :(

Another improvement that could be done is the 24 hours Clock ;)

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Why so much MoonShell topics? Driving me mad =(
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Last edited by G-Pjube on Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:53 pm; edited 1 time in total

I think I found a bug.

I have the file select screen on the top screen, and when I open images the Top screen goes Black.

This doesn't happen for mp3 nor text, just images.

Xtreme wrote:

Wish list (or am I just dreaming):
- Possibility to lock (freeze) DS shoulder buttons in the MoonShell.
- Ability to change date order. Example: dd/mm/yyyy, yyyy/dd/mm and mm/dd/yyyy (d=day, m=month, y=year)

Isn't the first option in global.ini?

Second thing: 24 hour timeformat too please.
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<I>Possibility to lock (freeze) DS shoulder buttons in the MoonShell. </I>

You can lock the shoulder buttons. This version seems to play music better, at least .ogg. In older versions it would be muffled around %200 but now it doesn?t muffle till around %350. It's even listenable at %400 which it wasn't before.

Still seems to have all these bugs:

HyperHacker wrote:

Ooh, nice. Noticed some oddities though:

When using the image viewer, the top screen goes blank. Also, if you zoom out past 69%, you can see part of the image on the top screen for a second when closing the viewer.
Though it says you can zoom out to 50%, you can actually go all the way to 43%.
Certain bitmaps, including RLE-compressed images, can't be loaded. The console just says 'BMP loaderror'. (Moonlight: I have code that can load 8, 16, 24 or 32BPP bitmaps and 8BPP RLE bitmaps. I'll release it soon enough, but if you want it now, just ask. :-))
It's possible for directories with certain filenames to be displayed before the '../' entry. Starting it with a space is one example, though you have to use the command prompt to do this, as Windows Explorer won't let you.

Thanks again.

Also, I managed to freeze it somehow by viewing a JPEG. I was hitting A and B a few times, trying to reproduce the 'garbled image on top screen' bug I mentioned (and I did), and it suddenly stopped responding to key presses or the touch screen. (The backlight shut off, though.) It only happened once, so maybe it's just a fluke.

Chishm's Mario Kart DS level hack doesn't load in the newer versions.

Damn it. :(

I can confirm the bug with the image viewer. I was hoping that it meant screen swapping, but alas, no :(

I seem to be able to zoom out to 47% instead of 50%.

So... are we ever going to reach version 1? We won't get mad if you keep going after that with 1.1 and all that... but I think v0.9999 is a bit too much :P
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Mr. Picklesworth wrote:

So... are we ever going to reach version 1? We won't get mad if you keep going after that with 1.1 and all that... but I think v0.9999 is a bit too much :P

Moonlight's main goal is to sort most of the bugs (all known ones) out before v1.00 release.
EDIT: After v1.00 it's most likely Game Over. Anyone could continue developing that because it's open source.

I don't think 0.999 is a bad version numbering. Actually I was like.. wtf.. when I saw 0.999 after 0.992.. but he have changed so much after 0.992.

I that hope v1.00 is a stable version and no slow downs if I tap any windowses while playing MP3's. I'm also hoping that the image viewer would be working as it should.
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falcon!!! wrote:

old dpgs dont go at all :(

Another improvement that could be done is the 24 hours Clock ;)

Yuck, looks like he's changed the header format. Or maybe it's a bug?
Please fix!
I don't even get sound with my dpgs. It looks like it crashes as you can't even close the video.

Well if you look at the changes, it says it now supports MPEG-1 audio layer 2 (MP2). Now it is just a demuxer away from supporting proper MPG 1 video.
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i converted again all my videos, so i could view them in 0.999 Moonshell.

Anyway do you think now video bitrate should be lowered? because I converted the videos with the same settings and in 0.999 (so with mp2 audio) i get some slowdowns...
Or perhaps moonlight will fix it and improove speed and syncronisation

new dpg is realy sstrange... mp2 gets bigger filezize.. now i get more freaky images ( lots of dots on movements )

whould be nice if we can chouse on enconder between old and new method..

i think the old one is much better..
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Dudu.exe wrote:

new dpg is realy sstrange... mp2 gets bigger filezize.. now i get more freaky images ( lots of dots on movements )

whould be nice if we can chouse on enconder between old and new method..

i think the old one is much better..

old one was mono and less bitrate

Now i set mp2 audio not more than 96 Kbps

With the new version, some movies I view at DS. Has lot of dots and some time the movie even stop.

