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Sharp ROMs / Disable Power Management In Cacko?

« on: March 12, 2005, 06:39:50 pm »

same problem, I dont use kino2 to play music tho.. I like tkcPlayer..
ive got the blanker script linked to an app key so i can shut off the lcd, wish I knew where the code was for turning off the back light when u hold the menu key, I would like to replace it with the code from blanker to just shutoff the lcd.

One solution I think might work would be to rename the suspend program to suspend1 and link the blanker program to suspend, this might just blank the screen instead of suspending.. I'll give it a try.

*edit*
guess there isint a program 'suspend', odd while you can type suspend into bash when I type 'which suspend' I dont find anything..
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tkcPlayer has an option for blanking the screen while playing. You don't need to run any other scripts.

Also as long as tkcPlayer has focus when you close the lid it over rides the suspend settings (at least it does for me on my C760). If you use another app and then close the screen (ie tkcPlayer is in the background) then the suspend settings are applied.

tkcPlayer has a bug for some people where it will crash after x number of songs - the suspend will take over then too.

Stu
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where is the option to blank the screen? i cant find it

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Adventures In Tv Encoding For The Z

« on: March 12, 2005, 05:23:52 am »

ok so I have been playing arround with this all weekend and I think I finally found a great balance of quality and size for encoding on the zaurus.

First of all, if you are looking for a GUI to do this for you in linux I have been using Kmenc15, its pretty crude but it has made it easier to tweak this. Here is my template for kmenc15 0.03. Just open the file you want to encode then load my template and press 'encode'.  http://www.nayr.net/zaurus/zaurus-tv.kmt.bz2

I intend on scripting this so being able to run this from command line is handy, here is how to do the exact same thing w/out the gui.

Code: [Select]

mencoder -of avi -ofps 15 -sws 10 -vf eq=10:-50,scale=320:-2::: -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vme=4:autoaspect:mbd=1:vbitrate=150:vpass=1 -oac copy source.avi -loadidx -o /dev/null
mencoder -of avi -ofps 15 -sws 10 -vf eq=10:-50,scale=320:-2::: -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vme=4:autoaspect:mbd=1:vbitrate=150:vpass=2 source.avi -loadidx -o output.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts preset=radio
using these options I get 2Mb for every 1min of recording, my 22min episode of the daily show ended up being 44Mb, the quality is quite good.. much better than my previous attempts and the size is exactly what I was shooting for. I know I can make it much smaller, but I my goal was 1 hour of quality video on a 128M card. You should be able to encode dvd's onto a 256M but I havent tried it.

Something else to add is the contrast and brighness are tweaked, if you play the file on your computer the image will look washed out.. however it looks fine on my zaurus and I can watch it with ease with the backlight at half brightness.

on my 5600 the video plays pretty smoothly, its choppy when the camera is paning or zooming but only slightly.. I havent found any way to eliminate this completly yet but I have reduced it quite a bit by running 2 passes.

Want to see an example? Here is a very short clip (30s), watch it on your Zaurus.
http://www.nayr.net/zaurus/test.avi

Hope someone finds this usefull
-Ryan

63

Software / Ssh Tunnel Gui

« on: March 11, 2005, 11:35:45 pm »

i would use it, I would love to route all my traffic thru an ssh tunnel to home when im on a pubic wifi.. suppose I could do this other ways but ssh is still a viable solution for VPN in linux

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For Sale / Wanted / Wanted: Sl-5500 Or Sl-5600

« on: March 11, 2005, 08:38:08 pm »

get a 5600, Ive had both the 5600 and the 5000 and I tell you its worth it for just the extra battery life.. By my 3rd class the battery would be dead on my 5000.. my 5600 has gone thru all 3 of my classes, lunch and several hours of mp3 listning today and battery says 50%.. the 5000 has the same battery as the 5500 btw so I would expect it to suck that thing dry just as quick.

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For Sale / Wanted / Wtb: Battery Cover For 5600

« on: March 11, 2005, 08:34:37 pm »

Anyone with a bricked or broken SL-5600? I need the battery cover as im holding mine closed with tape.

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Sharp ROMs / Disable Power Management In Cacko?

« on: March 11, 2005, 07:40:38 pm »

same problem, I dont use kino2 to play music tho.. I like tkcPlayer..
ive got the blanker script linked to an app key so i can shut off the lcd, wish I knew where the code was for turning off the back light when u hold the menu key, I would like to replace it with the code from blanker to just shutoff the lcd.

