TCPMP v0.66 Released - SUPPORTS FLASH!

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Fr3shAce24

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Huge list of improvements in the new successor to 0.65 TCPMP Video player - including about 15 HUGE improvements (if that's possible!) - this guy is just fantastic!!

http://corecodec.org/frs/?group_id=53

Left click on VERSION # for version detailed info. Most excellent! Todays' a good day!!

ADDENDUM: just loaded to flash TCMPM prc, AAC File Manager, and MPG1 / MPG4, total 879k. Works Perfectly. Rock On. The PlugIns also work in flash, so I guess some of you could feel free to load every plugin TCPMP comes with (including new ffdshow one) - but I only need 2.
 
Man this media Player is kick-ass, and the developer deserves to be paid for this one. Bit it's free as can be! If anyone still hasn't tried it yet, what are you waiting for? Ditch Kinoma or MMPlayer, they're crap. Try TCPMP now!

Here are the latest changes made:

Changes:
version 0.66: 2005-07-08
+plugins only loaded when needed
+amr nb/wb audio decoder
+mp3 xing/vbri vbr info reader
+"Landscape" by Mobile Stream support on Sony CLIE NX/NZ/TH
+Sony HHE plugin. THANKS to Mobile Stream for reverse engineering GE2D API!
+Zodiac plugin using ATI Imageon hardware video decoding and 2D acceleration
+AAC plugin memory and speed optimizing (and fixing 5.1 channel support)
+ffmpeg plugin (video only)
+icecast support
+asf http streaming
+ogg/ogm native player buffering (saves dynamic memory)
+tremor vorbis decoder with high-accuracy (default with WinCE)
+merged .mpg file support (timestamps restart inside media)
+Sony remote control keys support (Thanks to aplus)
+WinCE: WMP10 support (WMA/WMV) (except on devices with 2700G)
+PalmOS: shortcuts and preferences in main menu, key navigation (Thanks to Dan Walkowski)
+PalmOS: support for ROM storage (example with JackFlash)
+PalmOS: left/right direction buttons skip songs and seek when holding down for longer
+PalmOS: form savebehind disabled (saves dynamic memory)
+PalmOS: T|T T|2 memory tweak
+PalmOS: white borderless fullscreen and tripple buffering tweak on some devices
+PalmOS: battery manager override tweak
+PalmOS: WMMX optimized motion compensation code added
+PalmOS: sysAppLaunchCmdOpenDB & sysAppLaunchCmdCustomBase launchcodes for launching media files
+WinCE: 2700G and ATI Imageon hardware released in background
+WinCE: Musepack plugin added to main install (AC3 removed to separate plugin)
+'fill screen' zoom option
-zero & duplicated chunk avi handling (fixes a/v sync with some tv records)
-non interleaved avi handling
-LifeDrive: action button fix and audio distrotion workaround for silent parts
-QDA700: smartphone audio fix
-Treo650: keyboard backlight light fix
-PalmOS: frame dropping bugfix
-Sony: jog keys fix
-.mov and .asf file reader fixes
-PalmOS: alarm suppressing fix
-avi seeking fix
-PalmOS: plugin relocation not making databases 'dirty'
-PalmOS: low memory situation fixes
-WinCE version working again
-2700G: display flashing and freezing fix
-WinCE: file associations fix (ringtone on Smartphones, downloading from web)
-many minor bugfixes
 
Hey thanks for the update!!!

It appears that the way to install movies is to use a card reader and install the entire Mpeg file (without changing or converting the Mpeg in any way) to a directory on your card (using a card reader). TCPMP will then be able to find and play these "native" files?

Is this correct?

Cheers,

Syno
 
Absolutely Correct. Older TCPMP Versions required it be in the "front/main directory;" as of 0.65 you can make a folder anywhere on the card, and use the AAC File Manager (200k) to access it. Once you do that, the player searches that folder automatically. Be sure and "find" the folder, and select "Select All." From then on you don't have to mess with it.
 
I am using Card Export II to let windows see my T|E as a virtual hard drive in windows. I put my video files in a VIDEO folder on the SD card and point TCPMP there if I want to play videos.

I do use a few apps to convert some files, mostly to reduce the quality and size so it's more playable on a T|E, which isn't super fast. Still, I can use XviD codec to make mpeg files with 320 width at any aspect ratio and I usually drop the frames per second in half, so if it's a 640x480@30fps mpeg, after conversion it's 320x240@15fps. This results in respectable quality/performance/size for my T|E.

To convert the vids I use:
  • DivX Codec - Probably need to install some form of this. Ughhh, watch out for the ad/spy-ware bundled version!
  • XviD Codec - This is needed to re-/encode the video files with this codec (duh, as well as play them on your PC).
  • Pocket DivX Encoder - A pretty cool re-encoder program.
  • Unlogic Movie Encoder* - Fairly good at converting, though maybe more technical in design.
    *Unlogic Movie Encoder needs another program, VirtualDub, in order to re-encode the videos. UMC is actually more like a cue/config loader for VirtualDub, though it's fairly seamless.
Right now on my Palm I have three Monty Python full length movies , and they only take about 350MB's on the SD card. It's pretty sweet watchin Life of Brian in a laundry mat.

I forgot, you may need an mp3 codec too. I like the open source LAME mp3 codec.
 
Awesome update. And there was me thinking he had been taking a break of these last couple of months :p
Thanks for the heads-up; I've given up checking the TCPMP site. I'll have more patience next time :)
 
TungstenEGuy, I've been using the freeware version of FairUse Wizard to convert a DVD to an avi file. It's only one application to take care of the conversion, compression, and the audio. (For an old guy like me, easier is better.) If you want to give it a try, the Lite version is freeware. Here is the web site:

http://www.fairusewizard.com/lang_en/index.html

Also, TCPMP has its own mp3 codec included in the zip file. ... Finally, Life of Brian is great! I also like the Holy Grail. (nudge-nudge, wink-wink!)

OldBlue
 
Hmmm, I never actually rip DVD's myself, since I am too lazy to bother with the conversion but I may try it now with that program. Thanks for the link!
 
I think Picard removed 'unstable' because it isnt and never was, even from the very first public release. It has also not been unstable even in 'intermediate' form (0.65xyz etc)..never caused me a soft reset except when it was my fault, absolutely remarkable and a lesson to all POS developers! Someone has an idea for an improvement, or reports a bug (very rare), not 30 minutes l8r (ok maybe I exaggerate), idea implemented, bug fixed. A rare talent I would say. Amazing that some fairly simple and derivative apps are being sold for $20 and this, one of the most compact (its 800K for chrissakes) and powerful programs ever developed for POS, is free, gratis, no money....WOW!
 
The only problem I've ever had with any version of TCPMP was with one of the later 0.65 versions. The thing kept telling me the MP3 plugin was too old, though it was the one included with that version of TCPMP! (I'd deleted all the files from the previous version, too.) That said, it would do everything fine except play MP3 files. Version 0.66 works great on my Zodiac.

(PTL, your thread title briefly had me thinking it supported Shockwave Flash... visions of portable Strong Bad e-mails danced briefly in my head! Maybe someday...)
 
The "flash" PTL referred to is flash ROM (as in running TCPMP from Flash ROM), not Shockwave Flash, unfortunately. We're all waiting for that option.
 
Yeah, if TCPMP could somehow play Shockwave Flash, that would be incredible. Not likely it will happen though. A stand-alone flash player from Showckwave themselves would be cool, but I don't imagine that will happen anytime soon either. I have read briefly on 1src, and others of a Shockwave Flash PLayer for the Palm but I have never tried it.

Anyone?
 
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