Kino2 0.4.3 Series Released Options

[maslovsky]

Visit http://cacko.biz/kino2 and remember that donations are always welcome

Version 0.4.3c is out!

Version 0.4.3c is yet another small update, including:

* Fixed broken Double Key functionality

Version 0.4.3b is out!

Version 0.4.3b is another small update, including:

* Better handling of OGG Vorbis tags

Version 0.4.3a is a small update, including:

* Better scaling of movies, especialy small ones (less than 320x240)
* Always using direct rendering, so corresponding option is removed
* Added Software scaling option - scale movies to the screen size, performance is poor though.
* Updated smarp cropping algorithm

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Version 0.4.3 is out!

Please, report bugs at http://cacko.biz/cacko/bugs

New features:

* Support for the latest mplayer 1.1.5 and PXA270 video driver (aka bvdd) 0.4.0
* C3000/C1000/C3100 devices support
* Kino2 can now load and play play file, playlist, folder or URL when invoked from Documents
* Kino2 now supports command line parameter - file name, URL, folder or playlist can be specified
* Multi-key support - different fuction depending on number of Remote Control button clicks (double click)
* Playback position can be controlled with silder
* Dislpay album picture if present in playlist directory
* Added font selection for the main display

New options:

* Enable position tracking
* Enable suspend when paused
* Temporarly disable suspend when closing lid (on C1000/C3000/C3100)
* Grab keyboard during playback
* Software volume control
* Enable fade effects
* Enable audio autosync
* Enable precise MP3 seeking
* Volume step is user configurable
* Save current position in playlist and in file (only when autoloading)

New keys:

* Clear Playlist
* Add All to Playlist
* LCD off

Issues resolved:

* URLs are now properly saved and loaded with playlist
* Fixed problem with suspend options not being properly restored
* File was not selected with OK/Enter button on C1000
* Refreshing Qtopia screen after mplayer video playpack is finished
* Now kino2 is using much less CPU when playback position tracking is enabled

Misc changes:

* Terminating mplayer process when too many errors are received during short time period
* Made resample audio off by default
* Prompting to restart Qtopia when remocom master is modified
* Updated handling of blank LCD when switched off externaly
* Minor updates to the Preferences dialog
* Removed some absolete options

[daniel3000]

Great! Thanks, Maslovsky, for making that available!

However, still the same problem as above:
Many of my video files are not played full-screen, but probably in their original resolution (although I have the "scale to screen" feature activated).

The info windows shows for one of these videos:

Video:
Size: 384x288
Codec: 0x10000001
Bitrate: 1151200
FPS: 25

Audio:
Codec: mad
Rate: 44100
Bitrate: 224000
Channels: 2


Well, this was with some attempts before.
When I now try again to play some of such files, the screen fades white and some horizontal stripes ( lines appear and nothing happens... I have to press "Cancel" twice to exit Kino2 and return to the QTopia GUI.
What happens there?
Edit: When I reboot, the video plays again, but only once. After that, I have again that white-fading screen with lines or pixels getting black slowly. Could something break the loaded bvdd driver or something?
Any recommended mplayer options to make it work properly?

Thanks
daniel

[maslovsky]

Video:
Size: 384x288

Mplayer cannot scale such videos...

[daniel3000]

Video:
Size: 384x288

Mplayer cannot scale such videos...

hmmm - on my Linux desktop it can!
Or maybe it does not actively scale them but zooms them - I don't know.
What I am quite sure about is that mplayer does not switch the X-server resolution on my desktop.
(If I hit the "f" key for fullscreen, I think using -vo sdl or -vo xv on my desktop, this particular video _is_ shown in fullscreen).

So why doesn't it do it on the zaurus?

thanks


daniel