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I am having problems playing video files with my Tilt.
In explorer, I can not "click" on a .mpg file that I downloaded from the net and have it play. (They play fine when transfered to a PC) It says that I need to open from within an application. Okay....how do you open a particular file from within Windows Media? This is probably a silly question for most of you....but it is fustrating to me!
P.S. To whoever suggested charging a dollar for those who start a thread, that has been repeated....where do I send the money? It would be well worth it to me....simply NOT to feel so guilty when I ask what is likely to be such a "stupid" question to most. If I paying the price....I won't feel guilty at all!!!
mlpoland said:
I am having problems playing video files with my Tilt.
In explorer, I can not "click" on a .mpg file that I downloaded from the net and have it play. (They play fine when transfered to a PC) It says that I need to open from within an application. Okay....how do you open a particular file from within Windows Media? This is probably a silly question for most of you....but it is fustrating to me!
P.S. To whoever suggested charging a dollar for those who start a thread, that has been repeated....where do I send the money? It would be well worth it to me....simply NOT to feel so guilty when I ask what is likely to be such a "stupid" question to most. If I paying the price....I won't feel guilty at all!!!
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Maybe you have lost the file associations
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1776275
JJ
File association?
Is there a way of checking to see if I have lost the "file association" somehow, without downloading something that I don't understand?
Following the thread the comment was made:
(I don't know how to a quote so I copied the text)
"Note that it contains a lot of additional HKCR entries. I tried very hard to delete all the non multimedia-related keys but there still are. Therefore, you'll want to clean up the file before deploying and ONLY leave associations that are definitely set by TCPMP."
I have no idea what either "HKCR" or "TCPMP", so therefore I'm relunctant to blunder ahead.
mlpoland said:
Is there a way of checking to see if I have lost the "file association" somehow, without downloading something that I don't understand?
Following the thread the comment was made:
(I don't know how to a quote so I copied the text)
"Note that it contains a lot of additional HKCR entries. I tried very hard to delete all the non multimedia-related keys but there still are. Therefore, you'll want to clean up the file before deploying and ONLY leave associations that are definitely set by TCPMP."
I have no idea what either "HKCR" or "TCPMP", so therefore I'm relunctant to blunder ahead.
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Actually I'm so used to using "Coreplayer" that thinking about it again, I don't think there's any point in associating MPGs with WMplayer 'cos I don't think it can play them anyway (does play AVI, Mpeg-4, WMV ). Sorry to mislead you. Maybe you should consider Coreplayer:
http://www.mobihand.com/product.asp?id=8905
JJ
or the free version of coreplayer
http://pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1080
but coreplayer have been reported to work better with the qualcomm cpu
because wmp as said is somewhat limited in what codecs it support
ms like to push their own formats
Hi,
I tried a few java games today from gameloft, and they eventually showed up 320x240 (which is very small) on my diamond.
Anyone knows a way to make the game to show full screen ?
Any help would be appreciated.. thanks
(I've tried the 'search' button)
denis_sianto said:
Hi,
I tried a few java games today from gameloft, and they eventually showed up 320x240 (which is very small) on my diamond.
Anyone knows a way to make the game to show full screen ?
Any help would be appreciated.. thanks
(I've tried the 'search' button)
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AFAIK there is no way of scaling up games. you need to install 640x480 games to get full screen (as that is the screen res).
Any links ?
of course not, we don't condone warez
to be honest, i havent found any worth playing!
Addicteddddd said:
of course not, we don't condone warez
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Links to online shops?
Mr.Sir said:
Links to online shops?
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Google?
Many games are "clever" to detect the screen resolution, not because the VGA as we have in diamond , because of
many kinds of mobiles with many resolutions, i have some java games working fine with the vga resolution (beside the
fonts are too small)
java
there is a small app to change resolution, You have to open *.jar file and edit something, google it cause i do not remember all
If you are going to buy a game, bejeweled 2 is great!
mugglesquop said:
Google?
