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    Medias

  • How to add media files

    • Connect Playdate to your computer in data disk mode.
      Playdate Help : Data Disk Mode
    • Copy the files to media folder for Kicooya.

  • Media location

    • Audio
      /Data/com.abenokobo.kicooya/media/music/
    • Video
      /Data/com.abenokobo.kicooya/media/video/
    • Creating subfolders within the music / video folder will work correctly.

  • Supported Media Formats

    • Audio: MP3
    • Video: PDV(Playdate 1bitvideo) + MP3

  • Preparing media files

    • Audio

      • Encode to MP3 with ffmpeg ffmpeg -i input.xxx -vn -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -ab 128k output.mp3

    • Video

      Video files (PDV) and audio files (MP3) must be prepared in pairs.
      • Video files (PDV)
        Encode to PDV with 1bitvideo.app.
      • Audio files (MP3)
        Encode to MP3 with ffmpeg
        ffmpeg -i input.xxx -vn -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -ab 128k output.mp3

    • Media limitations

      • MP3s with a sampling rate other than 44.1 kHz cannot be seeked.
      • Depending on the encoding, some MP3 files cannot be played.

  • Artwork

    • Displays the artwork attached to the ID3 Tag of MP3 files.
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    • Artwork cached the first time the media file is loaded. Caching may take some time.
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    • Supported image file formats : PNG / JPEG / GIF
    • Image size (Large) : 180 x 180
    • Image size (Small) : 80 x 80
    • Adding an image file with the same name as the song file can replace the artwork attached to the ID3 tag.
    • Adding an image file named "_artwork" to the folder, you can replace the artwork for all the songs in the folder.
    • "-80" and "-180" suffixes can be specified to add an image file with a specific size.("-80" and "-180" must be placed in pairs.)
    • If the image file size is too large, it may fail to load.

  • Data File Structuring

    • /Data/com.abenokobo.kicooya/ media/ music/ # Supported file types : MP3 song00.mp3 # ID3 tag artworks can be replaced with PNG / GIF / JPEG. song01.mp3 song01.png # ID3 tag artwork can be replaced by a size-specific image. song02.mp3 song02-80.gif song02-180.gif # All ID3 tag artworks in a folder can be replaced with image named "_artwork". folder00/ _artwork.jpg song03.mp3 song04.mp3 folder01/ _artwork-80.png _artwork-180.png song05.mp3 song06.mp3 video/ # PDV(Playdate 1bitvideo) needs to be a pair of '.pdv' and '.mp3' video01.pdv video01.mp3 .cache/ # The result of the ID3 tag parsing and the conversion artwork to 1bit-color are cached. # If you delete the cache and restart Kicooya, a new cache will be created. .settings/ # User setting files.

  • Supported ID3 tag spec

    • ID3 tag version : ID3v2 / ID3v3 / ID3v4
    • Frames : Title / Artist / Album / Album Artist / Genre / Track number / Disc number / Composer / Encoded by / Year / Compilation
    • String encodings : UTF8 / UTF16
    • Image formats : PNG / JPEG
    • Media formats : MP3

  • Supported MPEG Audio Frame Header Information

    • Bitrate / Sampling rate / Channel mode

    User Interface

  • Global Keys

    • A : Select
    • B : Go back
    • UP / DOWN : Selection change
    • LEFT : Previous track
    • RIGHT : Next track
    • Holding B : Go back to main page
    • Holding LEFT : Fast-forward
    • Holding RIGHT : Rewind

  • Buttons

    • Play
    • Pause
    • Shuffle
    • Repeat
    • Repeat 1
    • Sort

  • Main page

    • B : Show popup menu

  • Music Player

    • CRANK : Seek

  • Video Player

    • A : Show control
    • B : Hide control
    • CRANK : Seek

  • Media list

    Songs

    Albums

    Artists

    Genres

    Videos

  • Equalizer

    • [System Menu > equalizer]
    • [Main page > Popup Menu > EQUALIZER]

    Controls

    • Left pane : Select an equalizer preset
    • Upper knobs : Frequency
    • Lower knobs : Gain

    Keys

    • D-pad : Move focus between controls
    • CRANK : Change values of knobs
    • B + D-pad : Change values of knobs
    • Holding A : Bypassing the equalizer

    Presets

    • The contents of the preset will change depending on the status of the sound output device.
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    • Speaker Settings : When the sound output device is Playdate's internal speaker.
    • PhoneJack Settings : When the sound output device is phone jack

  • File Explorer

    • [Main page > Popup Menu > FILE EXPLORER]
    • Displays the data folder of Kicooya. Only supported media files will be displayed.

  • Lock Screen

    • [System Menu > lock]
    • Restrict key input.
    • The lock screen can be unlocked by selecting [System Menu > unlock].

  • Options

    • [System Menu > options]
    • [Main page > Popup Menu > OPTIONS]
    • Change Kicooya settings.

    Faces

    • Change the Face of the music player.
    • You can use the Kicooya Face SDK to create a User Face.

    Retro Mode

    • Enable Retro Mode to add effects that will give you the feel of old device.
    • Enable Retro Mode: Enables / disables retro mode.
    • Screen Noise: Change the amount of screen noise
    • Sound Noise: Change the type of sound noise

    Fonts

    • Change the font used in the media player, media list, etc.

    Volume

    • Use the left and right pads to change the volume. The maximum volume is limited by Playdate system's volume setting.

    Tips

    • '.' (Period ASCII 0x2e) can't be used in a file and folder names.
    • Song tag information and artwork are cached the first time the media file is loaded. If the song information is not displayed correctly, try deleting the cache.
      Cache folder
      /Data/com.abenokobo.kicooya/.cache/