One solution I think might work would be to rename the suspend program to suspend1 and link the blanker program to suspend, this might just blank the screen instead of suspending.. I'll give it a try.

*edit*
guess there isint a program 'suspend', odd while you can type suspend into bash when I type 'which suspend' I dont find anything..

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Adventures In Tv Encoding For The Z

« on: March 10, 2005, 10:52:22 pm »

ok so I have been playing arround and got quality like xumbi's at a much smaller size..

Code: [Select]

mencoder the.daily.show.03.09.05.avi -srate 24000 -vf scale=320:240,eq2=1.0:0.6:0.1:0.7 -o the.daily.show-mobile.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts preset=64:mode=3 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=150 -ofps 15 -sws 2
I stole the line from http://www.cs.unc.edu/~hensley/zaurus/encode.html where he does a good job of explaining each option.. His default sound quality is really bad so I uped it to a 64bit stream. I added my own pice to it, the "eq2=1.0:0.6:0.1:0.7" part cranks up the contrast so its not so dark on my Zaurus (looks washed out on my monitor tho). You will need to RTFM if you want to tweak that more.

The results were like this:
62M tds-ffmpeg.avi  (xumbi's output)
35M tds-mencoder.avi  (hensley's output)
176M the.daily.show.03.09.05.avi (original input)

im still playin with it, its kinda choppy on my 5600 so im looking for a way to lighten the load on mplayer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Adventures In Tv Encoding For The Z

« on: March 10, 2005, 08:48:50 pm »

using the code Xumbi posted I just re-encoded an episode of the daily show I downloaded via bittorrent and the resulting file was 62Mb

nice find, ive been wanting to do this.. now to setup some scripts to auto-encode em at like 6am and then sync it with my zaurus.. so when I head out the door in the morning for class I already have the previous nights ep loaded and ready for viewing at discression.

this is definatly worth more attention, I know im going to be playing with encoding my tv shows for my Z for the next few weeks.

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For Sale / Wanted / Thinking About Selling My 5600

« on: March 10, 2005, 06:28:25 pm »

I am thinking about selling my 5600, actually Im pretty sure I want to sell it. I have an abicom wireless card, and a 256mb SD card, I can sell these seperately or all togeather. What I want to know is A. are there alot of peopel out there willing to snatch this thing up? and B. What price should I be looking to get.

The zaurus is really in great condition, used very little. I even have all the mannuals, cradle and everything in great condition as well. I just lost interest in it, to me a PDA didn't really suit my needs.

If you interested please respond. I was thinking around 300 dollars, if that is a half way decent price...
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ive been watching the 5600's on ebay for the last month, most have gone for arround $300 or more.. but I ended up buying one for only $212 (including shiping), but mine was a steal, it was hard to find in the auctions becaus he listed it as a 5600SL; therefore it did not show up in the search results.

I also should note that 5600's are sparce on ebay, you can pickup 5000/5500's all day long but ive only found about half a dozen 5600 auctions in the last month

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: March 10, 2005, 03:54:59 pm »

Chaos, I hope you dont mind but I added Watapon to the embeded linux software index..
http://www.elsix.org/index.php or directly to http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=Watapon_5600

I'll be happy to maintain it for you, but if you want controll of the listing then just email me and I'll give you my login (you can change the login and registration info afterwords

finding out about this project took alot of digging. so maby this will make it easier for other people to find it

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: March 10, 2005, 01:22:53 am »

Great work on Watapon, it is everything Ive been looking for..
I had a 5000d a few years ago but I broke the screen on it and I have been Zaursless for almost 2 years now.. I picked up a 5600 off ebay for a steal at $202, I used to use OZ so I flashed that from the get go but was very disapointed in how unstable it still is and how it has since split and wasent compatible with the tkc apps I had for my 5500..

I just flashed 1.5.6 and all i can say is WOW, very clean and stable.. I think i'll stick with Watapon even tho usb syncing isint working.. I can live with moving everything over by hand via my flash writer until 1.6 comes out.. ive got 2 CF wifi cards now, I wonder if I can set up my old Z as a wireless router so I can get on the network still here at home..

I installed kino2 on my Z and it works very well, if it'll fit it would make an excellent default media player..
http://my-zaurus.narod.ru/kino.html

-dreadlocks