Shira Player

Details: Published: 25 October 2015

Video Pre-Frame Caching Architecture.

inally, first 64 bit development of Shira Player is completed. In this version video playing architecture was changed completely. Qt and FFMPEG library versions were upgraded to last ones.

Henceforth, it will be using "Frame Caching Architecture" for video playing. Now, up to 3K videos can be played without any drop frames.

What is the Pre-Frame Caching Arch.?

Old versions of the Shira Player were experiencing drop frame problems over 1K videos. To solve this, frames of the first second (it is usually 30 frames) buffered in the memory. As soon as first second of the video is prepared, it begins to play. Thus dropped frame problems will be eliminated. Of course this can be related with videos bitrate and resolution. In addition to save play as stable, Shira Movie Encoder software was developed by using power of FFMPEG. It encodes image sequence or transcodes different codec movies to stable bitrate and fps movies.

Image-1 : Frame Buffer Value Progress Bar

In this version and next, Shira requires splitted video and audio files. The Shira Movie Encoder also provides this operation.

Image-2 : Shira Movie Encoder

You can download and test new version of ShiraPlayer from download area. Installer includes new "User Guide" and "Shira Movie Encoder" execute files. After install you can see short-cuts for Shira Movie Encoder and User Guide in the windows program list.

Image-3 : After install new package seen program list.

All development and fixes are listed below .

64 bit compiled.
All video operations converted to caching system.
Developed Shira Movie Encoder
Prepared new User Guide
Added Video Caching progress bar to the Video Manager
Added Flat Media manager Mix with Sky feature.
Added Color, brightness and contrast change feature to the Video Manager
Added Fly-By manager Fully Illuminated feature to the planets.
Added warning while want to play video that has embedded audio.
Added Solar System Editor Plugin
Fixed star download feature.
Fixed Goto Object feature problems.
Fixed Star trail performance on multi-projector works.
Fixed Sky Writer feature item position problem on multi-projector works.

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Details: Published: 08 August 2015

1.8.9 version has several new features listed below:

- New Scripts
+ New Horizon Spacecraft Pluto mission script
Pluto texture taken by "New Horizon" mission, surprize script for this mission. (Include new horizion images and two audio files)

+ Astroid_shira_start, astroid_shira_stop script

- New Landscape manager
In addition showing sample screenshoot in manager

- New Audio manager
Audio files path must be audio directory in fulldome path.

- Dome ligting-Illumination projection
Red,Green,Blue and White color ambient lighting using projector.

- New reset all function, for return back initial settings.

-Others
- Added new horizon pluto texture
- In flyby operation use click+left mouse rotate globe
- In messier catalog window added new checbox (Hide Landscape & Atmosphere) button
- And some bug fixes.

Details: Published: 23 June 2015

n these version add and change list is below

- Texture of the stars has been changed to be more beauty.
- Hevelius constellation art images has been added. To display it select "Hevelius" from "Sky Culture" list.
- "CompassMarks" plugin has been activated. To use it while showing cardinals to key "Ctrl+C".

Details: Published: 04 July 2015

New version has new features and fixed bugs listed below

- Planet Zoom Feature
Added Planet Zoom feature newly in stellarium window. Afer clicked planet button, zooming\unzooming in 3 seconds.

- Show Selected planet and star label
Can show only selected star or planet.

- More useful preview screen while Multiprojection plugin using.
While over 1K total resolution, preview screen was using hardly because of objects were very small.
This problem has been solved.

- After case of Freeze\Crash ShiraPlayer can start last status of sky ability.
When program was freeze or crashed with unhandled exceptions last positions of the sky was forgottan.
Now after freezed or crashed, program can be start with last status of the sky, automatically.

- Fixed bugs of FlyBy feature.
Fixed return back and scale planets problems.

Details: Published: 02 June 2015

hiraPlayer now with camera based autocalibration for multi channel domes. ShiraPlayer loads native VIOSO files, so with a single click even the most demanding fulldome projection setups are now compatible with the vast capabilities of realtime rendered astronomical contents.

More information for VIOSO calibration system.
http://www.vioso.com/
https://www.facebook.com/viosogmbh

More information for ShiraPlayer Multiprojector Plugin.
http://www.sureyyasoft.com/index.php/planetarium-shiraproject/multiplugin

ShiraPlayer with VIOSO Calibration system package includes below: