PORTABLE DECK SP

VIDEO DECK 01

Watch it till it wears out.

After tape came video. One clip, re-packed for the GBA's screen and speaker, in your pocket. Fast-forward, and the picture tears.

HOW IT WORKS

  1. Make it in FACTORY
  2. Burn it
  3. Watch or listen on the GBA

GET STARTED

Burn it to a cartridge (Windows) The browser version is on its way.

SPECS

  • 240×160 Mode4
  • RKV1 codec (Cinepak-style VQ, 4×4 blocks)
  • approx. 15fps
  • 8-bit PCM 16384Hz
  • SP mode: live footage approx. 7 min (busy) to 18 min (calm)
  • Effects: boot sync, dropouts, pause jitter, search distortion

WHY I BUILT IT

After tape, I wanted pictures in there too. Nintendo once sold cartridges with video on them (the GBA Video line), and I wanted to make the next chapter myself. Re-packing a film into a 240×160 screen makes it rough, but the feel of video survives: the picture tearing on fast-forward, the wobble on pause. I built the feel, not the roughness.

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HOW TO USE

APlay / pause
BStop (blue screen, position kept)
L / R (playing)Search ±8× with picture
L / R (stopped)Shuttle ±40× (counter only)
STARTOSD on / off
Up / DownVolume, 5 steps
Auto-stop at 00:00:00
Auto-rewind, then stop

TODO

NOTES

RK-G Media Works is a personal project, not affiliated with Nintendo. Only put songs and videos on a cartridge that you made yourself or hold the rights to.