MoonShell

MoonShell
General
Author	Moonlight, Infantile Paralysiser
Type	Media Players
Version	2.10 Stable
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2010/08/31
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MoonShell is a homebrew multimedia player for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS lite, Nintendo DSi, and Nintendo 3DS. It is a well known, popular piece of Nintendo DS homebrew software, and offers a way to play videos and audio on the DS, along with other homebrew games.

Installation

• Insert your Flashcard microSD card into your PC card reader.
• Run the EXE to extract the files.
• In the extracted file is a program called Setup.exe - Run this.
• Select the drive that represents your MicroSD card and click on "Install to ...".
• In the next box select the "Open More" box if you want to install any addons/tools (e.g. dustbox/Moonmemo/extra languages/plugins).
• Click the Update button to continue. Moonshell will then install all the necessary files to your MicroSD card.

It is also recommended that after it has been installed - you should run the LanguageSelect.exe file to select the correct language. If you don't use this program - then you should run the "moonshl2.nds" file first when you've inserted your Flashcard & switched on.

• Remove your MicroSD card from your PC & insert into your Flashcard.
• Insert into your DSPhat/DSLite/DSi & switch on.
• Run either moonshl2.nds or moonshl2_directboot.nds to run.

Alternatively you just need to copy over the moonshl2 folder, moonshl2.nds and moonshl2_directboot.nds files to the root of your MicroSD Card.

User guide

Support file formats

Music	MP1, MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC, WMA, TTA, MID, RCP, R36, FLAC.
MOD	MOD, IT, MTM, S3M, XM, 669, MED, STM, AMF, GDM, ULT, UNI, ASY, IMF, OKT, STX.
Chiptune	SPC, NSF, GBS, HES, AY, SAP, KSS.
Playlist	M3U, WPL.
Picture	JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD.

Also supports DPG movie files and text files.

Limitations concerning formats

NDS	Not support commercial NDSROM files.
WMA	Not support "loss-less" and "voice mode" format WMA files.
M4A, AAC, WMA	Not support encrypted files.
MID	Not support "Standard MIDI file format.2" format.
SPC	Tone quality is very bad.
Chiptune	Only the first track is performed. The FM sound chip cannot be emulated.
Playlist	Support encode is ANSI, S-JIS, UTF-8, CP437, CP850, CP1252.
Text file	Support encode is ANSI, S-JIS, UTF-8, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE. Auto detection only.

Information is displayed in the file list. MP3, JPEG, BMP, PSD, DPG only.

Screen capture

The screen capture can be preserved by keeping pushing the Select button for 3 seconds or more on an arbitrary screen.

NDS stops when succeeding in preservation. Please open the made BMP file with Windows.

When the memory is insufficient, it is not possible to make it.

Misc tools

AutoDLDIPatch	Auto DLDI patch tool for not DLDI patch firmware.
DPGTools	Movie encoder.
DPGTools_AltVer	Movie encoder (old safe?).
HandWriteModelsManager	Hand write models manager for text editor.
ImageViewer	Album (IPK) maker.
JacketImageConverter	Jacket image maker.
MakeBGPack	Slide show bg-pack file maker.
MakeSplashAniForMS2	Splash anime file maker.
MoonMemo	Readme of memo.
MoonShell2_AlternativeLoader	When failing in the start, this boot loader is used.
PluginsText	Plugin attached text files.
SetPassword	Simple boot password setting tool.
SkinTool	Skin maker.
sndeff	Sound effect converter.
SoundFont8bit	Low quality and small size, sound font file for software MIDI emulator.

Controls

File list:

Up/Down/Left/Right - Move cursor

A - Open file

A (hold) - When music file, Open music player

B - Stop music

X/Y - Change volume

Start - Open system menu

Start (hold) - Delete this file

Select - Open sub menu

Select (hold) - Get screen capture (exclude DSi)

Text reader:

Up/Down - Line scroll

Left/Right - Page scroll

A - Page scroll

B - Back to file list

X/Y - Open bookmark save or load menu

Start/Select - Open setting window

Image viewer:

Up/Down/Left/Right - Screen scroll

A/X/Y - Change zoom ratio (Y=50%, X=200%, A=100%)

B - Back to file list

Start - Set to background image

Select - Open setting window

L/R - Start direct moving mode

Movie player:

Left/Right - Previous or next 5sec seeking

Up/Down - Previous or next 30sec seeking

A - Toggle pause

B - Back to file list

Start/Select - Open setting window

X/Y - Change volume

Media

NDS HomeBrew #1 - Moonshell 2.10 in 2022 (Al1en99)

Known issues

A bug that FileTrip Download Link moonshell sometimes stops in playing DPG isn't fixed this time.

Message file update of notepad and submenu isn't done yet.

Changelog

v2.10 stable

• Playback of MDX (software emulation so sound is worse than MDXOffline).
• Play only audio in movie.
• Output audio in movie to ROMEO2.
• If you press A longer, you can select playback mode and playlist editor which is valid in the same folder.
• ChannelsMapSelector was added to SELECT submenu (you can edit moonshl2.ini to modify langauge and number of content).
• Drastic update in MoonMemo (Check Right/Left, X/Y).
• Fixed a bug that thumbnail wasn`t updated after modifying real image.
• Added equalizer to music player. Use R+Up/Down/Left/Right or touchpanel to modify (same for ROMEO2).
• Fixed a bug that auto DLDI patching wasn`t applied when you launch big homebrew.
• You can control music playback in screen saver. Listen to sounds like "PiPi".
• Modified behavior of play icon. If you exits the folder which has music file currently played, FileTrip Download Link moonshell shows note icon on the folder.
• Added ScreenSaver_ShowClock/ScreenSaver_ShowMusicInfo to moonshl2.ini [FileList] section to switch whether to show screensaver clock and music info.
• Fixed a bug that SJIS text couldn`t open in textreader if the memory wasn`t enough.
• Fixed a bug that jacket image wasn`t shown when you back to filelist from music player.
• If you put cursor on BMP file, FileTrip Download Link moonshell shows simple preview.
• In prompt to input new filename, you can erase all by pressing B but also cancel by pressing START/SELECT.
• DPGEnc parameter was modified for recent CPU. You can encode 2-5x faster.

Updates in text editor:

• Added "create new file" to SELECT submenu.
• Default setting in textedit.ini was modified. Left/Right ends of Prediction conversion window are connected in default (only for jap).
• Now text editor saves clipboard. You can paste to another file.
• Arrangement of buttons in Kana mode is reversed in left/right.
• You can paste not only by pressing R button but also by pressing L button (L+X/Y are reserved for backright so only L+Up/Down/Left/Right are OK).

External links

• Author's website - http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/moonlight