new minor release of zmplayer v1_2

[bragon]

Dear all,

after a long period of silence please find attached a version of zmplayer that I should have released long ago.
All it does is to add support for libogg and avoid the glitch of the menu when looping on the short video sequence.
So no new fancy features for now.
Please refer to the relevant forum for the handset specific zmplayer version for rokre6 rokre2 a1200 and a780.
If time allows we might release a new version of zmplayer based on mplayer-dev.

Changelog:
* Update to support ROKRE2 play/pause next prev side keys
* Re-enable tremor (fixed point) libogg
* Use silence track for background loop to avoid short blank

Enjoy

1. INTRODUCTION
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zmplayer includes:
- an accelerated version of mplayer based on v1.0pre8 with the following enhancements:
1) zaurus patch including the zaurus PXA27x iWMMX acceleration code making use of the Intel Integrated Performance Primitive
2) bring 18bpp support (e.g. for A1200)
3) prevent fbdev initialization since it crashes on 19bpp phones
4) accelerate YUV2RGB conversion using Intel IPP library for 16bpp phones (A780/E680)
5) perform cache optimized 8x8 block rotations and also adds contextual rotation based on aspect ratio (rotate=9 or rotate=10 option)
6) allow osd and subtitle rotation through subrotate=1 or subrotate=2 option
7) include extension based file filtering capability
add get_property code to allow the presence of the menu on the
screen to be probed
9) Add a background video for audio only tracks
10) An accelerated YUV2RGB framebuffer device

- a minimalistic ezx mplayer frontend: zmplayer that consists of the launcher and an event handler communicating with the mplayer process. This frontend takes care of disabling power management to keep the screen backlight on.

Note that enhancements 2 through 6 are custom patches made by us which basically ensures that the mplayer binary provided is the fastest one for ezx phones
More details are available at http://www.courville.org/mediawiki/index.php/EZX

Though distributed as a separate package you can build your own latest mplayer binary version by using the mkezx http://www.mkezx.org/ which provides a distribution debian like packaging framework for creating native applications.
Unfortunately the source code of the ezx mplayer frontend: zmplayer will not be distributed for now.

If you wish to convert a video for the phone an example script: mkvideo-ezx.sh based on mencoder is included in the package.


2. INSTALLATION
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2.1. INSTALLING ON A1200/ROKRE6
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In order to install this package you need to:
1) first install yan0.rar archive available at http://www.motorolafans.com that enables the installation of unsigned .pkg packages.
Don't forget the make the right association by touching the package icon you wish to install until a menu appears and select "open with" mpkg striking the "always use the program..." box.
2) install the provided package through the use of mpkg program
3) switch your phone off an on in order to see the zmplayer icon in the application manager
4) download an avi video in your phone transflash and make the association with zmplayer application. The association is performed by touching the avi file to play until a menu appears and select "open with" zmplayer striking the "always use the program..." box.

2.2. INSTALLING ON OTHER HANDSETS
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In order to install this package you need to:
1) install the provided package through the use of the native installer. Installation is performed by by touching the package icon you wish to install until a menu appear and select "Install"
2) download an avi video in your phone transflash and make the association with zmplayer application. The association is performed by touching the avi file to play until a menu appears and select "open with" zmplayer striking the "always use the program..." box.

3. KEY MAPPING
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Key/function mapping:
- Volume select: toggle Volume/Brightness/Contrast/Speed/Audio delay/Subtitle delay
- Volume+: decrease volume selection
- Volume-: increase volume selection
- Navigation up: slow rewind
- Navigation down: slow forward
- Navigation right: fast forward
- Navigation left: fast rewind
- Navigation select: pause
- Camera: quit (A780), toggle OSD (otherwise)
- End (Off): quit (except A780)
- Send (Home): toggle menu
- Play/Pause (ROKRE2): pause

4. CONFIGURATION
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Global shell variables:
ZMPLAYER_SILENCE: specificies the location of silence.ogg, an audio only track to play when the zmplayer is called without arguments.
ZMPLAYER_BACKGROUND: specifies the location of the background.avi to display if zmplayer is called without argument.
ZMPLAYER_LEFT_HANDED: if not empty then assumes the phone is turned the other way.
ZMPLAYER_PLATFORM: if not empty used to force the platform type for correct key mapping. Possible values are A780, E680, A1200, etc.

Authors: bragon and dbateman

[shaj]

Hi bragon...

thanks for the update...having a problem though...

I managed to do everything without a problem, but when I play the AVI file, it stutters...

almost as if it's playing it at 15fps?

What could the problem be?

[Reincarnation...]

for some reason when i play a avi the sound plays and then the video. wth. any support please.

[BMWftw]

any way to have it disable the touchscreen by default when zm player runs? or actually MAKE the program disable the touch screen like it is able to turn off the power saving [which keeps the backlight on]

and NO not the LOCK key because that diables the nav buttons too

because if you accidentally brush the screen while in zmplayer the app loses focus and then the only way to shut it down is to turn the phone off

:-\

[bragon]

Guys for me it works great with an unbranded generic firmware. I think that the problem you experience are specific firmware related. So in order to locate the issue please report at least your firmware release (dial WWW008W)
and be less cryptic about the issues you experience (what video: i.e. resolution, video rate, audio rate, codec etc.).

[swifty]

to be more specific, this avi is not playing on A780 with zmplayer v1_2.
the audio is very strange and video is black.
http://people.openmoko.org/mickey/vi...ialer-xvid.avi

[BMWftw]

Guys for me it works great with an unbranded generic firmware. I think that the problem you experience are specific firmware related. So in order to locate the issue please report at least your firmware release (dial WWW008W)
and be less cryptic about the issues you experience (what video: i.e. resolution, video rate, audio rate, codec etc.).

so.. let's say you are at the main zmplayer screen [with your logo ]

if you tap your touch screen.. then you are able to still work the zmplayer OSD and choose other tracks and play lists or whatever? I'm not... the app loses focus and then I can intermittently see the home screen and how the nav keys are selecting through its menus and i lose control over the zmplayer app







edit: I just tried to replicate the problem with v1.2 disregard it must have only been an issue with the 1.1 version

[DAGr8]

Hmm , I jsut upgraded to 08p , Everything is workin fine ...


Only prob is After I Installed ZM player 1.2 I cant Uninstal the older one or even the new one .

So what I did was Erase the old folder ... Now I get an Exclamation Point ...
So I went and tried to edit the registry ( I have done this same exact step before and it worked)

But this time If I remove the old Zmplayer entry I lose all apps shortcut in the menu ... After a few tests I gave up and I have that exclamation point , I dont understand why I cant get rid of it ...

Most of all I should be able to Uninstall the application but I cant , the option is grayed out ...

[Rtech_78]

guys, i've tried everything. I have the player installed, however it never really plays the files. I hear the audio, but the video stays frozen. tried everything but nothing seems to work.

Is this compatible with .08?

[Broken]

Yeah, I just flashed to .08P too. Tried to install Zmplayer and the first install was wacky... really tricked my phone up and had to remove my battery to get it to turn off. Touched the touch-screen (after I turned it back on) in Zmplayer and it flickered and I could see my Menus through it and could actually click on them and start up applications. Tried two different installs and finally gave up.

Too bad it is not touch screen based or I might have kept trying...