+-^CrossBow^- Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 1 minute ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Tweezers Sure, that is another option. I don't personally keep a pair of tweezers in the game room but yes that would work. I'd likely still have the issue with missing the slot when trying to insert the SD card back in and loose it within the cartridge housing. Similar to what I've done more than a few times with my 7800GD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sfish Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, -^CrossBow^- said: On this one the SD slot with the SD card inserted is pretty much right on the interior edge of the cart shell. with the SD card pushed to release position it is close to the edge of the shell but still not quite enough to grip it. Is the edge ridge on the microSD card pointing up or down? I ask because I had considered using a Dremel to carve out a conical concave ridge to allow my thumbnail access to catch and begin pulling out the card. Do you think that might be enough to make this functional? It's so close! Then again, as mentioned above, I might just end up fumbling the card into the case and then having to open it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 10 minutes ago, Supergun said: My sentiments exactly. Because I am not good when it comes to modern computers and modern programs. So I’m hoping a dedicated thread will start where people can post and share premade plug and play files, similar to how rom files are posted for the special SD card cartridges. I want the 3 main “staples”. Raiders of the Lost Arc, Star Wars, and Back to the Future. 🙂 I think it's not going to be easy to obtain those types of movies due to the legality of the thing. Unfortunately my computers are not super powerful to begin with. My main machine is a core i3 from 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 8 minutes ago, sfish said: Is the edge ridge on the microSD card pointing up or down? I ask because I had considered using a Dremel to carve out a conical concave ridge to allow my thumbnail access to catch and begin pulling out the card. Do you think that might be enough to make this functional? It's so close! Then again, as mentioned above, I might just end up fumbling the card into the case and then having to open it anyway. If you make the hole REALLY big you can just shake the card out if it ever falls in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 1 minute ago, sfish said: Is the edge ridge on the microSD card pointing up or down? I ask because I had considered using a Dremel to carve out a conical concave ridge to allow my thumbnail access to catch and begin pulling out the card. Do you think that might be enough to make this functional? It's so close! Then again, as mentioned above, I might just end up fumbling the card into the case and then having to open it anyway. I think the micro SD cards I use are just flat surface and don't have any ridges on the edge. I know the ones that came with my Movie carts are flat at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guppy Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 4 hours ago, Supergun said: My sentiments exactly. Because I am not good when it comes to modern computers and modern programs. So I’m hoping a dedicated thread will start where people can post and share premade plug and play files, similar to how rom files are posted for the special SD card cartridges. I want the 3 main “staples”. Raiders of the Lost Arc, Star Wars, and Back to the Future. 🙂 We can't openly flaut copyright law out in public, so that's a non-starter. But I do love the idea of making a list of totally 80s movies that would be good to convert to the required format. Adding to the list, in no particular order... Raiders of the Lost Ark/Temple of Doom Star Wars original trilogy Back to the Future Big Trouble in Little China Pee Wee's Big Adventure The Karate Kid Ghostbusters Jaws Flash Gordon The Goonies Repo Man Ferris Bueller's Day Off Weird Science Real Genius Top Gun Revenge of the Nerds Superman Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan The Black Hole Krull Legend Willow The Dark Crystal What else would you like to see? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 (edited) Blue Brothers Platoon Blade Runner Rainman Harry and Sally Full Metal Jacket The Killing Fields Das Boot Witness The Color Purple Good Morning Vietnam The Untouchables Mississippi Burning Raising Arizona Ran Brazil Do the right Thing Blue Velvet ... Edited May 14 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 E.T. seems like a good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Arizona Dream The Big Lebowski Trainspotting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas If I ever get hold of a Movie Cart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Electric Dreams might be one of the next ones I try and convert Hackers is another one that seems like it would be obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 I'm converting Joysticks the movie! Perfect entry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 (edited) where can i get the software to convert mp4 to the movie cart Edited May 14 by rietveld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 5 minutes ago, rietveld said: where can i get the software to vonvert mp4 to the movie cart The info is found on the github link on the first post of this thread I believe. That is where I found the links for how to convert the movies etc. https://github.com/lodefmode/moviecart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 8 minutes ago, -^CrossBow^- said: The info is found on the github link on the first post of this thread I believe. That is where I found the links for how to convert the movies etc. https://github.com/lodefmode/moviecart thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 3 hours ago, guppy said: We can't openly flaunt copyright law out in public, so that's a non-starter. What else would