Sony Adds RSS Support to PSP 38
An anonymous reader writes "Spotted at MEMAP.ORG: 'Sony has quietly released a new firmware upgrade (version 2.60) that adds WMA audio support, improvements to the web browser, a new RSS Channel menu item and support for streaming audio and video.'" GamesIndustry.biz also reports on the new features.
Anything else? (Score:1)
Re:Anything else? (Score:2)
RSS (Score:1)
Re:DON'T INSTALL IT!! (Score:1)
if i want to play gba i'll just use my gba. imho avc is a good reason to run 2.0+ firmware
Re:DON'T INSTALL IT!! (Score:1)
And if you want to play MAME?
Gridlee, Poly-Play, and Robby Roto? (Score:1)
And if you want to play MAME?
What makes people think that Gridlee, Poly-Play, and Robby Roto are reason enough to stay on old firmware?
Meh (Score:2)
Re:Meh (Score:2)
There will always be a few people like you, who flat out refuse to upgrade no matter what because you can't run your homebrews on your PS
Remember, there was PS2 Linux (Score:2)
Considering that they're everyone's favorite sell-at-a-loss-and-make-it-up-with-game-sales business model, giving you the ability to get games for free off the internet is pretty counter productive
Then why can't Sony sell copies of a PSP hypervisor that boots Linux from a Memory Stick PRO Duo card for the approximate price that it would take to break even on a PSP? Sony successfully used this business model for a Linux kit on the old PS2.
Unless some great killer App comes out that requires this firmw
Re:Meh (Score:1)
Let's See If I Care (Score:2, Insightful)
Why should I care? I have a computer for web-browsing, a iPod for music, and that same computer for RSS support. I'll get the upgrade when it is forced on me by some game.
How about fixing what I see as the PSP's biggest problem (that can be fixed with firmware): WPA SUPPORT. Why can't it support WPA? It can! I don't see why it s
Re:Let's See If I Care (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Let's See If I Care (Score:2)
Re:Let's See If I Care (Score:1)
The upgrade to PSP Firmware 2.50 fixed WPA-PSK TKIP and added WPA-PSK AES, which both worked fine with the latest firmware on my WRT.
I'm now using WhiteRussian rc4, which is working fine also with TKIP.
Re:Let's See If I Care (Score:2)
Ripping Sony Music CD for My Friend's PSP 8-) (Score:2, Funny)
You sure we're talking about "rootkit" $ony here?
Re:Ripping Sony Music CD for My Friend's PSP 8-) (Score:1)
Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:2)
Well, hmm.
And you say my trade off is lack of RSS, Web Browsing, and the ability to customize my background by going with 1.5?
Gosh, it's so hard to choose.
Sony, how about we stop this stupid c
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:2)
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:1)
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:2)
I want to convert my MythTv videos and moving 2GB files around the network is a hassle.
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:1)
My problem is my Linux box is a Playstation 2, so it takes quite a while even for short videos
I'm tempted to purchase Sony's PSP Media Manager, but they expect people to pay money for something that should have been included with the PSP or downloadable for free.
I ca
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:2)
As to the PS2Linux, Kudos to you. I had it for awhile, and the PS2 made a nifty media box, but it was easier to build a smaller x86 box to supplant that need, so I sold it. Thanks to ebay, I got more than I paid for it, and it was two years old.
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:1)
Here is the command line string I use:
ffmpeg -y -i video.foo -title "name of video" -f psp -vcodec xvid -s 320x240 -b 768 -r 29.97 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 64 M4V10001.MP4
You can cut the audio bitrate "-ab" to 32 and the video bitrate "-b" to whatever you need it to cut filesize.
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:1)
3gp works good for video encoding
Given that it uses QuickTime 7, how well does it work in Wine? Or have gigabit Ethernet cards become affordable?
Re:Wait, wait, wait, wait... (Score:1)
The ffmpeg IRC channel on freenode was no help, plenty of idlers but no one actually there. (Lots of open source projects channels are really empty even if they have hordes of people in them)
The ffmpeg user list was no help
The fix was on the ffmpeg devel list. I normally don't read dev stuff because I can't program my way out of a paper bag, I'm not a c
I'll stick with my version 1.5 (Score:2, Informative)
Re:I'll stick with my version 1.5 (Score:2, Informative)
No, using Fanjita's EBOOT loader [webfusion.co.uk], you can run the SNES9xTYL 0.2c [qj.net], a SNES emulator, on 2.00 Firmware.
Read the fine print! (Score:1)
Ooh, Impressive. (Score:1)
So, how many of you made the jump and turned your expensive gameboys into expensive iPod shuffles?
Which is the best tradeoff, homebrew of GTA?
Re:Ooh, Impressive. (Score:1)
GTA requires 2.0 firmware right? Then you can still use some homebrew with Fanjita's loader.