PMP Mod v2.02 & PMP Mod AVC v1.02

therock003 · Post by **therock003** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:13 am

Cause i only seem to hear you talking and developing pmpmod v2.00.I haven't seen an updated mod for the 1.02 version,and i thought that it stopped.

I've been waiting some months for that thumbnail integrated version and yet nothing.

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:30 am

Cause i only seem to hear you talking and developing pmpmod v2.00.I haven't seen an updated mod for the 1.02 version,and i thought that it stopped.

v2.00 works with fw 1.5 (only the ***pmp file format*** is changed, that's why i've jumped the version numbering from 1.xx to 2.xx)

I've been waiting some months for that thumbnail integrated version and yet nothing.

gui additions are not my primary object, this should be clear after so many messages here

therock003 · Post by **therock003** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:54 am

Oh yeah right,i just misread what you wrote."!!! THIS APP DOES NOT WORK WITH FW > 1.5 !!!" I read it like "this doesnt work with 1.5!" My bad!

As for the gui,i meant that i don't see any update on the other thread that the guys are working on.

A couple of questions:
A)I have some pmp 1.02 files,how much time does it take approximately for the remuxer per file?
B)You mention some fps gain for the sandisk msticks,well i have the 2gb hish speed sony.Does it have any noticeable fps gain?

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Mon May 01, 2006 3:12 am

A)I have some pmp 1.02 files,how much time does it take approximately for
the remuxer per file?

try and see (it's quite fast, there is no video/audio conversion involved in the process)

B)You mention some fps gain for the sandisk msticks,well i have the 2gb hish speed sony.Does it have any noticeable fps gain?

based on the old bench:

Code: Select all

2GB Sony High Speed Duo Pro  +0.95 fps
2GB Sony High Speed Duo Pro  +1.21 fps
2GB Sony Black               +2.93 fps

this is an average/really approximated value.
the speed gain is more for high bitrate scenes.
for example users with the fastest sandisk will probably still get 2-4 fps more on complex scenes.
(i have scenes that stutters with pmpmod1.02+sandisk and now no more stutters with pmpmod2.00+datelhdd, to give you an idea)

therock003 · Post by **therock003** » Mon May 01, 2006 3:23 am

Oh nice so improvement has been made on the new version,but sadly i see that the high speed ones,have the lowest gain!

therock003 · Post by **therock003** » Mon May 01, 2006 3:32 am

What is the latest release you've made,cause in the last pages there are so many links,that i got confused.

DigitalFoundry · Post by **DigitalFoundry** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:43 pm

Hi Jonny,

PMP Mod just gets better and better. I'm off on a five hour flight today and have just downloaded enough video material onto my Datel HDD to last for the flight there and the flight back!

The only suggestion I can think of would be an independent volume gain control. The sound volume on various sources is never constant and it's such a pain to have to recode with a louder volume setting.

The ability to boost volume within PMP Mod would be extremely useful!

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:55 pm

What is the latest release you've made,cause in the last pages there are so many links,that i got confused.

always grab the one in my site

The ability to boost volume within PMP Mod would be extremely useful!

volume boost is already included (use up/down keys)
(i'm taking some fun too with the datel hdd :)

digihoe · Post by **digihoe** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:06 am

Have anyone seen the computer version of PMP (V1.0)? http://www.cngba.com/search.php?authorid=287176

Best regards!

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:38 am

i've seen a binary today here:
http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=49710
(a modified version)

csuper · Post by **csuper** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:06 am

Congrats Jonny for the v2.00 and the demuxer 1.00 ! :)

I've adopted it for a long time now and you know here in France I saw it on more & more PSP :)

I have some wihses and I really don't what's your planning for the future... :
- AVC (H264) support to replace XVID/DIVX (it's really a better video codec...)
- AAC support for the sound (same thing)
Actually the PSP manage already these codecs so is it hard (yeah I think or you'll already did it, I suppose...) to support it in a next version of PMP mod ?
Anyway, what are you planning now ... ? (is it a secret? ;)

A N Y W A Y... Great Job !

csuper.

