Homebrew RELEASE pPlay: switch video player

[Riuzaki1230]

I am using it, and it works like a chram.

Here is the installation guide -

1. Download the file
2. Extract the rar
3. Then copy both the files into Sd card/Switch
4. Now, in order to watch you can create a separate folder like "movies" You can also put the movie in the root of the sd card.

Here is my main question -

Does this affect to sx core or sx lite users? Like may it brick the modchips?

Because currently I am using this to my sx core modded switch and I am kinda worried about my switch and modchip!

Looking forward fir your reply.

 

[hippy dave]

Does this affect to sx core or sx lite users? Like may it brick the modchips?

No, none of this app's code could affect a modchip.

 

[Riuzaki1230]

Best video tutorial -

 

[Amirgh]

Thanks for this great app
@Cpasjuste,usb is not working for my sd card in v3.4
But works well with v4 from ShroomKing,why?
I tested all formats for my sd card but not work.

Thanks

 

[NANASHI89]

Will an external hard drive work with this?

 

[Amirgh]

Will an external hard drive work with this?

I tested my 2TB hard drive works well in dock mode and works well with portable dock in handheld mode(No Power supply need)but SD cards not worked.
Hope Cpasjuste fix this problem as soon,Looking for watching movies from my Sd card in handheld mode.

 

[cpasjuste]

Hi,

A new (minor) release of pPlay today, version 3.5:

• add back ftp support
• bug fixes and stability improvements..

 

[lordelan]

add back ftp support

Unfortunately it's still not working.
I have this pplay.cfg in sd:/switch/pplay:

PPLAY : 
{
  NETWORK = "ftp://Youwill:[email protected]:21/";
  HOME_PATH = "/switch/pplay/";
  LAST_PATH = "/switch/pplay/media";
  CACHE_MEDIA_INFO = 1;
  CPU_BOOST = "Disabled";
};

That's my Fritzbox-NAS and definitely works on anything else (KODI, Android file explorer, Cyberduck, FileZilla, WinSCP, Browsers and so on).
When I open Pplay and hit "Network" in the side menu the file browser only shows "..."

Please tell me how I can help you logging/debugging to find the issue.

 

[Amirgh]

Hi,

A new (minor) release of pPlay today, version 3.5:

• add back ftp support
• bug fixes and stability improvements..

Hi
Thanks for new update.
I test new version but Still USB is not working for me,
Usb menu is opening but Nothing is showing.
Why work well with Pplay v3.1 Shroomking?

 

[dimag0g]

Hello,

I'm still using pplay-v2.1-900-hidfix version, nothing else works for me. The version 4.0 from @ShroomKing doesn't connect to the FTP, and the version 3.5 from @cpasjuste lists FTP files correctly, but gets stuck on "Loading... movie_name" message and never actually plays the file.

I have 10.2.0|AMS 0.14.4|S. This is my config file:

PPLAY :
{
NETWORK = "ftp://pi:[email protected]:21/video";
HOME_PATH = "/switch/pplay";
LAST_PATH = "/switch/pplay/";
CACHE_MEDIA_INFO = 1;
CPU_BOOST = "Enabled";
};

Samples from NETWORK = "http://samples.ffmpeg.org/"; play fine.

My FTP server is stock Debian vsftpd.

 

[tataniko]

Thanks for the update cpasjuste.
Our four kids use version 2.1 for FTP without any problem, pPlay 2.1 became our Number 1 homebrew program ever. Thanks for that, you really changed our life. Unfortunately, version 3.5 is still not working for FTP.

 

[NANASHI89]

I added USB support for pPlay.
https://github.com/ShroomKing/pplay/releases/tag/3.1-usb1
Let me know if you find any issues.

What's the biggest external hard drive you can connect to the Switch?

 

[lordelan]

What's the biggest external hard drive you can connect to the Switch?

Theoretically there should be no limit that you could come by with current available hard drives.

 

[Amirgh]

Any fix for subtitle?

 

[Impossible_Igntiz]

anychance to add a binding to rewind and fast forward with the LZ (L2) and RZ (R2) buttons? cuz it's kind of a pain having to use the GUI to do so every time you missed something or misheard.

 

[Kyrn]

anychance to add a binding to rewind and fast forward with the LZ (L2) and RZ (R2) buttons? cuz it's kind of a pain having to use the GUI to do so every time you missed something or misheard.

Hi I did some modifications and added some new code to pplay awhile ago, One of the things was actually re-mapping buttons and amount of seconds jumped etc..

As i recall it the LZ and RZ cant be used at all without some changes to a library that pplay uses.
i havent had the time to clean my changes up and make a setting gui for the changes, right now you have to set it all up in the pplay settings file.
I will have some time this week so i will work on it again and maybe also have a look at subtitles and ftp bugs.

 

[AlanLC]

Support Html files?

Creat Covers or previews in HTML

 

[jerry4on]

It'd be better if there is DLNA support. so videos from phones can be easily pushed to switch.
Hopefully it is possible

 

[tataniko]

At the moment, pplay-v2.1-900-hidfix is the best for FTP movie watching on Switch. Unfortunately, it is not working anymore on Atmosphere 0.19.1.

 

[lordelan]

At the moment, pplay-v2.1-900-hidfix is the best for FTP movie watching on Switch. Unfortunately, it is not working anymore on Atmosphere 0.19.1.

The fact that pPlay is so buggy and doesn't work with FTP every now and then is the main reason to have Android on the Switch imho.
It looks nice and works great for the most part when it comes to local files but I really wish we would get a KODI or VLC player port at some point or that cpajuste finally manages to fix FTP (and recompile pPlay for latest Atmosphère obviously).