tmp Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 it was probably just some kind of misunderstanding, he sent me a PM on saturday but i've missed it and noticed it only on monday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) Its sort of like that famous song "What a difference a day makes" Edited November 20, 2019 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Now there is an _AVGCART folder, would it be a good idea to move files like AVGCARTA.UPD, OSXEX and AVFPLAY to there to keep things tidy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Where can I get PDMPLAY from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 12 hours ago, Mr Robot said: Now there is an _AVGCART folder, would it be a good idea to move files like AVGCARTA.UPD, OSXEX and AVFPLAY to there to keep things tidy? update file is always read from the current directory and i want to keep it that way since it has some advantages the other support files, i don't have a strong opinion about that, they're not shown in the browser so that's not an issue and i can't tell if more people would appreciate the change or be pissed due to having to figure out why things stopped working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mr Robot said: Where can I get PDMPLAY from? it doesn't exist, nobody wrote (patched) one yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Mr Robot said: Where can I get PDMPLAY from? Do you mean the PDM-player from FJC for AVG-cart ? If so, try this one: pdm.zip To use the player with the AVG-cart you first have to load the SIDE-loader (*.CAR file), then load the PDM.XEX file and finally load a PDM file. Alas, once you have picked a PDM file and play it back, you have to listen to it until the end, since there is no key to stop or abort playback and return to the menu. (But when playing ends, it will return to the menu). Curious as I were, I tried something stupid, by renaming PDM.XEX into PDM or PDMplay (without any extender). The AVG menu did then show all PDM files but it could not play any of them, so it looks like you simply must use SIDE-loader and then PDM.XEX to playback PDM files... @FJC: I would really like to see a small update to PDM.XEX - a key to stop (abort) playing the current PDM file and return to the menu (so one can choose another file)... of course stereo-playback is also a nice option SIDEloader_v3.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 39 minutes ago, CharlieChaplin said: @FJC: I would really like to see a small update to PDM.XEX - a key to stop (abort) playing the current PDM file and return to the menu (so one can choose another file)... of course stereo-playback is also a nice option Yes: I promised to update the thing months ago, but am still adding yet further refinements to the latest version of the SIDE Loader, believe it or not (like, right this minute). I will endeavour to add the requested features to the player as soon as I can. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 52 minutes ago, CharlieChaplin said: Do you mean the PDM-player from FJC for AVG-cart ? If so, try this one: No, I have that. If you try to play a PDM file from the AVG Cart menu, it pops up an error message saying it can't find PDMPLAY, I thought I might have missed a release. 4 hours ago, tmp said: the other support files, i don't have a strong opinion about that, they're not shown in the browser so that's not an issue and i can't tell if more people would appreciate the change or be pissed due to having to figure out why things stopped working I'm not invested one way or the other, it just seemed logical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMontezuma Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Yesterday I updated my AVGCART (Firmware Version 17) and afterwards I wanted to test AVFPLAY. Unfortunately I see and hear only garbage I tested various SD cards (also fast ones) and I let the files get defragmented with "Contig" tool. The filesystem is FAT32. Any idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I tested AVFPLAY just a couple of days ago using the latest firmware and the PAL example videos from the AVF thread, and everything worked perfectly. I didn't do anything to the SD card I usually have in my cart, just put the files on it and selected them from the menu. The SD is a sandisk 32GB one formatted to fat32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, TheMontezuma said: Yesterday I updated my AVGCART (Firmware Version 17) and afterwards I wanted to test AVFPLAY. Unfortunately I see and hear only garbage I tested various SD cards (also fast ones) and I let the files get defragmented with "Contig" tool. The filesystem is FAT32. Any idea? unfortunately no, there were only a few similar reports and i don't think the cause of the problem was found in those cases i've never seen this problem myself so i was never able to look into that what machine is this and are you able to test it on a different machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Hmmm, I am using firmware 17 and so far all the AVF movies do work fine - when there are no PDM files on the same SD card (and vice-versa, the PDM files do work fine, when there are no AVF files on the same SD card), no clue why. It's strange, since the AVF movies are in a subfolder and the PDM files are in another subfolder (using FAT32) on a 16GB Sandisk ultra (and the same happens on a 32GB Sandisk ultra)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMontezuma Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Thanks for the feedback. I finally found SD card (Toshiba SDHC 8GB Class 4), which works well for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 interesting, can you make a photo or a list of those cards that didn't work for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMontezuma Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 These are the SD cards: The Micro SD cards generally work. I had only problems with the video playback. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMontezuma Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I converted a video"Numen: The Movie by Taquart" http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=10648 It is fun to watch it on Atari Attached is a PAL version, which can be watched with AVGCART and SIDE II cart. Numen_pal.zip 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmintaAtari Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 is it available for purchase? I'm from Italy! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apostrophe Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 @tmp I'm interested in that cartridge, what's the price with included shipping to Germany ? Will it work in my Atari 400? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 it should fit the bay but most likely you won't be able to close the cover, atr emulation probably won't work unless you got upgraded ram i don't own 400 (actually never seen one in person) so hopefully someone who has one and tried avgcart in it will reply here with his experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apostrophe Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 The Atari 400 was my first computer, buying 1983. It have an selfmade ram expansion to 64KByte, so there is 52KByte available. For some weeks I buy an Atari 800XL from ebay.So I'm definitely interested in one of the AVGCart, if they are available at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 I'll send you a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBen Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Is an interface description to the Atari AVGcart available? Can the cartridge be programmed from the Atari, is access to the Fat32 partition possible? Since last weekend there are more fans of the cartridge and want to support it by software. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, BigBen said: is access to the Fat32 partition possible Sure: just run it in SIDE2 emulation mode and you can use SIDE.SYS driver for SDX, U1MB PBI BIOS, SIDE Loader, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, BigBen said: Is an interface description to the Atari AVGcart available? Can the cartridge be programmed from the Atari, is access to the Fat32 partition possible? Since last weekend there are more fans of the cartridge and want to support it by software. there's basically no useful internal interface that could be used by 3rd party sw, when in menu, atari is only used as a dumb terminal so it doesn't have access to stuff like files/entries (not that you could talk to the cart at that moment since the menu is running), when it's emulating cart, it only responds to stuff that is defined by the bankswitching type (until you press the cart button), etc. now i'm not against doing some custom interface if there's a good use case for that, it's just there was no point in doing any extra stuff that nobody would ever code anything for so basically everything is just a bare minimum to have the core functionality working 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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