Hacking Image Viewer

[mynameis]

Are there any good image viewing applications that can be used on the R4 using the latest firmware, other than the obvious Moonshell and DSorganise

 

[fischju]

imgview, cbds
http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/archives/nds/

 

[mynameis]

I've tried that one, it doesnt work, even after I convert my files to the .ipk format it claims it cant find the file

 

[DanTheManMS]

Then try Comic Book DS. Use PicToDS to convert your files to *.cbds files and the NDS binary to view them.

 

[DarkAura]

I think that moonshell and DSO are good image viewers. Why get another one that basically does the same thing? As long as you can see your images, it's good.

 

[DanTheManMS]

Moonshell and DSO are good for basic image viewing, and the zooming and filtering tools in Moonshell are nice, but if you're viewing a comic book or another sequence of many images, you want to go for a tool that's specially designed to do so. CBDS gives you several benefits, including:
1. More zoom-in/zoom-out levels, progressive zooming
2. Easily switch between single- and dual-screen viewing (Moonshell requires reboot to change this)
3. Soft-filtering works in dual-screen mode and at all zoom levels
4. Screen rotation available
5. left-handed controls avaialable
6. Touchscreen controls for zoom and previous/next
7. Easy to organize a library of image collections
8. Thumbnail viewing

Besides, it's easier for me to copy a single file that contains all my image files than it is to manually copy over each individual image, at least with huge things like 10 years worth of a comic strip. All in all, CBDS is pretty sweet. It's a shame the creator had to remove online comic book viewing.

 

[DarkAura]

Yah but you gotta convert everything to .cbds format. Kinda a pain.

 

[DanTheManMS]

It's not too much trouble for me, since a part of me is still used to the GBA scene in which you had to use PC-side converters for EVERYTHING prior to flashing them on your cart. I've still got some *.gba compilations containing hundreds of images and a few compilations of text files on my hard drive.

I still think the benefits outweigh the inconvenience of having to pre-convert them.