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[Android Themes] XGr7078:
boot sound

I am getting problem in the boot sound. I have made the bootanimation.zip with a boot sound but when i put it into my phone and restart it the phone loads but there is no boot sound..... What's wrong.....:confused:
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Maybe your phone doesn't support boot sound, or you placed it in the wrong directory.
[Android Themes] XGr7078:
No my x10mini do support boot sound and i have placed it in the /system/media/bootanimation.zip

As a matter of fact the roms developed by recognized developer stelios97 have boot sound and i found the bootanimation in the same path as above.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Maybe it's in the wrong format? I think the correct one is mp3.
[Android Themes] UtCollector@gmail.com:
Nice program but wy cant i make a cm9 bootanimation.zip with costum resolution 800x480 ?

The resolution i get is 1204x600
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Who said you can't? :)
[Android Themes] moparfreak426:
.oog
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
It varies with devices. My HTC EVO 3D uses mp3 files for boot sound on the stock ROM. :)
[Android Themes] UtCollector@gmail.com:
I did, I just cant get it to working.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
OK, just select the list item that displays the size and speed, click Edit and set the correct size.
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Do you mean perhaps .ogg ?
[Android Themes] Pesceman3:
I didn't like the stock cyanogenmod boot animation, so I took the animation from my Nexus 7 and threw it on my S3. If anyone else wants it:

dl.dropbox.com/u/45452240/bootanimation.zip
[Android Themes] gobz:
Awe-some!!
[Android Themes] gobz:
Dev please add a gallery for available bootanimations or something that would make one image into many successive images and rename them to make a bootanimation in next release:cheers:

:good:
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Good idea. There's a 99% chance that would be in the next release. :)
[Android Themes] angelito37:
No sound

Sorry for my bad English

I placed an mp3 in animation, I copied with "Root Explorer" in the folder system / media with the file "bootanimation.zip" but not sound, I have a Samsung S2 I9100, I've done something wrong or the phone does not support sound with bootanimation ? :confused: .

thanks
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Make sure you have installed the boot sound binary, which is explained in my other tutorial. :)
[Android Themes] midnightflower:
Thanks for the wonderful program! I'm currently facing a difficulty and I wonder if someone could help me.

The first frame of my part0 file plays again after the first loop of the part 0 file, then there's a black screen on for a split second before the part1 file plays on the preview of the entire bootanimation. Could someone tell me if this is normal or if there's something wrong with something I did? Sorry if I sound incoherent, I'd gladly explain in greater detail if I could. I've searched online for sometime, but I couldn't find an answer. I've attached my bootanimation .zip file in case it helps.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
That's normal, and happens sometimes when the program shifts from one part to another. I'll take a look at the code and see if I can solve the little delay. Your boot animation is alright. :)
[Android Themes] midnightflower:
I installed it on my phone and it works fine :) Thank you! Perhaps you should state on the first post that there would be a delay in the preview, so blur people like me would know that it's the program not their boot animation :) Thanks again!
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
I don't think it's worth mentioning, because the delay is so small, it's barely noticeable. Another point is that most animations have black background, so the little delay has even less impact on such animations. ;)
[Android Themes] antoniocaser:
File is a virus

File "install_bootanimationfactory.msi" is a virus.

Trash

Trash

Trash
[Android Themes] mon5trum:
Ok so what makes you say that? It is not a virus I installed it and it was fine! You might want to check the definitions on your antivirus! This program is just not trusted by windows but you can still install it and no harm will be caused to your computer! So educate your self before submitting your opinion! This program works for everyone else so if does not work for you do not post crap like that and just ask if there is a way for your issue to be resolved! If you are not going to respect the work of others than don't post anything and leave these forums! This is a community of respect!

Sent from outer space with the power of ANDROID!
[Android Themes] imilleson:
your virus software is jumping at shadows. Don't be a jerk , do some research
[Android Themes] VAnative21:
Great program even months later!

Thanks...

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It says it's a virus because of the format... just used it today (1/1/2013) and it works! Like he said above, do your research 1st..
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Thanks! Some anti-viruses detect it as virus because of its signature. I'll see if I can fix that for the next release. :)
[Android Themes] Leobons:
I don't see anybody in here with this issue. It seems like a great program and a helluva lot useful. The point for me is: I was trying to flash a boot animation of the Galaxy Nexus with an expanded pixel count (I don't know why it was 360 x 640 and it was coming out weird on the GS3's 1280 x 720 screen.) I tried to use the boot animation factory to flash the boot into my phone while altering the resolution in the desc.txt of the bootanimation.zip. In the preview, it seemed to work but it actually flashed to my phone the old style Android animation (like this: i1230(dot)photobucket(dot)com/albums/ee496/JaeKar99/BasicBoot.gif ). What's the matter with this, how come this happened?

sorry about the workarounds in the link, I'm still new on XDA
[Android Themes] Ohverture:
Hey hey - very much looking forward to trying this program but on launch I get

"Oops... Something went wrong. Error code. An error occurred creating

the form. See Exception.InnerException for details. The error is: Class

not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154

(REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))"

Any ideas? I'm running Win7 X64, freshly installed .net 4.5 and associated.

