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Kino2 - Qtopia GUI for mplayer

This is the homepage of Kino2 media player.

Version 0.4.3c is out!

Version 0.4.3c is yet another small update, including:

Fixed broken Double Key functionality

Version 0.4.3b is out!

Version 0.4.3b is another small update, including:

Improved handling of OGG Vorbis tags

Version 0.4.3a is out!

Version 0.4.3a is a small update, including:

Better scaling of movies, especialy small ones (less than 320x240)
Always using direct rendering, so corresponding option is removed
Added Software scaling option - scale movies to the screen size, performance is poor though.
Updated smarp cropping algorithm

Version 0.4.3 is out!

Please, report bugs at http://cacko.biz/cacko/bugs

New features:

Support for the latest mplayer 1.1.5 and PXA270 video driver (aka bvdd) 0.4.0
C3000/C1000/C3100 devices support
Kino2 can now load and play play file, playlist, folder or URL when invoked from Documents
Kino2 now supports command line parameter - file name, URL, folder or playlist can be specified
Multi-key support - different fuction depending on number of Remote Control button clicks (double click)
Playback position can be controlled with silder
Dislpay album picture if present in playlist directory
Added font selection for the main display

New options:

Enable position tracking
Enable suspend when paused
Temporarly disable suspend when closing lid (on C1000/C3000/C3100)
Grab keyboard during playback
Software volume control
Enable fade effects
Enable audio autosync
Enable precise MP3 seeking
Volume step is user configurable
Save current position in playlist and in file (only when autoloading)

New keys:

Clear Playlist
Add All to Playlist
LCD off

Issues resolved:

URLs are now properly saved and loaded with playlist
Fixed problem with suspend options not being properly restored
File was not selected with OK/Enter button on C1000
Refreshing Qtopia screen after mplayer video playpack is finished
Now kino2 is using much less CPU when playback position tracking is enabled

Misc changes:

Terminating mplayer process when too many errors are received during short time period
Made resample audio off by default
Prompting to restart Qtopia when remocom master is modified
Updated handling of blank LCD when switched off externaly
Minor updates to the Preferences dialog
Removed some absolete options

Version 0.4.2 is out! What's new:

Support for more Zaurus models: 5600, 6000, C7x0/C860 and C3000
Support for new mplayer version by Agawa from http://atty.jp with improved playback performance, better support for WMA/WMV and AAC files.
Improved file opening and playlist loading speed
Option to automaticaly rotate video files depending on video file orientation
Updated layout to better fit small screen on 5600
Added tollbar button to clear playlist
Option to display OSD by default
Option to pause video playback when closing lid
Option to add file to playlist on tap in File Open
Resample audio option is only applied to video files
Fixed problem with REV and FF keys of Sharp remote mixed
Fixed URL playback problem
...other minor fixes and updates

Note that mplayer is now a separate package, so make sure to install one of the following packages:

For C3000/C1000/C3100:

For 5600, 6000 and C7x0/860: mplayer-bvdd_1.1.5-1_arm.ipk

Kino2 uses ATI w100 driver for C7x0/860 and defaut fbdev for 5600 and 6000 models. For C3000/C1000/C3100 bvdd driver is automaticaly selected.

On ROMs other than Cacko a sudo package is needed to be able to change CPU frequency during playback!
Sudo package for Sharp ROM 3.10 can be downloaded here.
Also, an updated battery applet needs to be installed: qtopia-commbbatteryapplet_1.0.6_arm.ipk

Version 0.4 is out, featuring:

Updated version of mplayer (from http://atty.jp), optimized for ATI w100 video, featuring greatly improved video playback performance
Playlist implementation, including mu3/pls playlist support
User-defined encodings for MP3 tags and playlists
Customizable keyboard/remote controls
Support for Sharp remote control
.. many other updates

Supported formats: