#21

User Projects / Code Examples / Re: I made a 2d version of Por...

Last post by No1tehm - December 18, 2025, 11:05:46 AM

I'm gonna put the code in text here soon!

#22

User Projects / Code Examples / Re: Can we post .py code files...

Last post by No1tehm - December 17, 2025, 02:36:13 PM

Nice!

#23

User Projects / Code Examples / I made a 2d version of Portal!...

Last post by No1tehm - December 17, 2025, 02:09:21 PM

I made a 2d version of Portal. I has two portals that can move anywhere with for directions for each portal. There is no shooting mechanism yet but I will add one. (probably.) Very simple so far I might decorate and make levels.
requires grayscale!<--------------------------------------

Tell me what you think!
Ps. I'm using a thumby if you can't tell.

#24

General Discussion / sold out?

Last post by mkosma - December 15, 2025, 01:31:35 PM

Tiny TV 2 (along with everything in the store) is listed as Sold Out!

Will there be more, someday? Any news on this would be most appreciated.

mk

#25

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Appears bricked after attempti...

Last post by james-slo - December 11, 2025, 06:42:41 PM

Hello, I have the tiny tv2. the automatic update from the website failed so I followed the manual update instructions. (power off, hold reset and press power, connect) but when trying to connect it just hangs.... When it is connected I have a drive "RPI-RP2 (D:)" which contains INDEX and INFO_UF2.

I was hoping someone could help me get it running again, a procedure to do??

#26

New Product Ideas / Re: Pre-soldered Breakout Wire...

Last post by Duztin - December 09, 2025, 08:52:04 AM

Great find on the 5-pin screw terminals! That Amazon bundle from Cermant is a steal at $0.45/piece. Definitely beats the Adafruit/Digi-Key price.

Thank you so much! I appreciate the compliments! I double-checked that Amazon Cermant link, and strangely enough, that product page seems to only sell 2-pin screw terminals now. Plus, as a fair warning to any interested buyers, a lot of the reviews for that product are quite negative.

These screw terminals may work well! From my experience, as I have used these terminals myself, the screws are quite small, and the screws are also flathead instead of Phillips. But these terminals do function well in terms of conducting current, even after soldering! These terminals work best under low mechanical strain (don't pull any attached wires very hard). Still, I suppose less mechanical strength is to be expected since the terminals are so small.

Has you considered using spring-loaded (push-in) terminal blocks instead of screw terminals? I've seen them used on other micro-boards; they seem like they might put less mechanical stress on the solder joints since you aren't torquing a screwdriver against them. Would those fit the standard 0.1" spacing?

#27

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: TinyTV 2 - always random s...

Last post by swash1 - December 06, 2025, 05:53:20 PM

Hi, same problem months later (Dec 2025) trying to get TinyTV 2 to start at the beginning of video 1 on power-up. I've updated the firmware and adjusted the settings for randStartTime and randStartChan to false, per the help page. (I even tried renaming randStartChan to randStartChannel, the way it's listed on the FAQ/help page). I also tried per a suggestion here to make the file read-only.  I even tried turning off loop in case that locked it in to where it was when it powered off. No dice.
Anyone find or figure a solution? I'd really like this to start at the top of channel 1 whenever powered on.
Otherwise - loving it!

Thanks

#28

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Any way to load more than ...

Last post by CocoJacksVille - December 05, 2025, 09:27:22 PM

It is actually a very simple firmware fix, you only need to change one line in TinyTV2.h:

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#define MAX_VIDEO_FILES 100to

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#define MAX_VIDEO_FILES 200
I compiled it and uploaded it to my Tiny TV 2. It works without any issues.

#29

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: Maximum number of files?

Last post by CocoJacksVille - December 05, 2025, 07:02:17 PM

+1 I would also be interested in this.

#30

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Re: TinyTV2 encoding parameter...

Last post by CocoJacksVille - December 03, 2025, 07:09:02 AM

@NatetheMac
@ang-tinytv

I'm using HandBrake to convert my videos from MKV to MP4 first, with a resolution of 216 × 134 pixels, a variable bitrate, constant quality set to RF 20, and the audio track set to AAC Mono at 128 kbps. After that, I convert the file with FFmpeg using the following terminal command on macOS:

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ffmpeg -i input.mp4 \
  -c:v mjpeg -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 24 -s 210x135 \
  -c:a pcm_u8 -ar 10000 -ac 1 \
  output.avi
What works even better for me is adding the quality parameter (-q:v) and setting it to 1, which noticeably increases overall sharpness. For most videos, setting it to 2 should be fine as well. Also there is a volume parameter (-af "volume=[val]dB")  which might come in handy:

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ffmpeg -i input.mp4 \
-c:v mjpeg -q:v 1 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 24 -s 210x135 \
-c:a pcm_u8 -ar 20000 -ac 1 -af "volume=2dB" \
output.avi
Interestingly, setting the audio sample rate to 20 kHz works just as well as 10 kHz, and my TinyTV 2 still plays it without any issues. I thought higher sample rates weren't supported, but it seems like they are!