SMS Feature requests

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Post any noteworthy feature requests here. Feature request guidelines will be posted shortly.

[paulodeleo]

Ok, transporting my wishes from the old thread to here:

- DONE: AC3 audio support. :dance:
- DONE AGAIN: Normal CD/DVD reading support. :dance:
- DONE! DONE DONE!: srt/sub subtitles support. :dance:
- DONE: Fast forward / Rewind function. :dance:
- DONE: Volume control. :dance:
- DONE: OSD (timer, volume, etc.) :dance:

[wallacee]

I think Aspect ratios would be a great feature mainly 4:3 Pan scan as still a lot of people have 4:3 tvs and trying to watch a widescreen divx movie is pretty hard

[EEUG]

@wallacee: how should it work? Because of my stupidity I see only two possibilities to show widescreen movies on 4:3 TV:
- just resize the picture (StretchBlt :)), so everything in the picture will look squeezed in horizontal direction;
- cut some space from left and right to make 4:3 picture without distorting actual image;

Any other suggestions ?

[Dante_Must_Die]

.ogm support possible? :)

[pieszbob1]

VCD Player?

[rathunter]

I think cutting space from left and right is how pan scan is done (the panning part being done by an editor at the time of conversion).
Is it possible to include manual control of aspect too, without hurting performance? Like Select + D-Pad, to stretch the vertical and horizontal size. This would allow people to watch funny aspects ratios if they so choose, would help people with bad overscan on their sets, and would make it easy to watch for example a 20:9 AVI that had an incorrect 16:9 header.

[suram884]

[DONE! Don't know about UDF, but ISO is done] UDF/ISO filesystem support, that should include CDs and DVDs. Same as what paulodeleo suggested, but I'm just being more precise on it.

[DONE!] Non-host loading ability. The elf can run from a disc with media files or it can ask for discs with media files on them. In short, doesn't have to run from the memory card.

Fastforward & Rewind support.

[joe34]

3. Non-host loading ability. The elf can run from a disc with media files or it can ask for discs with media files on them. In short, doesn't have to run from the memory card.


I've been loading it from hard drive from the start.. Never had it on mem card.

[Stand]

since it can already hand lame decoding, anyway to make it play mp3 files too?

[emcepl]

Great work Eugene!

I would gladly see these features in your next releases:
1) skip forward/backward (10 secs)
2) subtitles (txt, srt, sub) with support for "regional" letters (like ąęćśżź ;) )
3) timer (e.g. 0:59:11/1:45:00)
4) more extended browser (supporting HDD/CD/HOST/USB) - more manual configuration (manual seeking of source).

That feature doesn't really matter for me (I don't have a modchip):
- CD/DVD reading support

I talked to GadgetFreak (author of WinHIIP). He plan to release new version in few weeks and it will support copying files to non-hdl partitions :) Can't wait to test it with SMS!!!

[TheCrowX]

What about adding the Ps2 Rmote Control support
It would be fun :) it ll mak the ps2 like a home cinema :)

[DiabloTerrorGF]

Matroska support(With DivX/XviD video encoding)
OGM support
Subtitle support(srt, sub, "Built-in" subs)
Different audio track support(Some have two audio tracks[aka English and Japanese])

[suram884]

3) timer (e.g. 0:59:11/1:45:00)Yes, and OSD (on-screen display) would be nice. It could show the fps, time remaining, file currently playing & it's stats, etc.

[Mr. Worm~~]

I will try to work in non functional things such as:
Display only *.avi files in folders (do not show other filetypes like *.srt, etc)
Alphabethical order for *.avi files
Protected Partition (some kind of parental control)

[emcepl]

So other that are not essential but really handy:
1) changing font/font size/rising of subtitles (or lowering if needed)
2) auto opening for multiCD movies (e.g. Matrix_CD1, Matrix_CD2) so there is no need to have a break in watching :)
3) transparent fonts (on/off) - not fonts but their background
4) osd would be really nice
5) open next/previous file
6) play all movies in current directory (for clips etc.)
7) /this one is REALLY handy!!!/ let SMS to make a small file (ini or something) containing info about last played frame, so when you stop watching a movie (e.g. after 1 hour), next time you start watching it again SMS will start playing it from that moment
8) shut down PS2 after the movie ends

[mastaalien]

My Favs:

Subtitlesupport
Playlist
Fast forward / rewind (dont care about the solution, if it is with forwarding, if it is with the ini file emcepl suggestet or if it (my favorite :p) with a option to jump to a min. like press button and then you can with up and down select hour, minute, second, press button and it jumps there.
Another req would be vbr mp3, but not sure if it works already, cause never tested it.

[EEUG]

@mastaalien: VBR MP3 works (at my site at least :) );

@all: After ISO CD implementation (not quite soon :) ) I'll try to make a poll based upon this thread, so, at least, we'll have a list with priorities. Please, don't expect that things will happen soon, but, anyway, thanks to all of you for having interest in SMS (I never thought that it will turn up like that)...

[Hollowmaster]

Mp4 (H264+AAC Support)

Mentioned in other thread before

1. It would be nice to share Moviez with the psp (plays h264) (mp4)
2. In the future Tv-Stations will broadcast H264 (mp4)
3. Smaller Movies in better Quality (Good for Lan Streaming)

read this!!! (http://www.shapeofdays.com/h264/)

A few Sources :chinscrat

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/ffmpeg-doxy/h264_8c-source.html
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/ffmpeg-doxy/h264data_8h-source.html
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/ffmpeg-doxy/h264idct_8c-source.html
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/ffmpeg-doxy/faad_8c-source.html

[EEUG]

@Hollowmaster: from the other side I can propose to read this (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24954) ;) ...

[Hollowmaster]

@EEUG

They are talking about HDTV content (psp is a little bit slower than Athlon64
;) .
I have an old AMD Duron 700 (for the kids) and h264+aac content encodet
with NeroVisionExpress (25fps,640x480) plays perfect.

If you want to know more about it go here (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=77&page=1&sort=lastpost&order=&pp=25&daysprune=30)
Good Thread here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=96059)
:)

[EEUG]

...OK, OK :). I'm taking my fears back...

[Hollowmaster]

Basic AVC (h264) Decoder in C, for an university project available here (http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~mfie/stuff/SA/)
(look at the h264-paper.pdf)

An Intel Celeron CPU at 450 MHz under Linux running playh264 compiled with GNU GCC 3.3 (optimization level 1) achieves about 30 frames per second on an 320x144 video clip.

[EEUG]

...hold your horses, please!!! First ISO CD support, then we will see, OK? :)...

[Hollowmaster]

Hey EEUG

Please dont misunderstand my intentions. My intention was not to say
"do it now". Just wanted to give you a little Bit Information.
I think this Project is one of the best i´ve seen for a long time :shhh:


ps. Please don´t add display .avi only in the official Version because i love playing around with different Video Formats.
(Perhaps an Option Avi only - all Formats)

[Stealth-kill]

Zoom function

[mastaalien]

Aaaahh have a new little request.
would be sweet if we can copy the movies from a cd done with cdexplorer to the harddisc.

[skidude2121]

Not a must or a do it now, but automatic shutdown would be great. I thought this might be easy to implement since there is already a control command to turn off the console. Either a timer or more likely a shutdown on end of clip would be awsome. Thanks for sharing all your work EEUG!!

[EEUG]

@mastaalien: harddisc of PC or PS2? First case is possible (just right-click file in CDXplorer and select "Copy to...") :) (I don't remember it you should do a right-click only on the left pane, right one or both)...

[mastaalien]

Ps2 Harddisc.
Cause sometimes i burn a cd with cdxplorer to test the movie filme, and if it works, would be great if i can then copy them to the ps2harddisc.
maybe the coder of ulaunchelf can take a look at it sience it already have copy code.
but after all its just a little request :)

[EEUG]

...maybe the day will come when I (or someone) will implement this functionality. Thank you :)...

[emcepl]

Ps2 Harddisc.
Cause sometimes i burn a cd with cdxplorer to test the movie filme, and if it works, would be great if i can then copy them to the ps2harddisc.
maybe the coder of ulaunchelf can take a look at it sience it already have copy code.
but after all its just a little request :)
I managed to make an iso with SMS and AVI that can be run from HDL. Unfortunately, SMS doesn't see ISO files and you can't copy files from HDL partition to HDD. CDs made with cdxplorer or PS2CDGen can't be run from HDL (or am I wrong?).
So I think, that ISO filesystem support should solve the problem of slow FTP connection and lots of wasted CDs :)

[mastaalien]

No not really, cause normal cds done with ps2cdgen can't be read yet with sms and what is more important, can't be read without swapdisc or modchip.

[emcepl]

No not really, cause normal cds done with ps2cdgen can't be read yet with sms and what is more important, can't be read without swapdisc or modchip.
You didn't get my idea right...
I didn't mean burning a normal ISO CD but making an ISO-image with avi and sms to copy it with WinHIIP and then run it in HDL. That way you can transfer 700MB avi file in 30secs, not 70minutes as with FTP.

