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For HTC-built MSM7K-based devices only! All MSM7K are technically capable, but only HTC's may have the correct drivers. Will probably not work on stock ROMs. I suspect the CDMA versions of the older MSM7K devices - pre-diamond - do not have the necessary drivers either. As far as I know, the first device that came with these drivers is the Kaiser, but IIRC they are also included in various Polaris ROMs.
About
Short and simple, GfxBoost activates "QTV" mode for specific surfaces. This makes for example DirectDraw display smoother and: a bit slower or significantly faster, depending on how you look at it. It also seems to have a small effect on Direct3D/OpenGL. Effects differ between different devices, driver sets, and ROMs - some see a lot of impact, some virtually none (it seems the older ROMs/devices see the biggest impact). If your performance degrades there is something going wrong, it does happen for some people.
Err, what?
Right, this is a bit tricky! If you will benchmark it the result will be lower FPS. However, it will actually appear faster. This is because normally, not all frames are actually drawn on-screen, and the timing of the drawing can be so it appears nothing is being actually drawn at all. This does not happen when using GfxBoost - more is actually drawn to the screen, and smoother. So, from the application's point of view, it can do less per second, but from what you actually see on-screen, more happens! If you don't understand what I mean, just take it from me: it definitely looks better
Some good effects
Manila2D is faster/smoother [Chainfire]
PointUI is smoother [Chainfire]
CorePlayer playback in DirectDraw mode is smoother [Chainfire] *depends on version and settings*
Titanium seems to be faster [Mikulec]
Diamond Hologram seems to be much faster [aussiebum]
Opera 9.5 seems to be much faster [undac]
SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 seems to be smoother [TITAN-23]
iGo 8 feels the love [draxredd]
morphgear feels the love [draxredd]
FinalBurn feels the love [FlorentG]
TouchFlo 3D feels the love [babijoee]
XTRAKT feels the love [babijoee]
Some bad effects
GfxBoost breaks WMP MP4 playback [FIXED]
GfxBoost breaks camera [FIXED]
GfxBoost breaks Fullscreen/Streaming Player [FIXED]
GfxBoost breaks YouTube [FIXED]
CorePlayer playback in QTV mode may break GfxBoost (may be fixed)
Devices reported this works with
HTC Touch Cruise / Polaris
HTC TyTN II / Kaiser
HTC Touch Diamond / Victor
HTC Touch Pro / Raphael / Fuze
HTC Touch HD / Blackstone
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 / Venus
Also works with, but not as much effect as with ^^^:
HTC Touch Diamond 2 / Topaz
HTC Touch Pro 2 / Rhodium
Update: it may still have _some_ effect with the Topaz, but I don't think anyone has seen any improvement with the Rhodium, so don't bother Seems the drivers on those devices are quite a bit faster already than the older MSM7K devices
Quirks
Alright, it took a bit of research, a lot of trial and error, quite a bit of hairpulling, a few hours of IDA, and an entire crate of beer to get this working on the few of my devices I actually bothered to test it on (Kaiser and Touch Pro). I think everything is now properly hooked up with HTC's own software so things like Camera and WMP also still work. If you run into anything, strange, well, first RTFM below, then see if you want to post it here.
TFM (The F*ing Manual, read it!)
Requirements
An HTC-built MSM7K-based device, sporting QTV and some similar nonsense. In general, I would say this this is the entire range between the Vogue and the Touch Pro, though I've only tested it on Kaiser and Touch Pro, and both are GSM.
Installation
- Install the CAB on your device
- Soft-reset (does not seem to be needed on all devices)
- Start GfxBoost and click Enable
Uninstallation
- Start GfxBoost (if not running) and click Disable
- Uninstall CAB as usual
- 1.2: You may have to soft-reset and uninstall it again, for reasons unknown
Upgrading
- Install new CAB
- Soft-reset
"What's this Enabled (Inactive) status?
It means another application is running that needs this chipset feature. For example, Windows Media Player, YouTube, Camera, etc. As soon as you exit all of those, GfxBoost should re-activate itself.
"I see no difference Q_Q"
If there's a visible difference depends completely on the application you are running and what you are doing with it (aside from it possibly just not working for you). The more graphical an application is, the more chance you have this makes a difference. I've seen no differences with normal "GDI" style applications (normal apps), but for example on my Kaiser the difference in Manila 2D is enormous.
"What about this video-running-in-the-background-thing I keep reading about?"
If done properly, that has the same effect as GfxBoost. Just not as easy and it doesn't think about other applications that need this chipset feature.
bla bla Coreplayer bla bla
Exactly!
Changelog
1.2 - 22.09.2009
- Some changes to fix issue of GfxBoost not showing up in control panel for some users
- Slight adjustment to loader code, hopefully works for more peoples now (always a guess, if not you can always use 0.7)
1.1 - 01.05.2009
- Some patches to service code and handling
- Added registry fixes for common issues
- WM6.5 icon adjusted again
1.0 - 29.04.2009
- Fixed service version, hopefully this one works
0.8 - 29.04.2009
- Service version
0.7 - 28.04.2009
- Changed loader mechanism
0.6 - 28.04.2009
- Loading of dependencies is dynamic - with error messages
- All files are now signed
- Added program icons [Thanks to 12aon]
Donate
If everybody who uses this buys me a beer, I will be a very happy and/or drunk Chainfire. Please make this happen. See the link in my signature - it's not there for decoration!
Release
Yarr, it r here!
If you are updating GfxBoost, please first "Disable" and "Exit/OK" GfxBoost! Don't forget to soft-reset after installing the new CAB!
There are multiple downloads here, the GfxBoost.cab is the (now old) 0.7, the other are the new 1.1 and 1.2 service versions. Note that in the service versions, the settings panel is under Settings -> System, not under Programs!
You only need to install ONE of these. Older versions are only still available because they work for some people while the newer does not (and vice versa). Do not forget to soft-reset after installation, waiting a minute or two, then opening the Start -> Settings -> System -> GfxBoost and clicking Enable!
(Downloads < 1.1: 3820, 2043 old 0.7)
great job as always Chainfire!
keep up the good work
OWO ChainFire is developing the Holy Grail of the Qualcomm processors!
Ha ! I found you, you're quick as always... Just got the time to express an idea and you've already done all the theory and the app is on the way...
Glad to see it led somewhere.
I was wondering where have u been so long. Looks like u have done a good job, as always. Thanks.
Nice to see you back, with a boom like always
Insane ! You have a nag for improving our lives a lot with very complex improvements. I don't think I fully understand what this does, the thought creating it hurts my brain, Thanks a lot
Mr Burns: Excellent!
With nueDynamicClock hopefully getting o/clocking and a graphics boost, my Diamond will take to the skies! Hopefully...
Another great project, thanks!
So you're forcing the backbuffer to draw to screen, Is that right?
It are the released!
Wow I think it works on my TP, switching albums in tf3d seems smoother. I made an Icon for the ocasion hope you like it, 12
Doesnt work on Polaris with WM 6.5... Runtime error 216 at $03F9332C $03F9332C
Chainfire said:
For HTC-built MSM7K-based devices only!
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Petulinek said:
Doesnt work on Polaris with WM 6.5... Runtime error 216 at $03F9332C $03F9332C
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read 1st post
I too get that "Runtime error 216 at $03F94E04", although I have a Kaiser under WM 6.1
Nice program I will give it a go
kancrutt said:
read 1st post
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doesn't the polaris have the same hardware as the kaiser?
HTC Touch HD
Works perfect on Touch HD... good work, thanks
sipospeter said:
doesn't the polaris have the same hardware as the kaiser?
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Of course does...
kancrutt said:
read 1st post
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I read it... Polaris is the same like a Kaiser... ****qualcomm MSM7200...
SpoonMission 0.2
NASA Mission Countdown Timer
Intro
SpoonMission is a configurable countdown timer, with support for multiple timezone clocks.
It's primary function is to countdown to lift off/touch down of SpaceShuttle missions, but can be used for any timing purposes.
Version History
v0.1 - Initial release
v0.2 - Added icon
Warning
Currently this is in pre-alpha stage of development - it doesn't work properly and has missing features. I uploaded it for anyone who wanted to play with it, or feedback ideas.
Requirements
Operating System: WinMo 6.1 (should work on 5 and 6.5 - untested)
.NET Compact Framework: 3.5
Screen: Resizable. Tested on WVGA (should work QVGA, VGA - untested)
Tested on:
HTC Diamond 2.
a nice little twist on the standard windows mobile stopwatch
Is this still being developed or is it dead?
On hold. I need to get my head round international zone clock math.
Maths was never my strong point. I will release a usable version at some point, so no - not dead.
great news, and thanks for the update.
does this support multi timers? couse i need something to remind me how much time i have until i can plat farmville on facebook and not just that game. i used for few days omnitimer. it was great but evaluation but i cant buy it couse on its homepage its gone... it might be discontinued
This application is primarily developed for WVGA devices and tested on HTC Touch Diamond2.
It supports both main Poker tournament types - freezout and rebuy (with or without addon).
At this stage of project there is certainly many bugs, but application is fully usable.
I publish this alpha version even for reason of beta testing, so feel free to use it, as you wish
and send me a feedback.
This application requires .NET Framework 3.5
Version history:
v0.6
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- added Payouts
v0.5
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- elapsed time in format h:mm:ss
- added graphical representation of level elapsed time
v0.4
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- bugfix: reset timer/settings when leaving Setup page
v0.3
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- added VGA support
- added Load/Save profiles
v0.2
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- added "Ante" support
- added Elapsed time for tournament
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Just a quick question regarding your comment about "Better support for VGA devices." What are the current issues running this application on a VGA device?
jneilliii said:
Just a quick question regarding your comment about "Better support for VGA devices." What are the current issues running this application on a VGA device?
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the only issue is, that you have to scroll screens to find some buttons, textboxes...
new version added
version 0.3 added
Thanks for the VGA version. Will try it ASAP.
CAB installer added
version 0.4 added
We haven't played tournaments in our home game yet, but thanks anyway!
tested on HTC Leo (HD2) and it works like a charm
version 0.5 added
Cool, thanks for this... Will definitely give it a try.
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- added Payouts
Thanks good news
This is a great program for guys like me that decide, at 10:00 PM, they feel like playing a home tournament at 10:30 PM and don't have a laptop arround!
Just 3 suggestions...
For your next version you could
- add a late registration button (player +)
- put the "plus" buttons on the right and the "minus" on the left, or one over the other with "plus" on top... it would be more intuitive
- add an option to sound a warning a few seconds (1 minute is the usual) before the blind goes up
Thanks and Good Luck
Great Tool! Works fine, besides the functionality it would be nice to make it look a little nicer. Has this WM5 look. Any chance of a fullscreen re-design?
i would like to, but i have no graphic skills
kamma said:
i would like to, but i have no graphic skills
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Maybe this could help a little:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648906
That will be good if this app will be has nicer graphics, but I think more important thing if this program could be runnig when the phone is in stand by mode.
It is possilbe?
I would love to see a more polished app like this. I currently use this poker timer:http://www.pocketgear.com/en/usd/4104741,product-details.html?M2DPId=100009.
But I really like the extra options you have incorporated in yours.
I would definitely be more interested if you could add sounds similar to the ones I have attached below. Thanks for your work!
With PocketLava you'll have a lava lamp, one of the faboulous Sixties techno gadgets with the plasma ball, directly in your pocket, just inside your device.
This software brings inside your Windows Phone the mythical Lava Lamp, the tech gadget that, launched in 1963, is still one of the most amazing gadgets in the world. Now the Lava Lamp is also directly in your pocket. This app can only be run on touchscreen devices, and square screens are not supported.
This software is donationware. This means that here you can download a freeware "light" version, while if you want to upgrade to the "pro" version with all of its power you have nothing else to do than sending me a small donation and i'll send you the cab via mail (please, tell me which is your screen resolution: wvga, vga, wqvga, qvga).
MORE INFO AND DOWNLOAD:
Directly on my website
Changelog
Version 1.0: first release
Version 1.1: -As requested by many users, now you can interact with your lava lamp moving bubbles with your finger. To "hook" a bubble you have to keep your finger on it for at least 1 second
-Abandoned UPX compression for better compatibility
-Optimized code for slighter speed
Nice app thanks
i noticed that the plasma ball is affected by "touching" it. Do you have any plans to work something like that in with the lava app?
Thanks for this one!
