<+------------------------------------------------------------------------+> | | | {Insert your favorite fancy ASCII artwork here!} | | | <+------------------------------------------------------------------------+> | | | Name : GypPlay: Lik Sang Edition (v2.0) - MPEG-1/VCD Video Player | | Released : February 28th, 2001 (for Lik Sang's y2kode competition) | | Platform : Sega Dreamcast (DC) | | Author : The Gypsy | | | +--|- - - -|--+ | Release Notes ------------------------------------------------- | +--|- - - -|--+ | | | Welcome to GypPlay: Lik Sang Edition (a.k.a. GypPlay v2.0). It is | | intended for playing MPEG-1 video streams on your Dreamcast. It was | | originally written for playing VideoCD video files and just happens | | to work with pretty much any MPEG-1 videos. There have been | | significant improvements and new features since the previous v1.x | | releases. Note, however, that the playback rate itself is only | | slightly improved -- there is not much more I can do as far as the | | playback quality itself goes. You can improve playback by doing | | your own encoding. See the GypPlay FAQ for more details. | | | | GypPlay Feature list: | | ===================== | | * GUI significantly improved over previous releases. | | * Will play multiple videos from one disc. Put as many video files | | as you can onto your disc along with the GypPlay files. | | * "Search and Play" option: GypPlay walks through the entire disc | | searching for anything with a proper extension (.mpg, .mpeg, | | .dat, .avi, .m1v) and attempts to play them. | | * New "File Browser" option: allows you to select a specific file | | to play from any directory on the disc. | | * Standard video playback controls: Pause/Rewind/Fast-forward. | | * Variable-speed REW/FF based on the controller's analog stick. | | * Time Display: Time elapsed and remaining for the current video. | | * Title Display: Onscreen display of current video filename. | | * VMU Title Display: Display of current video filename on all | | attached VMUs. | | * Movie Skip (Search and Play mode only): Move on to the next video | | found on the disc, if any. | | * Autoplay: If there is a file in the root of the disc named | | "autoplay.gyp" then GypPlay will automatically do a "Search And | | Play" after displaying the two startup splash screens. This | | allows the user to easily do self-playing movie discs so that no | | user interaction is necessary. | | * Supports the swapping in of real/original GDROMs. Insert any of | | your original DC GDROMs and GypPlay will attempt to find videos | | on them to play. A good one to try is Gauntlet Legends. Note | | that the games commonly use .m1v files, which have video, but no | | sound -- so do not be surprised if there is no sound. | | | | Limitations in this version: | | ============================ | | * You can only play MPEG-1 videos. Codecs such as DivX, MPEG-4, | | and so on do NOT work. I repeat: MPEG-1 ENCODED VIDEOS ONLY! | | * You cannot swap in anything except original GDROMs to search for | | other movies. This means that GypPlay must be on the CDR with | | the videos that you want to play. [Note: Certain modchips have | | an interesting side effect that will actually allow non-GDROMs to | | be swapped in and GypPlay will play the videos it finds on that | | disc. If you have a modchip installed, you can try swapping in | | another disc to see if it will work. However, even with the | | proper modchip, this will NOT work with most original VCD discs | | because they are Mode 2/XA (which is NOT supported).] | | | | Instructions: | | ============= | | * Make sure you have everything from the GypPlay archive(s). | | Depending on where/how you downloaded GypPlay, the files may be | | all in one archive or they may be spread among two seperate ones. | | In either case, the files must include: GypPlay.exe, ip.bin, | | 1st_read.bin, 0gdtex.pvr, and a WinCE directory with 8 files in | | it. If you do not have all of these files, GypPlay will not work! | | * With your CDR software (I use Nero personally), create a new | | data disc ISO9660 compilation (NOT a VideoCD disc). | | * Include everything from the GypPlay archive, including the WinCE | | directory. | | * Add your video file(s) anywhere on the CD. They can be in the | | root or in any subdirectory that you like. They can have any | | name as long as they end in a valid, supported extension (see | | above in the Feature List for extensions). | | * Set the software for Mode 1 (CDROM, not Mode 2/XA!), ISO Level 2, | | and support for the Joliet filesystem. | | * Burn it! | | * Boot the Utopia Boot Disc in your Dreamcast. | | * After it loads, swap in your new GypPlay/movie(s) disc. | | * When the GypPlay title screen appears, press button A to start a | | search for video files on the disc. GypPlay will play them as it | | finds them. Enjoy! | | * Note that you can do a self-booting GypPlay disc which will then | | work without the Utopia Boot Disc. Doing that is beyond this | | document -- see the GypPlay FAQ or follow any of the numerous | | self-boot documents out there. | | | +--|- - - -|--+ | Greetings and Salutations ------------------------------------- | +--|- - - -|--+ | | | Alchemy Curare - Snark! - Ogre - Nagra - oman - Jules | | Marcus - Stalin - Cyrus - KamKa - AndrewK - xPridEx | | madman - DCG - Dan Potter | | | | Special thanks to: | | * Stalin for the "spinning disc" logo | | * oman for the DC controller graphic | | | +--|- - - -|--+ | Contacts ------------------------------------------------------ | +--|- - - -|--+ | | | TheGypsy can be reached at contact_thegypsy@hotmail.com. | | | | DO _NOT_ EMAIL ME ABOUT: | | ======================== | | * Where to find pirated games, boot discs, etc. | | * Where to find official Dreamcast SDKs (a.k.a. DevKits). | | * DivX/MPEG4/other codec support: GypPlay doesn't have it, and I | | really don't care to hear your requests for it. | | * Emailing you when a new release comes out -- you'll just have to | | check just like everyone else does. I don't run a mailing list. | | * Self-booting support. If you can't get it to work, then complain | | to whoever wrote your self-boot docs/tool, not me. | | * Stupid problems that you are having mainly because you are too | | lazy to read and follow the simple instructions above! | | * Disc-swapping of anything except original GD-ROMs. I don't want | | to hear about your problems with an UNSUPPORTED feature. | | * Anything that is in the GypPlay FAQ (see link below)! If it is | | in the FAQ and you email to ask me about it, I will NOT be happy. | | | | DO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME ABOUT: | | =============================== | | * Programming/testing help/questions/discussion if you are already | | a DC developer. If you email me about this, you had better | | already have a DevKit (either official or homebrew) and some code | | that you wrote. Do NOT email me questions such as: "How do I | | develop for the DC?", "Where can I find programming information?", | | "I saw the source code for XYZ on the Net someplace; can you port | | it to the DC for me?" | | * Praise/thanks/greetings. I enjoy people getting enjoyment out of | | my work. Feel free to tell me if you like it. | | * REASONABLE feature requests or suggestions. Do not email and ask | | for things such as MP3 support -- that is NOT a minor/reasonable | | feature request. | | | +--|- - - -|--+ | Links/Resources ----------------------------------------------- | +--|- - - -|--+ | | | GypPlay FAQ: | | http://gypplay.thegypsy.com | | | | B00B Dreamcast Research: | | http://boob.co.uk | | | | Jules' DC Development: | | http://julesdcdev.com | | | | Lik Sang's y2kode Competition: | | http://y2kode.com | | | <+------------------------------------------------------------------------+>