[mastaalien]

ah ok understand your idea.
but with my request it wasn't the goal to solve it with hdl, cause copy from a cd is for me fast enough for a movie, so i don't have to restart pc when i attach ps2hd to my pc. only copy like 4gb games with tools like winhiip, sience i dislike to restart my pc often cause its kinda server

[dlanor]

You didn't get my idea right...
I didn't mean burning a normal ISO CD but making an ISO-image with avi and sms to copy it with WinHIIP and then run it in HDL. That way you can transfer 700MB avi file in 30secs, not 70minutes as with FTP.
Unfortunatley HDL works by forcing its own driver to replace the normal one for both CD and DVD, thus making it impossible to access the physical CDVD drive in any way. All attempts to do so will be redirected to the ISO HDL is using on HDD.

This means that there is a choice between compatibility to HDL ISOs, on the one hand, or compatibility to real CDs and DVDs on the other hand. There is no way you can have both in the same program at the same time. And if you have to choose, I'll definitely vote for the real disks.

With some programs it is possible to use HDL ISOs when launched by HDL, and normal ISOs when launched in other ways, but there are many complications that can hinder this. One such thing is the need for an "IOP reset" to clean up the IOP module system at start of a complex application like SMS. This is also used by LaunchELF (for example), but there it is a configurable option which can be enabled or disabled (requires reboot to take effect though). However, just to keep this an option, we had to add tons of code to fix potential module conflicts. So it's not really as easy as some people think.

We'll just have to wait and see how this turns out for SMS. In any case, there's no way to test it until EEUG has finished the basic ISO implementation of SMS.

Edit: Ooops! With all the text above, I STILL managed to forget stating my own personal opinion on this...!!!

My opinion is that no support for HDL ISOs is really needed, as SMS has native HDD support. There is no need then for a 'faked CD/DVD' system just to achieve HDD speed. And since a future version of WinHIIP is already planned to have the ability to copy directly to APA partitions (the normal file partitions of PS2), the "fast copying" argument will soon 'evaporate'. So investing a lot of time now on HDL compatibility would be wasteful.

Best regards: dlanor

[emcepl]

Unfortunatley HDL works by forcing its own driver to replace the normal one for both CD and DVD, thus making it impossible to access the physical CDVD drive in any way. All attempts to do so will be redirected to the ISO HDL is using on HDD.

This means that there is a choice between compatibility to HDL ISOs, on the one hand, or compatibility to real CDs and DVDs on the other hand. There is no way you can have both in the same program at the same time. And if you have to choose, I'll definitely vote for the real disks.
Unofficial LaunchELF works great when running from HDL iso.

With some programs it is possible to use HDL ISOs when launched by HDL, and normal ISOs when launched in other ways, but there are many complications that can hinder this. One such thing is the need for an "IOP reset" to clean up the IOP module system at start of a complex application like SMS. This is also used by LaunchELF (for example), but there it is a configurable option which can be enabled or disabled (requires reboot to take effect though). However, just to keep this an option, we had to add tons of code to fix potential module conflicts. So it's not really as easy as some people think.
I get it but still it's very tempting :) At least now...

And since a future version of WinHIIP is already planned to have the ability to copy directly to APA partitions (the normal file partitions of PS2), the "fast copying" argument will soon 'evaporate'. So investing a lot of time now on HDL compatibility would be wasteful.
I agree but the question is: WHEN?
Sorry for being so impatient ;) :-pray:

[EEUG]

@emcepl: only God knows WHEN :)

[DiabloTerrorGF]

@emcepl: only God knows WHEN :)

And GadgetFreak >_>

[EEUG]

...my last words for today: just made ISO CD support (presumably) :). At least now SMS can browse PS2 game CDs and DVDs. I hope that users with modchips will be able to watch movies using this new feature soon (weekends become a traditional days for new releases). Now just integration of host support of Mr. Ronald, and 1.4 wil be born :)...

[taz030485]

I might be getting my hopes up with this one :p and it doesn't worry me too much, but hey I'll ask anyway, it could just be a bug.

Now that SMS has AC3 (*see below question) support would it be possilbe to output it in Dolby Digital 5.1.... whatever, like most DVDs have? As I have a surround system hooked up to me PS2 via the optical port and play games in surround (prologic), DVDs in 5.1, Vice city in DTS :D.

I have no idea how AC3 - DD5.1 - sound systems (ie mine) work, when watching a dvd does the ps2 simply pass the AC3 sound to suround systems decode, or does the ps2 decode the AC3 and pass the 5.1 channels to the system :crazy: If anyone can provide me with links/info I'd be happy to research and report my findings to EEUG for POSSIBLE addition to SMS.

I realise that the sound is based on "insert name here" (<-- Can't think of it) which was made by "insert different name here:P" (<-- again can't think), which could possibly be the basis of this problem and to implement my idea could require a whole new sound driver.

Regards Andrew (aka Taz030485)

* How are 5.1 channel AC3 stremas distributed in SMS? simply left and right output and surround ignored or center split to either side and rear mixed with each side respectivly? :chinscrat

[EEUG]

...now AC3 samples are muxed to 2 channels (using the original ffmpeg's/liba52 code) before travelling to 'audsrv' driver, since it supports only stereo and mono. Making 5.1 sound requires:
1. Documentation about SPU unit(s) (none are publicly available at the moment);
2. Recreation/extension of 'audsrv' (this relies on 1.);
3. Availability of "surround system hooked up to me PS2" AT MY SITE;
4. As alternative to 1., 2., and 3. it can also be any REALLY WORKING EXAMPLE :), so I can try to make it without 3. and annoy somebody with various test programs (this way I'm progressing now with ISO CD/DVD features);
Best regards
Eugene

P.S. By the way, by looking at the source code of 'audsrv' I can conclude, that SPU has 2 "cores" with 2 channels each (one core was source of 'buzzing' noise since it was not muted), so, we have 4 channels. Audsrv uses only one "core", so we're getting mono or stereo. By using both "cores" we can get 4 sound channels, so I can play with that, but I don't have any "surround system hooked up to me PS2", so my playing will be just a waste of time :).

[taz030485]

...now AC3 samples are muxed to 2 channels (using the original ffmpeg's/liba52 code) before travelling to 'audsrv' driver, since it supports only stereo and mono.
Thanks for clearing that up
Making 5.1 sound requires:
1. Documentation about SPU unit(s) (none are publicly available at the moment);

Makes sense (arrg at sony :mad: )
2. Recreation/extension of 'audsrv' (this relies on 1.);

Again makes sense (refering to 1 also :mad: :p)
3. Availability of "surround system hooked up to me PS2" AT MY SITE;

I don't have the $ or feel like sending mine to you :p but I understand why you'd need it.
4. As alternative to 1., 2., and 3. it can also be any REALLY WORKING EXAMPLE :), so I can try to make it without 3. and annoy somebody with various test programs (this way I'm progressing now with ISO CD/DVD features);

PICK ME, PICK ME :p I'd be more then happy to test for you IF you do decide to work on it and get something working
P.S. By the way, by looking at the source code of 'audsrv' I can conclude, that SPU has 2 "cores" with 2 channels each (one core was source of 'buzzing' noise since it was not muted), so, we have 4 channels. Audsrv uses only one "core", so we're getting mono or stereo. By using both "cores" we can get 4 sound channels, so I can play with that, but I don't have any "surround system hooked up to me PS2", so my playing will be just a waste of time :).
2 cores with 2 channels each, how does the ps2 do 5.1 then? (just me wandering, not related to topic)

I am currently searching for some info about 5.1, surround, etc and found that some sound cards have "Dolby Digital passthrough" meaning they pass the DD signal to systems with inbuilt decoders as opposed to directly sending the snalog signal to 6 connected speakers. I'll do some more research one this but I'm thinking (if possible) pass the ac3 sound straight out the optical port and have the system handle it (Note: a side effect of this would be no sound out the standard AV (happens for some games with DD, MGS2 ;)) and those without a system would hear nothing, so a configureable option of DD output would have to be implemted, again IF this does get taken further)

[EEUG]

- "2 cores with 2 channels each, how does the ps2 do 5.1 then?" - see 1. :);
- "pass the ac3 sound straight out the optical port" - same as above + absense of documentation about IOP (how on earth I can output something to the "optical port") :);
For me personally it appears more guessing work then programming itself. Yes, I know, it would be really nice to have such a feature, but...

Edit: "really working example" means that I'd like to have such an example, not making it :D

[taz030485]

- "2 cores with 2 channels each, how does the ps2 do 5.1 then?" - see 1. :);
- "pass the ac3 sound straight out the optical port" - same as above + absense of documentation about IOP (how on earth I can output something to the "optical port") :);
For me personally it appears more guessing work then programming itself. Yes, I know, it would be really nice to have such a feature, but...