Nope. The answer is in "notes": this is meant to be a realistic simulation, and in real lavalamp you cannot touch wax bubbles
click on Logo for Review
Video ( youtube ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpcZ6TC4VUs
Love your apps mate , keep em coming
Thanks, mate! Yep, the next one will be out soon
1 Suggestion..
If you can add motion to this.. I mean turn the device upside down and it will inverse the lava flow.. using G-sensor
Aafi-rocks said:
1 Suggestion..
If you can add motion to this.. I mean turn the device upside down and it will inverse the lava flow.. using G-sensor
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it's a nice idea, but the platform i use cannot access device sensors... So the answer is no
PocketLava updated to version 1.1
Changelog and link on 1st post
This is the latest TCPMP build based on milesmowbray's sources, original thread
First of all the credits corner:
This build contains work of the following people:
fmarozz: flv1 plugin, at http://sourceforge.net/projects/progrdowntcpmp/
nv: flv4 plugin, at http://d.hatena.ne.jp/nvsofts/20090705
nikoro: subtitle plugin, at http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpmpsubssubtit/
eoc: modified language.tgz file, at http://www.portegeclub.com/forum/vi...&start=0&sid=d913ce354e011e123c302b9ea4995bc1
mylostblog: skin images, at http://mylostblog.altervista.org/skins/media-player-skins/original-skins/wmp-skin-006-iphone-20
Listopad: new skin, at http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=74&view=findpost&p=4158144
templay.de: FileOpen dialog icons, at http://templay.de/Neu/52/Free-Mobile-Berries.html
xiaojin1985: bluetooth AVRCP support, at http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1640628
Special thanks to original creators of this beast, at http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test/
or
http://corecodec.com/
Features of this build:
Support of FLV1 FLV4 videos and subtitles straight of the box.
matroska.plg is mkv version 2.0 compliant.
flac.plg has the latest 1.2.1 library
working equalizer
asap.plg has the latest library (still some problems exists)
skinnable interface
Supports BT AVRCP
includes mpc.plg and tta.plg plugins
player will keep playing when device is put to suspend mode
softkey based menu across all screens
refer to goolge code for more recent update messages
Installation instructions:
Be sure to uninstall old tcpmp before installing;
Download cab installer (recommended for Windows mobile 6 and above);
Install;
Pick suitable skin pack, for further info read readme.txt in corresponding pack. Or you can try skins created by other users (links are provided below);
That's it.
TCPMP skins by other users:
WMP12-like skin from Osprey00: link
GTX skin by nick13c: link
QVGA only skin by MrGoodtunes: link
Vista Dream (QVGA only) skin by charly_: link
Skin for WQVGA screens by Corwin9S: link
WP7 style skin by chriscsh: link
QVGA only skin by millo1978: link
skins for WWGA by relaxe: link
Various skins: link
Other resources regarding TCPMP
Info about skinning: link
If you want a clean TCPMP version without skin support visit Unit ZER0's thread
Huge collection of TCPMP resources by frmariam: link
Another TCPMP based player that has pretty nice Real Video playback: Wepop
I hope you'll enjoy this build, Cheers
If you'll gona post this build somewhere else please link back to this thread. Let's play fair
Sourcecode and previous release can be downloaded here
Sreenshots:
wll it play mp4 smoothly?
no match with coreplayer....
And with this the suposed "TCPMP 0.81" release is history
Great release! Skin looks great (and I didn't notice frame drop while playing)! Just needs to have a stop and a mute button (maybe the speaker image in the landscape view... needs to be added to portrait). Can't wait until we get it for the playlist and file browser!
Only thing I notice is when you press the video "window" it goes to fullscreen but doesn't start playing automatically. Also the bottom system "taskbar" doesn't redraw after skin is applied (if you didn't have a skin at launch and apply it using the browser in the player the bottom system "taskbar" will still be the one from the old TCPMP). But it's just tiny things (should be easy to fix).
About language.tgz could you add two more variants to the possible wma and wmv dlls? At least in my ROM (official WinMo 6.1 ROM from Samsung) and other WinMo 6.1 they're:
* wmv9decoder.dll
* wma9prodecoder.dll
Congrats and thanks for all the hard work!
PS: Noticed it has a skin selector. But can it revert to classic view (no skin) whithout deleting the skin file (or reg value)?
Thanks for share, great news for TCPMP lovers (the best audio/video player for Windows Mobile - my opinion).
Thanks again
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Great release! Skin looks great (and I didn't notice frame drop while playing)! Just needs to have a stop and a mute button (maybe the speaker image in the landscape view... needs to be added to portrait).
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Well I must admit that my photoshop skills aren't very good so we need someone to volunteer and make official skin for tcpmp. I would be glad to provide info on how to make it.
frmariam said:
Can't wait until we get it for the playlist and file browser!
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oh about that, the original sources offered the mechanism for skin support (and were meant only for main screen), but original developers removed sourcecode which would parse skin file load the skin and handle screen taps. So I've reimplemented that functionality using common sense with minimal changes to core components of program. To make whole interface skinnable it would involve to dig into core components and perhaps make program slower, this scenario isn't very attractive
frmariam said:
Only thing I notice is when you press the video "window" it goes to fullscreen but doesn't start playing automatically. Also the bottom system "taskbar" doesn't redraw after skin is applied (if you didn't have a skin at launch and apply it using the browser in the player the bottom system "taskbar" will still be the one from the old TCPMP). But it's just tiny things (should be easy to fix).
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Will fix the fullscreen taping behavior
About the bottom taskbar, restart of application is needed when skin is loaded
frmariam said:
About language.tgz could you add two more variants to the possible wma and wmv dlls? At least in my ROM (official WinMo 6.1 ROM from Samsung) and other WinMo 6.1 they're:
* wmv9decoder.dll
* wma9prodecoder.dll
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Will look into that
frmariam said:
PS: Noticed it has a skin selector. But can it revert to classic view (no skin) whithout deleting the skin file (or reg value)?
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Yes it can revert to clasic by pressing skin... then cancel
Wow, this is great news! Thank you for your work on this.
One thing though -- will the AVRCP plugin work with this? Bluetooth music control is really a killer function for me.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-avrcp-control-plugin-v0-6-alpha-for-tcpmp-0-72rc1.html
thanks!
All .plg plugins should work with this version, those addons wich consists of midified common.dll interface.plg player.exe etc. might work but will result in missing features of this build such as working equalizer, subtitles and skin support and this is the case for avrcp addon. In order to make it work in this build the sourcecode is needed.
I bet there will be new gfx for this (I think ppl have been dying for skins in TCPMP). Also the xml seems easy enough to understand to make new themes just by playing with it (though it lack stop and mute buttons).
About the other elements skinning all we need is a bigger (more touch friendly) playlist editor, browser (bigger folder/media files icon... stuff like that)... Maybe tweak them a bit (custom scrollbar, backgound color/image, font size/color... if possible). That's really what I meant.
About AVRCP I'm afraid it won't work... It was built into interface.plg and some lang files...
However the author xiaojin1985 uses this forum so he could be contacted. Also he has the code (or part of it) a his homepage.
any way to make last.fm scrobbling from this app?
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any way to make last.fm scrobbling from this app?
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Well I found a basic TCPMP PocketScrobbler function source a while back (but it's somewhat old... don't know if it works...). I uploaded it to the usual place
Thanks for this!
looks good.. i will spread the word 4 you on 1800pocketpc
TCPMP is alive...
Thanks.
Here is some info on how to make skin for tcpmp
Attached files Info.txt (explained syntax, keywords and functionalities)
SkinExample.zip a good example on what can be done (this skin was adapted for tcpmp by original developers, skin images was used in PocketMVP player and credits for this skin belongs to Marcelo A. García González)
For those who have tried this app how is the playback speed of this build
are there any noticeable speed changes in flv playback?
Hi bro,can I help you for adding AVRCP support?
About AVRCP
Yes ofcourse, any help is appreciated. As i can see your addon consists of modified interface.plg and some aditional lang files. So the best way, I guess it would be to apply your changes into interface sources of this build. pm me or for further details.
bimbam69 said:
For those who have tried this app how is the playback speed of this build
are there any noticeable speed changes in flv playback?
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I changed the playback from direct draw to raw video buffer, and it plays flv videos really well for me.
Edit: GAPI seems to be the best setting. I benchmarked a .flv video dumped from youtube with the four driver choices: direct draw (25%), Raw Frame Buffer (95%), GAPI (145%) and GDI (80%). The GAPI driver had the highest average speed, and clearly looked the best. This is on a fuze (Raphael) with 6.5.5 (23529). Changing the buffer size and switching to microdrive in settings didn't do anything.
Hi ,thanx for your great work !
I can t download the src code from windows live, i don t know why !
Can you pm me a link or give us a new file provider ?
Thanx