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• Pushing Projects to Github

  17 février 2012, par Multimedia Mike — Game Hacking, Python

  I finally got around to importing some old projects into my Github account. I guess it’s good to have a backup out there in the cloud.

  GhettoRSS
  https://github.com/multimediamike/GhettoRSS
  I describe this as a true offline RSS reader. Technically, it’s arguably not a true offline RSS reader. Rather, it does what most people actually want an offline RSS reader to do.

  I wrote this about 2 years ago when I had a long daily train ride with a disconnected netbook. I quickly learned that I couldn’t count on offline RSS readers simply because most RSS feeds to not contain much meat. Thus, I created a program that follows URLs in RSS feeds, downloads web pages and supporting images and CSS files, and caches them in an offline database which can be read via a local web browser.

  I wrote more information about this little project 2 years ago (here is part 1 and here is part 2). I fixed a few bugs in preparation for posting it but I probably won’t work on this anymore since I don’t have any use for it (the commute is long gone, but I didn’t even use it when I was commuting because I decided I just didn’t care enough to read the feeds on the train).

  xbfuse
  https://github.com/multimediamike/xbfuse
  This is a FUSE module for mounting Xbox/360 optical disc filesystems. Here is when I first discussed it. The tool has had its own little homepage for a long time. This tool has seen some development, as I learned from Googling for “xbfuse”. Regrettably, no one who has modified the tool has ever contacted me about it (at least, not that I can recall). This is unfortunate because the patches I have seen floating around which fix my xbfuse for various installations usually boil down replacing many occurrences of an include path in the autotool-generated build system. There is probably a simpler, cleaner fix.

  gcfuse
  https://github.com/multimediamike/gcfuse
  Written prior to xbfuse, this is a FUSE module for mounting GameCube optical disc filesystems. I first discussed this here and here. This tool has not seen too much direct development although someone eventually used it as the basis for WiiFuse which, as you can predict, mounts optical disc filesystems from Nintendo Wii games.

• Build FFMPEG with x264 for Android

  12 novembre 2016, par Kage

  I am trying to build FFMPEG with libx264 for Android.

  I can successfully build and use FFMPEG for Android but I realized that I need the ability to encode, therefore I am trying to build FFMPEG with x264.

  I am using this tutorial to build FFmpeg for Android http://www.roman10.net/how-to-build-ffmpeg-for-android/

  When trying to build FFMPEG I get an error :

  "ERROR : libx264 not found"

  And in my log it says :

  "/usr/local/lib/libx264.a : could not read symbols : Archive has no
  index ; run ranlib to add one..."

  I have the latest versions of both FFMPEG and x264.
  I understand that FFMPEG looks for the header and libraries in usr/lib and usr/include, so in order to make it find x264 I use the cflags and ldflags :

  • —extra-cflags = " -I/usr/local/include "
  • —extra-ldflags = " -L/usr/local/lib "

  I have tried building x264 with many different options that other people on the internet have said that i need. eg. —enable-shared, —enable-static, —disable-pthreads etc.
  Some forums say enable this, others say no disable that.

  Any help would be much appreciated,
  Thanks

  EDIT :

  If I build FFmpeg with the simplest commands to include libx264 then it works.
  ie.

  ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --extra-cflags="-I/usr/local/include" --extra-ldflags="-L/usr/local/lib" --enable-static --enable-shared

  However I need it to work for Android. The script I am using is :

  NDK=~/Desktop/android-ndk-r7
  
  PLATFORM=$NDK/platforms/android-8/arch-arm/
  
  PREBUILT=$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/darwin-x86
  
  function build_one
  
  {
  
  ./configure --target-os=linux \
  
      --prefix=$PREFIX \
  
      --enable-cross-compile \
  
      --enable-shared \
  
      --enable-static \
  
      --extra-libs="-lgcc" \
  
      --arch=arm \
  
      --cc=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc \
  
      --cross-prefix=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- \
  
      --nm=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-nm \
  
      --sysroot=$PLATFORM \
  
      --extra-cflags=" -O3 -fpic -DANDROID -DHAVE_SYS_UIO_H=1 -Dipv6mr_interface=ipv6mr_ifindex -fasm -Wno-psabi -fno-short-enums -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=300 $OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS -I/usr/local/include" \
  
