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Where to place and name mp4 video for boot animation

Made a mp4 video with adobe premier, jpeq's, mp3 etc.. converted to mp4, also converted to mp4 android using xiisoft to make sure. plays fine, just don't know what to name it or put it to use it for boot. placed it in typical sys/cus/res, wiped out bootan.zip and spc_an_final.mp3 no luck. any help???
while I'm at it... circle battery for elite II shows red when full. any zip out there with green circle when full?
and lastly... any keylock mods that work with elite II and launcher pro plus, can't seem to get rid of the "monolith" underneath when i flash.
Thanks ,
Randy D

the boot anim isnt an mp4. its a zip with a few folders of gif's and a big ol' text file controlling it all... dload one as a model and try and figure it out. i can help you out a bit fi you want.

I'll give you a thanks, I'm not trying for bootanimation zip combined with mp3... Built plenty of those. Trying to figure out how to open a 720p dolby boot build from jpeqs and vid... Premier will spit it out as mp4 or whatever i want... 24... fps... vid/jpg (can do interesting stuff with that) i tried naming it sequence1.mp4, spc_ etc... Have length "safe" 24sec.... trying to figure out what the os will recognize to boot. don't think you need txt file cause mp3 will fire on its own in resource folder... Help?
FYI I can lay the sequence down in a mkv (but those get big) or h.264...evo will read all of those but not a compatibility issue.... have it set 800x400 (24) 720.. most combos but just resets to default animation

hah i'm a bit confused on what you are trying to do. unless you heavily edit java and install a script that reads movies while the phone is booting (nearly impossible), you cannot run the boot with any type of video other than google's own android bootanimation.zip. is that what you are trying?

yeah. not new to this. just joined xda and won't let me post in "real" forum... cutting and pasting 50,000 jpg gets old on photoshop cs5. if someone had a handle on this we'd be doing some crazy stuff by now. looking to hook up with someone who is on this path. i figure tweeking the boot sequence is the first step, but i get lost in that stuff

hah ok then what exactly are you trying to do?

sounds simple, but i just want to replace the boot.zip with an mp4 video, but i think i need to be able to prioritize boot sequence... splash screen (if i have to) then boot video player. not sure what essential programs are needed for the media player to run... i would like to suspend all program boots till after the video plays. a "delayed boot" of sorts... i've done it on my computer. but first off i need to know where to put the sequence, what is the first resource folder the os opens on boot... i can start from there

oh i see what you are trying to do... the thing that in post 4 i said was nearly impossible... good luck. hope you know your java. hearing you did this to your comp is a good sign. this would be pretty awesome if you got it working.

Yea, again, you CANNOT play a video on the boot animation. The boot animation is s series of gif files controled by a txt file. It's technically not a video, just a bunch of pictures played together.

There are alot of things that are "impossible" that get done. Wimax on cm comes to mind. I don't know if it IS possible, but the OP obviously knows enough to tell that the boot animations isn't a video. He wants to make it be a video. Its just programming, why not?
OP, what about installing a barebones media player - something that will run in native Linux - and then write a script to run it from the hboot. It would have to be coded in to the hboot, I would think, but maybe. I'm not a developer by any stretch of the imagination, just trying to think outside the box.

Many thanks for understanding
austontatious-
THANK YOU for the post. You get it! I KNOW what a bootanimation is, I expected some of these posts. And I'm am going to try your idea... Like you said it is programming.. fact is the phone does turn on, the phone will play video, the phone does start with some assigned program. It's tweaking the the boot sequence or creating a new one(which would suck and not worth the headache) that i want. It isnt a hardware change for heaven sakes, which you could still do. again thanks for the idea.

[Q] Some thoughts and questions on CM7

So I recently flashed CM7 and I have had some time to download all my apps and get things configured I came up with some questions and had a bit of a boot loop issue.
Ill start with the boot loop issue. A few days ago I noticed while on charge it just kept booting over and over. I have this happen from time to time on my rooted Eris with CM. No biggie I just unplug and things work themselves out. But not with the Nook. I turned it off and powered back on but its just kept booting. Sometimes it would make it to the desktop and then reboot, sometimes it wouldnt make it past the splash screen before rebooting, and sometimes it would make it to the desktop and I get an ADW Launcher error then it reboots. I followed the same procedure I followed when I originally flashed it and its been 3 days now working just fine. This time I only downloaded the apps I really needed and I currently have no SD card in it. The one I used before was the same 8 Gig card I used with Nookie Froyo (Can that card just be formatted within CyanogenMod or do i need to format it on my pc?). So Im thinking maybe that was the problem? But then I found this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043623&highlight=cm7+boot+loop Someone mentions an issue with the battery going dead. That could be it as well because it did die out just before I put it on charge that night. Any thoughts? Like I said I already reflashed just hoping I can avoid that from happening again. Im keeping track of downloaded apps and changes while testing atleast a day before doing more.
Next up is the Notification Bar. Are there any options for changing the color or maybe even the icons themselves like the WiFi, Battery, Notifications Buttons. I like the icons themselves just fine but hate how they are not all one neutral color. I like to change themes but always feel like I need to match up with something green.
So whats the deal with Wallpaper? My Eris has handled every size wallpaper Ive thrown at it. Beautifully if I may add. But the Nook struggles. Ive read some on the subject here and thought I had a decent solution when I was running Nookie Froyo but things are different on CM7. The only way I found to get decent resolution is using the browser to Google search wallpaper and setting wallpaper from within the browser. As you can imagine you dont always get the crop you want. Do I really have to crop every wallpaper specifically for my Nook or is there an easier way?
Overclocking. Boy its been a lifesaver for my Eris but im not sure about the Nook. I was impressed with a score of 1629 at the stock 800Mhz. But I wonder....was that score legit? I ran a bunch of tests back to back and they went something like this 1450, 1527, 1549, 1532, 1596, 1612, then the 1629. With the exception of that one time every test got a better score. Now when overclocked to 925 my best score was 1634 after 6 runs the first was in the 1300 range. I changed the CPU setting within CyanogenMod Settings but I wonder if I need to clear cache first? I was also looking into downloading Dalringrins kernals but can I just add his kernal to the card I used to flash CM7 originally and just flash the kernal? Or do I need to start all over?
Video and streaming video? Whos running a slick video streaming setup over their home network? What are you using and can it be an all in one setup including support for my Nook, Eris, PS3,and various laptops? Ive purchased some harddrives for movie storage but I dont want to rip my DVD collection in some specific format thats only good for one device. Id also like to load some movies and shows right on my SD card for times when I may be away from a connection. What do you guys suggest? My research has turned up many different formats and resolutions. Its been difficult to piece it all together.
I realize this is alot and much of what Im asking may be buried here in these forums but this thread will serve two purposes. To help me organize and speed up the process of getting my setup functioning the way I want. This post also in know way means ive given up on any of this. Im still working on all of it on my own. Researching and testing as time allows.
CyanogenMod-7.0.2
CWM-3.0.0.6

