So the default folder should be the same folder as the hex/uze file
Great idea! It make perfect sense since, on the sd card, games always look for the data files in the same directory where the uze files are located. They have to go together anyway. I'd keep the -c for things like uzeamp. Another way I tough a while ago is to pack the data file(s) in the .uze file itself. That would it much easier to distribute and run in uzem too.
In any cases both approach should be implemented I think, but the first one is the easiest and a no brainer.
I hope both of those ideas are implemented as it would be nice to offload songs to the sdcard. Kernel level support for streaming songs is like everyone has 6-12k extra flash space for their games!
Yeah audio streaming is something I always wanted to do. Could be done easily when using the vsync mixer, but it takes more ram. With the inline mixer it could prove trickier but I think feasible. It would eat up one of the audio channels though. But again that's not too bad since they would only be used for sound fx.
Good progress on uzem! I fixed a couple bugs and it can now stream frames from the emulated SD card...at last, it works just like the hardware!
Only one issue...emulation drops a bit to ~26Mhz on my machine. I'll try to find way to improve the speed, but so far so good. I'll test a bit more and post something in the next few days.
Update! Well, I didn't think I'd saw that one day, but it finally works...it runs the movie player demo flawlessly! Freaking pretty awesome the first time it played. And it runs full speed (never mind what's in the picture below). Still a couple little snag with my demo on the previous post, works on uzem but now...not so much on the hardware! Argh!
Here's the link to: uzem 1.19, MoviePlayer.hex and the classic 8-bit trip .uzm movie! Unzip in a folder and just drag the .hex file on uzem...by default it now auto-mounts the SD Card Directory from the .hex file's path! http://belogic.com/uzebox/files/uzem-mo ... -v1_19.zip (33 MB)
Now we need only a small endless video with a burnig fire in the fireplace.... That could be a great application for the player in long winter evenings
Now we need only a small endless video with a burnig fire in the fireplace.... That could be a great application for the player in long winter evenings
excellent idea, if I get time, I'll try making such a movie.
New Uzem v1.19 beta is commited. Includes the auto-mount feature, bug fixes and improved performance. Attached is a binary for windows. Still more tests to do then I'll promote it to final release.
It make perfect sense since, on the sd card, games always look for the data files in the same directory where the uze files are located. They have to go together anyway. I'd keep the -c for things like uzeamp. Another way I tough a while ago is to pack the data file(s) in the .uze file itself. That would it much easier to distribute and run in uzem too.
Freaking pretty awesome the first time it played. And it runs full speed (never mind what's in the picture below). Still a couple little snag with my demo on the previous post, works on uzem but now...not so much on the hardware! Argh!
excellent idea, if I get time, I'll try making such a movie.