Tried running as admin, no luck.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Have you altered the resolution in the desc.txt file manually, or with Boot Animation Factory? It's a great chance that if you had changed the size value manually, the edited desc.txt file would have been compressed with wrong compression method. Boot Animation Factory doesn't mind that at all, but the Android system does, thus leading to a not working boot animation. When a faulty boot animation is in the place of the regular one, or there's no boot animation, the Android system boots with the default boot animation, which is coded into the framework. That explains why the program previewed it successfully, and the device didn't. You can solve this problem by just repackaging the boot animation with the correct compression method (store).
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Do you have the .NET Framework Client Profile?
[Android Themes] Ohverture:
Yeah. I do. At least, I installed the 4.5 dotnet full package, and when I tried to install the 4.0 client version (last available) it said

Same or higher version of .NET Framework 4 Client Profile has already been installed on this computer.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
I have an idea why this is happening. I will check the code these days and try to provide a solution in shortest time possible. :)
[Android Themes] Ohverture:
Much obliged :)
[Android Themes] Leobons:
Yes, I changed the desc.txt manually, so I guess you're probably correct about what happened but I didn't get your prescription of what to do.. You mean there's a compression app on the store I should download?
[Android Themes] h2mc3:
OMG thank you so much.... i have been trying to get my boot animation to work forever and your program did it
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
No, you should repackage the animation with any compression program using the compression method STORE. :)
[Android Themes] Leobons:
Ok so here's what I'm doing.. I'm unzipping desc.txt, changing the resolution numbers, than selecting desc.txt together with the part0 folder and compressing into a bootanimation.zip file and flashing it into my phone using Boot Animation Factory. I also downloaded the "String Energy" animation from here ( xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1397606 ) and flashed it to my phone with no success. The guy on this thread ( xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096068 ) said it could be because the .png files on this .zip had only 3 characters for a name and I changed it to 5 characters, using the same unzipping and zipping process I described for the first try, also to no success. What am I missing?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
As I mentioned before twice, when you put the new files into the boot animation, they are compressed with wrong compression method. To fix that, you should just repackage the whole amimation with the correct method, which is

STORE

.
[Android Themes] Leobons:
I think that's what I'm doing. I'm selecting both desc.txt and the part0 folder, then right-clicking and selecting "add to archive", then click the ZIP radio button, name it bootanimation.zip and choose STORE on the dropdown of the compression method and hit OK. What am I missing here?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Maybe the frames are drawn in Indexed colors? They should be in RGB.
[Android Themes] Leobons:
any idea of what should I do to correct that?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Open the frame in Photoshop. Then select the whole image and copy it. Create a new project with color mode set to RGB. Paste the image and save it. You can automate this procedure if you like. Here's a tutorial on that:

[YOUTUBE]TfbFBpkpa20[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Photoshop is a total boss
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Yeah, it's the best one out there. Gimp is close to it, and given its free price, some may prefer i over PS.

Off topic: have you guys seen the new Corvette C7 Stingray? It's pure AWESOMENESS!
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
troubleshooting problem animations

This program is very useful for testing zipped animations, but it's difficult to know what the issue is when there are problems. Some animations are just fine, but others are smooth in places and not in others -- there's flashes and jumps in some places, but other sections are good. Given that all images are identical in size and format, I'm at a loss as to what to fix. It does seem the number and size of images may be problematic -- too many or too large? Zips with more modest numbers of jpg or png files and even less than full screen resolution seem better overall. Is this possible, probable?

Any suggestions of troubleshooting threads for boot animations?
[Android Themes] imilleson:
This program works flawlessly. Usually the issue is with Color Mode (CMYK, RGB, INDEX), compression (JPEG quality compression), Frame Rate, Amount of Frames, and one of the most important factors, Frame Size. If you size your JPEGs too large it will cause issues. Make sure they are also the exact aspect ratio of the phone. If you want to cheat and make the bootanimation.zip nice and small but still have a full screen boot animation, then first create your video, export as JPEG files, set compression to 8 of 12 (depending on your encoder program), and then in the export their should be a resize option, and decrease frame size by like 25%. You can then specify the screen size in the text file and it will stretch the JPEGs. Also 15 frame per second is ideal (20 if you want really fluid motion). If you do the full 30 like a DVD has, the zip file will be large and your phone might not process the animation correctly depending on the GPU / CPU. I use After Effects as my encoding engine so i can resize the frames, compress higher, and specify frame rate... Good Luck
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
Thanks for really excellent reply. I've saved your suggestions to my boot animation how-to text file for future reference. Some great tips.

