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@CompuMaxx CompuMaxx released this 24 Jun 20:11
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🚀 GBA Video Studio v1.0.0 — First Stable Release

GBA Video Studio is a comprehensive desktop solution for preparing, optimizing, and compiling high-quality videos for Game Boy Advance hardware.

✨ Key Features

🎬 Encoding & Optimization Engine

  • Video to GBA: Transforms any video file into a highly compressed, hardware-compatible .gba ROM using a specialized GOP YUV444 and VQ compression engine.
  • Audio Adaptability: High-fidelity audio encoding supporting crystal-clear 8-bit PCM or space-saving 4-bit IMA ADPCM (reducing audio size by ~50%) with anti-drift sample rate alignment.
  • Control Fine-Tuning: Total control over 11 conversion parameters including custom iterations of K-means, motion compensation thresholds, and forced I-frame sensitivities.
  • Hardware Metrics: Feedback and detailed technical telemetry on ROM, IWRAM, and EWRAM memory usage after compilation.

🛠️ Visual Studio Workflow & UX

  • Timeline Editor: Live video preview with an interactive timeline to select, trim, and encode specific video segments.
  • Geometry Processing: Visual suite to apply precise Crop, stretch, or Letterbox filters tailored exactly to the native GBA 240×160 resolution.
  • Encoding Profiles: Six built-in presets (Balanced, High Quality, Fast Encode, etc.) plus a custom manager to save, reload, and share your personal configurations.
  • Post-Export Actions: Automated system actions to power off, hibernate, suspend, or exit once long encoding tasks are completed.

💻 Architecture & Compatibility

  • Core: Built with Python and an intelligent Hybrid Qt Architecture that auto-detects your system to run PySide6 (Modern) or PySide2 (Legacy).
  • Compatibility: Native standalone executables for modern Windows 10/11, macOS, and Linux, alongside native legacy support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
  • Zero-RAM Footprint: Multi-threaded parallel GOP processing backed by disk memory-mapping (memmap) to compress full-length videos with 0% RAM accumulation.

🌐 Globalization & Community

  • Multi-language: Dynamic user interface localized in 18 languages with instant, run-time switching.
  • Open Source: GPL-3.0 Licensed. Full documentation, build guides, and contribution trackers available on GitHub.

📥 Dual-Output Export

Generate production-ready assets through two distinct workflows:

  • Standalone ROM: Compiles a playable GBA ROM featuring an integrated media player with full hardware controls (Pause, Mute, Fast Forward/Rewind, Control Lock).
  • Decompilation Integration: Produces clean, optimized source files (video.c, video.h, and binary payloads) ready to inject directly into pret setup toolchains (pokeemerald, pokefirered).
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