Should I get a GP32 in 2023, and what programs do you recommend for me to try on it?


Just a quick response on your PN as the Board Software dont let me answer PNs which is strange, : I dont have any GP32 Stuff because my Adventure whit Retrohandhelds did begun whit the Pandora, i saw back then EvilDragon on an Youtube Video which was an Record of the German Gaming TV Show "Giga Games" , yes whe had and Gaming TV Channel back then, but its was canceled by Sky later..
EvilDragon had his GP2X and GP32 whit him and did talk about Retrohandhelds
So i did preeorder the Pandora
 
Just a quick response on your PN as the Board Software dont let me answer PNs which is strange, : I dont have any GP32 Stuff because my Adventure whit Retrohandhelds did begun whit the Pandora, i saw back then EvilDragon on an Youtube Video which was an Record of the German Gaming TV Show "Giga Games" , yes whe had and Gaming TV Channel back then, but its was canceled by Sky later..
EvilDragon had his GP2X and GP32 whit him and did talk about Retrohandhelds
So i did preeorder the Pandora
PMs are send, it just shows an error message.
 
UPDATE: so anyways when i play the video in gp cinema, the video is kind of at a low pitch, how do i fix that in virtualdub? thanks and have a happy new year. =)
 
UPDATE: so anyways I just switched to linux full time. and i want to convert videos for my gp32 via ffmpeg. but is there a way to convert videos that are suited for the gp32 via ffmpeg? thanks and have a wonderful st patties day =)
 
Congratulations Linux is my favourite software of all time. Besides video games of course.

I used mencoder to transcode videos for my zaurus.
 
Congratulations Linux is my favourite software of all time. Besides video games of course.

I used mencoder to transcode videos for my zaurus.
how do i transcode videos to the gp32 format via mencoder? thanks and have a great day!
 
how do i transcode videos to the gp32 format via mencoder? thanks and have a great day!
You can try the following command:
mencoder input.mkv -o output_gp32.avi -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -srate 22050 -lameopts cbr:br=64 -ffourcc DIVX -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=350:v4mv:mbd=2:trell:cmp=3:subcmp=3:mbcmp=3 -vf scale=320:-3,harddup -ofps 25 -noskip

Change the following parameters for your video:
Your source video: input.mkv
Output video name: output_gp32.avi
Audio bitrate, 44kHz probably still too high, so using 22kHz: 22050
Video bitrate 250~350 where 250 is less quality for longer videos: vbitrate=350
Video FPS, 25FPS but lower can decrease video size even more: -ofps 25

Not to change:
Reencode audio: -oac mp3lame
Use libavcodec: -ovc lavc
Force video to GP32 screensize: scale=320:-3,harddup
Fixed audio bitrate at 64kbps, low quality audio but easier to decode: -lameopts cbr:br=64
Use DIVX as identifier to improve compatibility: -ffourcc DIVX
Libavcoded parameters for compatibility: vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=350:v4mv:mbd=2:trell:cmp=3:subcmp=3:mbcmp=3
- v4mv has better movement compensation, mbd=2 and trell and rest provide better quality video encoding
Disable frame skipping: -noskip
 
so anyways is there a ffmpeg command to encode vids to the gp32 format? thanks and have a great day!
 
so anyways is there a ffmpeg command to encode vids to the gp32 format? thanks and have a great day!
You can try the following command:
ffmpeg -i input_original_video.mkv -vf scale=320:240:flags=lanczos -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 200k -qscale:v 5 -r 20 -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 48k -ar 22050 -ac 2 -f avi output_gp32.avi
-i = input video
-vf = video filter settings
-c:v = control video-encoding
-b:v = bitrate
-r = rate of frames
-c:a = control audio-encoding
-f = format

You can increase "-b:v 200k" (to 250k for example) if the video looks too blocky, or lower the "-qscale:v 5" (to 4 for example) and if the video stutters lower the framerate "-r 20" (to 15 for example).
 
Sorry if i sound rude, but when I try to open the video via gpcinema it reboots the gp32 back to the menu. Idk what to anymore so can you help me fix the issue. And sorry if I sound needy. Thanks and have a happy mother's day and a great day.

PS: I also tried to overclock the gp32 via the app and it still wouldn't work with the video.
 
Sorry if i sound rude, but when I try to open the video via gpcinema it reboots the gp32 back to the menu. Idk what to anymore so can you help me fix the issue. And sorry if I sound needy. Thanks and have a happy mother's day and a great day.

PS: I also tried to overclock the gp32 via the app and it still wouldn't work with the video.
The viewer is very picky on what videos it will accept and the hardware can be easily overpowered by a demanding video.

So, you can check the following: did you use the ffmpeg parameters I provided? If the video format isn't 320x240 for example, it could crash.
A basic check you could perform is to take a very short video and convert it via these parameters. Check if that video runs. If that one runs, there could be reasons the bigger video fails.
Who knows, maybe the SMC isn't fast enough for your video or you forgot a parameter causing the video to be too taxing on the hardware.
 
If the Video ist above a certain size it will Crash, it has to be smaller than the gp32s memory, but I dont recall how much RAM the gp32s has
 
I think we already covered all of these, but these requirements for a video are from old posts on this forum:

Supported codecs:
Divx 4.12
Xvid koepies build
Realmagic

Other requirements:
GP32 movies require audio
Audio must have a frequency (or Hz) that is divisible by 11 (11, 22, 44)
Frame-rate on Divx shouldn't exceed ~20
Widescreen movies should always be encoded at 320x160 (or 320x80 if you don't mind stretching)
Widescreen movies will play at full 30fps with RealMagicMP4 at 150MHz, fullscreen requires 166MHz+
 
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