I also discovered that despite all frames seemingly being needed, some can cause issues because they are too similar to others adjacent to them, resulting in stutters, occasional slight reversals and odd flashing of other frames during playback. Lots of trial and error, but worth it, removing some frames and then testing.

Also a very big one...I learned this the hard, frustrating way...making sure there's a blank line at bottom of desc.txt. Only a programmer could have created this requirement. Without blank line, animation doesn't run at all no matter how careful one is with all other aspects of files.

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I have two identical S3 phones, both AT&T origin, six months apart, rooted with two different customs ROMs. On one the boot animation is flawless, on the other it's interrupted with several seconds of white screen before animation continues...at least three times. Same exact files. What might this be about?

edit/

Only fix was to use imilleson's excellent advice and reduce frame size while leaving desc resolution the same. Fixed, but leaves me wondering what the difference between the "identical" same models (I747, AT&T) might be.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
I clearly understand you. I too had troubles with the empty line before I found out what the problem was. ;)

It may well be with the ROMs you're using. You stated you use different ROMs on the two devices, so you can try flashing the ROM on which the boot animation works just fine on the device which ROM has troubles playing it, and see if the problem persists. At least you'll know if the problem is with the ROM or not. :)
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
One is AOSP and other is AOKP, but I assumed boot animation code would be the same. But you're probably correct that difference is in ROMs. Flashing ROM that didn't have issue on other phone would mean wiping, which I'm not really interested in doing at this time.

Now I'm looking for (free or low cost) application to create sequential jpg files from video without my having to do each one.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
VirtualDub is an excellent program for that matter. You should check it out, it's free.
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
Downloaded v1.9 and tried it...but doesn't support mp4 video. That's a problem. I'd have to convert to another format, such as avi.

Looked over UI but don't see specifics for converting video frames to jpg...but I assume it can batch process. Looked at help but didn't see topic, so I need to spend time with this app.

I do have another program I found that is free and converts video (such as mp4) to jpg. It works but has no options for output formating regarding size or compression.
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

If you're a student, you can get Adobe after affects fairly cheap
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
Seems to me that After Effects is now known as After Effects CS6 and sells at Photoshop pricing. I own PS but don't see an upgrade pricing route.
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

Cs6 is just the current version. Yes its the same pricing as Photoshop. Adobe offers student/teacher/nonprofit pricing that is superior to upgrade pricing .

If you have Photoshop then you should be able to load a video and export as JPEG frames. It should give you resolution and compression options upon export
[Android Themes] IronFistYo:
Having a little problem...

Actually I am facing a problem while playing the boot animation.. <br>

When the previewer previews the animation, while going to another folder, it gives a black frame between the 2 folders... <br>

There is no problem with my computer (my computer isn't slow) and running windows 7 and has .NET framework 4... <br>

Please help if anyone facing the same problem...
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
That's normal and happens sometimes when the program shifts from one folder to another. I'll take a look at the code and see if I can solve the little delay. Your boot animation is alright.
[Android Themes] aragonit:
amazing program. Thanks a lot!!
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
Okay, I'm trying out AF 6 and if I can make this work, a friend whose in university can get me academic pricing. I see how to save a frame (Composition > Save Frame As...) but not how to save sequence of them to jpg files and set both size and compression. Also, is having first frame open sufficient or do they all have to be open...and if so, how is that done?
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

I don't know what you mean by open but this is how to export a video as a sequence of JPEGs: create your composition as the right size and aspect ration for your phone screen. Put the video on the timeline and make the in and out point where you need them. Then when all is ready go to Composition > add to render queue. Then click 'output module' and select JPEG sequence as format - here you can select compression. The higher the number the bigger the file size and the more chance your phone will choke on decoding it. Hit OK twice and then click the 'output to' settings. Here you can specify the naming convention. Usually you will want like 1[01].jpg because it will then be a sequence. And then specify where to export your frames, hit OK, and then export...

Sorry but the learning curve on After Effects is pretty steep. Good luck
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
Well, after well over a decade with PS, which has its own learning curve, I should be able to (slowly) learn some aspects of AFX. :)

So I have imported video into project and drag and dropped onto timeline. So now I need to set endpoints, which I assume is done with yellow time indicator icon, but how, and the find output module. Is that it's actual name or is it under something else, like save as, or...?