Edit: "really working example" means that I'd like to have such an example, not making it :D
Fair enough, I'll keep researching and maybe I'll find some usefull info. I may also post on PS2Dev.org and see if they know anything about the spu's, optical port, etc that might help (I won't get my hopes up :p )

[EEUG]

...OK, thank you for your efforts (I don't think that you'll get something useful at ps2dev, I've browsed their forums already :))...

[taz030485]

...OK, thank you for your efforts (I don't think that you'll get something useful at ps2dev, I've browsed their forums already :))...
Your welcome, that won't stop me from trying :p I'll be sure to search thoroughly before I start a thread asking about it ;)

Keep up the good work.

[kazuya.akira]

hi eeug.
i know what my pen drive is not works.
because i have not format in the format32.
i test yesterday and the mass good works with sms.
ok so now what's the next step for sms?

[EEUG]

...ISO CD/DVD support and integration of host support developed by Mr. Ronald :), which is in testing stage now...

[kazuya.akira]

ok how to works iso cd/dvd support with sms?
in the iso cd/dvd they will are avi files ?

[EEUG]

...yes, and this can only be applied to Stations with so-called "mod-chips"...

[kazuya.akira]

i have a little problem with sms .
they are the movies when i read .
the message audio only Apparaît inthe screen.
You thinks that you can have one solution for this problem ?

[EEUG]

Yes :). And the solution is a creation/porting of the decoder for the currently unsupported video format (I suppose that you have "old" DivX). I've implemented only DivX5->XviD things...

[kazuya.akira]

yes you have reason this a avi divx3 .

[kazuya.akira]

this difficult to put codecs divx3 in sms ?

[EEUG]

...does it make sense? Just wait some days, after releasing 1.4 I'll make a poll, so we can plan things for the foggy future :)...

[kazuya.akira]

i have some ideas for the foggy futur but the problem that's i don't know programming.
i think ad a mini browser similar a lauchelf for to copy file directely with sms.
what's that you think?
this difficult to realise or this not the time for this?

[EEUG]

...altough it's not so difficult to add such a functionality to SMS, this, I think, is out of it's scope :) (though copying files from CDDAFS to HDD maybe makes sense, as was suggested earlier in this thread)...

[taz030485]

though copying files from CDDAFS to HDD maybe makes sense, as was suggested earlier in this thread
Possilby Dlanor or E.P. could add CDDAFS to uLaunchElf that way people could use it to copy any data from cd to hdd on an unmodifed console leaving SMS for playing media

[EEUG]

...it's pretty easy to do, since CDDAFS code is not linked to other parts of SMS (well, maybe it uses some constants, I'm not sure). Moreover it's directly compilable on WIN32 also (CDXplorer uses just the same file (FileContext.h/.c)) :)...

[kazuya.akira]

yes i think that's great idea.
the problem's that it do converting always in the format cddafs for to copy hdd.
i never test to burn a movie cddafs format in the cd-rw.
i don't say if works the cddafs in the cd-rw.
but this is my think.and in the post what's that you suggested.

[kazuya.akira]

i try to burn tonight to burn ine movie in format cddafs with cd-rw?

[EEUG]

...does PS2 read CD-RW? My old one doen't :(...

[<G>]

no, not a single version of the ps2 that i know of works with cdrw.

[kazuya.akira]

what's your version of ps2

[Mr. Worm~~]

Possilby Dlanor or E.P. could add CDDAFS to uLaunchElf that way people could use it to copy any data from cd to hdd on an unmodifed console leaving SMS for playing media

That would be good, so let SMS as DIVX/XVID Player and MP3 Player for music.

[paulodeleo]

...does PS2 read CD-RW? My old one doen't :(...
Mine reads. I think it's because of the DMS3 chip.

[<G>]

Mine reads. I think it's because of the DMS3 chip.

the chip has nothing to do with it. Your probably one of the very very few that can read cdrw.

[DiabloTerrorGF]

My v.7 reads Memorex CD-RWs... but has a hard time reading dual-layer dvds...

[Rid]

Nevertheless, try not to strain your PS2-drive too much. They all tend to get damaged very soon, when using burnt CD/DVDs (IMHO especially RWs)... (O_o)

[Mr. Worm~~]

My station do not read CD/DVD/RW, and for playing movies I prefer 1-HDD, 2-Network, 3-CD/DVD to preserve PS2drive... ;)

[shassino]

Thank you EEUG (and any other are working on) for your time spent over sms.
If you'll add ogg vorbis in sms, please add also ogm suppor (divx5+ogg files i mean).
Also an resume is a good idea.
Excus for my bad English i'm Italian.

[kazuya.akira]

and if possible the fonctions for (ff, rev)play options?

[ironlung]

Well, you've already got iso cd/dvd support, which is great :)

I know it's on your mind, but just to restate the request ... The ability to boot the player from CD (using a modchip, obviously).

There's still a hell of a lot of users out here without HDDs or the ability to connect via host.

Apart from that, great work so far ! Even though I can't use the player yet, I've been following it's (*fast*) progress with great interest :)

[Mr. Worm~~]

Well, you've already got iso cd/dvd support, which is great :)

I know it's on your mind, but just to restate the request ... The ability to boot the player from CD (using a modchip, obviously).

There's still a hell of a lot of users out here without HDDs or the ability to connect via host.

Apart from that, great work so far ! Even though I can't use the player yet, I've been following it's (*fast*) progress with great interest :)

You can always do it as any homebrew, just build a cd using CdgenPS2 add the SYSTEM.CNF and SMS.ELF files, and if you want you can add a movie too, use caps on for all files & extensions. See attachment.
Waiting for your comments...

[unholy]

Got it to work booting from the CD using CdgenPS2. I just draged in the system.cnf, SMS.elf and a test avi file. It worked after searching for the network for and minute or two then it searched for media i.e. and I was able to browse the cd and load the avi. Loaded and played fine. This was using a CD-RW on a V12 and Matrix Infinity v1.54 if anyone wants to know.

[paulodeleo]

Now that version 1.4 have CD/DVD reading, ( :dance: ) I must ask what is the priority to new features... next on my list (looks that is being followed or just coincidence? :) ) is subtitles, something really important to people that english is not the native language, like me, here in Brazil.

About international characters like (á,é,Ã*,ó,ú,ç,ã...) being unavailable from the internal PS2 bios font used by SMS, i think it could be possible to use them, as they're used when the bios language is in Portuguese, for example:

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/2821/ps2biospt4qp.jpg

Noticed the words "Configuração" (Settings), "Relógio" (clock) and "Opções" (options)?

About some code to start, someone at another thread pointed the source or mplayer, that seems to be very portable.

That's my wish for a new feature for SMS now. With that, I'll NEVER have a reason to use ps2reality again! I can live without fast forward & rewind, but not without subtitles... :-pray:

[EEUG]

...as I stated earlier, it's quite possible to combine ' and o to get ó etc. No problem with that. I'll create a poll about future features, don't worry, so we'll set priorities ;)...

[koki373737]

Some sugestions : )

- I think it would be neat if SMS could "learn" its settings like wheather it should use interlace or not (you probably would have to add a key combination that would turn on interlace mode again), the screen position, etc, and could store this info on a conf file, so you dont have to configure it each time. Also, would be possible to only "Initilize Network" if you select network on the media types? Then you dont have to wait each time you load the program.
Thanks!

Marcelo

[EEUG]

@koki373737: select-square saves your settings to mc0:/SMS :). About network: will think about it.

[Cordy]

I'd just like to say thanx for a great player, can't complain. network loads in 1-2 seconds for me and all other device options are great. Aside from some of the features such as ff rw that can be implemented in the future, I was also thinking ahead. I was thinking if it would be possible to add mpeg support in the future although I'm well aware divx/xvid are widely popular formats nowadays. Also on the divx end, I was wondering if you were aware of the divx6 codec and if you planned to implement it in the future, because I know you said you really didn't prioratize to add old divx support such as divx3 and wanted to keep it with mostly new and used ones.

[mastaalien]

eeug, i'm courious. sience "Christmas tree items (OSD,volume control, FFWD,REV etc.)"
leading the poll would it be difficult to code a "jump to time" code, cause i think ffwd and rev would be harder to code? (maybe its simpler, don't know). for viewing plesaure it would be better i think. cause ffwd when you already watched half of a 90min video would take long, and a jump to min 46 as example would be smoother. and with such a code the request about saving the movie in between (was requestet somewhere in this thread) wouldn't be that hard.
but after all like always it's just a little brainstorm ;)

[EEUG]

...well, I'll wait for 1 week before doing someting further (let's give everybody a possibility to vote :)). Then we'll see. FFWD and REV: first one is pretty easy to do. Second one is quite tricky mainly due to the fact that SMS uses rather big queues for AVI packets (we have to put a rear gear while we're travelling at full speed :)). I think for both of them displaying only keyframes is a reasonable solution (only in this case we'll get REV functionality at acceptable speed). Anyone is free to try (SMS_AVI.c must be modified in the first place to store timestamps for audio packets (currently it stores only video timings there) :)...

[mastaalien]

i didn't want to say do it ;) just curious about the possibility about the jump to minute thing. :)

[taz030485]

As I mentioned in the "foggy future" thread I think a confong screen would be a nice additon. I made simple screenshot for a suggested layout and options.

To bring up the option the user would simply press 'select' while in the browser view and change what they want, this also makes it easier for people so they don't have to remember specific button presses :crazy:

The video modes are pretty self explanitory, but also being able to select NTSC on a PAL console (if the connected TV supports it) instead of always using PAL. And being able to turn interlaced on or off (If it requires a restart add it as a side note) and pressing the change position would allow the user to simply use the d-pad to move the screen around.

The decode AC3 option is for those with suround sound systems connected with the optical port to make SMS not decode the Dolby Digital signal and let the connected system do it (J.F. at PS2Dev is kindly looking into this ;), Optical out and AC3 (http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=3125))

And the save settings to option lets the user choose where to save the settings to and on load SMS just checks each dir for a settings file the same way it does for USB.IRX (saves having a save folder for just one file ;)) and with ISO CD/DVD support settings (as well as USB.IRX and IPCONFIG.DAT) could be loaded (not saved, for obvious reasons) from there too.

If anyone can think of any other options or a different layout, post it and we'll let EEUG decide on what to do :p

[kazuya.akira]

Hello Eeug
yesterday I do some test with SMS,
and I found some small errors concerning the sound
I find that certain movies
the sound is noize.
I tested with another film and the sound did not noize any more.
I wanted to try with another media to make works the same video and the sound is good
I do not know if you already have this symptom of sound but can you deliver your opinion to me.
Have you need the informations by gspot of me movies with i testing ?

Sorry of my english if you don?t know me ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[EEUG]

...I would prefer movie (or just part of it) to give you more or less reasonable answer :)...

[kazuya.akira]

ok
i do it to night and i send you when i finish.
i give you my homme page or you take my movies. :)

[EEUG]

...'rapidshare.de' seems to be quite acceptable solution for fileshareing. Otherwise just note that my mailbox can hold max. 20MB :)...

[kazuya.akira]

ok i try tonight converting two movie of 10MB(2 movies,one good works,one bad works) and i send you in your mailbox.
give me by private message of your mailbox.
and tonight i send you.
i trying the rapidshare that's possible more fast that mail box.!!! :chinscrat




i have one question about usbd.irx!
i want know if it's possible when i read movies in my pendrive that sms search usbd.irx in CDROM or hdd?Because i try to play movies in my pendrive without memorycard and the sms found not pendrive.
thanks :)

[EEUG]

@kazuya.akira: PM has been sent :). Concerning USBD.IRX: its location must come to so-called "configuration screen", which might be implemented in the future;

@all: could somebody create 'virtual keyboard' (like HDLoader one, for example) in order to enter something. All the things necessary for it is in SMS already (character and line drawing functions, gamepad state read etc.). It would be a real help :)...

[taz030485]

Concerning USBD.IRX: its location must come to so-called "configuration screen", which might be implemented in the future;
Does that mean u like my config screen idea from 7 posts ago :p
I forgot about chosing the location for USBD.IRX :banghead:

[Mr. Worm~~]

I'm thinking a little bit further, about config/mode screen, so try to aticipate on what you want from SMS in the future.
As an entertainment application dont try to pretend as a system app.
For example:
CONFIG SCREEN:
System Startup: PAL/NTSC/Interlaced/non-Interlaced mode
Screen position: Up/Down/Left/Right
Playback mode: avi/mp3/???
Save Settings

PLAYBACK SCREEN:
PLAY/PAUSE/STOP (Implemented)
FF/REW
Chapter Navigation (3-4 min per chapter) or Analog Navigator
Volume control
Height Analog ZOOM
16:9 / 4:3 / 4:3 PAN Resize
Continuous Play for all files in folders (per type, avi/mp3/???), like an automatic playlist

MAIN MENU:
Show files per type alphabetically ordered without extension filtered also in different colors (avi: yellow / mp3: green / ???: blue) with different Icons at top like the media interfaces (HDD/HOST/Etc.), deppending on media type selected.
Not playable files have no reason to be displayed in menu

Maybe is harder to do, but It'll anticipate to future implementations and the code will be ready for, any idea???

[HypERSoniC]

maybe have a filter button when browsing for AVI, rather than an option in the settings screen.

when you press this button, only AVI's will be displayed.

also, there should be a button which switches mode from AVI to MP3.

in AVI mode, AVI files are displayed from +AVI. in MP3 mode, MP3 files are displayed from +MP3 (ensure compatability with PS2MP3)




I also propose a univeral partition for media files. +MEDIA

/AVI would be used to store movies, for avi players like SMS
/MP3 would be used to store music, for mp3 players like PS2MP3

[Mr. Worm~~]

You can use any partition and can filter as you wish, so you can organize movies/music as you want, actually SMS is not a mp3 player...but in the future...who knows, an integration would be possible.
Is there a need to see files that you cannot play??? just to see, the "non supported format" display

Take a look at this in post #28
http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39512&page=2

[Riddik]

Hello, it's my time now! :nana:
- I'ld like .mpg (and, of cource, .dat for vcd) files support.
- JPG browser and slideshow
- A support for the sucking wma...
- Amiga modules (.mod), .XM and .s3m support
- Skinnable SMS
- A beautiful female voice that says "Hello, World! Thank you for turning me on! Enjoy ME! Yours SMS :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Regards!

[ThaGame]

Swapable CD-rs for non mod users would be great. I swapp my cdr and hit X on the cd icon and it still reads my previous cd =/.

[mastaalien]

thagame, just burn your movie with cdexplorer from sms

[suram884]

A config menu would be nice. I have NTSC system, so when I press Select+R1 at startup, I can't tell if it's in NTSC mode or not.

[DiabloTerrorGF]

Refresh:
MPG and OGG support
MKV support(this usually contains XviD/DivX video encoders and AC3/MP3 audio, just locate the ids and it should be easy to implement)
Sub and srt support.
Alternate audio streams support(some of my videos have English audio and Japanese audio but it only plays the first audio_id)

[Cracky]

.ogm .mkv and CD/DVD support

[rathunter]

I just read through the thread and didn't see this christmas tree item:
- Dim the screen after being on pause for 30 seconds. And perhaps disable this timeout if a doube push of select has entered no-OSD mode.

[JuddMan]

ability to copy media files to the HDD (for users of the dvd-video disc trick)

[r0c0]

maybe u should concentrate on the basic functions like : play, pause, rewind and the long loading at the startup..also try adding pan & scan

[JuddMan]

pause is there... press select. rewind would be nice, fast fwd even better (as i sometimes hit triangle by accident). even if it's not a visual seek, but a progress bar or time display that you move to where you think u want to be.

[suram884]

Thats a pretty good idea JuddMan.

[HUB107]

rewind would be nice

[Riddik]

audio/video synchronization adjustment (like P2reality Media Player Pro) woul be nice too!

[redsmoke]

So i recently stumbled uppon SMS and it is awesome alot better than that crappy ps2reality media player...when I wasn't annoyed when I ran the elf I knew it was going to be a much better experience...

I have a feature request that I think would make a nice addition. support for ratdvd www.ratdvd.dk I use this format to archive my dvds to my computer hard drive and it would be awesome to be able to play these on SMS. I think ratdvds are a bit resource intensive though so may not be possible but thought I would throw it out there.

[orangpelupa]

hmm, also want sms support ratDVD, but i think ratDVD compression too high for PS2 cpu...
and i really want SMS support VCD.
thanks

[HypERSoniC]

wouldnt the audio resync on cue anyway?

[EEUG]

...due to limited access time to PS2 I didn't solve A/V sync yet :(. Anyone is free to try fixing it also :)...

[jas0npc2005]

Would it be possible to implement .mpg/.mpeg support in sms at all?

[EEUG]

@jas0npc2005: yes :)

[mastaalien]

pretty amazing how far sms is now.
srt file support would be the next big thing to make sms perfect for me.

[firehawk]

After the implementation of subtitles SMS will be perfect.
EEUG are you some kind of God or something? hehehe...
Thanks for developing and implementing all SMS features.

[firehawk]

EEUG I have a small request. I guess it's easy to implement.
I would like the files to be sorted alphabetically when they're displayed.

[JuddMan]

they aren't already?

must be nero sorting them before burning for me then.

[EEUG]

@mastaalien: new font stuff is just a small step towards subtitles (I'm not implementing them, but they are on their way);
@firehawk: nope, it's just my curiosity :). I really expect that other enthusiasts will take it over. Sorting is in the SMS already. It only needs a connection to the GUI (bix64 made this connection, but I didn't integrate his code yet (was busy with external font support));
Thank you anyway
Eugene

[firehawk]

Eugene you don't need to say "thank you". I am the one who have to say thank you. Because you're developing something for free. That's the spirit everyone should have. That's a great quality in you.
I really would like to help you developing new features but my programming skills are terrible at the moment. I'm only good at network administration (just not THAT good, i'm still learning and learning), all I can do are some shell scripts and silly programs. But maybe I could go deep into programming. I'll have to face it sooner or later anyway.

