#81502 - youplaboum - Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:18 pm
Since I don't see any post talking of it, it seems no one tried, or one concluded that its impossible.
Wouldn't it be great, to have the potency of play-yan chips, to play mp3, and being able to load homebrew? That way we would only have one cartridge in the pocket.
#82772 - hamilton - Tue May 09, 2006 5:02 pm
hmmmm
good idea, but not really teckpossible. Also it is an expensive and hard to obtain item for those outside of japan...
The m3 mini SD is seperior (apart from gba mp4 playback.)
but damn do i wish i had play yan anyway!
#82856 - Lynx - Wed May 10, 2006 9:07 pm
Personally, I think it's the price.. Why hack a $90+ item to do the work of a $25 item? Just buy the $25 item.
#82858 - youplaboum - Wed May 10, 2006 9:40 pm
The M3 is 80$ or so. And the the play yan can be bought for 41? in selected places :) (sold out because nintendo himself is sold out).
Anyway, i believe, until i do it myself, I will never see it happens. (not a reproach though, the fact it's a device not really widely dealt speaks for itself). But I won't, eh, I'm kind of a newbie in those things ;).
#82926 - Lynx - Thu May 11, 2006 5:22 am
Ok, so you can find the Play Yan for $53, the GBA MP is still $25 (and can be found for less) and will do the same stuff the Play Yan does and then some.. Sure, it doesn't have an onboard mpeg decoder, but as the mpeg lib shows.. you don't need one.
#82930 - tepples - Thu May 11, 2006 5:47 am
| Lynx wrote: |
| Sure, it doesn't have an onboard mpeg decoder, but as the mpeg lib shows.. you don't need one. |
MoonShell's DPG is MPEG-1 video and MP2 audio. Play-Yan and PSP video are MPEG-4 video and AAC audio, which can have better quality at a given bitrate. In addition, Play-Yan works on a GBA SP or Game Boy micro, both of which are smaller than a DS.
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#82962 - Lynx - Thu May 11, 2006 3:04 pm
Yes, that's understood.. But, NDS = 3" screen! GBA Micro is 2" screen! What kind of quality do you want out of a 2" screen? I'll stick to watching movies on my 55" HDTV, thanks..
#83033 - tepples - Fri May 12, 2006 5:20 am
| Lynx wrote: |
| I'll stick to watching movies on my 55" HDTV, thanks.. |
You don't ride a train or bus often, right?
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#83057 - sgeos - Fri May 12, 2006 1:13 pm
I currently take the train about 58 times a month. I don't watch movies on the bus or train, nor do I want to. I read books or play games or maybe even look at nearby pretty people, if there are any. =)
I might consider a movie if a ride were to last 60+ minutes uninterrupted. I probably take about 6 such rides a year. Worth $80, or $53? Not to me.
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#83065 - Lynx - Fri May 12, 2006 5:50 pm
No, I don't take the train.. but, if I was in a situation where I would watch a lot of movies (aka, every morning or evening on the train) I'd get a portable DVD player and at least get 2x the screen size.
I mean, if you watching on a 3" screen.. what's wrong with the GBA MP's codec? You don't need Mpeg-4.
#83077 - tepples - Fri May 12, 2006 7:07 pm
| Lynx wrote: |
| I mean, if you watching on a 3" screen.. what's wrong with the GBA MP's codec? |
File size. If you can fit more minutes of video on a given size SD card with a Play-Yan than with a GBAMP SD, it might be worth it.
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