-----

Ah, just noticed...render queue. But still not seeing output module.
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

The output module is the highlighted text in the render queue that let's you specify encoder settings.
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
Ah, I see what the issue is. Render queue never happened because I didn't select any frames. I do that...how?
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Meh, not really understanding the question. Set your in and out points on your composition timeline, then add that composition to render queue. You should see the output module in the render queue
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
How do I set in and out points? It's not obvious...at least to me. I'm almost there. :o
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

The knob is the in point. Same with the out point
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
I was able to render with changes, and output is fine, but it was for entire video (only 10 seconds). I didn't see all frames displayed as they are in your graphic.
[Android Themes] imilleson:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

No this is what timeline looks like. You set the in and out points from the timeline, then you send to render queue
[Android Themes] guitarmaster123:
Choose folder issue

I click on choose folder, then my folder called boot animation which contains 2 other folders called part0 and part1 but it gives me a red X on the left of choose folder. What am i doing wrong? Thanks
[Android Themes] danilo79:
Not on Defy Mini

It doesn´t work on Defy Mini xt320. There´s a animation file (but not .zip) on system\bin that can´t be read by the program...
[Android Themes] mon5trum:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

I am not really sure where in a Motorola you put the boot animation but I am pretty sure it's not in system\bin, it should be more like system\media or somewhere in system\data!

Sent from outer space with the power of ANDROID! ^_^
[Android Themes] [x]:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

You're correct.

I'm about to attempt making a boot animation. =)

Sent from my Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx running JellyBean RAGE ROM 1.4 (www.ROM-Spot.com) and using the XDA-Developers App.
[Android Themes] danilo79:
I renamed the file on system\bin and I got a black screen instead of the opertor logo.
[Android Themes] skyx26:
Hi, nice program.

I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY and works fine, but I can't make boot sounds play while bootimage shows.

Sorry for my bad english.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

Maybe your phone doesn't have the needed boot sound binary. Install it ane try again. :)
[Android Themes] skyx26:
I do have the sound binary...
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Are you sure you placed it in the correct folder, and named it correctly?
[Android Themes] skyx26:
android_audio.mp3 in system/media, nothing happens.

In data/local nothing happens.

In system/customize/resource nothing happens.
[Android Themes] TheCrow1372:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

Does anyone know how to activate the sound for my Droid DNA bootanimation, I'm familiar with how to edit scripts in Root Explorer of necessary and do I name it android_audio.mp3 or htc_boot.mp3 also I'm on One S/Viper 2.0?

Edit, figured it out with help from 'flar2':thumbup:
[Android Themes] fareed_xtreme:
Currently I managed to develop a Boot Animation on Stock Rom for Xperia U. The issue is that the the it only plays generic1 and not the generic2 part. Below is my desc file

480 854 24
p 1 0 generic1
p 0 0 generic2

Yes it has one space in the end.

Also the jpgs are in RGB 8-bit colour mode.

Compression is in Store

Any ideas?

EDIT: Changing them into PNG's worked... But its weird why jpg didn't work :P Well Thanks anyway for this utility :)
[Android Themes] Ayaorei:
help

Can i mke a zip file n put in sd card by root explorer?? Tia.
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
Yes, but only if RE can create zip file in storage mode. Boot zip won't play if compressed as normal zip file. If you want to do on phone instead of computer, make sure zip app has storage mode option.
[Android Themes] galaxys3lover:
i ve created a bootanimation .. it works in the preview ... but when i make it a cwm flashable zip and flash it .. it doesnt work??? ....

how do i push it into my phone?? im a noob sorry for the questions.. :(
[Android Themes] eduardo_b:
One way is to connect phone to computer via USB, and copy bootanimation.zip (compressed with store mode) to SD or extSD and use file manager on phone to replace the one in system/media (just rename original one first) and set permissions to rw--r--r-.
[Android Themes] galaxys3lover:
THANK YOU !!! It did work!!! i had to set permissions!!! thank you so much !!!!
[Android Themes] BillzillaAus:
It won't let me select the complete zip file (from here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2032607) I have to unzip the file then it'll let me pick the bootanimation.zip file tucked away in one of the sub-folders, and then ....

It wants me to connect to the phone, which is already connected to the PC.

How do you make this thing work?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Maybe you haven't installed the drivers for your phone.
[Android Themes] iknight8:
When I open the boot animation folder after I extracted it, I can't save it. It's disabled. Any idea why?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Can you provide a little bit more details please?
[Android Themes] BillzillaAus:
There's no mention in the Op or util about needing drivers.

I'll try a different app, thanks anyway.
[Android Themes] ylexot:
Re: [20.10.2012][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animation

If you want your computer to talk to your phone, you usually need a driver. That has nothing to do with this app. It's just general knowledge.