[Voldemar_u2]

I vote with both hands for supporting in SMS player subtitles features with .srt. It would be great for anime fansubs, which i generally watching on ps2. In any case it’s a great job EEUG. Thank you :)

[jacky401]

Hi EEUG

i am thinking if SMS support subtitle later ,will sub/idx is much easier than srt in implementation since sub/idx is based on bitmap and every language can be displayed.Correct me if i am wrong .

Jacky

[EEUG]

...I'm noob in sub/idx :). As I said earlier, .srt support is on its way (not from me). No hurry, please :)...

[Mr. Worm~~]

Well, srt is most common format used for divx/xvid, so you can use Subtitle workshop from ww.urusoft.net, It's a free tool and supports 56 subs formats and can convert to and from...step by step...

[rathunter]

I think it would be more intuitive if the alpabetical sort was case-insensitive.

[EEUG]

@rathunter: that's true, for ASCII it's easy to implement :). And for Greek, for example? I don't think that ps2sdk support "toupper" and "tolower" functions for anything but ASCII. Anyway, it's a good remark :)...

[Stealth-kill]

PSS support!?!?!?

[taz030485]

PSS support!?!?!?
PSS files are just mpeg2 video with SS2 sound (SS2 sound is a sony made format and can either be uncommpressed or compressed)

So if EEUG gets MPEG video working he would just need to add support for SS2 then we can play PSS files, tho I personaly would convert it to Divx/mp3 anyway. Google "PSS demux" to find the program I use.

[cyx]

can I ask for boost volume ? max volume is still low for me.
at least compare to how high PS2 games volume.

[JuddMan]

I agree with cyx, but also it's probably cause of the divx, not the player... i've played some files i downloaded just fine but if u rip a movie without any sort of dynamic range compression it is quiet...

[Voldemar_u2]

can I ask for boost volume ? max volume is still low for me.
at least compare to how high PS2 games volume.
Yes, the volume boost is really useful. Most of videos plays whith too low volume level. Or may be SMS needs dynamical volume leveling.

[EEUG]

...maybe one day it will be implemented :)...

[hip203]

A jpg picture viewer would be great !!!
anyway someone has created a good jpg viewer here(thumbnails,zoom etc) ...perhaps could integrate in SMS ...so we will be one step closer to a expanded media player....
refer link:http://home.arcor.de/ntba2/myps2.html

[EEUG]

..."Die gewünschte Seite ist nicht erreichbar" which, probably, means that "The requested site is not available"...

[HypERSoniC]

its a screenshot of myps2

[Mr. Worm~~]

Took a look but cannot browse HDD, always in red...removed some games to make space and same result, even with more than 4 gigs free.
Tried to create partition but is not recognized, maybe don't use +myPS2...and is like PS2OS...any tip or workaround?
Solved in version 0.2...:)

[Bixente]

Don't know if that work, cause not at home .
Official like is dead, so maybe some bug fixing :crazy: , or poject cancel??? :cry:

But there is email of creator in readme to have more info ...

[Bixente]

I remove the link, it's not my work, if someone want it, tell me.

[Mr. Worm~~]

hrm...seems that the hosting is suspended, not the project...;)

[hip203]

It would be great...for a hdd jpg viewer

[KallaiR]

i was wondering if u could have a version of sms with built-in the usbd.irx. i have a version of usbd.irx but everytime i put it in the directories of sms in mc in order to load it, when i launch sms, it freezes at the "locating usbd.irx" screen.(i think this what it says). with the same usbd.irx the reality player works perfectly.
where can i find the latest version of usbd.irx?

[paulodeleo]

I think it's illegal to distribute a elf bundled or merged with usbd.irx from a game (maybe not true for the nalpalm version).
But it's possible to compile my own version of SMS with already including my own usbd.irx too?

[KallaiR]

i am always talking about naplink version of usbd.irx and for usbd.irx files that i already own the games i took them from. as far as i know the ulaunchLEF is using the naplink usbd.irx. why not sms do the same? it would help a lot of people with this way.

[rathunter]

USB is slightly modified in SMS for compatibility with specific memory sticks. A side effect is that only certain USBD.IRX work. I've only had success with the one from Gran Turismo 3 in mc0:/SMS. All other homebrew I run uses a newer IRX in a different location.

[hip203]

Ogg Audio Or Video Support on SMS......
Here is the thread that says that they have already a port implimented for ps2.
So the is code in xiph to be reviewed....
:chinscrat
http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/vorbis/2005-April/025774.html
http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/vorbis/2005-April/author.html#25772
http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/vorbis/2005-April/025774.html

[KaylaKaze]

Can the "turn off" and "ps2 browser" combos maybe be a little more complex (R1-L1-Start-Select or something). And could Select-X refrtesh current directory (for disc swapping) as well as spin stopping after disc detection instead of after switching to disc mode?

[KallaiR]

or instead of reseting the ps2 when u press select+square, it would load the BOOT.ELF from bedata folder in our mc?

[skidude2121]

Just wondering if some sort of sleep timer would be possible EEUG because if I'm watching a movie and I fall asleep I wouldn't want my ps2 to be on all night. It would also be useful in case its left on for other reasons. Perhaps a shut down on end of video option would work? Thanks for all your great revisions.

[Mr. Worm~~]

Can the "turn off" and "ps2 browser" combos maybe be a little more complex (R1-L1-Start-Select or something). And could Select-X refrtesh current directory (for disc swapping) as well as spin stopping after disc detection instead of after switching to disc mode?

Hrmmm..it could be...but two buttons are not enough??..anyway simplest way...press "reset" ;)

or instead of reseting the ps2 when u press select+square, it would load the BOOT.ELF from bedata folder in our mc?

Dont know if that could work, I have problems with return to browser (never used that), but could be useful in some case to swap from SMS to HDloader for example...Dont know about consequences or if it will function properly...

Just wondering if some sort of sleep timer would be possible EEUG because if I'm watching a movie and I fall asleep I wouldn't want my ps2 to be on all night. It would also be useful in case its left on for other reasons. Perhaps a shut down on end of video option would work? Thanks for all your great revisions.

Wouldn't be bad an idle timer 15-30 minutes...;)

[KaylaKaze]

Hrmmm..it could be...but two buttons are not enough??..anyway simplest way...press "reset" ;)


Well, I would've suggested just removing them but figured some people may use them. I justg hate accidently hitting it when I can't remember what the buttons do :)

A return to boot.elf should work ok, if you use uLaunchElf program execution code or something when you do it (I'm not sure as my ExitProgram function that executes boot.elf uses ps2menu's method of running an elf so I don't know if it'd cause conflicts to do it that way).

[EEUG]

@hip203: new codecs and stuff like that are not "Christmas Tree Items", so they would be taken into consideration later (democracy rules :));

@KaylaKaze: not a problem for complex button combination. It requites just a single change inside GUI.c (button code), so I'll let you to do that ;);

@KallaiR: well, launching other applications is out of scope of SMS. But the feature you've requested is quite interesting for those who uses exploit (including me :). Refer my reply to "hip203".

@skidude2121: cool idea !!! Totally agree and I'll try to put an option...ehhh...what whould be a good short menu title for "Shutdown console after end of the movie"?

@paulodeleo: yes. Use bin2c utility to produce data array for your USBD.IRX. Then put it to the SMS_Data.c, adjust SMS.h (array size for your new driver exactly the same way as for other drivers) and SMS.c (replace code that looks for USBD.IRX by a single call to SifExecModuleBuffer (like for other drivers in the same file). Not so hard, just be very careful.

Thank you
Eugene

[JuddMan]

I think something like this would be most suitable:

Shutdown Timeout (Minutes): 2, 5, 10, 15, 30, Off
Sleep Mode: On, Off

i'm not sure you'd even need something like 'sleep mode', as 1 or 2 minutes would be ideal for in bed, as it would be off very soon after the movie... but would also allow those still awake to start up another movie if they wanted..

[rathunter]

@skidude2121: cool idea !!! Totally agree and I'll try to put an option
If you're implementing a timeout, perhaps now would also be a good time to use that code in a function for dimming the screen (or blacking it, or triggering a moving logo etc). Users with projection TVs especially, need to consider screen burn during Pause and while sitting at the browser. http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showpost.php?p=285133&postcount=102

Possible setting strings:

Auto-shutdown console (on/off)
Timeout (minutes): (2, 5, 10, 15, 30)
Screensaver (on/off)

Also, do you want an action in the browser settings menu to set the default partition (I always forget the key combo) or directory (new functionality)? Possibly:

Save as default path

[barf]

DAAP - Digital Audio Access Protocol

HTTP://daap.sourceforge.net or HTTP://www.opendaap.org/

To be able to use SMS as a client of a daapd is what I would really like.