Hope this problem will be fix.

Hm, I can't encode anything with this release. O_O When I try to encode an AVI directly, I get an error and it won't demux the audio to re-encode it. When I try to use a seperate WAV (defrosted file) it appears to work but then doesn't do anything with the audio (the info at the end of encoding reports audio as being 0 kb).

Do I need something other than what is in the DPG Tools package? I never had a problem with the old GSM version of DPGenc, so I have to guess it's something to do with the MP Layer 2 audio encoding.
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The 9th Sage wrote:

Hm, I can't encode anything with this release. O_O When I try to encode an AVI directly, I get an error and it won't demux the audio to re-encode it. When I try to use a seperate WAV (defrosted file) it appears to work but then doesn't do anything with the audio (the info at the end of encoding reports audio as being 0 kb).

Do I need something other than what is in the DPG Tools package? I never had a problem with the old GSM version of DPGenc, so I have to guess it's something to do with the MP Layer 2 audio encoding.

you problavle need some codecs.. i recomen K-lite codec pack!
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falcon!!! wrote:

Dudu.exe wrote:

new dpg is realy sstrange... mp2 gets bigger filezize.. now i get more freaky images ( lots of dots on movements )

whould be nice if we can chouse on enconder between old and new method..

i think the old one is much better..

old one was mono and less bitrate

Now i set mp2 audio not more than 96 Kbps

i realy dont care abou mono... and i alleays used 32kbps to enconde on old method.. and sounds very nice to me..
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Hello dears. I want to question you.

DPG audio does the decipherment with ARM7.

GSM and mp2 oversampling were not able to be built in at the same time.
GSM and mp2 were able to be built in at the same time.
(Because the memory capacity limitation of ARM7 is severe, it is done.)

mp2 oversampling only.
mp2 and GSM.

Which is more desirable?
(Both are also invalid now.)

Method of confirming quality of over mp2 sampling.

1. The dpg file is made with dpgenc.
2. The mp2 file of the unit is obtained with dpgdec.
3. Please hear with MoonShellVer0.999 and compare dpg and mp2.

Postscript.
It doesn't relate to whether the processing of ARM7 is heavy (mp2) or is light (GSM).
It doesn't influence the ARM9 video decipherment.

By the way.
How about a synchronous problem of audio and the video?

The MP2 audio sounds great. The GSM was bad for bass sound and voices when there was other sound going on. Complex sound does not work in GSM. I like the new MP2 method better. Any one else?

i like mp2 but video playback should be optimized: Now i get too much dots and slowdowns (even stop). I do not know if you should rebuid the dpgenc.exe or BOOT_MP.nds, anyway do it please :)

Mp2 videos are fine, if well optimized. Now they are a bit buggy

MoonShell wrote:

mp2 oversampling only.
mp2 and GSM.

Which is more desirable?
(Both are also invalid now.)

Method of confirming quality of over mp2 sampling.

Please use MP2 instead. Audio is very important.

Why are there so many dots in movements of video?
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i converting my videos using 208 Kbps and 18 fps

do you think if I lower that parametres, I will get no slowdowns and dots?

At 18 fps you can use 160kbs and it should look fine and play better.

Moonshell version 0.999 is not working with the EXFS filesystem. Everything I choose either locks up the DS, reboots it or even shuts it down.

I made a small movie to demonstrate. Download here: http://rapidshare.de/files/13271170/P2133812.MOV.html

On my card (EZ-flash II 256MB) is Moonshell 0.999 with a dpg file and a txt file in the root directory.
In the beginning, everything works correctly. I can navigate folders and move windows as it should.
When I select a DPG file (in the root directory), my Nintendo DS just shuts down.
I turn it on again and I select a TXT file. The system now locks up completely and only displays "request malloc(size)".
The INI file in the shell directory seems to be working, but when I close it and select other files, it reboots.