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:36 am

thanks

- AVC (H264) support to replace XVID/DIVX (it's really a better video codec...)
Actually the PSP manage already these codecs so is it hard (yeah I think or you'll already did it, I suppose...) to support it in a next version of PMP mod ?

i can add avc support in 5 minutes (avc is already included in libavcodec), but atm it's too slow to be used with the psp.
there are still general optimizations and specific mpeg4asp optimization left, atm i'm working on this (some general optimizations will help the avc decoding too).
it's better to maximize the current results before going into a more complex task.
maybe someone will find a way to use the sony api to play avc (like happened with atrac3 audio), in this case things will be probably more easy.

- AAC support for the sound

this shouldn't be too difficult, but being a boring stuff to program (on the muxer side), it will be probably retarded until i have no more fun with other parts of the player :)

Anyway, what are you planning now ... ? (is it a secret? ;)

too early to talk about the next features (it's better to have something 100% working before talking about it)
i hope to finish shadow of colossus this weekend and spend less time with oblivion the next week, those are the short term plans :)

csuper · Post by **csuper** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:58 am

So... Happy gaming time ! ;)

Zyzzyvas · Post by **Zyzzyvas** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:31 pm

First off I'd like to say thank you very much for such an awesome app, I have started using my PSP more and more since discovering it. :)

I am currently using Videora PMP converter to create the PMP files for viewing, but am having some problems with the lack of resolution options. I have some movies in a widescreen format that is wider then the PSP screen (2.35:1) that get stretched to the PSP's 1.78:1 format and look a little odd. Is there a way to encode these with black bars so they aren't stretched?

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:00 pm

there is no need to include black bars, simply encode at 480x200 or 480x208
(if Videora is not able to do this, try the guide on my site)

general encoding questions are out of the scope of this thread and should be directed in better places like doom9.org, digital-digest.com, videohelp.com
(or, in this particular case, Videora forum :)

Itaintrite · Post by **Itaintrite** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:12 pm

Zyzzyvas wrote:First off I'd like to say thank you very much for such an awesome app, I have started using my PSP more and more since discovering it. :)

I am currently using Videora PMP converter to create the PMP files for viewing, but am having some problems with the lack of resolution options. I have some movies in a widescreen format that is wider then the PSP screen (2.35:1) that get stretched to the PSP's 1.78:1 format and look a little odd. Is there a way to encode these with black bars so they aren't stretched?

I use AVItoPMP to encode all my files. If I choose to use the aspect ratio info from the original file, all my videos are viewed correctly (correct ratio) on the PSP.

Zyzzyvas · Post by **Zyzzyvas** » Wed May 10, 2006 5:30 pm

Itaintrite wrote:I use AVItoPMP to encode all my files. If I choose to use the aspect ratio info from the original file, all my videos are viewed correctly (correct ratio) on the PSP.

Thank you! AVItoPMP works brilliantly. :)

kuroitenchi · Post by **kuroitenchi** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:44 pm

jonny what do you think of using the atrac3 codec into the next PMP format ? It would save up cpu processing as we have the atrac3plus lib reverse engeneered that uses the ME.

It could allow people to use AVC+AT3 pmp files which would be a great improvement.

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:21 pm

jonny what do you think of using the atrac3 codec into the next PMP format ? It would save up cpu processing as we have the atrac3plus lib reverse engeneered that uses the ME.

probably never.
afaik there is no info about the atrac3 internal format.
i need access to exact audio frames in order to mux the audio correctly.
(the format could be of course derived, but who is going to make this work?)
but the biggest problem is that will probably break my ME code.

xDarKnighTx · Post by **xDarKnighTx** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:05 am

so I have this wmv video (mgs4 trailer), and i converted to an xvid avi file with no audio, and extracted the audio into an mp3 file. but everytime i run the pmp muxer, I'm getting this message:

Code: Select all

O&#58;/mgs/mgs4.avi&#58;
Processing video ...