[KallaiR]

for those that have problem with usb function i have to say that i just tried the usbd.irx from the naplink-ps2-v1.0.1a and it works perfectly with my mass external hdd and sms 1.4 revision 8.

[Deedlythcetilye]

I work with the PS2 SMS client GUI and I have a little issue with it.
Could it be possible to create a loop for launching the network until a reaction of SMS. That would prevent a lot of walks between my PC and the living room,
because firstly I like to mount the movies .

[Mr. Worm~~]

I work with the PS2 SMS client GUI and I have a little issue with it.
Could it be possible to create a loop for launching the network until a reaction of SMS. That would prevent a lot of walks between my PC and the living room,
because firstly I like to mount the movies .

Well, this is a Server-Client method, that SMS uses it. SMS is the server (waiting for connections) and PC is the Client. As any other network with this type of relationship, server has to be ready to receive client conections, so if you restart SMS need to restart client to, that means more walks. One more thing there is no client standby feature to overcome this issue and there isnt source-code for this client...and for what I heard never will be one for this client...Maybe someone can make a client to make our lives easier...:D

[Bixente]

Hey Radad, what are you doing??? Why don't make some advertising for your prog??? :dance:

So, i'll done for you: ;)

"Rad Host Client is a GUI tool to provide the pc side of the ps2 host filesystem protocol. I have written this to make it easier to use than the ps2client for people who simply want to use it with ps2 software such as uLaunchELF and SMS."

and more important :wow:

"It automaticcaly connects to the ps2. As you change programs from uLaunchELF to SMS it will automatically attempt to reconnect."

http://ps2dev.org/ps2/Tools/Misc_tools/Rad_Host_Client_1.4

Bye

Bixente

[paulodeleo]

Great piece of software!

But someone sooner or later will ask how it works, so:
1 - Put the ps2 ip address at the text field.
2 - Drag some folders to the "Root Virtual File System" area.

If SMS network is initialized, then the status bar will show "Connected".

[Mr. Worm~~]

Thank you very much Bix, will take a look when i get home tonight...:D
Thank you Paulo for quick start guide...;) (I will need it)

[taz030485]

When ffwd/rrwding would it be possible to show a multiplier. ie 2x, 4x, 8x, etc (or whatever values would be appropriate) as I loose track of how many times I've pressed the left/right button. Also could there be a goto time option to save ffwding over an hour of video?

Final note: Where is my name in the credits for the the options/config screen, I posted (http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showpost.php?p=279202&postcount=85) about it ages ago :mad: :p

[Stand]

Can't launch it because it say I'm missing an MSVCP71.dll file?????

[EEUG]

@taz030485: your name will appear in the "about" screen of SMS (which is under construction now :)). Btw., there's still no way to implement optical output/AC3 (no info and no equipment).

[taz030485]

@taz030485: your name will appear in the "about" screen of SMS (which is under construction now :)). Btw., there's still no way to implement optical output/AC3 (no info and no equipment).
I was just messing around, if u want to put my name in you can:p (YAY MY NAME'S GOING TO BE IN SOMETHING:D )

I recently setup the ps2dev enviroment and compiled the latest SMS from SVN:dance:. I could search through the code myself but it would save time if you could point me to some areas of code I could see if I can mess around with AC3 and Optical.
: Where the AC3 stream is read
: Where the audio is sent to the SPU

The SPU apparently can handle AC3 data itself (ie output it out the optical) so sending the AC3 stream directly to the SPU could work. I'll try my best to get something working, but if u do try anything I'll be more then happy the test for you.

[EEUG]

@taz030485: I'm really doubting that the process is that simple: "send AC3 data to SPU and you'll get a digital sound" :). I think, before fiddling with SMS it's much easier to create a small test program that sends AC3 data directly to SPU. All the functionality is there, so for me it would take 1-2 hours to make such a program. All I need to have is raw AC3 file (so it will be sent directly to SPU). Just a small quiestion: is optical output activated by default or it must be activated from the program (how?)? How SPU would know where to output the data: optical output or composite output?...

[taz030485]

@taz030485: I'm really doubting that the process is that simple: "send AC3 data to SPU and you'll get a digital sound" :). I think, before fiddling with SMS it's much easier to create a small test program that sends AC3 data directly to SPU. All the functionality is there, so for me it would take 1-2 hours to make such a program. All I need to have is raw AC3 file (so it will be sent directly to SPU). Just a small quiestion: is optical output activated by default or it must be activated from the program (how?)? How SPU would know where to output the data: optical output or composite output?...
Optical is activated from the broswer config, if it's on the SPU will output sound out the AV and Optical, if it's disabled then just AV.

I know when the SPU gets DTS it only outputs to Optical and PCM data to both, but not quite sure about AC3, I know it comes out the optical but am not sure if comes out the AV at the same time. (I'll put a DVD in later and see)

My MSN is taz030485@hotmail.com if you want to talk or ask something;)

[EEUG]

...SMS is able to decode AC3 itself :). And its audio part is based upon information and source code I found at ps2dev. There's nothing about getting digital sound from PS2. Without such an information it will be just a guessing work. Well, there's another way, of course, by making an attempt to reverse engineer (disassembly) some application which makes digital sound from AC3 data. Do you want to make a try? (I don't :))...

[taz030485]

I know SMS decodes AC3, I used it today, I was just thinking outloud.

I'll do some searching and let you know if I find anything. You just keep working on what you doing :P

[EEUG]

...it would be really appreciated :). Well, I think 1.5 will be the final version for .avi/DivX (it far exceeded my own expectations, really, and all these "Christmas Tree Items" are absolutely not interested for me :)) (but if you'll find a way to make a digital sound then it will be immediately implemented). Next I'll try to implement .mpg support with help of IPU unit (maybe I'll try to optimize SMS further)), but that will be another (veeeery long) story :). And I'll be glad to see SMS's evolution with help of other programmers/enthusiasts...

[jacky401]

That's great .Can't wait SMS can support mpeg/mpeg2 :)

[Mr. Worm~~]

Required DLL's for Radhostclient, put them in same directory the radhostclient.exe is...

Is possible to put a HDD partition o a DVD unit, It seems that accept only folders for me...cool tool

[Mr. Worm~~]

from my point of view, the GOTO function only could be implemented with the SOny Remote Control, that has numbers...How to do that with PAD that is limited in buttons??

[Furatudo]

well, It would be possible and would be a nice feature.

How to do it? well, this is just me thinking:
When u press a selected button on the Gamepad the movie pauses and some kind of "window" pops up on the screen for you to enter hh:mm:ss. it starts on the first "h" character, with the up and down arrows u select a number from 0 to 9. Then u press the left or right arrows to go from one character to another and u do the same for every char. When done u just press X and the movie goes to the position u chose.
This could also be done without a new window poping, could be done with a timer that appears on the corner during the movie playback.

There are 2 main problems anyway:
- As EEUG said on another thread, only the R2 and L2 buttons are not assigned to anything yet, I guess EEUG might be planing to use them for another something else.
- There would have to be some way to control the user input to avoid entering a time longer than the movie itself, but I don't think this would be so hard...

[Mr. Worm~~]

well, in that case the use of FF/REW will be more efective and faster. The only option I see for the moment is to make a timeline bar from pause and browse over that (maybe using analog joystick) Buttons are very limited, and functions to implement are PAD dependent, so the option to choose one over another...

[Furatudo]

Well, I guess that would work too. Maybe it isn't as precise as the method I though of but it doesn't have the problem of ocupying more buttons on the gamepad =)

Let's see if EEUG (or someone else who can code for the PS2) is eager to implement that function, even though it's not a "primary concern" atm since we already have the FF/RW functions ;)

[HypERSoniC]

well, in that case the use of FF/REW will be more efective and faster. The only option I see for the moment is to make a timeline bar from pause and browse over that (maybe using analog joystick) Buttons are very limited, and functions to implement are PAD dependent, so the option to choose one over another...

i have some ideas to free up some buttons.

SELECT - Enable Subs
L2 - Sub Delay -0.5 Seconds
R2 - Sub Delay +0.5 Seconds
LEFT / RIGHT - REW/CUE, if paused, bring up timeline seek bar.
X - Play/Pause. if paused and user has used the timeline bar to seek, play from the speicified location

[Deedlythcetilye]

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L2 - Sub Delay -0.5 Seconds
R2 - Sub Delay +0.5 Seconds
[...]

Yeah that is a must.
( perhaps the same for the audio part, wether its seperated)

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[taz030485]

@barf: I don't think that turned out how u planned :P

[barf]

taz -> I don't think that was planned... :chinscrat

[Cracky]

.ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv.ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv .ogm .mkv

[Deedlythcetilye]

I think mkv and rm is very useful. As to me it would be better than mpg, because its almost the same thingy as avi/DivX.
Mkv and Real Media has additional features, like multilanguage and higher compression.