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I don´t want that, I just wanted to point that links to shop is not warez, or is it? What is warez? I thought it was pirated stuff.
mugglesquop said:
to be honest, i havent found any worth playing!
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I had Puzzle Quest Warlords on my Instinct. I would like to be able to play that one on my Diamond.
It's basically Bejeweled with kind of an rpg storyline twist. Fun and addictive.
Can't seem to get it to run with Esmertec tho.
denis_sianto said:
Hi,
I tried a few java games today from gameloft, and they eventually showed up 320x240 (which is very small) on my diamond.
Anyone knows a way to make the game to show full screen ?
Any help would be appreciated.. thanks
(I've tried the 'search' button)
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Some games can be changed by modifying the MANIFEST.MF file.
Here is an example (using the excellent 7Zip Program)...
Open 7Zip
Browse to your Java Game & open it
Open the folder "META-INF"
in the "META-INF" folder should be a file called "MANIFEST.MF" - right click it & choose Edit [F4] - the file should open in a text editor (i.e. Notepad).
Perform edits...
If the file contains the lines (or something similar)
Code:
Nokia-MIDlet-Original-Display-Size: 176,208
Nokia-MIDlet-Target-Display-Size: 240,320
change them to
Code:
Nokia-MIDlet-Original-Display-Size: 176,208
Nokia-MIDlet-Target-Display-Size: 480,640
Otherwise, just add them.
Mostly, you need to get the Original-Display-Size correct and even then, this doesnt work for all games.
If that doesnt work, then I have found some games contain the lines
Code:
LGE-MIDlet-TargetLCD-Width: 240
LGE-MIDlet-TargetLCD-Height: 320
Obviously these can be changed to
Code:
LGE-MIDlet-TargetLCD-Width: 480
LGE-MIDlet-TargetLCD-Height: 640
Close the text editor & save your edits
Click yes on the 7Zip message box to update the original archive
Transer the modified JAR to your device, install it & cross your fingers.
NOTE: I am by no means an expert in this arena - this info comes from searching the net, opening many JARs & trial and error (i.e. your questions will likely go unanswered).
Give it a shot - might work - I've had about 40% success.
Regards, Steve.
Hi all, i am trying to work on a theme for the Droid X. Can anyone tell me why some of the images open in photoshop incorrectly and more to the point how to fix them?
I cant post a link apparently to the image or a http link since i'm new but
You can view the image here. http:/ / dl.dropbox.com/u/6769503/8bit.jpg
Is there a setting or something I can change in PS to open these correctly?
Thanks for your time.
KraYzeE
krayzee said:
Hi all, i am trying to work on a theme for the Droid X. Can anyone tell me why some of the images open in photoshop incorrectly and more to the point how to fix them?
I cant post a link apparently to the image or a http link since i'm new but
You can view the image here. http:/ / dl.dropbox.com/u/6769503/8bit.jpg
Is there a setting or something I can change in PS to open these correctly?
Thanks for your time.
KraYzeE
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What is the original file extension? .png?
I had this same problem with some .png files wich had transparency in windows image viewer, but not in photoshop.
My solution was to open it in Paint.net and save it, rewriting the original image. Please be sure to set the transparency correct whilst saving in paint.net.
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Thanks for the reply, yes it was a PNG, ill try paint.net but i would really like to use Photoshop. I cant understand how it can mess up the transparency and anti alias like that.
Update: Paint.net does indeed open the file correctly... so while i do now have a solution. I would still like to find out why Photoshop (both CS4 & CS5) open it incorrectly ?
Well technically 8 bit pngs are indexed images with a varying amount of colored pixels and then varying amount of transparent and semi transparent pixels so some programs might not like this. I would recommend gimp over ps as its similar but doesn't have this issue.