Durandle wrote:

At 18 fps you can use 160kbs and it should look fine and play better.

Thanks ;)

i saw the volume bar is not working...
only 100 % volume in videos

http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/mshl0999test1.zip

Include MP2 and GSM decoder of DPG.

The program for accurate synchronous maintenance might be heavy.
I examines it a little more...

(The reduction of image is incomplete.)

any chance for direct mpeg suport.. with no encoding ( for small videos of course )

Edit: mp2 is fine to me... but i realy prefere gsm.. even becouse with the same settings GSM get best videos... whith this new method, image is kinda creepy .. lot of dots.. and keeps very squary too...
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MoonShell wrote:

DPG audio does the decipherment with ARM7.

GSM and mp2 oversampling were not able to be built in at the same time.
GSM and mp2 were able to be built in at the same time.
(Because the memory capacity limitation of ARM7 is severe, it is done.)

mp2 oversampling only.
mp2 and GSM.

Which is more desirable?

Compile your MP2 decoder and GSM decoder as position independent code (GCC option -fPIC). Burton Radons' JPEG decoder serves as an example of how to use position independent code. Then you can load the decoder that matches a given video file.
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im having problems with dots on the screen and the video stopping too. i have no idea why that is...

I have the video dots/stops, too. A lower framerate fixed it.
...the older versions definitely allowed higher framerates. ^^

Filb wrote:

I have the video dots/stops, too. A lower framerate fixed it.
...the older versions definitely allowed higher framerates. ^^

i think the dpg encoder just needs to be fixed, this is the first time its using mp2, we'll proly get an update in a couple days...

in the meantime, im going to try the lower frame rate

UPDATE:the video plays good, but dots are still there, image could be better

I have a small idea for the video encoding tool

multiple file support

would mak econverting a dozen or so video clips so much easier

Could someone update the MoonShell english guide "readme(english).txt" please?
A lot of things are missing and are old/changed since the Version 0.2+9.
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ReRuss wrote:

I have a small idea for the video encoding tool

multiple file support

would mak econverting a dozen or so video clips so much easier

If the encoder supports commandline functions, then one could simply make a batch file to do the same thing.
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mntorankusu wrote:

Chishm's Mario Kart DS level hack doesn't load in the newer versions.

Damn it. :(

Run moonshell 0.991, and when you want the moonshell 0.999 features/bug fixes, just execute that version from 0.991. This gives you the best of both worlds.

hmm, after fidling a while with DPGenc I now know that I somehow can't convert MPG/MPEG files any more. Anybody that know's a solution for this?
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tssf:

it doesn't accept command line options - it allows you to edit the command line in the program before it executes it, so you can't batch process it.

Using the command line edit option you can crop, zoom and shrink the image. I'm not sure, but you maybe able to set it to VBR and 2-pass on the video - get some nice quality :D Oddly I can't find any reference to an option to make Mencoder use VBR...

tepples wrote:

MoonShell wrote:

DPG audio does the decipherment with ARM7.

GSM and mp2 oversampling were not able to be built in at the same time.
GSM and mp2 were able to be built in at the same time.
(Because the memory capacity limitation of ARM7 is severe, it is done.)

mp2 oversampling only.
mp2 and GSM.

Which is more desirable?

Compile your MP2 decoder and GSM decoder as position independent code (GCC option -fPIC). Burton Radons' JPEG decoder serves as an example of how to use position independent code. Then you can load the decoder that matches a given video file.

I want to read the JPEG source very much.
I was not found it though it was regrettable.
(It seems to be able to read the enhancing plug-in dynamically.)

Could you teach URL that can be obtained now?

Sorry. I apologize for an impudent demand.

Durandle wrote:

tssf:

it doesn't accept command line options - it allows you to edit the command line in the program before it executes it, so you can't batch process it.

Using the command line edit option you can crop, zoom and shrink the image. I'm not sure, but you maybe able to set it to VBR and 2-pass on the video - get some nice quality :D Oddly I can't find any reference to an option to make Mencoder use VBR...