Status&#58; &#91;read failed on 78122646, 4 &#40;0&#41; &#40;"O&#58;/mgs/mgs4.avi"&#41;&#93;

i converted it according to the xvid settings on the guide, but used a different program to convert it since virtualdub doesn't read wmv files, and i used belight for the mp3 conversion. can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?

PhyerFly · Post by **PhyerFly** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:15 am

hey Jonny, after using PMPmod & Pimpstreamer etc., it got me thinking about methods of streaming video and I wanted to ask if you thought it possible to write a program that would interpret nullsoft .nsv streams (shoutcast tv) and put them in a playable format on the PSP.

The reason I ask is because I subscribe to a an online service that gives me 40+ channels of pre-programmed TV content that I can watch anywhere I want. It's usually one TV channel per stream, but they have a .pls file that has all of the streams listed.

Any thoughts on the feasability of this? If it's doable I might try to make that my next project.

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:21 am

@PhyerFly:
sincerely i have no idea about how difficult could be

@xDarKnighTx:
can you enable the maximum debug level in the muxer and send me the log file?
what program are you using to create the avi?

it seems the avi created is not 100% valid (but i need more infos to confirm this)

Itaintrite · Post by **Itaintrite** » Fri May 12, 2006 1:46 pm

xDarKnighTx wrote:so I have this wmv video (mgs4 trailer), and i converted to an xvid avi file with no audio, and extracted the audio into an mp3 file. but everytime i run the pmp muxer, I'm getting this message:
Code: Select all
O&#58;/mgs/mgs4.avi&#58;
Processing video ...


Status&#58; &#91;read failed on 78122646, 4 &#40;0&#41; &#40;"O&#58;/mgs/mgs4.avi"&#41;&#93;
i converted it according to the xvid settings on the guide, but used a different program to convert it since virtualdub doesn't read wmv files, and i used belight for the mp3 conversion. can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?

I used AVItoPMP and it worked.

digihoe · Post by **digihoe** » Sat May 13, 2006 1:37 am

Hi... I found that someone has released a DirectShow filter for PMP version 1.0...

http://rapidshare.de/files/20274734/pmp ... c.rar.html

Maybe someone can update it to PMP 2.0 format :-)

Best regards!

Alcahest · Post by **Alcahest** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:26 am

Cool! Surprised it's not coming from Gabest ;)
Later,

Alcahest

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:14 am

is there a binary?
where was the splitter originally posted?
(i'm curious :)

Alcahest · Post by **Alcahest** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:18 am

Here's a binary, version 1.002
http://videoff7.free.fr/PmpSplitter.rar
Later,

Alcahest

jonny · Post by **jonny** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:31 am

thanks, hey seems to work really well! :)

Alcahest · Post by **Alcahest** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:54 am

works fine with Zoomplayer and in graphedit but crashes WMP10, go figure ;)
Now PMP v2 support sure would be nice!
Later,

Alcahest

xDarKnighTx · Post by **xDarKnighTx** » Sat May 13, 2006 6:17 am

jonny wrote: can you enable the maximum debug level in the muxer and send me the log file?
what program are you using to create the avi?

it seems the avi created is not 100% valid (but i need more infos to confirm this)

here's the log file when i set the debug mode to max:

http://download.yousendit.com/41C93FAD691F5266

I checked under media player classic, and it said it is using xvid mpeg-4 codec.

EDIT: i got it to work after re-encoding it using virtualdub-mod. so my whole process was convert an wmv into xvid using some other program, then reconverting that xvid to xvid again using virtualdub-mod.

forums.ps2dev.org

PMP Mod v2.02 & PMP Mod AVC v1.02

Problem converting xvid to pmp

Re: Problem converting xvid to pmp

DirectShow Filter for version 1.0