SoftwareGBAVideo – GBA Pure Software Video Player

Both playback and conversion toolchain included (actually there is no decode at all, just lz77 need to decompress)

Build Require

• Python 3 (Third Party Modules will auto install by scripts)
• devkitpro (or devkitarm + libgba + libmm + grit + mmutil)
• git (optional, for cloning the repository)

How to build

• 1.make sure every image is using the same 256 color palette(see palette.md for how to create one)
• 2.if your image is already scaled into 240x160, put it into res/gfx, and jump to step 6
• 3.put your unscaled image into res/og
• 4.run tools/ConvertImage.py, this will make sure your video is 160 scanlines and add border to reach 240x160
• 5.check the res/gfx folder to make sure that your images are there
• 6.run tools/GenerateGrit.py to generate an .grit for each images
• 7.Put your video palette(256 colors limits) into res/gfx named palette.png, and DO NOT delete the palette.grit
• 8.run tools/FrameTool.py
• 9.run the build.bat(For WINDOWS only) or do it manually in your command line And now you should have SoftwareGBAVideo.gba in the build folder You can run it on any GBA emulator (Mesen recommended) or flashcart.