I just thought you could use mencoder.exe ...or does it not work like that?

What if someone made a M1V file and a GSM, then appended them together, is that the same thing as a DPG?
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http://www.double.co.nz/nintendo_ds/mode5_scrolling/gba-jpeg-decode.c

See the JPEG_FUNCTION_ and JPEG_IWRAM_LoadFunction macros. But I don't think the JPEG decoder has been compiled with JPEG_USE_IWRAM for the DS - just the gba, so its pretty untested on this platform.

0.999 test1

MP2+M1V Video freezes in the end
GSM+M1V Video freezes in the end

Video also freezes is I move windowses while playing or seek.
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With the new 0.999 test 2 video/screen refreshing seems more responsive
& is it me or does it look sharper/clearer on video playback?
The volume on videos seems to go upto 400% now too :)

so no more dots, or no?

Excellent update! Thank you!!
The image zoom thing pauses at various points like 100%, 200%, and 50%, which is very useful, video volume is nice and loud now, and the worrying button repeat rate with Select when playing videos was looked into.

There's still the weird problem with the top screen going blank when viewing images, though :(

I noticed that the scrollbar in the text viewer will cut off the last character in a line of text. This is probably easily fixed.

Also... forgive me... a feature request: Is it possible to have the text viewer span across both screens?
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Last edited by Mr. Picklesworth on Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:56 am; edited 1 time in total

http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/mshl0999test2nocnt.zip

This is a version that doesn't do the frame rate control at late of DPG playback.
If anything, I like dithering...

Dudu.exe wrote:

you problavle need some codecs.. i recomen K-lite codec pack!

Does anyone know exactly what MoonShell needs for MP2 Audio? I have a slow internet connection...no way I'm going to spend all that time downloading that K-Lite pack when it has tons of stuff I already have.

*edit*
Ok, it works fine now... >_> I guess I had to pick FFMpeg for it to work. I could have SWORN I tried this before, but apparently not. Boy do I feel stupid now. :P
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MoonShell wrote:

http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/mshl0999test2nocnt.zip

This is a version that doesn't do the frame rate control at late of DPG playback.
If anything, I like dithering...

Would it be possible to make the dithering less visible?

I think this is right, or at least close:
ヂゼリングがもっとみえになりますか？

That should say "Can the dithering become less visible?"
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Please fix the txt plugin to not cut words in the middle.
I love reading books on the DS but its hard to read with the words cut in pieces.

RVK wrote:

Please fix the txt plugin to not cut words in the middle.
I love reading books on the DS but its hard to read with the words cut in pieces.

The problem is that the idea of "cutting words in the middle" is highly language-sensitive. For instance, the primary developer's native language doesn't have space-delimited words.
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Sorry! I did not realize the language difficulties

I can't think of any language where "space" wouldn't be a delimiter for words - of course something like Japanese and Chinese is completely different in written from to western languages but it'd still make sense to add simple line wrapping functionality.

tssf:

It does use Mencoder, and I guess DPG is just audio and video stuck into one file - you just need to have a correct header. At the moment you can't easily make a DPG without using the DPGEnc - maybe this will change.

MoonShell is open source. I am developing alone.
'Multi file handling version' of DPGEnc. When someone makes it, I am very glad.

I want the high level of power. (wry smile

tepples wrote:

MoonShell wrote:

DPG audio does the decipherment with ARM7.

GSM and mp2 oversampling were not able to be built in at the same time.
GSM and mp2 were able to be built in at the same time.
(Because the memory capacity limitation of ARM7 is severe, it is done.)

mp2 oversampling only.
mp2 and GSM.

Which is more desirable?

Compile your MP2 decoder and GSM decoder as position independent code (GCC option -fPIC). Burton Radons' JPEG decoder serves as an example of how to use position independent code. Then you can load the decoder that matches a given video file.

Thank you for useful advice.

http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/resources/20060216.png

The DLL code was able to be read.
(Though it doesn't understand whether to actually use it. )

I am very thanks.

0.999 test2nocnt

BUG:
When wieving pictures it will hang after zooming or changing pictures.

Error message:
MCUC(3366) : EOI End of image segment
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Vids are definately loads better now without that horrible dithering effect now if the video is dropping frames its not blatantly obvious making full screen vids more watchable

El Hobito wrote:

Vids are definately loads better now without that horrible dithering effect now if the video is dropping frames its not blatantly obvious making full screen vids more watchable

Yes, that was exactly what I was going to say.
That pixel filter was too powerfull. :D
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El Hobito wrote:

Vids are definately loads better now without that horrible dithering effect now if the video is dropping frames its not blatantly obvious making full screen vids more watchable

I dunno, am I the only one that had a few black frames (that I'm assuming were totally dropped frames)?

Anyway, I'm having a weird problem with pressing B to quit a DPG and having the debug console cover the file list.

Other than that though, I have to say I really like the MPEG 2 Audio. :)
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The 9th Sage wrote:

Anyway, I'm having a weird problem with pressing B to quit a DPG and having the debug console cover the file list.

Same here. Maybe that should happen. Remember that it is a test version.
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The 9th Sage wrote:

El Hobito wrote:

Vids are definately loads better now without that horrible dithering effect now if the video is dropping frames its not blatantly obvious making full screen vids more watchable

I dunno, am I the only one that had a few black frames (that I'm assuming were totally dropped frames)?

Anyway, I'm having a weird problem with pressing B to quit a DPG and having the debug console cover the file list.

Other than that though, I have to say I really like the MPEG 2 Audio. :)

im asuming the debug messages are there cos its a debug version, if you press start it goes away.

check this one out
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HPIBSM0S

its metroid primte hunters trailer, on the previous moonshell the beginning is unwatchable due to the dithering but without it, its perfect. theres a random pause half way through though[/url]

but in the latest test "mshl0999test2nocnt" videos runs faster with no frame drops, but the audio goes out of sync...does not it?

the frames still drop they just arent so noticeable now, though its definately running faster too.

El Hobito wrote:

check this one out
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HPIBSM0S

its metroid primte hunters trailer, on the previous moonshell the beginning is unwatchable due to the dithering but without it, its perfect. theres a random pause half way through though

It looks watchable. A little bit pixelation, but it's ok.

btw.. I have made more tests with picture viewer and it is very buggy. Freezes DS too easily.

falcon!!! wrote:

but in the latest test "mshl0999test2nocnt" videos runs faster with no frame drops, but the audio goes out of sync...does not it?

Yes, it goes out of sync. I have tested with two video clips. Also in my test there were few slow downs.
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the video is full quality(ds wise) but it was taken from ign so the original itself was rubbish quality. Anyone know anywhere to get a hi res version of that trailer? (i was testing moonshell and at the same time wondering what mph will look like on the ds :)

Moonshell/Moonlight:

Encoding a 40 minute video. The file became 83mb. When it was played in Moonshell, it did not work well. The video and audio stuttered. Is this a problem with big files? Some small videos play fine. If you want an example, I will upload it for you.

the last encode i did of an episode of red dwarf had terrible audio problems, though that was the latest latest encoder

Haha.. I just tested M3/G6 video player and the best quality was very pixelated. It was not even good enough to watch a movie without subtitles... with subtitles.. forget it.

Thank you Moonlight for working hard. MoonShell rocks!

Latest tests with the video playback:
18fps video bitrate:192 --- Plays great.. quality is good enough to watch movies. Framerate is not good for action movies. *
20fps video bitrate:192 --- Plays great.. quality is good enough to watch movies. Framerate is great for action movies. *
20fps video bitrate:256 --- Plays great.. quality is super. Framerate is great for action movies. *
24fps video bitrate:192 --- Plays great.. quality is good enough to watch movies. Framerate is great for action movies. *
24fps video bitrate:256 --- Plays great.. quality is super. Framerate is great for action movies. *
* In all these tests audio was out of sync. In the original video it is in sync.