      --extra-ldflags="-Wl,-rpath-link=$PLATFORM/usr/lib -L $PLATFORM/usr/lib -nostdlib -lc -lm -ldl -llog -L/usr/local/lib " \
  
      --enable-gpl \
  
      --enable-libx264 \
  
      --disable-everything \
  
      --enable-demuxer=mov \
  
      --enable-demuxer=h264 \
  
      --disable-ffplay \
  
      --enable-protocol=file \
  
      --enable-avformat \
  
      --enable-avcodec \
  
      --enable-decoder=rawvideo \
  
      --enable-decoder=mjpeg \
  
      --enable-decoder=h263 \
  
      --enable-decoder=mpeg4 \
  
      --enable-decoder=h264 \
  
      --enable-encoder=mjpeg \
  
      --enable-encoder=h263 \
  
      --enable-encoder=mpeg4 \
  
      --enable-encoder=h264 \
  
      --enable-parser=h264 \
  
      --disable-network \
  
      --enable-zlib \
  
      --disable-avfilter \
  
      --disable-avdevice \
  
      $ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG
  
  
  
  make clean
  
  make  -j4 install
  
  $PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ar d libavcodec/libavcodec.a inverse.o
  
  $PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ld -rpath-link=$PLATFORM/usr/lib -L$PLATFORM/usr/lib  -soname libffmpeg.so -shared -nostdlib  -z,noexecstack -Bsymbolic --whole-archive --no-undefined -o $PREFIX/libffmpeg.so libavcodec/libavcodec.a libavformat/libavformat.a libavutil/libavutil.a libswscale/libswscale.a -lc -lm -lz -ldl -llog  --warn-once  --dynamic-linker=/system/bin/linker $PREBUILT/lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.4.3/libgcc.a
  
  }
  
  
  
  CPU=armv7-a
  
  OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -marm -march=$CPU "
  
  PREFIX=./android/$CPU
  
  ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
  
  build_one

  I am guessing that some option in my configure command is conflicting with enabling libx264

  NOTE : If I remove —enable-libx264 then it works

• Fun With Tablets And Amazon’s App Store

  24 décembre 2011, par Multimedia Mike — General, amazon, android, app store, cyanogenmod, ios, smurfs, tablet

  I bought an Android tablet a few months ago. It is less expensive than the best tablets but no where near the bottom end of the market. I think it’s pretty good. However, one downside is that it’s not “certified” to use Google’s official marketplace. That would seem to be somewhat limiting, however…

  Enter Amazon’s Android App Store
  Amazon got into the business of selling Android Apps some time ago. I started experimenting with this on a Nexus One phone that Google gave me. When I installed the App Store on the Android tablet and logged in, I was pleasantly surprised to see all of my Amazon apps ready for downloading onto the tablet.

  So I have an App Store for use with this Android tablet.

  Anyway, the reason I bring this up is because I managed to screw up this tablet in an unusual and humorous manner. You might be wondering if an app downloaded from the Amazon App Store requires the App Store to be present in order to run. The answer is : Oh yeah ! It works like this :

  
  
  

  This means that if — perhaps out of curiosity, for example — you login to the Amazon App Store, download an app, install it, and then subsequently log out of the App Store or uninstall it altogether, the downloaded app will decline to run until you log back into the store.

  Here’s the thing– I wanted to provide a minimal level of security for my Android tablet. At the very least, I wished to lock the Amazon App Store itself since Amazon is famously (and, let’s face it, understandably) reluctant to deliberately add any friction to their shopping processes. I.e., without any external protection app, the App Store app would allow anyone to purchase any app using my tablet.

