Hacking POC Launcher

[danigonzo]

thanks wiicrazy

 

[SwitchNOW]

Hello you are a great!

I wanted to know the size of the jpg?

 

[Wiisel]

Hello you are a great!

I wanted to know the size of the jpg?

640x456 for 480i/p and 640x480 for 576i

 

[ddp127]

for the size preloader accepts, a dol forwarder booting poc launcher from sd?

 

[WiiShizzza]

What about compiling-on-the-fly feature? Is there any way to have just a dol-file that's installed in preloader without the need of mp3 and jpg?

That would be a very very nice feature, cause some friends of me don't have a SD-Card (yes, they're cheap).

Once I find or create a default mp3/jpg that I can distribute, that feature will be there along with a pc program to customize it.... though it's not called compiling-on-the-fly but instead let's say theme injection into the dol...

If I can help you with a default jpg or maybe gif, contact me via PM.

 

[j.m.g.a]

Can i boot Disc channel directly from this?

 

[WiiShizzza]

no you can't!
This is just something like a new bootscreen/menu

 

[SwitchNOW]

as a new version?

That supports: gif, avi .....

with some other news

 

[WiiCrazy]

This week I'll only have saturday to work with this, really busy with work...

Things you can expect,
1. Default sound/picture to have something interesting still even if no sd card exists in the system.
2. Ability to inject the mp3 and picture into the dol with a pc side program.
3. Maybe video stuff (very small possibility) or something like fast sequential picture displaying with configurable delay between each picture.
4. At last some effects...

 

[SwitchNOW]

I'm looking forward!
You are the best ..

I love crazy intro

 

[D-Jay]

This week I'll only have saturday to work with this, really busy with work...

Things you can expect,
2. Ability to inject the mp3 and picture into the dol with a pc side program.
That would be great!

QUOTE(_Contra_ @ Feb 12 2009, 07:42 PM) I love crazy intro

Same for me! Good work, dude!

 

[kedest]

some suggestions:
- can you also make it so it will immediately continue to the system menu after the boot.jpg has been displayed for a few seconds?
- make all buttons on the wiimote mapable to a channel instead of only the directional buttons

 

[D-Jay]

some suggestions:
- can you also make it so it will immediately continue to the system menu after the boot.jpg has been displayed for a few seconds?
- make all buttons on the wiimote mapable to a channel instead of only the directional buttons

You can also use a blank mp3 with XX secs duration. So you can use this feature with the current version.

 

[UranusKiller]

why don't you guys use his wiibrew page aswell

 

[D-Jay]

why don't you guys use his wiibrew page aswell

 

[WiiCrazy]

some suggestions:
- can you also make it so it will immediately continue to the system menu after the boot.jpg has been displayed for a few seconds?
- make all buttons on the wiimote mapable to a channel instead of only the directional buttons

Yeah, that kind of thing can be made configurable

I want to preserve at least one or two button for a specific use but of course other buttons can be made configurable... or all can be made configurable with the sacrifice of that extra stuff... but I doubt anyone will remember say 6 favourite channels

I have even problems with 4

 

[D-Jay]

but I doubt anyone will remember say 6 favourite channels

I have even problems with 4

I agree with you. 4 Channels are enough (for me).

 

[vettacossx]

hmmmm so in theory...just a random thought but you could use Mplayer or Geexbox source codes to impliment a Video Intro via Pre-loaders Autoboot feature...meaning that when you boot your wii (yet another) custom version of mplayer (say MplayerBootFlik edition LOL for discussions sake is created with its own SPECIAL GUI (how about combining preloaders menu with mplayer......

Something like this GUI works for geexbox


Boots wii to Mplayer...Loops Vid in root....Untill you press A for sys menu or B for HBC....OR just have preloaders GUI load ABOVE the mplayer video...Like GeeXbox Does

but with better options

maybe just the use a specific button to toggle on/off said gui menu...ect....


that seems like a reasonable goal? no? Plus much of the source code could come from the other apps code providing permissions GPL ect? just a thought bro! at anyrate we will all be looking foward to this (I already have softmii installed but this still seems more user friendly and in that way...it will be more brick proof to the end user)

just a note: I noticed that Geexbox's Boot.elf is the only file I CANT load if installed then loaded via preloader

or I would already make it boot to that app

 

[WiiCrazy]

hmmmm so in theory...just a random thought but you could use Mplayer or Geexbox source codes to impliment a Video Intro via Pre-loaders Autoboot feature...meaning that when you boot your wii (yet another) custom version of mplayer (say MplayerBootFlik edition LOL for discussions sake is created with its own SPECIAL GUI (how about combining preloaders menu with mplayer......



Boots wii to Mplayer...Loops Vid in root....Untill you press A for sys menu or B for HBC....OR just have preloaders GUI load ABOVE the mplayer video...Like GeeXbox Does

but with better options

maybe just the use a specific button to toggle on/off said gui menu...ect....


that seems like a reasonable goal? no? Plus much of the source code could come from the other apps code providing permissions GPL ect? just a thought bro! at anyrate we will all be looking foward to this (I already have softmii installed but this still seems more user friendly and in that way...it will be more brick proof to the end user

Well actually I already did the video stuff using Mplayerwii's sources but there are some glitches,
1. Resulting dol is too big (though when compressed preloader nicely grants boots)
2. There is some garbled video display at the start

Once those issues are solved, project will go open source too...

 

[vettacossx]

wow thats gr8 to hear bro! sounds like (as per usual) your already a step ahead of our thoughts and ponderings! very impressive wiicrazy and thanks as well for such a prompt response to my inquires we wait with baited breath

also in regard to garbled vid i wondered (maybe if say we only used mp4/mp3 video/audio codecs and remove some un-needed format supports to shrink and maybe stabilize the dol? of course I could be way off base here as I am not a coder but a modder...Thought to myself "hey cant hurt to ask though!" lol...well thanks again and I will stop posting and let others speak there peace just wanted to be nosy bro thanks for obliging

and KUDOS on this project!)