After those tests all I can say is: WOW!** :)
** Wow = Better than great

EDIT: Fixed typo.
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Durandle wrote:

Encoding a 40 minute video. The file became 83mb. When it was played in Moonshell, it did not work well. The video and audio stuttered. Is this a problem with big files? Some small videos play fine.

Can you work around the bug for now by breaking the video at chapter stops?

As for frame rate, I'd suggest 12fps for non-action scenes and 24fps for action scenes. This is also a win for chapterized movies. If you're encoding animation (as opposed to live action), make sure to match the original's frame rate; it is likely to be 12fps or 8fps.
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hmmm, well the test2nocnt got rid of the dots in high frame rate videos, but the audio and video get out of sync.

Also, for some reason certain videos cause moonshell to freeze if paused or if you seek. What is going on with that?

edit:wait, freezing only seems to happen when sound is turned up

edit:nm

freezing might be caused by using ffmpeg to encode...not sure

I've encoded some more tests, one at 85mb and one at 40mb - both suffer from the same problem. The frame-rate seems to run at something like 2 fps with the audio doing the same.

Hmmm, i just made another encode of metroid and the sound sync is way behind, it appears to be rendering all the frames and hence, it gets behind.

essentially theres no frame dropping

Durandle wrote:

I've encoded some more tests, one at 85mb and one at 40mb - both suffer from the same problem. The frame-rate seems to run at something like 2 fps with the audio doing the same.

I think this problem is link to the utilisation of MP2 , because i had the same problem and when i encode the sound in GSM , the video works well with Moonshell 0.999

I encoded a very long video (namely AMV Hell 3), and it has huge lag problems. It's encoded at 128k audio and 256k video, and played back on a GBAMP v2. While playing, it will stop for tens of seconds, not playing any video, then resume again eventually, then it plays for a little, then it's really slow again. There's also this ugly dithering effect.

The file is ~180MB in size.

<s>Moonshell really needs a seek bar, so I can skip to various parts in the movie, rather than hold down Right for 20 minutes.</s> (I just noticed the seek bar, when I clicked it before it asked what to do when finishing the movie (next, etc))
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It does have a seek bar.

Try switching out of fullscreen mode :)
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quadomatic wrote:

hmmm, well the test2nocnt got rid of the dots in high frame rate videos, but the audio and video get out of sync.

Also, for some reason certain videos cause moonshell to freeze if paused or if you seek. What is going on with that?

edit:wait, freezing only seems to happen when sound is turned up

edit:nm

freezing might be caused by using ffmpeg to encode...not sure

It sometimes freezes when closing the image viewer too. These might be related. A simple allocation bug or some such, perhaps.

From Moonlight's site:

MoonShellPlugin draft. Now just the ImageInterface.
Msp_bmp.zip
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Xtreme wrote:

From Moonlight's site:

MoonShellPlugin draft. Now just the ImageInterface.
Msp_bmp.zip

what is it?

I hope it's plug-in support. If it really is... I'm gonna praise MoonShell as a god of mine. :bows:

falcon!!! wrote:

what is it?

It's a (MS Windows) BMP plug-in.
Maybe better image handling.

Has anyone figured out how to use it?
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The plug-in system completes a little more.
The bmp/nsf/wav/jpg plug-in operates now.

The last problem perhaps.
The function pointer cannot be used.
Still, is there a meaning used?

Code:

void test2(void){
}

void (*ptest2)(void)=test2;

void test(void){
ptest2(); // can not.
}

Does everybody have the person who can make linker script?
Please teach me the method of making the gcc-fPIC option effective.

Please help me...

A plugin system for MoonShell would be so much better, we wouldn't have to keep downloading 7 megabyte archives to try out the new software. That way he can just have one core, and all the plugins would be so much easier to update if they need it, updating the core when needed :)

Oh man I'm getting more excited about this now. :D
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There comes new _BOOT_MP.nds with PlugincSdk Ver0.0beta.
I assume at least someone has tried it out. So, how is it working?
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I tried with my SC SD. It worked well, except for that I don't know how to use the skin, how to change the setting like in global.ini. Besides, I also cannot read the txt file with Unicode character. These txt file I still can read on version 0.999.

