MoonShell
From DS-Xtra
Part of the DS Homebrew Directory
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| Developer | Infantile Paralysiser |
| Website | Link |
| Status | Released |
| Demo | MoonShell v1.71+1 Videos |
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MoonShell v1.71+1 MoonShell is a multimedia player for Nintendo DS (Lite) consoles.
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[edit] Features
It has support for DPG video files, MP3/NSF audio files and viewing JPG/Jpeg/BMP/PNG (non progressive) files, it also has support for TXT textfiles. MoonShell supports dualscreens and it has full support for the touch screen. MoonShell has plug-in system that allows to add any compatible plug-in just by copying the plug-in files to the appropriate folder. MoonShell also comes with several kinds of useful plug-ins.
[edit] Media
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[edit] Download and Install Instructions
[edit] Quick Setup
- Download MoonShell_DSX_171.zip to your computer
- Copy 'MoonShell_DSX_DS-Xtreme.nds' to the apps folder of your DS-Xtreme
- Copy the folder 'moonshl' to the root of your Ds-Xtreme
- Run MoonShell from the apps menu of your DS-Xtreme
[edit] Detailed Setup
Download and extract the Moonshell package to a folder on your computer.
Download the DLDI file for DS-Xtreme and move it into the DLDI folder that was created in the first step.
Download this dsx.ini file and save it to the same DLDI folder as above
- Plug your DS-X into your computer
- Start setup.exe
Which can be found in the moonshell17_with_dpgtools13 folder that you created in the first step
- Choose your DS-Xtreme for Destination in the list and click OK.
- Click on the button "All clear" and check the tick box called "DSX DS-Xtreme".
- Click on the button Setup.
Moonshell will install itself to your DS-Xtreme.
- Once the copy has finished unplug your DS-Xtreme from your computer.
- Launch your DS-Xtreme card and launch the Moonshell app.
By Shuny, 28/02/2007 (updated by ChuckMcB 27/04/07)
[edit] Basic Usage
(none yet)
[edit] Common Problems and Known Issues
- What looks like error messages, actually troubleshooting data, appear on bottom screen on start up.
- Movie lags if high bitrate and much movement and/or if file size is too large
[edit] Additional Information
[edit] Converting movie files
Movies have to be converted to .dpg format.
Options:
- There is a converter bundled with Moonshell called dpgenc.exe

The following formats can be converted:
avi, mpeg, mpg, wmv
Suggested settings:
FPS:15 Width: 256 Height: 192 Bitrate: 256 Profile: High Audio------ Bitrate 128 Samplerate 32000
[edit] Converting DVDs to be played on Moonshell
[edit] Converting under Linux
How to convert movies to .dpg under linux
[edit] How to play .dpg files in Windows
Use DPGShow.exe found in the dpgtools131 folder.
[edit] Example Movies
- 2CV spoof (1.7Mb) (Watch movie on Youtube)
- JebsJobs, Technical support (10Mb) (Watch movie on Google Video)
[edit] How to install Moonshell skins
- Download and extract your skin to your computer
- Put the new skin files in a subfolder of /moonshl/skin
- Start Moonshell
- In the options turn off the hiding of the moonshl directory
- Restart Moonshell (reboot your DS - sigh)
- Browse to the new skin folder
- 'open' skin.ini.
- The new skin will then load
[edit] Bookmark Function
The bookmark function was added in v1.1 final, it has been reported to cause problems with some cards (please post feedback if you get it to work):
In order to enable the bookmark function you need to copy the 'bookmrk0/1/2/3.sav' files to CF/SD media's shell folder. When you are using an adapter that is not supported, NDS will lock-up. If it happens, please delete the bookmrk* files from the shell folder. After you have deleted the bookmrk* files, the bookmark function will be disabled. Saving to files is important part of the bookmark function. To prevent data loss NDS will lock-up if there is a problem with saving. You can open the menu with L/R shoulder buttons if the bookmark function is enabled.
To test this function create empty text files called: 'bookmrk0.sav', 'bookmrk1.sav', 'bookmrk2.sav' and 'bookmrk3.sav'
[edit] Related links
- gbadev.org forum post
- Moonbooks Read classic books and watch classic films on the Nintendo DS
- Moonshell skins