  So I purchased App Protector Pro from the Amazon App Store and it worked quite well. By default, it also password protects against modifying any system settings as well as installing new apps.

  So, here’s where I screwed up : App Protector Pro was doing its faithful duty and I uninstalled the Amazon App Store as an experiment. Suddenly, no apps obtained from the App Store would work unless I reinstalled the App Store. Okay, fair enough, except for one thing– App Protector Pro wouldn’t run without the App Store. Well, it did, it started to, tried to, but then exited. So I couldn’t re-install the App Store :

  
  
  Oops
  

  I eventually learned how to perform a factory reset of the unit which solved the problem. And, as indicated earlier, all of my apps were available for me to re-download.

  Modding, Cyanogen-style
  Open source aficionados will likely point out that there are alternate firmware options which allow me to take control of my Android tablet in a free and open manner. Among these options is CyanogenMod. After I got stuck in the situation described above, I thought I would have to resort to such an option.

  On the plus side, researching alternative firmware options is what taught me to boot the device into a recovery mode and ultimately restore to a factory default setting. But if you’ll allow me to indulge in a mini-rant regarding accessibility of open source software : I was more than a little frustrated in trying to understand what CyanogenMod could possibly offer me. Their homepage says it’s “an aftermarket firmware”. I’m not entirely sure what that means or how it can benefit me. Fortunately, they have a full feature list linked from the front page. They are, in order : Lockscreen gestures, phone goggles, OpenVPN, incognito mode, themes support, and DSP equalizer. I can’t say that any of those really add any value for me. I’d love to know if CyanogenMod supports Google Android Market and various other Google apps (such as maps and GMail). That’s a question that I can’t seem to find the answer to.

  The themes feature opens another old wound for me. Back around 1999 when I was first getting into Linux in a serious way, I remember that themes were a big theme at the Linux User Groups I would attend. I also remember lots are online articles at the time that emphasized how highly customizable the Linux desktop was in comparison to Windows 9x. I was bothered for 2 reasons : First, I thought there were more pressing problems that needed to be addressed in Linux ; and second, none of these customization options seemed particularly straightforward ; many apparently required hours of compiling and tinkering.

  Small digression. Anyway, back to CyanogenMod, I was glad to see that they prominently display a button in order to “View Video Tour”. Ah, internet video has us so spoiled these days. I was eager to see this aftermarket firmware in action to see what it could do for me. However, the link leads to… a forum post ? The thread seems to discuss how it would be a cool idea if the community could put together a video tour. At this point, the investigation just seems bizarre. It feels like a bunch of kids doing their best to do things the grown-up way.

  Okay, sorry, rant over. I try to stay positive these days. I’m sure the CyanogenMod folks are doing great, fun, and interesting work on their project. The problems they choose to solve might lack mainstream appeal, however.

  Free iPad
  Ultimately, I recently unloaded the little Android tablet because, well… when a free iPad comes your way, lower spec tablets feel a little silly to keep around. Yeah, it’s great to play around with. Though here’s one unsettling thing I noticed about Apple’s App Store. While browsing for worthwhile games to indulge in, I noticed that they had a section for “Top Grossing Games”. This was a separate list from the “Top Apps” charts. I found the list weird for 2 reasons : 1) Why do I care which games are raking in the most cash ? How does this communicate value to me, personally ? Seriously, why would I base a purchasing decision around which vendor has earned the most money ?

  Anyway, let’s move on to reason #2 this was scary : Most of the games in this list had a price of FREE. One of them was that Capcom Smurfs game that stirred up controversy some months ago because of kids making unsupervised in-app purchases of virtual smurfberries. I tend to think that a top-grossing, free to play game is probably one that heavily encourages in-app purchases. Strange how this emerging trend actually encourages me to seek out games from the “top paid” list vs. “top free”.