Well, as far as wallpaper goes, the perfect size ratio for wallpaper seems to be 1200 x 1024 at 169 ppi (pixels per inch). Gallery, Quickpic, and other image apps I've used crop to that ratio.
Gallery does some weird quality degradation (or it's resizing it) so my test image looks a smidge less sharp than it does setting wallpaper in Quickpic, for example. It looks absolutely crisp at those dimensions when set with Quickpic or Zeam (when Zeam is default wallpaper agent, it automatically expands crop tool for entire image at this size/ratio).
I've been saving my wallpapers at 1200x1024 (169 ppi). I'm not sure how it would affect your wallpaper if you've used an app like LCDDensity to change the Nook's pixel density from the default (169ppi).
Re: Video streaming
http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/
You may be more interested in: http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch05.html (Video on Demand and Multiple Streaming via VLM / VLC Player)

Quickpic is exactly what I needed. Works great!
Im gonna start looking into the VideoLan links tonight. Is this something you use? Im familiar with VideoLan but I remember having difficulty with their software before. I think it was when I was trying to stream from a TV tuner in my desktop over WiFi. Probably not the fairest situation to form a judgment.
Since My OP Im 90% sure I got stuck in that boot loop described above because the battery went dead. Mainly because I did it again but this time on purpose. I now have two Nook chargers. I dont think it would have been an issue again but now theres no chance. Anyone have a car charger?
Im also not going to mess around with overclocking for awhile. I realized lately. It runs great whats the point in rushing?

[Q] Problems with my first bootscreen...

I went ahead and made a bootscreen with the GBA startup sequence. But, for some reason, part0 and first run of part1 are too slow, while subsequent runs of part1 are too fast (that would be my fault for raising the framerate too much...). Here's a video of it:
Can anyone check it out and tell me what I did wrong? TIA.

Can't anyone help?

first sequence will always be slow because its loading on to ram..

Yeah but.... in all animations posted in this forum, the first sequence runs perfectly :/ So you think I should further reduce the number of frames?

no first sequence is always slow, if u want u can check bootanimation from galaxy s theme....

Well yeah, that's why I thought I should reduce frames, to minimize the lag or its effects.

[Q] Create a bootanimation from a video

I want to know how to create a boot animation for the A500 from a video
because I want to have this bootanimation on my A500
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Tbqdv1i4_2E
So I want to know how to do it
Thanks

Tib44 said:
I want to know how to create a boot animation for the A500 from a video
because I want to have this bootanimation on my A500
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Tbqdv1i4_2E
So I want to know how to do it
Thanks
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In the themes forum, there used to be a tutorial about creating boot animation.
The problem, is the file size. If you try and create a bootani from video, it will be honking big, and mega frames. So it would take forever I think, just to load.
Generally, most boot ani's run in 2 phases. 1. the initial ani. Then, because every device is different, a 2nd loop, which basically runs repetitivley, until the system boots. It's a fine line.
Try with an avi converted to what is essentially an animated gif. 5 seconds of avi, turns into 1000 frames.
And the bit depth...
If you can keep it to about 3mb, and 50- frames, then it's possible.
The boot animation you saw, was probably from Taboonay. If you open the boot animation.zip, then you will see how many frames there are. Probably 16bit depth. And you can get it in 4 different colors.

@Tib44 - The attached is courtesy of JaeKar99 who ported it for the A500, I believe from the Fascinate. I have amended it slightly so that it runs through 5 times before ending on it's looped final frame. JaeKar99 has written a HOW/TO treatise on building boot animations, I believe it was in July 2011 and it is posted in the "Themes & Apps" section. If you want to see further boot anims check on my thread in the "Themes & Apps" section, the thread is "Publish your A500 boot animations here". If you use this or any other custom anim, remember to save your present one or it will likely be overwritten and then copy the new one to either of these two locations.... (1) /system/media..... or (2) /data/local

@Tib44 - In addition to above if you want to capture any video from PC screen with a view to breaking it down into frames to build a boot animation, you could do worse than use the capture program "Frapps".

[Request] -Nexus 6P- Looking for a Marvel Intro boot animation (with sound)

I'm looking for a Marvel Intro boot animation (kind of like the one here -----> youtube.com/watch?v=QzcuSmrlQX4
I'm hoping one already exists that will work on the Nexus 6P. Does anyone know of any boot animation depots that I can browse through? If not, are boot animations difficult to code/create? Willing to attempt to make one if no one's interested.