Help with my Nano regarding Kernel on COP and the MPEG Player plugin

[Dend3]

Well i got rockbox installed and um that loader thing for a nice menu but i dont know how to install that kernel cop 8 thing on my ipod for watching videos.. i can watch it but i think i got a old version because the sound is way much later that the image etc and im a noob so if you can explain step by step how to install that kernel cop thing that will be greAT!!!!!!
Thnx in advance

[KillaDilla]

I don't know what a kernel cop is, but my nano plays videos just like that.(sound later than image) I think its just not finished yet, but if you can fix it, then count me in!

[soap]

If you will note the official wiki page for the MPEG player viewer
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginMpegplayer
not only is it at a very early stage of development, but there are some menu options you can set to try and better sync the audio and video, even without usage of the Kernel on COP patch.  From the menu "Limit FPS" and "Skip Frames" (epically Skip Frames) should both be set, and you will get close to 24 fps on a 128x96 widescreen video, even w/o the patch.


As for the kernel on COP patch...  (following text cribbed from another reply of mine in the Plugins / Viewers forum (where this topic is getting moved as it has nothing to do with installation))

Many people, when they hear the word "patch" think of the warez/cracks scene where binary files are patched (modified) to change the binary file's behavior.

With a project like Rockbox, the goal is every so slightly different.  
A binary patch is near worthless because it doesn't update the underlying source code, therefore it would have to be reapplied (if not recreated) every time a new build is created.  If you'll notice the front page or "current build" page, new build come many times a day.

What my long-winded intro is trying to get at is that fact that the KoCOP patch is a source code patch.  It is a cute little text file which you would apply to the source code, changing some lines while inserting others.  Because it is a source code (not binary file) patch you will need to download (or create) a "build environment" - a set of tools to download, manage, and compile the Rockbox source code.

There are three different Rockbox supported build environments available from this website (cygwin, VMware, and coLinux), and they are well documented in the wiki http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DocsIndex#For_Developers.

[Dend3]

And here's another thing .. I noticed you need to convert thet videos right ( before putting it on youre ipod )? Isnt there a program that converts youre video easy ?
Thanx in advance

[Febs]

It is obvious from your question that you did not read the link that Soap provided to you in his post.    Please do so before asking further questions.

[gnu]

I made a little program for encoding the videos (you need to have VLC installed):

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=8150.0