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tl;dr

An app for the AYN Thor handheld gaming device that improves screen color saturation and speaker sound quality, no rooting required.

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    What it does
      Adjusts screen saturation
      Improves speaker audio
      Adds quick controls panel
    Tech stack
      Kotlin Android app
      JamesDSP audio engine
    Use cases
      Tune Thor display colors
      Improve handheld sound
      Adjust settings while gaming
    Audience
      AYN Thor owners

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Reduce oversaturated screen colors on an AYN Thor handheld to look more natural.

VIBE 2

Improve the AYN Thor's built-in speaker sound with a ready-made audio preset.

VIBE 3

Adjust display and audio settings on the fly using the lower-screen quick controls panel while gaming.

what's the stack?

KotlinAndroidJamesDSP

how it stacks up fr

androosio/thortuneazcomp2000/battery-sentinelb00kwyrmy/docannotationstonote
Stars000
LanguageKotlinKotlinKotlin
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity2/52/52/5
Audiencegeneraldevelopergeneral

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Requires an AYN Thor handheld device and installing a companion JamesDSP Manager app.

Modified versions must also be released under the same GPL v2 license and their source code made available.

in plain english

ThorTune is an app for the AYN Thor, a handheld gaming device with two screens, that improves how it sounds and how its screens look, without needing to root the device or fiddle with manual settings. It does two main things. First, it lets you adjust how saturated, or vivid, the colors on both screens appear, using a single slider. The stock screens are tuned to be quite saturated by default, and the app lets you dial that back to something that looks more natural. Second, it improves the device's audio by driving a separate audio engine called JamesDSP, giving the speakers a fuller, clearer sound. The app comes with a ready-made sound preset already tuned specifically for the Thor's speakers, based on work from a well-known retro handheld reviewer. Both of the Thor's screens get their own controls: the main app runs on the top screen, while a smaller quick-controls panel appears on the bottom screen so a player can adjust color or audio settings without leaving whatever game they are playing. That lower panel can be turned off in the settings if not wanted. Setting it up involves downloading the app from the project's releases page, adjusting the color slider on the Display tab, and then following on-screen steps on the Audio tab to install the separate JamesDSP Manager app, turn on the audio engine, and import the recommended sound preset. Once configured, the settings persist even after the device restarts, so it only needs to be set up once. The README is upfront that this project builds on the work of several other open source projects, combining an existing audio engine fork, an existing saturation control approach, and a community-made audio preset into one convenient app. It is released under the GNU General Public License version 2, inherited from those upstream projects, which means any modified versions must also be shared under the same license.

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prompt 1
Walk me through installing ThorTune and setting up the recommended audio preset.
prompt 2
Explain what JamesDSP is and how ThorTune uses it.
prompt 3
Show me how to build ThorTune from source using docs/TECHNICAL.md.
prompt 4
Help me understand what changes if I turn off the lower-screen quick controls panel.

Frequently asked questions

what is thortune fr?

An app for the AYN Thor handheld gaming device that improves screen color saturation and speaker sound quality, no rooting required.

What language is thortune written in?

Mainly Kotlin. The stack also includes Kotlin, Android, JamesDSP.

What license does thortune use?

Modified versions must also be released under the same GPL v2 license and their source code made available.

How hard is thortune to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is thortune for?

Mainly general.

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