M3/G6 team just released their version of MoonShell 0.999.
They added MPCF/GBAMP/AdMovie/M3&G6 I/O.

No source code available.
Not possible to change settings (global.ini).
Not possible to use skins.
No hope at this time.

They seem to keep secret that their filesystem I/O. Maybe they are afraid of someone to "pirate" their carts/adapters. :)
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does anyone has problem with their audio lagging? and by lagging i mean very chopped up, but chopped up very evenly

like...there's a 0.5 second pause for every 0.5 seconds of sound...and video still plays, just slower...weird

edit: file attached, this is converted using dpgenc, 44100 Hz 64 kbps alternate method 4 byte/block i tried every method, but it all winds up the same. i test it in 0.992, and it was fine

http://bellsouthpwp.net/a/d/adrian783/KaraokefortheDeaf.dpg

Version 0.999 test3 released (replace pure 0.999 files with them).
Link included in the first post.

I see that Moonlight is reaching the final 1.0 version. After that, what is the future of MoonShell?
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Yeah tested Version 0.999 test3 (testing since I got up lol)

Don't forget the plugin folder needs to be in the shell folder for you to be able to play/open anything other than dpg (20060221_mshl0999test3\SetupData\files\shell\plugin -> shell\plugin)

BMP seems to need a file uncompressed and not 32bit and not too big
PNG says not supported?
GIF well it does open (small files only) but garbled still very cool :)

Plugins ahoy! I guess Moonshell/Moonlight is trying to get them all to work, (you work too hard lol) I couldn't get WAV to work... maybe it's just there for the future

Edit 25% zoom on BMP is nice but well it crashed the DS

I'm on M3SD by the way

Xtreme wrote:

I see that Moonlight is reaching the final 1.0 version. After that, what is the future of MoonShell?

Well Moonlight has asked for help time and time again on his boards and here, unfortunatly the code is way over my head ATM. Maybe after the plugins section is finished Moonlight can rest and just do minimal updates to the GUI when Moonlight has spare time that is.

Personally I think you have outdone yourself Moonlight and should take a well deserved holiday and get some rest!

MoonShell: Maybe you should set the volume settings to make 100% equal 400% ;) That'd make things much nicer.

Still, your application is already great :D

MaHe wrote:

MoonShell: Maybe you should set the volume settings to make 100% equal 400% ;) That'd make things much nicer.

That wouldn't be nice at all. Stuff that's already loud sounds bad above 100 volume.

mntorankusu wrote:

MaHe wrote:

MoonShell: Maybe you should set the volume settings to make 100% equal 400% ;) That'd make things much nicer.

That wouldn't be nice at all. Stuff that's already loud sounds bad above 100 volume.

Yes. That is so true.
There are cracking with some music files (if over 100%).
The way it is now is probably the best way.

Video test:
I test with default settings and 24fps, 256kbit video clip.
With 0.999 test3 video seems to be more pixelated than with test2nocnt, why? Have anyone noticed?
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Snowy: I agree with you, we should help Moonshell with this. He's been hinting at it for ages!
I've downloaded the Moonshell source code, moved it over to my Linux computer, successfully compiled it, and am now pondering it trying to figure out how the heck it all works.
Moonshell, how on Earth did you write all this code?!
(It's amazing!)

Right now I am working on getting an option for the text viewer to span both screens (probably moderately difficult), achieve nice word-wrapping that works with spaces and compensates for the scroll bar, and optionally switch the image viewer to the top screen.

Any help with where in this ginormous source code I should be looking would be great :)
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Does anyone know if there is a way to make it so that if the DS is closed the shoulder buttons disable? I know it used to be like this but not anymore.

I haven't been following Moonshell that closely lately.

Xtreme wrote:

M3/G6 team just released their version of MoonShell 0.999.
They added MPCF/GBAMP/AdMovie/M3&G6 I/O.

No source code available.
Not possible to change settings (global.ini).
Not possible to use skins.
No hope at this time.

They seem to keep secret that their filesystem I/O. Maybe they are afraid of someone to "pirate" their carts/adapters. :)

can someone please help me?
i have downloaden the new moonshell for g6 but it dousn't work..
wile the old one is still working....

