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  1. chris_r

    Desktop Compositing

    I've been using desktop compositing for years on my linux pcs and was surprised to find that the graphics hardware on the pandora can handle it too. I prefer this option as it allows for some nice drop shadows and gets rid of that annoying slow redraw when you close windows. What I want to...
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    UK Pandora owners - 32GB SD card £25 Today Only

    http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/12103626/Sandisk-32GB-SD-SDHC-Memory-Card/Product.html As the title says today only, this 32GB SD card is £25. The speed isn't amazing but still a good deal otherwise. I'll be getting one as my pandora should be due soon!
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    Looking To Assemble A Team For A Zelda Like Game

    Hi guys, I'm just about to finish my degree in Electronic Engineering and I'd like a programming project to show off to potential employers, so I thought what better way than to design a game for the Pandora. Zelda is my favourite game series so I am quite interested in developing a game in this...
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    Charging Money For Apps

    I just wanted to know how charging money for apps will work on the pandora. Obviously Craig has spoken about this feature before but I don't think I can find any official info on it yet. (or maybe the search and google just aren't bringing them up for me) While in the spirit of open sourceI...
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    GP2X Using The Gp2x As A Low Level Arm Development Device

    I'm a third year electronic engineering student and so I've done quite a bit of programming on PIC chips using development boards. I thought to broaden my horizons I'd try some ARM programming as it's widely used in industry. What I wanted to know is if I can use my GP2X for proper low level...
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    Christoph's Dev Blog

    Hi guys, as you probably don't know (unless you've been paying lots of attention on GP32X) I am attempting to code a game to be ready in time to be a launch game for the pandora. This is only my 2nd game I have written (after breakout) but I hope to be able to have the project released on...
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    Christoph's Dev Blog

    Hi guys, as you probably don't know (unless you've been paying lots of attention on GP32X) I am attempting to code a game to be ready in time to be a launch game for the pandora. This is only my 2nd game I have written (after breakout) but I hope to be able to have the project released on...
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    Choosing A Level Format

    I'm (attempting to) code a platformer, hopefully in time for the pandora release. My coding experience is limited so I need a bit of advice. So far I have a character (just a rectangle at the moment) that you can move left and right, some primitive jumping and rectangle collision detection...
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    German Pandora Article - Translation

    I came across an article about the pandora in German and I thought I'd translate it for everyone to read. My german isn't perfect so there are a few bits which don't make much sense so I translated them to the best of my ability. I especially had trouble with the second from last paragraph so...
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    Pre-ordering

    When it comes to the time to pre order, will you (the panda team) be taking the full price, or just a deposit with the rest of the money closer to release. I just ask this as when the pre-orders are finally announced it'll be quite unlikely that people will just have £200 lying around but will...
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    GP2X Game Programming Tutorials

    I've already worked through the lazyfoo tutorials which teach you how to code with SDL and coded a breakout style game. The problem is with the lazyfoo tutorials, they only teach you how to use SDL and not game programming techniques as a whole. As a result, my game was probably very poorly...
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    Will Sdl Be Available From Release?

    I'm planning to get into homebrew game development and I've already made a game of breakout in sdl and want to get into something a bit more complex like puzzle games. So obviously the panda will the interesting but I want to know whether sdl will be usable from the day of release or is porting...
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    Gp2x Batteries Draining Fast

    I used to get about 4hours out of my gp2x on my 2100mah rechargables but lately I have only been getting between 1 and 2 hours, I keep 2 sets of batteries in rotation and both of them have the same problem so I don't know if it's likely that the batteries are worn down. I have tried some...
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    Need Ideas For A Game

    Ok this isn't really relevant to the gp2x but it's partially related and I figured it'll get the most attention in the gp2x section. Basically I have a uni project which was of our own choosing. So i chose to learn SDL and program a small game in it. I've now worked through all the lazyfoo...
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    Something Looks Strangely Familiar

    I just saw these GPS units on engadget and I couldn't help but think that something looked a bit familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I realised. Do you see it? Infact I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same logo but with the 2 reversed. So does anyone have any idea what the...
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    Can We Now Implement Wmv?

    I noticed that ffmpeg now includes wmv support without using windows binaries. Would it now be possible to implement wmv support into mplayer on the gp2x? Sorry if this has already been answered, but "wmv" is too short to search for
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    Smooth Scaling

    Now as far as I know there are 2 scaler chips in the gp2x, one integrated into the mmsp2 and one in another sepreate chip which is used during tv out I think. But if I remember correctly the mmsp2 scaler only does the blocky uneven scaling you can see for example in gnuboys2 (sorry, its not a...
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    Most Wanted Firmware Features

    So what are everyone's most wanted firmware features in future firmware upgrades? Put them down in order of importance to you 1. Remove the interlacing from the lcd and scan it properly 2. Reduce power consumption. Im sure the tv-out chip is being run constantly and someone measured it as...
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    Power Usage

    Seeing as the clock speed can be changed now i see people saying how it will drastically shorten the battery life but nobody seems to know by how much. So can someone with a multimeter just test how much power the gp2x is using at various clock speeds so that we can see how much it will...
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    Screen Problems

    Ive posted this in a few other thread but I havnt got a definite answer as of yet so I thought Id post a ne thread on the matter. On my gp2x i get lines across the screen from areas with large changees in contrast eg. from black to white and it will leave a horizontal line across the screen. I...
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