Change the "screens" (Startup, Image Deleted, Shut

Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 441

it increases the amount of freespace on the drive. that partition is normally very full.

Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 55

also, those are the files that are used when the camera "is ready to be recycled" after the cvs processing, therefore they are unneeded (unless you want to get em recycled.)

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

Well I'll try that then because doing it step by step with the how to on page one isn't working. After I try to upload my file my camera always goes into a hung state where I have to remove the batteries for it to turn off. Then it works fine.

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:21 pm

Take a look at the procedure described here: http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=9198#9198

Even though it's a potentially dangerous flash write, IMO it's safer than uploading files directly to p4. So far I've only heard success stories on partition flash reads/writes to p4.

p4 seems to be at least somewhat fragmented... I believe that this is throwing off the camcorders' normal file write routines on p4. I've been meaning to try the "defrag image" option in Winimage on a p4 image to see if it improves subsequent file writes, but haven't gotten around to it.

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

Where and how do you use winimage? is it part of xp or do i need to download it somewhere?

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

nevermind i found it.
lets hope this works

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

when I go to upload flash onto the partition it warns me that my file is almost twice as large as the partition. What am I doing wrong?

Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 55

how big are your replacement screens??? that could be stopping them from working also. (right click, preferences, look for it in bytes)

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

ok nevermind. another idiot newbie mistake.
it woul help if i only downlaoded the partition that i need then inject and put it back. Instead i tried to put all of the partions on p4. that would have been bad. now I have hacking made simple Laughing

thankx alot you guys

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 278

Heh, glad so many people like my "Hacking Made Simple" screen Smile

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

Yeah my friends got a real kick out of it. What happened to Maxwell's shoe?

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 278

http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1136

;)

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 9

BillW wrote:

Take a look at the procedure described here: http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=9198#9198

Even though it's a potentially dangerous flash write, IMO it's safer than uploading files directly to p4. So far I've only heard success stories on partition flash reads/writes to p4.

Sure does work great,thanks for all the hard work,silenced my cam and changed screens all in one go ;=}

Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2

I used following method using OPS 0.9:
1)Downloaded the files to a drectory of my choice in my hard drive.
2)Made a backup copy of downloaded file into another directory in my hard drive.
3)Edited and modified the SPLASH (typed my name in there).
2)deleted the above files from camcorder.
3)Disconected the cable.
4)Reconected the cable.
5)clicked on update directory.
6)then upload the file in a sequence a follows (I uploaded bigger files first):
SPLASH.JPG
CAMPROCE.ZBM
PROCES~3.JPG
PROCES~3.ZBM
SHUTDOWN.JPG
LOGO.JPG

Now disconect the cable and it is done.

If you still have problem, then try delete the above files and uploading them in a different sequence (except SPLASH.JPG wich should be uploaded first). It should work. It worked for me. Though you do it at your own risk.

Good Luck,

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

Beware deleting any image file you do not intend to replace. For the sake of your cameras at least replace them with 0 byte files. I now have a dead camera on my hands thanks to this ignorant error i made....All in all though it was cool while it lasted.

Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 193

Why dont you use the flash file ??

its so easy :

download flash : p4
open WinImage
Change the files you want
save as "p4 Mod"
upload flash : p4 Mod
and voila..

fast and easy and you can change all the file at once

Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

I did that the second time. But at first i was given an option of deleting files to make room for my files. That was my mistake oh well. I wont be that dumb with my next one

Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

Just did this and got the SPLASH.JPG working but the SHUTDOWN.JPG is giving me some issues. Oh well I will play with it latter.

Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 233 Location: Arlington, VA

devgus wrote:

I did that the second time. But at first i was given an option of deleting files to make room for my files. That was my mistake oh well. I wont be that dumb with my next one

The deleting files method works great, but the second and also important part of the method is to delete files that aren't actually used!

Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

So if I upload a 0k file for the recycled image then I can get the shutdown working?

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:46 am

hcker2000, I suggest you download a flash image of the p4 partition, open it in something like Winimage, replace whatever files you wish, and then upload the flash image to the cam.

Some others in this thread have done so with great success... IMO it's a safer method than uploading files to p4.

Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 193

Ive just done that as I was going to replace all the img and sound so changing them in the image was faster for me.

It worked on frist try (i mean... after first flash upload of the image)

do it !

Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 1541 Location: jacksonville, fl

i just finished a detailed description of how to make custom screens on the camcorder.

http://wikiwonka.dolske.net/index.php/System_screens

hope you enjoy!

Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 3

cjpeg can be used to fix jpegs to work with the camcorder.
http://www.ijg.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/libjpeg

Search around or try http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/image-decode-win32.zip for win32 binaries

*** Use the switch "-sample 2x1" for the correct
id 1 horizontal sampling 2, vertical sampling 1, quantization table 0

for example:

cjpeg -sample 2x1 test.bmp

Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 3

Here is the win32 binary I had 100% success with:
http://sylvana.net/jpeg-bin/jpg6bexe.zip

The basic steps:
1. Create a 240x220 bitmap using a paint program (splash.bmp)
2. From the commad line use cjpeg to convert it to a jpeg:
cjpeg -sample 2x1 splash.bmp (creates splash.jpg)
3. Use WinImage to put the new splash.jpg into the partition4 image file
4. Upload the new partition4 to the camcorder