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that image actually seems correct, can you post an image of the alpha channel? then we will know if photoshop is not reading the file correctly
As one poster said, it's because the images is indexed. If you do Image > Mode > RGB, it will un-index it. I must warn you though, PS is HORRIBLE with indexed images. Use GIMP/Paint.NET to un-index it to save yourself a headache
JAguirre1231 said:
As one poster said, it's because the images is indexed. If you do Image > Mode > RGB, it will un-index it. I must warn you though, PS is HORRIBLE with indexed images. Use GIMP/Paint.NET to un-index it to save yourself a headache
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Ahh but then you lose the 8 bit optimization, even running optpng will not put it back to index png cause it will ossy optimize it. So just use gimp.
Thanks for the replys guys.
Here is an example image.
http:/ / dl.dropbox.com/u/6769503/btn_circle_pressed.png
If you open it in PS, you will see what i mean, changing it to RGB does not change the image. I can open it correctly it Fireworks, then save it without making any changes, and then i am able to open it in Photoshop correctly.
This will do for now in case anyone else runs into this issue. The file size isn't too much bigger this way, so it will work for now.
Thanks again to all that helped.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1631008/btn_circle_pressed_fixed.png
Here's the image fixed, it was indexed... all I did was open it up with osx Preview and save it again. Or you can try this gimp they all talk about but I think it's overkill to switch to another program just because 1 or 2 images are weird, especially after you paid for your copy of Photoshop.
DBBGBA said:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1631008/btn_circle_pressed_fixed.png
Here's the image fixed, it was indexed... all I did was open it up with osx Preview and save it again. Or you can try this gimp they all talk about but I think it's overkill to switch to another program just because 1 or 2 images are weird, especially after you paid for your copy of Photoshop.
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Thanks for your help. I don't have OSX and i absolutely cannot get used to Gimp. but opening it in adobe fireworks and saving it again right away does the trick, so although it's a pain, its simple to do.
If anyone ever figures out a way to directly open these types of files in Photoshop i'd be glad to know.
Cheers
KraYzeE
krayzee said:
Thanks for your help. I don't have OSX and i absolutely cannot get used to Gimp. but opening it in adobe fireworks and saving it again right away does the trick, so although it's a pain, its simple to do.
If anyone ever figures out a way to directly open these types of files in Photoshop i'd be glad to know.
Cheers
KraYzeE
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Yes that works but your removing the indexing. Android uses indexed pngs wherever possible because this saves space and resources, if you changed every file in the android system to rgba your phone would be noticeably slower.
If you change it to rgba and then run optipng on it you'll see it will not index cause it can only lossy optimize, but if you set the mode to index and then optimize it you'll notice then file will be considerably smaller with little or no image quality loss. So in short your removing a vary important optimization feature of the android system.
If your looking for a quick image conversion tool try image magick, this will allow you to write scripts to convert them png24/32 to png8 and back whole folders at a time.
well as we do with video it's always better to work with uncompressed, high res images. Then when everything is done and set in stone we compress and optimize without loosing too much image quality.
If i had to start a theming project I'll probably do the same, convert everything to high res, work on it then compress to a more optimized format.
DBBGBA said:
well as we do with video it's always better to work with uncompressed, high res images. Then when everything is done and set in stone we compress and optimize without loosing too much image quality.
If i had to start a theming project I'll probably do the same, convert everything to high res, work on it then compress to a more optimized format.
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Yeah for video thats fine, but in theming and specifically for this file gimp will allow you to work on the indexed file and you literally can not tell the difference with the indexed file being atleast 50% smaller. Maybe this would make sense with an image that has alot of quality or is high res but in this instance it a loss of time and added steps when the same could be accomplished with industry standard tools.
Hi there,
is there a way to associate a file ending to a certain app? That is, if the app does not appear in the suggested list of Android?
Thanks a lot!
File associations in android do not work like they do in Windows, and sometimes, they do not work well at all. Astro works for opening certain types of files. I think it uses a different scheme for determining which apps can open which files. Specifically, what type of file are you trying to open?
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dibeachdude said:
Specifically, what type of file are you trying to open?
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It's obvious I come from the Windows World, isn't it? I just started using Android a few weeks ago.
Anyway, thanks for the quick answer: I am trying to open a *.freshroute file with Navigon. In the navigation forum I was told that this might be a way to open files with Navigon in Android. This used to work with winmobile Navigon, but there seems to be no way to open files in Android Navigon. Now one user descibed that a file sent to an IOS Navigon by e-Mail opened the Navigon software and the route was there. So I thought maybe this works with Android too? And that is why I am looking for a way to associate a file with Navigon.
Thanks
Jürgen
I doubt you would be able to open files like this across platforms even if they had the same extensions. OS architectures are too different for an iOS file to be readily accessible on another platform and vice versa without some kind of conversion being necessary.
The file structure is not the problem as it is xml, so should be cross platform. I would only like to open this file with navigon, but do not know how.
Thanks anyway!
westfielddriver
westfielddriver said:
The file structure is not the problem as it is xml, so should be cross platform. I would only like to open this file with navigon, but do not know how.
Thanks anyway!
westfielddriver
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Does Navigon support xml files? If not, then there's no way to make it support them. If it does and still can't open it then there is obviously something about the file it does not like.
I was afraid someone would say something like this. Still thanks for keeping me from wasting more time on research.
Best regards
Jürgen (westfielddriver)
Yes, I have searched quite a different number of ways and have yet to find another thread, on not only this site but others as well, that comes close to answering my question or asking the same one. I assume this means the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
Is it possible to hack games on my Windows 8 Phone? I have a Nokia Lumia 520. The particular game in question is Throne Wars. I'd like to get into the game and change the amount of in-game currency I have.
All help is appreciated.
niicholai said:
Yes, I have searched quite a different number of ways and have yet to find another thread, on not only this site but others as well, that comes close to answering my question or asking the same one. I assume this means the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
Is it possible to hack games on my Windows 8 Phone? I have a Nokia Lumia 520. The particular game in question is Throne Wars. I'd like to get into the game and change the amount of in-game currency I have.
All help is appreciated.
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Assuming in-game data is stored in the AppData folder, you could (theoretically) modify some files and results should appear.
Problems you are facing:
-you have a Lumia (so you can't really modify any files because no proper unlock is available)
-we don't know how the game stores it's data (weird file format, etc.)
DaviUnic said:
Assuming in-game data is stored in the AppData folder, you could (theoretically) modify some files and results should appear.
Problems you are facing:
-you have a Lumia (so you can't really modify any files because no proper unlock is available)
-we don't know how the game stores it's data (weird file format, etc.)
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the file Name :
__ApplicationSettings
and ist just some Kind of XML , I modded a few games like Cookie clicker
works good )
Thank you good sir. How do I find the games though? I've tried turning on hidden items view, but I only see my basic folders when I go into my phone.
ceesheim said:
the file Name :
__ApplicationSettings
and ist just some Kind of XML , I modded a few games like Cookie clicker
works good )
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ceesheim said:
the file Name :
__ApplicationSettings
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If the game programmers are followed by the standard scheme only The apps can save data in any format...
Yeah, there's no guarantee that they used the IsolatedStorageSettings feature to store that data. Might have, might not have.
There's also no guarantee that it's unencrypted. Encrypting the data using DPAPI is easy, but makes editing it much harder.
You also could easily get your game account banned. Xbox Live games are known to have anti-cheating mechanisms; Throne Wars may not but then, they might.
But yeah, the key problem for you right now, aside from moderately questionable ethics (let me guess: this is one of those games where if you need more money you're expected to pay a few dollars for it?) is that your phone has no "interop-unlock" or similar "jailbreak" available right now, so you don't have any way to access the app's isolated storage at all. Thus, you can't change it.
niicholai said:
Thank you good sir. How do I find the games though? I've tried turning on hidden items view, but I only see my basic folders when I go into my phone.
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you would need a developer unlock for that (search development & hacking section to get that on your lumia). Next grab Windows phone power tools from here: http://wptools.codeplex.com/ . Install a XAP of the game (you need to find one yourself) usinf power tools. Next you run the game, after that you can copy its data to a pc using Isolated Storage feature in power tools. enjoy.