Moonshell v.1.5 & DPGTools v.1.2 out

[FAST6191]

I am writing a manual DPG creation guide using QuEnc and TMPGenc (actually it was finished but I decided to add in TMPGenc and mess around with a few more options, filters and functions so it is back to still being worked on).
One of those options was a new matrix: QuEnc supports XVID type and TMPGenc can have one defined in the UI so I spent ages converting the same video which I watched, various videophiles I know and those who do not care were shown and asked to comment upon.
In the end it turns out people like something like this

DDDDDD
DXDDXD
DDDDDD
DXDDXD
DDDDDD

X is low detail and D is high(er) detail and the detail appreciated is skewed towards the right hand side of the picture slightly.

 

[Firon]

Well, BatchDPG 1.2+ is using the KVCD matrix now, so I guess you'd have to compare yours to that one.

Also, I've tried encoding with TMPGEnc, and the quality honestly comes out quite noticeable worse than the results I get with mencoder (which BatchDPG is using). And the video came out larger to boot.

 

[Elrinth]

here kicks off rudolphs fix for EZ4

cool indeed. looking forward to see it being included in the fatlib

btw, does trying to run a GBA or NDS rom from moonshell still brick the EZ4?

 

[ilovengage]

I didn't know it's already possible to access the RAM module from Opera. If it's possible for homebrew to access it it would be a great advantage for Slot-1 solutions (DS Linux, ...)

 

[LS5]

FAST6191, I just compared a MEncoder encode (using the Ultra profile and 2 passes in BatchDPG v1.3 beta 2) to a QuEnc encode (using -2 -hq -vbr -scene -trell -extreme) and I can only conclude that the MEncoder encode looked noticeably better (though I must say it also took a fair bit longer to complete). In any case, I'd recommend you to look into MEncoder, in my opinion it is a lot more powerful, unless the custom matrix you mentioned can perform miracles.

 

[Firon]

ilovengage: Clearly it is possible for homebrew to do so ('cause Moonshell did it...), but the amount of RAM it has is not as good as an M3/SC, though an additional 10MB is still probably a lot for a system with only 4.

LS5: even if the matrix can perform miracles for QuEnc, applying the matrix to Mencoder should technically give even better results (since that's what I did with tmpgenc vs mencoder).

 

[tisti]

Ah damn, why can't it use the onboard memory on M3 or SC :'(

Other than that, kickass release

 

[enarky]

Ah damn, why can't it use the onboard memory on M3 or SC :'(

It does that for quite some time already.

 

[Firon]

Yeah, it uses it for the rare occasion that you load some 10MB PNG or JPEG. It only uses 16MB of the PSRAM though, not all 32.

On a DPG1/DPG2 related note, I've been having a problem with DPGPlay that I can't figure out how to fix. DPG1 files come out way too dark (DPG2 too probably), and I can only assume that it's related to the pixel format. However, I don't know how to get mplayer to handle the different pixel format.
Does anyone have any ideas? I'd appreciate some help.

I also wish people would stop using dpgenc and use BatchDPG only, 'cause dpgenc's quality sucks.

 

[cmonster]

Could anyone tell me if the window is supposed to look frozen when I use the DPG tool? It looks frozen when it goes into the "Encode Videostream" mode.

How long does it usually take for it to finish converting a 18 mb movie file at default settings? My video's been at the same place for about 20 minutes now without any hint of progression. Also tried it on different videos and got the same results.

 

[Firon]

That's not normal at all. It shouldn't be frozen like that. If it's been frozen for 20m, it's probably not encoding at all.

 

[wolssiloa]

Ooff...
MP3 playback now skips.
SCSD

I'm getting the same problem on my mp3 files on my SCSD too. The song skips every few seconds for like a second.
Videos don't skip though. This is very annoying, do I need to downgrade?

I reinstalled Moonshell 3 times, with the same problem each time.

 

[LS5]

Try setting ResumeUsingWhileMusicPlaying in global.ini to 0. The documentation states it saves the progress every 5 seconds so that might be the cause.

 

[Verocity]

btw, does trying to run a GBA or NDS rom from moonshell still brick the EZ4?

You can't load games off of Moonshell with your EZ4 Deluxe? I just got mine today in the mail not completley sure...you do load games off of it dont you. Someone explain please

 

[Smuff]

btw, does trying to run a GBA or NDS rom from moonshell still brick the EZ4?

You can't load games off of Moonshell with your EZ4 Deluxe? I just got mine today in the mail not completley sure...you do load games off of it dont you. Someone explain please

DO NOT BOOT NDS CODE FROM WITHIN MOONSHELL

If you do, you will almost certainly have a brick on your hands !!!
corey was working on a failsafe check, but why would you want to risk it anyway ??

 

[Verocity]

btw, does trying to run a GBA or NDS rom from moonshell still brick the EZ4?

You can't load games off of Moonshell with your EZ4 Deluxe? I just got mine today in the mail not completley sure...you do load games off of it dont you. Someone explain please

DO NOT BOOT NDS CODE FROM WITHIN MOONSHELL

If you do, you will almost certainly have a brick on your hands !!!
corey was working on a failsafe check, but why would you want to risk it anyway ??

Then what is moonshell for then...only music, movies?

How do I boot the nds and gba games then?

feel like such a n00b.

I am a EZFlashIVLite user just like you ?? what do i do.

 

[wolssiloa]

Try setting ResumeUsingWhileMusicPlaying in global.ini to 0. The documentation states it saves the progress every 5 seconds so that might be the cause.

Wow thanks LS5, that solved the problem! This should be disabled by default. I know the Setup has this option, but it shouldn't be on by default.

 

[cmonster]

I guess I'll stick with BatchDPG for now since this is giving me problems. :/

Anyone know if I'm supposed to install any video codec? Everything works fine with the DGPTool until it gets to the Encode videostream part and it just freezes.

 

[Firon]

dpgenc does not use your system's codecs, I think.

Anyway, we might just be able to implement DPG2 support into BatchDPG.

 

[yee]

Hey Firon, what's the difference between DPG/DPG2?

And awesome job on updating BatchDPG to 1.2, I really love it.