Video player for Casio Prizm

[MPoupe]

@MPoupe, how many FPS we can get in cgplayer 2 (jpg based) with overclock?

With 150% overclock I would expect 3 fps :-)
But I have to check how much time is spent in I/O (reading the file), because this can be completely avoided by direct flash access. I would expect 4 fps for that version.

[helder7]

CGPlayer2 (JPG) conversion tools

You need Java - http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Converter Download Link: http://www.box.com/s/51e982225e2cd4e1338e

How to use?

1-Download .rar file and extract it (on dektop, or at any place)

2-Copy your video to the folder "video" and rename it to cs.extension

Exemples:
old name: casio-scene.wmv
new name cs.wmv

old name: casio-scene.mpg
new name: cs.mpg

3-Open file BatchGUI.jar, click in "Start!" and select your video file in folder video (named cs.extension)

4-wait some seconds until the video frames is extracted
Open folder video and run the file 1-YOUREXTENSION.exe

for exemple, if my video is cs.wmv, i need run the file 1-WMV.exe

then, run file 2-delete_frames.bat to delete all frames and clear the folder video

5- copy cgplayer2.g3a (in package root) and demo.mjp (in folder video) to your prizm, enjoy

[DJ Omnimaga]

The download link doesn't work Helder7 . Mind using a more reliable file upload site, such as Mediafire?

Also MPoupe, would it be possible to make sure the video quality doesn't become too high or even remain as low as possible? This is just in case the video player went under bad hands and caused Casio to block add-ins. The have stated that they would not block add-ins for now, but if any add-in were made to allow custom images on american models or that any image/video tool able to let people cheat on tests were made (in your video case, the quality is fortunately too poor to allow someone to read answers or notes on the screen), this could lead to extremely bad consequences for the PRIZM community (see what TI is doing with the TI-Nspire, for example).

[MPoupe]

Also MPoupe, would it be possible to make sure the video quality doesn't become too high or even remain as low as possible? ...

What particular action do you mean I should do?

[DJ Omnimaga]

Also MPoupe, would it be possible to make sure the video quality doesn't become too high or even remain as low as possible? ...

What particular action do you mean I should do?

Make videos compressed enough to destroy the image quality as much as possible to make any text impossible to read, but still look watchable. Example below (another idea is reducing resolution to 84x48 then scaling the videos back up):

[helder7]

new download link avaliable for cgplayer2 convertion tool.

I do not think it necessary to further reduce the quality, because any text in video becomes unreadable when converted, and the calculator will fill up, 15mb is very little space...

[MPoupe]

Make videos compressed enough to destroy the image quality as much as possible to make any text impossible to read, but still look watchable. Example below (another idea is reducing resolution to 84x48 then scaling the videos back up):

Unfortunately I do not have monopoly to create video. Anyone can create video and I cannot unrelease already released cfgplayer2.
So if I decrease the output quality of the cgplayer2, anyone can downgrade to current version (or simply not upgrade from current version).
Source code is already available.

[DJ Omnimaga]

Ok, well currently the quality isn't very high anyway, so I don't think it should be a problem. I was just talking about if you ever discovered a way to have even higher quality at high speed or something.

[MPoupe]

Ok, well currently the quality isn't very high anyway, so I don't think it should be a problem. I was just talking about if you ever discovered a way to have even higher quality at high speed or something.

OK, this would be easy ;-)
Currently I focus more on FXTerm and I hope it is not an issue :-)

[Spenceboy98]

helder7 asked me to post this. He says that it is a "grayscale video converter for prizm".

http://www.casio-scene.com/showthread.php?1364-Prizm-CGplayer2-and-3-Video-Conversion-Tools&p=12154#post12154

It has both converters, so don't get them confused.

[DJ Omnimaga]

Interesting, I'll have to check them out at one point.

[helder7]

Some time ago, Martin Poupe released to the public their video player for casio prizm.
However, he did not release any tool to convert videos (only some instructions), they had to be converted using the command line, what was difficult for normal prizm users.



I've been working to create an easy way to convert videos, and I come here today (some time ago) to release this conversion tools.

Conversion Tool for cgplayer 2 (jpg based) V2:

Changes:
-New Preview Function

You need:
You need Java - http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Conversion tool - http://www.multiupload.nl/VMV5LCNNAO
Pc running windows (doesnt work on linux)

Usage:
1-Download .rar file and extract it (on desktop, or at any place)

2-Copy your video to the folder "video" and rename it to cs.extension

Exemples:
old name: helder7.wmv
new name cs.wmv

old name: helder7.mpg
new name: cs.mpg

3-Open file BatchGUI.jar, click in "Start!" and select your video file in folder video (named cs.extension)

4-close BatchGUI.jar wait some seconds until the video frames is extracted

Open folder video and run the file 1-YOUREXTENSION.exe

for exemple, if my video is cs.wmv, i need run the file 1-WMV.exe

then, run file 2-delete_frames.bat to delete all frames and clear the folder video

if you want test the video in pc, open 3-test it.bat (in video folder).

5- copy cgplayer2.g3a (in package root) and demo.mjp (in folder video) to your prizm (in calculator root), enjoy!


Conversion Tool for cgplayer 3 (raw based) NEW!:

You need:
You need Java - http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Conversion tool - http://www.multiupload.nl/0EWER96MYH (new link, framerate bug fixed)
Pc running windows (doesnt work on linux)

Usage:
1-Download .rar file and extract it (on desktop, or at any place)
 
 2-Copy your video to the folder "video" and rename it to cs.extension
 
Exemples:
 old name: helder7.wmv
 new name cs.wmv
 
 old name: helder7.mpg
 new name: cs.mpg
 
 3-Open file BatchGUI.jar, click in "Start!" and select your video file in folder video (named cs.extension)
 
 4-close BatchGUI.jar wait some seconds until the video frames is extracted
 
Open folder video and run the file 1-convert_frames.bat (to convert extracted .jpg frames to .pgm)

after open 2-YOUREXTENSION.exe
 
 for exemple, if my video is cs.wmv, i need run the file 2-WMV.exe
 
 then, run file 3-delete_frames.bat to delete all frames and clear the folder video

if you want test the video in pc, open 4-test it.bat (in video folder).
 
 5- copy cgplayer3.g3a (in package root) and demo.mjp (in folder video) to your prizm (in calculator root), enjoy!


Only tested on 2 pcs with windows 7, if you find some bugs, report here...

Reuploaded here at the request of a user.

[MPoupe]

Some time ago, Martin Poupe released to the public their video player for casio prizm.
However, he did not release any tool to convert videos (only some instructions), they had to be converted using the command line, what was difficult for normal prizm users.

I've been working to create an easy way to convert videos, and I come here today (some time ago) to release this conversion tools.

Good job !
And thank you for supporting my player :-)

[flyingfisch]

Pc running windows (doesnt work on linux)

Not even with WINE?

[DJ Omnimaga]

Thanks for the upload helder