[BigMichiel]

I agree with rm. I use that one a lot and it would be awesome if sms could play it. But I think it's very hard to add that one to. Maybe as an extra if/when all the main thingy's are done?

[suram884]

MPEG/MPEG2 are wide spread standards. They would be easier to implement then WMV/RM. I have lots of vids in MPEG/MPEG2 :). OGM/MKV are container formats so it's not a big deal with them. All in all, we'd all like to see SMS support all of those formats. :D No hurry EEUG...

[Bixente]

Hi,

Does a scroll-bar to set movie's position interest somebody ???

That can be done from future playing menu (V1.5).

When menu is launch, scroll-bar will appears .
Right or left buttons will set position's movie.
When menu is close, movie will start playing from the new position.
( EEUG suggestions )

Your opinion interest us, so don't hesitate to answer. ;)

Thanks

Bixente

[Mr. Worm~~]

Bix,
I got the point, seems reasonable for a quick goto function ;)
is time displayed in scroll bar? :D
do ya have msn?

[Bixente]

Yes, i think implementing time display when scrolling.

And yes i've msn, and i'm online, you not.

[Bixente]

Hi, the scroll bar work, not perfectly, but that work. :dance:

There is still some bug but i'm working on it.

Thanks a lot EEUG for explication.;)

Bye

[skidude2121]

Great to hear bix. Glad to see more people working on the project. Can't wait till the next release!!

[KallaiR]

omg! i can't wait for christmas! this christmas gift would be the best!

[Mr. Worm~~]

I remember a Tom Hanks Movie, where the Contractor always said "Two Weeks"...well in this case will be "Three Weeks" ;)

[shassino]

I have some avi with 2 audio track. What do you think about a option or button for select between 2 or more tracks?

[Mr. Worm~~]

I have some avi with 2 audio track. What do you think about a option or button for select between 2 or more tracks?

Yes, ther will be one for sure...;)

[bandor]

Hi --

Not a dig, I love SMS, but as I've mentioned before MediaPlayer Pro produces much higher quality (no jaggies) video output in the menu system and when playing movies in NTSC_I mode. Either MediaPlayer has a custom graphics driver of some sort, or they are throwing a PS2 graphics switch that is not enabled in SMS.

EEUG, as an example here are two screen shots that show the Warner Brothers logo from the same movie, in NTSC mode on both SMS and MediaPlayer. This is to show that I'm not just imagining things. ;)

It illustrates what I was saying about the better graphics playback in MediaPlayer. Just an example for thought -- I don't know if anything can be done.

[radad1]

Does the non-interlaced mode of SMS give better results?

[Mr. Worm~~]

I can use both and can see the difference between PAL/NTSC part of it is intrinsec system behavior, for the other part some fix should be applied if possible, but it will be time consuming and testing over and over...and that happens with GS (Graphic Screen) too...~~
Btw, Switching off until next week, for working...;)

[EEUG]

@bandor: I don't have NTSC TV :). Maybe I'll take a look at the problem one day ;)...

[Stand]

Same jagged stuff happens to me. I mention about this a while back with the vertical black bars issues. I though that because earlier SMS squeeze the resolution on NTSC that's why the pictures are jagges, but appearenntly it's not.
I tried both the interlaced mode and the normal one, both produce same result.
EUGG, you have any idea why? Is there any mention about this on ps2dev site?

[edit]
Although before the verticle black bars issue was fix, the jagged picture was worse. After the fix it's a bit better, but the problem is still there

[EEUG]

@Stand: no, I don't have any solution at the moment. So far on my PAL TV I didn't see that bad quality pictures as on screenshots from this thread.

[bandor]

Radad1: Non-interlaced mode only displays every other line on the screen so it looks even worse. You may have seen PS2 games that go into this mode to give the illusion of higher resolution and faster frame rates but with gaps between the video lines.

EEUG: Thanks, I can understand that you don't have the proper video output to test NTSC very well. If anyone has any thoughts, looking at the SMS source, please speak up. I don't know whether we are missing a variable setting or a whole video mode that the PS2 is capable of. I played around and tried to enable the anti-aliasing variable that I saw in the SMS source code for the NTSC mode, but no luck. SMS is an awesome tool, but it's agonizing that the video output could be sharper.

[taz030485]

Could it be a video resolution problem? Scaling up or down could be what it distorting it? Maybe try a video who's resolution exactly matches output resolution and see how it looks?

[radad1]

Radad1: Non-interlaced mode only displays every other line on the screen so it looks even worse. You may have seen PS2 games that go into this mode to give the illusion of higher resolution and faster frame rates but with gaps between the video lines.
I think you have interlaced and non-interlaced mixed up.

[bandor]

No Radad1, I'm reporting things correctly (as SMS displays them):

NTSC_I mode has no gaps between lines and produces the highest video quality (as shown in my screen shots), but still has a big "jaggies" problem

NTSC mode has gaps between the lines -- every other line is drawn on the screen.

Do you have an NTSC device? You should be able to see this for yourself.

[radad1]

Do you have an NTSC device? You should be able to see this for yourself.
I have PAL and NTSC. I do not see what you are describing. I do not see much difference between PAL and NTSC either.

[rathunter]

@bandor
can you post the GSpot output for the avi in your screenshots?

[bandor]

Rathunter -
As requested:
FILE_NAME The Polar Express.avi
FILE_SIZE 733,849,600
CONT_BASETYPE AVI(.AVI)
CONT_SUBTYPE OpenDML (AVI v2.0),
CONT_INTERLEAVE_TIME 40
CONT_INTERLEAVE_PRELOAD 480
CONT_INTERLEAVE_ALIGN Aligned
CONT_TOTAL_BITRATE 0
CONT_BYTES_MISSING 0
CONT_AUDIO_STREAM_COUNT 1
VIDEO_CODEC_TYPE xvid
VIDEO_CODEC_NAME XviD
VIDEO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed
VIDEO_DURATION 01:35:46
VIDEO_FRAME_COUNT 143654
VIDEO_QF 0.227
VIDEO_SIZE_X 608
VIDEO_SIZE_Y 256
VIDEO_DISPLAY_SIZE_X
VIDEO_DISPLAY_SIZE_Y
VIDEO_ASPECT_DECIMAL
VIDEO_ASPECT_FRAC
VIDEO_PICS_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_FRAMES_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_FIELDS_PER_SEC
VIDEO_BITRATE 884
VIDEO_MPEG4 MPEG-4
VIDEO_MPEG4_BVOP B-VOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_NVOP N-VOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_QPEL
VIDEO_MPEG4_GMC
VIDEO_H264
VIDEO_SAR
VIDEO_DAR 2.375
VIDEO_MPEG2
VIDEO_MPEG2_I_L
VIDEO_MPEG2_PROG
VIDEO_MPEG2_TFF
VIDEO_MPEG2_BFF

[Mr. Worm~~]

PAL is always better than NTSC, thats a fact...anyway during these days I will make some test, to get that thing as better as possible...;)

[bbgmp]

Haven't read through all 14 pages of posts so sorry if this is a re-request but is there any plan on making SMS able to load .avi files from a DVD-R?

[bbgmp]

Sorry, I meant to ask if it'll support DVD+R/W.

[rathunter]

DVD+R/W is the same as DVD+R to SMS, but not many PS2 consoles can read it. I've used DVD-R/W in my v7. In any case, I would strongly discourage -/+RW even if it does work because it is hard on the laser, and will burn it out quicker than DVD-/+R. If you want a temporary medium for AVI's, I recommend a USB drive, HDD, or networked computer.

[skidude2121]

problem is you never know which usb flash drives work with your ps2 or not. My 1 GB LG won't.

[emcepl]

Is it USB 2.0 or 1.1? I think that mostly usb 1.1 pendrive work...

[rathunter]

There is a thread with a bunch of reports on USB Flash drive compatibility for the PS2
http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25559
I've found every USB flash drive that works with other homebrew, to also work in SMS...(after finding the right USBD.IRX)

@skidude2121, does your 1 GB LG work in uLaunchELF, for example?

[ZakSpeed]

What about an option to tell SMS where the USBD.IRX file is located? (instead of just looking for it on mc0: or host: ) This way we could put it on the HDD, as it would be more practical. myPS2 lets you do that.

I'm asking this because on the HD there's lot of free space and sometimes not much on the MC.

[EEUG]

@ZakSpeed: for that someone (maybe I :)) has to implement "virtual keyboard" in the first place to get more advanced input from user. The coming version won't support that (sorry), but future one(s) - maybe :)...

[BigMichiel]

It could be created if you could do it like this.

You implent an option for this
You can add the path than in a new window. To select letters etc you can use Up and Down. But how to create this etc, I don't know. I'm not that good at coding. Actually, I can do shit with coding:P But maybe this is a idea for future use. It would be great if you could set the path;)

[skidude2121]

@skidude2121, does your 1 GB LG work in uLaunchELF, for example?