I should exactly say what i am doing.
i put both files on my flashset and i follow the instructions exactly.
but when i run Boot_mp.nds i get a error..
and when i run_boot_mp_exfs.nds eveything looks fine but when i select
MPCF/GBAMP/AdMovie/M3&G6 it dousn't do anything (my ds seems like it craches, and a few seconds later, both off my backlight are turning off and then the powerlight is blinking (moonshell is going into standbye mode)

so i don't know, what i am doing wrong.. please help me..
thanks.

update: i formatted my g6 now, but it still dousn't work..

update 2: even when i use the lasted moonshell(version3) and use EXFS
it craches when i open a file...
help me please
what should i do.. really nothing works...??

monkey1987 wrote:

Xtreme wrote:

M3/G6 team just released their version of MoonShell 0.999.
They added MPCF/GBAMP/AdMovie/M3&G6 I/O.

can someone please help me?
i have downloaden the new moonshell for g6 but it dousn't work..

Ok, download the full 0.999 for G6 from the topic (first post).
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Last edited by Xtreme on Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:12 pm; edited 1 time in total

Xtreme wrote:

M3/G6 team just released their version of MoonShell 0.999.
They added MPCF/GBAMP/AdMovie/M3&G6 I/O.

No source code available.
Not possible to change settings (global.ini).
Not possible to use skins.
No hope at this time.

You can change settings in the global.ini and use skins. O_o It's a bit different though than the current version normal MoonShell version, all skin settings are in the one global.ini like they used to be. To be honest, it's kinda buggy yet. It seems to work only sporadically for folks using FlashMe...it seems to work with a PassMe though. I guess on the plus side you can view text and play music at the same time, which is kind of cool.

*edit*
I see there's a plug-in SDK program for MoonShell plug-in creation now. :)
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I can't hear music when I use 0.999 Test 3. (It can't open music files)
What's is the problem?

Togmannen wrote:

I can't hear music when I use 0.999 Test 3. (It can't open music files)
What's is the problem?

No MP3 plug-in. :) The setup has an option for copying MSP (MoonShell Plug-ins I'm assuming) but it doesn't seem to be copying any.
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EDIT: Oops, wrong link. Sorry. Should be now working. If someone downloaded it, please download it again.[/quote]

sorry but it dousn't work..
the only that the m3powerloader dous is the same thing as when you select"add header" sorry.. still dousn't work...

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The 9th Sage wrote:

You can change settings in the global.ini and use skins. O_o It's a bit different though than the current version normal MoonShell version, all skin settings are in the one global.ini like they used to be. To be honest, it's kinda buggy yet. It seems to work only sporadically for folks using FlashMe...it seems to work with a PassMe though. I guess on the plus side you can view text and play music at the same time, which is kind of cool.

Ok, I replaced that moonshell version with G6 version of _BOOT_MP.nds. Now the skins work.
But there is a bug in G6 I/O. If I go to MPCF and go out and try to go EXFS or anything else.. it gives me blank screen.
Btw. Using MPCF has no seek time at all. Not even with big files. That is cool.

EDIT: Ok, I see seeking when I use supermegabyte files. :D But there wasn't any with ~5-8MB files.
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Last edited by Xtreme on Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:30 pm; edited 1 time in total

It seems the bug with movies playing badly (stutter) has been fixed. However, there are still sync issues. Over all though its looking and sounding really nice - I much prefer dropped frames over the dithering.

monkey1987 wrote:

sorry but it dousn't work..

Look at the first post. There is G6 full package. :)

EDIT: Read the included G6-notes.txt.
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Just tried the new MIDI plugin.
Works Great!

Yeah, that MIDI plug-in sounds pretty good on the samples...it won't play the other MIDIs I tried though...I guess they aren't the right format. I gotta say though, that's still pretty cool. :)

*edit*
Ah, my MIDI of Venus Lighthouse from GoldenSun works...doesn't sound bad. ^_^
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Just grabbed two George winston .mid off the net
Both worked fine

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