Here is a new version, brand new direct from development :-)

[DerMicha75]

Hi all,

here is a new version, brand new direct from development :-)

Whats new:

- more meta options to enter
- configurable columns for list view (per platform)
- configurable values for detail view (per platform)
- image view now calculates number of columns based on resolution
- optimized rendering of images
- show metas on right panel
- more than 1 rom directory
- you can choose the type of dir (NoIntro, TOSEC, ...) to fill the meta fields (and have the game ony once in database)
- new platform images (modified the current to avoid these "round edges")
- video support (you can include movies from emumovies.com to show some game sequences) (avi and flv)
--> you need to have the VLC Player installed on your system (since Java does not support such video playing)
- switch between images (only 4 types supported yet)
- auto rotate images (after finishing video)

For all these video and image things try out the a2600 platform, I included some examples

Next steps:

- import function for images and videos (based on set names)
- some more options (show video (yes/no), time between image rotate, ...)
- script support for running games, here I want to do something like GEMUS

And here is the download link (abot 23 MB):

http://www.michas-modellbahn.de/_static/ecc2.zip

Micha

[Vicman]

Thanks Micha,
very nice features in "ecc2" !
I'll test it soon

EDIT:
Just take a look.....
WOW Micha ! really good work !
I love the video-clip-feature

don't forget to add the "Genre" in the listview
keep up your developement in ecc2 !

[Vicman]

Hi again,

your "what's new" point :

- switch between images (only 4 types supported yet)

don't work correctly (yet...?)

1. (manually) switching between the images is not possible...only *.png's are shown.....no (jpg-cover)

2. also when using "rotate images" : I watch the video-clip first, the next picture is an ingame-screenshot.
...but the cover-pictures are not shown....('cause they are *.jpg's and not *.png ? )

To put it briefly : *.jpg's don't work yet

[DerMicha75]

To put it briefly : *.jpg's don't work yet

this is possible, I tested only with pngs.. I will have a look on it.

don't forget to add the "Genre" in the listview

This should be no problem, I will try it too.

Micha

[ECC]

Hey, i tried emuControlCenter 2, and i think, it looks already really good (i like the animated gifs)! Congratulations, Michael! Feel free to reverse engeneer all the interesting features in ecc 1 - and all the ressources like configs, pictures and translations! :-)

I think, using java for ecc 2 is a good desision. Maybe you can make it "open source" (maybe hosted on source-forge or github) so other people can add features too.

I really proud that the software we (phoenix, myself and all the people in this forum!) created over the years is so good, that you try to build a Version 2. Thank you!

Maybe phoenix can create a thread "emuControlCenter 2.x"?

Good luck,
Andreas (ecc)

[te_lanus]

Hi

Just tried yours and have this question. I've tried it with both roms and emu inside the ecc2 directory and outside, and got these errors:

[DerMicha75]

Hmmmm, I have to test it. The feature of starting games have little prio at the moment, so I think I missed some settings (I thought it worked last time...)

Can you try to modify your game path to relative path description like /gba/roms or/and alternatively your emu path? I will try and check it tonight, now I go to a model railroad exhibition.

Micha

[DerMicha75]

Hi te_lanus,

I played a little with my program.

Running packed and unpacked roms inside default dir /user/gba/roms works.
Running packed roms outside ecc2 works.
Running unpacked roms outside ecc2 does not work.

I created a little patch, in next release included. Simply unpack in install dir, overwrite existing files.

ecc2_patch.zip

(12.56 KiB) Downloaded 32 times

Micha

Here are my settings:

options2.PNG (11.58 KiB) Viewed 1621 times

[DerMicha75]

Closed, newer version available and problems done.