Ops Release Announcements - Windows CVS camcorder tool

Ops Release Announcements - Windows CVS camcorder tool
I started a new topic solely for announcements. If you have a question or comment, post in the other Ops-discussions thread. I put out the 0.3 release at the sourceforge site: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134210&package_id=159692 No new features in this release, just a bit of tweaking. Changelog excerpt: -Increased USB timeouts greatly. This may or may not help some people with connection problems. -Disallowed other button pushes before the camera has been opened.

Ok, Ops 0.4 is out, available from the usual site: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134210&package_id=159692 If anyone want to send me a "ready to recycle" camcorder, I'll take them on. I already blew one camcorder developing this code, and I'm soon going to start probing commands to figure out flash downloads (what could possibly go wrong? ;)) Thanks for this code should go to: morcheeba (he's called the master for a reason), daBass (wicked investigation of USB commands), corscaria (discovered movie index downloading commands), and all of the hackers involved in the original saturn hack. The blame is all mine. "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton This is beta code, like all of the other tools. Use at your own risk! Changelog follows... Ops 0.3->0.4 ---------------------- -Added "Upload Movie" button! Let's figure out what formats it likes to play folks! -Added Directory tree for taking a look at filenames and sizes on the various camera partitions. Downloads/Uploads to the tree aren't available yet. -Added progress bar for multiple movie downloads. I'll extend this to other buttons when I get the time. -Added warning popup if unsupported -*test*-('")market camera is found. -Refactored some of the member functions of the camcorder class. Ops 0.2->0.3 8/5/2005 --------------------- -Increased USB timeouts greatly. This may or may not help some people with connection problems. -Disallowed other button pushes before the camera has been opened. Ops 0.1->0.2 8/4/2005 --------------------- -Added "Download all movies" button. Kudos to Corscaria for documenting the 0xb2 and 0xb3 control commands in her SaturnDownload source! Movies are named Movie_0001 and up. This function will *not* overwrite existing files, but instead goes to the next avaiable number. -Added "Format Storage" button. This eliminates the tedious need to delete movies one by one. -Continues processing the message pump during long-lived operations. This makes the window update and respond during these times. -Disabled controls during long-lived controls.

Ops 0.5 is out! Download it from the new saturn tools sourceforge site here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 The new version now includes arbitrary uploads and downloads to any of the partitions - if you upload something to a non-movie partition and kill your camera don't blame me! If any developers want to use the new sourceforge site for their saturn related Open Source/Free Software projects just PM me and I'll add you to the project! Changelog for la-*test*-('") Ops follows... Ops 0.4->0.5 8/17/2005 ---------------------- -Added "upload file" and "download file" buttons. -Added button deactivation during "upload movie" and "Update Directory Listing".

Sorry for back-to-back releases, but Ops 0.6 is out. It's at the saturn tools sourceforge site here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 Let me reiterate that playing with Ops can be a dangerous activity. Heed the warning messages if you dont want to kill your cam. Even if you pay attention, it's beta software and I offer no guarantees. If you're using it solely for downloading, or can't afford to lose a cam, let me suggest that you might be safer with a "movie index download" based tool. Check out the links section for those. A noteable addition in this release is the ability to send commands to the "command monitor". The commands are documented at morcheeba's site here: http://www.maushammer.com/systems/cvscamcorder/firmware-monitor.html Note that the commands are blind - unless you're creating directory structure or deleting files with the commands you won't see anything happen. Anybody with an epoxy chipped B1 want to see if that serial port is active? The usual cautions apply even more to the command monitor... you can perform cam killing commands there too. Ok guys, lets be careful out there! Changelog excerpt follows... Ops 0.5->0.6 8/18/2005 ---------------------- -Changed read/write buffer size from 4096 to 512. This seemed to improve writing on non-movie partitions. -Added "Send Monitor Command" button. -Added "Delete File" button. -Changed "Upload Movie" to use CCamcorder::UploadFile() instead of CCamcorder::UploadMovie() -Removed CCamcorder::UploadMovie()

Ok, Ops 0.7 is out. It's at the saturn tools sourceforge site ( https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 ) Sorry, I haven't had time to enable the progress bar for other functions yet. Changelog excerpt follows. Enjoy! Ops 0.6->0.7 8/22/2005 ---------------------- -Added "Download Memory" button. This downloads the memory location and size requested and stores in a file on your PC. No size limitations. -Added "Powerdown Camcorder" button. This is an immediate shutdown, not a graceful shutdown. -Changed to a longer timeout for the "Send Monitor Command" button. -The fields in "Download Memory" and "Send Monitor Command" now remember the last values used.

Ok, I realize this release schedule is insane, but Ops 0.8 is out! :) Highlights: -"View/Change Cam Settings" button. (ie. easy change of USP.BIN) -Lots of UI imrovements I'd like to thank Corscaria, GWRedDragon, CVSfan, and everyone else who worked to decipher USP.BIN! Groundbreaking work all around. The changelog excerpt follows... Ops 0.7->0.8 8/25/2005 ---------------------- -Added "View/Change Cam Settings", which allows automatic changes to USP.BIN. Changes include resolution, framerate, softtime, hardtime, id, and ready to recycle status. File is sanity checked, so if a non-standard USP.BIN is discovered it shouldn't overwrite it. -Improved directory browser so it would remember the last picked dir. -Enabled progress bar for "upload movie", "upload file", "download file" and "download memory". ("Download Last Movie" remains progress free, due to the lack of file size information in a movie-index type retrieval) -Added "please select item from tree" message if a tree operation is selected with an item highlighted. -Added border to text entry fields. -Added "Suppress Warning Dialogs" check box to main window. No more paranoid popups!