No it hasn't worked with any homebrew I have tried it with. It might just be that I havn't found the right usbd.irx module yet, but I have tried several.

[ZakSpeed]

@ZakSpeed: for that someone (maybe I :)) has to implement "virtual keyboard" in the first place to get more advanced input from user. The coming version won't support that (sorry), but future one(s) - maybe :)...

No problem. It was just a suggestion. I'm looking forward for the "christmas present".

[Mr. Worm~~]

I have SMS.elf in HDD (with ULaunchelf), then config save + skin + palette + USBD + .... is less than 200k and skin is more than 100k, on the worse case...
another option could be to save settings + in MC1, for those who has two MC's and MC0 is always full...just my two cents for the moment

[HypERSoniC]

i love your avatar ZakSpeed - i cant stop playing knonoa 2! its the best platformer on the ps2

[hip203]

most movie looked very dark nowdays .......and brightness control on tv sets are not high enough !!!!!
I wish to suggest a brighness control using .....using up/down navigation of the joystick!!

[Deedlythcetilye]

Ihae a kinky idea: The SMS could load a random skin from the skinfolder while booting. Would be a funny toy :D

[BigMichiel]

@Deedlythcetilye: Yeah, that would be funny. But wouldn't it take a huge amount of space on your memorycard? I mean, 8MB isn't much;)

[Mr. Worm~~]

Maybe luminance/saturation control settings wil be available after GS redisign ;)

[BigMichiel]

GS redesign? You mean that SMS will be redesigned?

[EEUG]

..yes, next year I'm going to stop further development of extra features (with exception of mpeg support) and I'll try to redesign SMS's graphics core in order to get rid of problems with aspect ratios, visible scanlines in NTSC mode etc. But even before that I'll try to burn my PS2 by implanting so-called modchip there which I've got for free recently from one of SMS's users :)...

[mojojojo]

Hi, Yesterday I installed sms 1.5. Dude, you rock. sms is awesomeness in a box (or in a file, or something like that...)!!
anyway, i was wondering if in a future release it is possible to add a feature to let the user select subtitles with a name different than the movie.

[LaptoniC]

For a quick hack, maybe when we click on subtitle it puts as current subtitle into memory,so when we load avi selected subtitle will be applied.Offcourse if there is subtitle named same as avi,subtitle from memory will be replaced.

[Stand]

hello eeug,
I have a suggestion, can you make the mp3 feature plays all the files in the folder? or some kind of file selection? It'll be just like the iPod:-)

[skidude2121]

also ff and rw functions similar to videos would be nice

[Voldemar_u2]

Thanks all who has taken a hand in an exit of new version of SMS. Support
of subtitles which I so for a long time waited, has surpassed all my expectations. That would be desirable for the only thing, is less strict requirements to mistakes in sub-titles. Poorly that SRT subtitles not
loaded in general if in any line the mistake is found out. I think, that there should be less strict rules to loading subtitles. It is better to not see one line, than to be refused to see them completely.
@EEUG: I Was played with adjustments Display Settings.. also have noticed, that on some films the geometry of the image is correctly displayed only in mode NTSC, in PAL and auto we have the image compressed on a vertical, it concerns also that fragment which I to you sent. And with quality of a picture as a whole too there are problems, it is especially appreciable on animation films. The broken lines, it is similar on PS2 RMP in a low quality mode. At inclusion fullscreen smoothings, the picture looks unpleasantly for eyes, is too dim, and subtitles look also is dim. And it is not absolutely understandable, that the option auto in Display settings means, impression such, that she does not work. And all negative, in the rest all is wonderful. Once again Happy New Year 2all !

[Mr. Worm~~]

Try video mode 2 ;) (so you have 8 combinations to choose) and you can use also a custom font, I saw some examples for cyrillic in previous post :D

[Voldemar_u2]

MODE 2 ??? What's that ?:wow:

[Mr. Worm~~]

It is in display settings ;) mode 2 increases height the image a bit in PAL and decreases in NTSC to compensate aspect ratio differences deppending on console/TV systems

[Voldemar_u2]

Wow, I also have not seen, probably was sleepy :)

[Mr. Worm~~]

I forgot, Browser screen for PAL is also enlarged for mode 2 ;)

[Voldemar_u2]

you can use also a custom font, I saw some examples for cyrillic in previous post
The current font is seems sutable for me. I meant, when smoothing mode is turn on, the subttitles is looking greased (smoothed) too. It is wrong, as i think.
More important thing, as i thought, to do less stricted error parsing in srt subtitles. I don't know, how to checks subtitles on errors, i think they must be loaded without dependence from that they have mistakes or not.

[Mr. Worm~~]

1-Smothing function afect browser, movie image and subs...
2-subtitle workshop (google) is an excellent tool and free, for editing, syncronizing, error checks, etc...it's most complete tool I saw around the net...
PS...Tks for english :D

[Voldemar_u2]

1-Smothing function afect browser, movie image and subs...
Certainly, I am understand, but does we need smoothing for browser and subs ? For what purposes ?
2-subtitle workshop (google) is an excellent tool and free, for editing, syncronizing, error checks, etc...it's most complete tool I saw around the net...
thank's for advice, but what do i do with a heap of DVD-r whith hundreds of anime subtitles, checking them ? rewriting ? Jet Audio or PS2 Media Player don't ask me about "errror in 31 line", they just play them.:rant: :banghead:

[Mr. Worm~~]

Soften is same function as Sharpness in TV, so applies to all image...is not selective...maybe in the future will be a graphic screen redisign...maybe not..
Calm down, about subs just post here some examples (only the subs files)...As you may know I spaek spanish as my natural language so 99% of movies have subs...And I have no problems at all with them...
You asked for a tool to check subs, and I show you the best one ;)

[deank]

I do a lot of translations and most of the people I know use the frame-based format SUB, instead of .srt. A lot of srt files have errors due to the ignorance of the people playing with them or playing being a translator/"editor".

Most programs (filters) would accept upto 3 to 5 lines per subtitle in a .sub format, but ONLY THREE in a .srt. The correct format is:

INDEX (consecutive numbers starting from "1".. You can't have 221 and then 223)
START_TIME --> END_TIME
line 1
[line 2]
[line 3] --- you're not allowed to have more than 3 lines in .srt
<lf><cr> --- ONLY ONE MANDATORY "empty line"... here is where most of the people do wrong
INDEX
....


My request for feature would be an option for setting an arbitrary screen aspect ratio. One could use left analog stick up/down to change the vertical size and left/right to change the horizontal size of a movie. This would be useful, because some of the movies don't come in the right format. If you try to watch a WAF release 2.85:1 aspect ratio you would need such feature. Of course it is useful for other formats also.

Dean

p.s. I'd strongly support following standards, but not making it 'just' to work with anything. Keep it 'pro' not lame.

[Voldemar_u2]

Tomorrow i will post them for sure. Don't remember in which one was an error. As i see, Subtitle Workshop can detect a 18 types of errors, so any of .srt file may have even one of them. But most of them not critical.

[Voldemar_u2]

INDEX (consecutive numbers starting from "1".. You can't have 221 and then 223)
Subtitle Workshop help don't have any mention about this error, so may be this is not critical for srt :chinscrat ?

[Voldemar_u2]

@Mr.Worm: Here is five srt subtitles with the same errors, which happened during time loading - SEQUENCE ERROR(338,11,52,11,11).
What does it mean ?

[EEUG]

84
00:06:55,206 --> 00:06:58,585
*Таинственный взрыв на станции?*
<- This empty line supposed to be a separator between subtitles
И, по словам местных жителей...

85
00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:00,879
*Таинственный взрыв на станции?*
<- This empty line supposed to be a separator between subtitles
?около 7:30 утра?

86
00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:02,547
*Таинственный взрыв на станции?*
<- This empty line supposed to be a separator between subtitles
?земля содрогнулась от?

[Voldemar_u2]

Is that all ??? Subtitle Workshop find only forbidden symbol and too long string in this fragment. Nothing about empty line beetween subtitles. In Any case I don't see the reson to not load subtitles at all.

[EEUG]

http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/subtitles/srt.html
SRT is perhaps the most basic of all subtitle formats.

It consists of four parts, all in text..

1. A number indicating the which subtitle it is in the sequence.
2. The time that the subtitle should appear on the screen, and then disappear.
3. The subtitle itself.
4. A blank line indicating the start of a new subtitle.

[Voldemar_u2]

I see, the rules for SRT subs is very simple. And i am sure this is very simple to avoid this type of error during parsing subs. And no one media player reject this subs like erroneus.

[Voldemar_u2]

You can just skip all CR/LF symbols while new index not appears.

[EEUG]

@Voldemar_u2: feel free to make any modifications/bug fixes in SMS. It's available in SVN ;). I've made .srt support in accordance to specs. Point. Sorry.
Aspect ratio and other graphics related things (jagged lines etc.) is work in progress. A very slow work, since I'm quite busy at work these days. Sorry again...