Propeller 2 Video

• After getting uSD card SPI read speed up to 2400 kB/s, can now play low resolution video with audio included.  Discussed in this forum thread.
• Currently only 320 pixel wide video is supported.  Maybe this can be improved if we can get eMMC working in 8-bit mode, or if someone can do jpg decoding in real time...
• Development described in this forum thread.
• See it in action on YouTube here is another.
• Created a tool to combine the Video and Audio into a single .p2v video file 
  • Download VideoP2.exe here  This tool can combine .wav audio (16 bit PCM) and bmp files into a .p2v video
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• Example videos:
  • Buck1.p2v Download  - This is a full open source movie, Big Buck Bunny.  Source for movie is here.
    • Video is 320x180 pixels at 30 fps in 8-bit indexed color.   Audio is stereo 24000 samples/s.
  • test3.p2v Download -  This is a short clip of the above...
  • Sintel.p2v Download - This is another open source movie.  Sintel home page is here.
•  Spin Source code for player:
  • Compiles with FastSpin 4.1.8
  • Download source code and binary here.  updated 17May20
• Here are instructions for making your own vidoes for P2 with free tools:
  1.  Use Handbreak to reduce the size of your video, change to 30 fps, and save in a format that VirtualDub can import.
     • Here are screenshots of what I did:  
  2. Use VirtualDub to export individual video frames and save audio as wav.
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  3. Finally, use Irfanview to batch process the BMP images to convert from 24-bit RGB color to 8-bit indexed color, also flip the images upside down. (IrvanView can also resize the movie, if not done in above step).
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  4.  You are now ready to use the VideoP2.exe file (see download link above) to create a .p2v video.