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- How to Convert PSone Game to Play on the 3.03 custom firmware PSP
- Detailed Guide by Fourm members “Emer321″ and “new2psp”
- Auto Popstation
Taped 2-03-07 (New 3.10 Custom firmware released during editing)
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-How to Downgrade any PSP 1.51 to 3.03
- The Noobz 3.03 Downgader
- Sony 3.03 update
- Sony 1.5 Update
Taped 1-28-07 (Sony released 3.10 during editing)
- The Too Smart Babies show you how to install Custom Firmware 3.52 M33 on your PSP
Pox and Ragable’s update of episode 1 with all the anwsers for beginers:
- How to buy a PSP that is homebrew capable
- What is homebrew
- Why would you want to Hack a PSP
- Geting into the PSP Scene
- Installing homebrew
- Running homebrew (1.5 or e-loader)
- Downdating 2.71 to 1.5
- Downgrading 2.0 to 1.5
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What is a good PSP to buy
Review of what PSP’s and Firmwares can run home brew
1.5 - 2.71 can be downgraded or Re-flashed to 1.5 or a custom 3.02
2.80 works with eLoader 0.995 “Kriek” only user-mode apps
2.81 and above are out of luck for now. no homebrew for you
Mother boards: T-82’s with 2.71 can now downgrade to 1.5
T-XX with 2.71 can run home brew with Hen-D and Devhook to emualte 3.02
How to install and Run Devhook 0.52
How to install 3.02 OE-B
Download the Offical OE-A
Get auto installer for your firmware 1.5 or 2.71se
Then run eboot for update to 3.02 OE-B update to 3.02 OE-B
Given that Sony invented portable music players with the creation of the original Walkman back in the 80s, it’s not going to come as a surprise to hear that its PSP handheld console will also play music for you on the go. All you need is a Memory Stick Duo to store MP3s on and a USB cable with a Mini-B type connector, both of which can be bought at your local home electronics or PC store. Your PSP will play both MP3s, which can be created by ripping the tracks from a regular audio CD using your PC and Microsoft Windows Media Player 10, and ATRAC3 audio files. Once transferred, you’ll be able to play games and music when you’re next out and about with your PSP!
If you’ve connected your PSP to your PC before, perhaps to transfer a movie or some digital photos, skip to step 4.
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| With your PSP turned off, insert the Memory Stick Duo into the Memory Stick slot on the left of the PSP console. Turn your PSP back on and go to the home screen and access the Settings. Scroll down to System Settings and press X. |
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| Within the System Settings section, scroll down to Format Memory Stick and press X. Confirm that you want to format the Memory Stick Duo and wait for a few seconds while it takes place. |
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| Once formatted, return to the Settings section at the home screen and scroll to USB Connection. Connect one end of the USB cable to your PC and the other to your PSP and then press X. |
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| This will enable your PSP’s USB connection and, after your PC has loaded any drivers it needs (as long as you’re using Windows ME, 2000 or XP it’ll do this automatically), open My Computer on your PC’s desktop. |
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| Double-click on the Removable Drive icon and then on the PSP folder. You’ll now see a selection of folders, one of which is called MUSIC. Open this folder by double-clicking on it with your mouse. |
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| You can now save or drag and drop your music files into this folder, either individually or in their own sub-folder. Once itransferred, press O on your PSP and go to the Music icon on your PSP’s home screen and press X. |
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- How to install Custom Firmware 3.40 OE-A
- Detailed Guide by Fourm member “Bobtentpeg”
While it is primarily a gaming console, Sony has made the Playstation Portable (PSP) powerful enough to allow not just playback of MP3s, but also to decode video files for viewing on-the-go. What’s more, the large display on the PSP is a whopping 4.3 inches, as large or larger than some current dedicated PVPs–even though the PSP has already been around for more than two years. Add to the fact that 2GB and 4GB Memory Stick Duo cards are now very affordable, and you’ve a very attractive proposition for a video player in the PSP.
Universal Media Disc
Of the two major handheld gaming devices (Sony PSP and Nintendo DS), only the PSP has video playback as one of its intended features. The media format used for games and videos is the Universal Media Disc (UMD) which, ironically, isn’t very universal. So far, the PSP is the only device to use this format, with all commercial games and movies sold on this tiny disc.
Rumors hailing the death of UMD movies have come and gone, but these continue to exist, with studios occasionally releasing current movies in this format. One of the most recent releases is Casino Royale, which many will recognize to be the latest James Bond film. It is the simplest way to watch video on your PSP, but the range of titles is dependent on release dates by studios, similar to waiting for DVD releases.
Know your PSP
The display on the PSP has a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels. This is a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is ideal for widescreen movies. The video codec supported on the PSP is h.264 and the files for playback bear the .MP4 extension.
To watch your own videos on the PSP, it is necessary to store them on a Memory Stick Duo. These have to be in a certain format with a certain way of naming them. So if you have a whole bunch of videos on your PC, there will be quite a bit of work. Don’t worry about having to use complicated video-editing software to do the conversion. Free applications exist to help you convert videos into the proper format, and even rename the files so they will play on the PSP.
PSP Blender offers many applications to aid you in the process of converting your video files free as part your membership. Not only do they include the software needed but they include step by step instructions and full support if any problems arise.
It’s been a while since I’ve played with my PSP. Recently I got my hands on the Sony Location Free Base station and decided to try out the LF Player on the PSP. To do this I needed to upgrade my PSP’s firmware, but I did not want to lose my homebrew, otherwise all of my LUA apps, and other software would stop working. I’ve decided to figure out how to use DevHook to emulate a new firmware, and while I was expecting a long and complicated process, it was actually really simple to do on my PSP.
This is due to the hard work of a lot of developers, and I applaud their efforts for making it to this point. A user on PSPUpdates has posted a simple tutorial detailing the process. What it does is pretty slick… You need to download 3 things. The normal PSP Update PBP, DevHook, and a script that will extract the update file and make it usable in DevHook. In less than 5 minutes I was running an emulated PSP Firmware 3.01.
I was able to get the locationfree base station streaming to the PSP after manually linking the two using Sony’s Setup mode button. When the base station is streaming to the PSP, the LF LCDTV just goes black. No message is displayed to let you know what’s happening and why the video signal has been lost. Apparently you can only stream to one device at a time. Pretty Lame.
The video quality to the PSP wasn’t great, watchable, but not for a long period of time. The sound wasn’t very good, but I think that was because the sound on my cable box was too low. I cranked the PSP to it’s max volume and it was not loud and sounded very tinny.
Bottom line, the LCDTV + Sony base station works great, but the PSP player is not very useful, and the 1 stream limit needs to be increased, I’m not sure if slingbox has the same limitations, but I think I’m going to give that a shot next.
Also, you may want to take a look at PMP, which will allow you to stream media from your PC to your PSP. It works quite well, and the video quality is not bad. They have just released version 1.02 which includes even more GUI improvements and lots more. This is a much better streaming solution for your media.
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