you like to see? Can we at least get the original Dragon’s Lair; at the bare minimum, just the attract mode in a loop. And, at some point, the entire game running through complete with the ending. This is an absolute must for me as it’s the key thing I need to have on display at my yearly game expo. (closest thing to having a 2600 Dragon’s Lair cartridge and how I intend to label the cart as well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 I can confirm that the Movie Cart works on the intellivision II using the System Changer add on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Supergun said: Can we at least get the original Dragon’s Lair; at the bare minimum, just the attract mode in a loop. And, at some point, the entire game running through complete with the ending. This is an absolute must for me as it’s the key thing I need to have on display at my yearly game expo. (closest thing to having a 2600 Dragon’s Lair cartridge and how I intend to label the cart as well) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, rietveld said: I can confirm that the Movie Cart works on the intellivision II using the System Changer add on. Very nice. Thanks for the info! Just curious, I noticed you used a 2600 Coleco cartridge shell rather then a standard Atari brand shell. Any particular reason? Like was it just personal preference or what you happened to have on-hand, or does the board fit better inside that shell than an Atari shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, Supergun said: Very nice. Thanks for the info! Just curious, I noticed you used a 2600 Coleco cartridge shell rather then a standard Atari brand shell. Any particular reason? Like was it just personal preference or what you happened to have on-hand, or does the board fit better inside that shell than an Atari shell? i just liked the color of the shell. it matches up well with the INTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Electric Dreams Cloak & Dagger War Games Last Star Fighter Tron Automan (TV series) The Whiz Kids (TV series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I'm still working on putting it in a cart, but it works on a Ben Heck portable. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockLobster Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) Is anyone running the encoder using the Intel Mac version of TouchDesigner? @rbairos 's tutorial is so straightforward that I'm not sure how to debug this issue further. I registered TouchDesigner and loaded the default sample MP4 and then kicked off the encoding by clicking on the "Final Render" off/ON toggle switch. The interface seems to go through the motions but then no file appears at the end. I've tried diff paths and even short file names. Every once in a while, an 8kb file will appear but that's it. SOLVED: Strange. Looks like even though I launch the encoder with my user, it invoked TouchDesigner with another account? Once I 777'd the output directory, it worked. Edited May 16 by RockLobster SOLUTION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rbairos Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 31 minutes ago, RockLobster said: SOLVED: Strange. Looks like even though I launch the encoder with my user, it invoked TouchDesigner with another account? Once I 777'd the output directory, it worked. Okay nice. I'm not super familiar with Mac's but was guessing a permissions issue. Others might run into this problem, my bad for outputting the file in the same location as the installation. Should perhaps the default output File point somewhere more useful? Is there a standard $USERPROFILE type location for these kinds of things? EDIT: Or if you hit the + icon, and pick a location somewhere else, it creates the file without issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 So my MC arrived today. The bubble mailer didn’t fair very well but the PCB was safe and sound in the box. So I swapped out the stock sd card and replaced it with my Cinemax SW rip and popped the PCB in my 7800 and Booom! Amazing. And my Dragon’s Lair ripped also worked flawlessly. Thanks Rob for this amazing project. When I first saw it on ZPH I was in amazement but at the time it seemed very intimidating. But you evolved it nicely and made it pretty simple to do. I have a bunch of my movies ripped and sitting on a Plex server so I just needed Touch Designer to convert them to the movie cart format. Thanks again. I love this thing. And will likely grab a couple more down the road when everyone has had a shot to get their own. IMG_7067.mov 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockLobster Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) 3 hours ago, rbairos said: I'm not super familiar with Mac's but was guessing a permissions issue. So it SEEMS to be one... BUT guess what, I fired it back up again and it had a problem until I changed it to read/write for everyone AGAIN even though the directory was already set. I don't know what's going on. 3 hours ago, rbairos said: Others might run into this problem, my bad for outputting the file in the same location as the installation. Well as I've discovered, it seems to be a permissions adjacent problem but unsure why. I look back at the created MVC files and they are stamped w/ my user info. 3 hours ago, rbairos said: Should perhaps the default output File point somewhere more useful? Is there a standard $USERPROFILE type location for these kinds of things? EDIT: Or if you hit the + icon, and pick a location somewhere else, it creates the file without issue? I don't know if that would help now that the problem is repeatable at least on my Mac. Hoping someone else can replicate. I'm running MacOS 12.6.8 on a Mac Pro (late 2013) Well either way it's working well enough. Would be amazing to have a command line converter or something VLC can handle. https://streamable.com/ubr5gl Edited May 17 by RockLobster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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