Ops 0.9 is out... just a minor bugfix release to dewhackify the progress bars. Somebody please shoot me if I start to release any more frequently. ;) https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 Changelog excerpt... Ops 0.8->0.9 8/25/2005 ---------------------- -Fixed progress bar. -Made "Download Memory" clean up it's temp file after it's done. -Set first field to have focus in all child dialogs. -Added a basic "MakeDistribution" batch file. Now it builds the various libusb flavors without any work from me. Whew!

Ops 0.10 is out. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 "The pointy stick" is now more dangerous than ever, with "upload flash" button. It's only been -*test*-('")ed minimally (on the NO_NAME partition with a minmally modified image file) so don't blame me if you poke your camera's eye out! "download flash" can be used to download partition images which can be opened in Winimage or mounted as loopback in Linux. Oh yeah, the progress bar may jump a bit at the end of an "all accesible flash partitions" download. I had to request more memory than the real download to make sure it will work on camcorders that may have slightly different partition sizing. If some brave soul decides to try uploading to one of the other partitions, be sure to let us know the results in the Camcorder Discussions thread. Remember, don't play if you can't afford to lose! Changelog excerpt... Ops 0.9->0.10 8/31/2005 ----------------------- -Added "Download Flash" and "Upload Flash" buttons. Download has been -*test*-('")ed. Upload has only been -*test*-('")ed to NO_NAME. -Added the checkbox to the array of controls that get hidden durring long-lived operations. -Added libusb version string to the startup message.

Ops 0.11 is out. ( https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 ) Just a few changes to the unlocking engine. Changelog excerpt follows... Ops 0.10->0.11 9/01/2005 -Major rewrite of Unlock function. -It's a bit more intelligent about detecting cams without the response security bug. -It also tries any known keys (currently only a dummy key) -Additional keys are loaded at time of pressing unlock button from the saturnkeys.txt file if it exists. -Also changed the ways keys were reported to be the same as the saturnkeys.txt/pv2keys.txt file format.

Ops 0.12 is now out. ( https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 ) Notable additions are the addition of CVSfan's USB Mass Storage device hack, and improvements to the unlock engine so the reset key is now used. Changelog excerpt follows... Ops 0.11->0.12 9/11/2005 -Added "Enable Mass Storage" button. Thanks for this feature belongs entirely to CVSfan!!! -A few updates to the unlock function. -Changed the dummy key to the real reset key. -Added a "last ditch attempt" regular unlock when challenge=response.-Removed the ability to upload a "whole flash image" and a "p1 unknown partition image". These appear to kill cams. -Values in "Download Memory" dialog now accept both decimal and hex. (as suggested by CVSfan)

Ops 0.13 is out. ( https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 ) Highlights: -The "all accessible flash" flash download option now downloads from the very beginning of the flash. Thanks to CVSfan for collaboration on the groundwork for this feature! Changelog excerpt follows... Ops 0.12->0/13 10/02/2005 -Added timestamp display when a file or directory is selected in the tree view. Note: system files have incorrect timestamps. -Added "Sync Cam Time" button. This will make the camcorder's time the same as the computer's. -Fixed the "Unlock failed...unlocked camera" message bug. -In the Download Flash dialog, the "All accessible flash" now downloads from the beginning of the flash, not the first filesystem.

Ops 0.14 is out. ( https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 ) Highlights: -Mass Storage mode should work with all cams now. (3.62 and 3.70 users first need to run the mass storage enabling scripts in the "ops scripts" thread. This is a one-time-setup for new cams.) -New (very basic) batch script parsing. If people confirm that the 3.62 and 3.70 Mass Storage button works for them (after running the scripts to set up the cam) I'll move the code into Ceres. Changelog excerpt follows: Ops 0.13->0.14 11/15/2005 -Added Download Firmware button. -Added Upload Firmware button. Currently inactive, since it kills camcorders. -Added 3.62 and 3.70 mass storage hacks. (thanks CVSfan) -Added support for 3.70 cams for whole flash image downloads. (thanks again CVSfan) -Added "Send Command Script" button. Very basic command batcher. Currently the only understood commands are: monitor (Followed by a monitor command to send) powerdown (Powers down the cam. If there is text following this command, it appears in a message box) message (Displays text in a message box) assert firmrev=##.## (Halts the script if cam's firmware level is different than the asserted one) # (A comment. May appear on a line by itself or after a command) ; (A comment. See above) -Changed DownloadFlash() function to only try to download the right number of by tes for a whole image download. -Rearranged buttons on interface to make room for more. Ops - it's not your grandmother's camcorder controlling software...

Ops 0.15 is out. ( https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145193 ) Highlights: Challenge retrieval for 33.04 cams. Unlocking has been verified to work with existing 3.XX series cams. It's unknown wether unlocking for 33.04 will work in this version. I changed it to match what I saw in the firmware, but don't have a working cam and valid key pair to -*test*-('"). (yet) Changelog excerpt follows.. Ops 0.14->0.15 -Added Challenge Retrieval for 33.04 cams. -Download Firmware didn't work for 03.70 cams. Fixed. ...it's your grandpa's.

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