MoonShell

From DS and DSi Homebrew Help

Part of the Homebrew Directory

MoonShell v1.71+1
Developer	Infantile Paralysiser
Website	Link
DSi Compatible?	[[#DSi_Compatibility|]]
Demo	MoonShell v1.71+1 Videos

Moonshell v2 Stable has been released.

MoonShell v1.71+1 MoonShell is a multimedia player for Nintendo DS (Lite) consoles.

Contents 1 Features 2 Media 3 Download and Install Instructions 3.1 Detailed Setup 4 Basic Usage 5 Common Problems and Known Issues 6 Additional Information 6.1 Converting movie files 6.1.1 dpgenc 6.1.2 BatchDPG 6.1.3 SUPER 6.2 Converting DVDs to be played on Moonshell 6.3 Converting under Linux 6.4 How to play .dpg files in Windows 6.5 Example Movies 6.6 How to install Moonshell skins 6.7 Bookmark Function 7 Related links

[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

See MoonShell in action.

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[edit] Download and Install Instructions

[edit] Detailed Setup

• Download: moonshell171p1_with_dpgtools131.zip Google search (13Mb)

Download and extract the Moonshell package to a folder on your computer.

• dldi file

Download the DLDI file for your card and move it into the DLDI folder that was created in the first step.

• Win32_GUI

Download this tool

• Plug your card 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 card for Destination in the list and click OK.

• Click on the button "All clear" and check the tick box for your card.

• Click on the button Setup.

Moonshell will install itself to your card.

• Once the copy has finished unplug your card from your computer.
• Launch your card in your DS and start the Moonshell app.
  

[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.

See the thread discussing ideal settings.

[edit] dpgenc

• There is a converter bundled with Moonshell called dpgenc.exe
  

The following formats can be converted:
avi, mpeg, mpg, wmv

[edit] BatchDPG

Download:

• v1.56 Download
• v1.55 Download
• v1.2 Download

Suggested settings:

FPS:15
Width: 256
Height: 192
Bitrate: 256
Profile: High

Audio------
Bitrate 128
Samplerate 32000

[edit] SUPER

SUPER is a fantastic Windows GUI to convert any video format to .dpg.

Download:

• v2009.b35 Download

Suggested settings:

Output container: Nintendo DS (dpg)
Width: 256
Height: 192
Frame/sec: 12fps (you can go up to 22fps - but this exceeds the refresh rate of the LCD,
and actually reduces the video quality at a fixed maximum bitrate!)
Video Bitrate: 432kbps (if you go higher than this bitrate, the sound might lag the video)
Options: 44k audio (keep the box unticked)
Audio Bitrate: 128kbps
Aspect: 4:3
Samplerate: 32000
Click on the "O" for "Other Opts", and boost the sound up to 10dB.

[edit] Converting DVDs to be played on Moonshell

link

[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):

• create files called 'bookmrk0.sav','bookmrk1.sav','bookmrk2.sav','bookmrk3.sav' in your mooonshell folder
• You can open the menu with L/R shoulder buttons if the bookmark function is enabled.

Note: 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.

[edit] Related links

• gbadev.org forum post