And because no one asked: Best encoding settings for video on the Vita

 Straight from the source:

https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/psvita/videos/filetypes.html

MPEG-4 Simple Profile Level 6, Maximum 1280 × 720 pixels, AAC

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Baseline/Main/High Profile Level 4.0, Maximum 1080p, AAC

I encode all my videos with MeGUI now. If there was ever a reason to re-encode videos without losing too much quality (and for 1080p I don't settle for less than 12000 kbps at Very Slow speed), it would now be for the following reasons:

1. To insert chapter marks
2. To ensure they all play on the Vita and most everything else

I think I'll even try videos with multiple audio tracks since it seems to be available on the Vita:

https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/psvita/videos/vsettings.html

Of course, you'll need to use QCMA for this, not VitaShell.

https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/psvita/cm/content_pc.html

Default directory example for... reasons:

C:\Users\justi\Videos

A fix for the rare MiSTer FPGA "no video" problem

No video or black screen?

So here's what happened to me: I ran the Update All script, and although it said not everything was able to be updated, I started a game anyway (Ms. Pac-Man if you're wondering). I had no video after starting up the core. Resetting, power cycling, and unplugging/plugging didn't help.

Luckily I found this tweet:

Some users are experiencing no video on MiSTer after running updater, downloader, or update_all. This appears to be due to an intermittent file copy corruption issue and is being investigated. To get running, replace MiSTer and menu.rbf with below files from the repo. See below.

These are the files:

• https://t.co/8TF88cdnKB
• https://t.co/detwUezfqI

I copied over both files although only one was overwritten (I think menu.rbf). Maybe it's because of my JAMMIX setup. Whatever it was, this fix works. I saw a menu again, and then I tried Ms. Pac-Man again and it played fine.

If this becomes a problem, I'll need easier access to the micro SD card. I will say I am thinking about getting a micro SD extender because it's hard enough as it is to remove the micro SD card from the whole JAMMIX setup in the first place. You have to open the case, unscrew the JAMMIX from the four mounts, remove the I/O shield, and hope you're good enough with tweezers to handle the micro SD card. There's a gap in the Jasen's Customs case between the I/O shield and the back of the case, which I really didn't like at first, but now I think I can take advantage of it to squeeze the micro SD extender through.