0x89 PSP Dev News

[F9zDark]

I wonder how things like codecs are handled. A modular design would allow anyone to add new features without having to reinvent the wheel or even recompile the program. It does make it more complex, but easier in the long run.

It would be awesome to have IRkeyboard support and text reading and writing, maybe even a PDF viewer. It could bring the PSP the glory that Sony intended but was too stupid to do from the beginning.

I hope there is support for both WMA and WMV (says WMA under video, so I don't know which is right). Since anyone who uses a Windows PC to rip their cds is left with files in WMA format, which is nice for 2.71 firmwares, but I do not really like going into devhook just to listen to my WMAs.

[IndianCheese]

If you released an alpha now, would it be usable at all?
Does the AVI include DivX?
Will it be able to load ISOs or Lua Scripts directly from the menu?
Will nearly all graphical settings be customizable (boot video, start-up greeting, background effects, menu title names, etc.)
Is the internet browser going to be from scratch or just a loaded "NETFRONT.PRX"?
Will it be able to block system updates?

[unit999cn]

Some news from the 0x89 team regarding the Shell for PSP they are working on:

Finally... i have some good news to tell.
Yes, i know its been nearly a month since ive posted news, but anyway...
I received a prototype touchscreen overlay the other day and i am currently building an adapter for it.
Now onto 0x89.
I have been told by Raphael that he has nearly finished the video player and in its current state it can play 480x272 avi, mpeg and wma at full speed!
I have also been informed by Insomniac that his image viewer and music player are also nearly finished, but he is still working on a few codecs.
I will contact them both to see if they can get PMF, AT3, VAG and FLAC codecs in them.

So, right now the codecs/file types are...
Video: avi, mpeg, wma, pmp, avc, divx.
Music: mp3, ogg.
Images: png, jpeg, bmp.

We still need a final GUI design... but i really hope that is finished soon, ill have to contact zettablade. (different timezones)
We also need to play around with the prxs, as we intend to flash 0x89 directly to flash0 and store configuration files (xml) and themes etc on flash1, this way if only one prx needs updating its a lot easier for us.

This is how it currently stands, we hope to include more. Also, another little thing i might work on (with help from Dark_AleX and Mathieulh) is 2.xx UMD loading from 0x89 with only the 2.xx kernel and needed prxs, but we will see.

Hope you enjoy reading!

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OMG!!!That's great!!!

[stJimmy]

HAHAHA sony have been owned by homebrew!

Cant wait for the release!

[smith1]

I never said include it in devhook; I said give us a means to install the shell into devhook's firmware folders to test it without having to write to flash. Writing to flash is extremely unsafe and even though there is a modchip that can undo this, its costly and hard to install.

Or you could politely ask them to release a version that loads from the memory stick instead of flash. I really don't know why they're having it from load from flash instead of the memory stick, there's absolutely no need to. Maybe to make it seem more mythical! Yea, that's it .

[pkmaximum]

Well I believe their completley trying to replace the XMB in the PSP. With their own OS. So that is why they plan to flash it to the PSP. But if you have custom firmware. I don't see why you can't just set it, so you hold "X" and it auto loads to that homebrew. Because no matter what I still kind of like the SONY XMB. But if this is really as good as they claim, I may like it more.

[smith1]

Well I believe their completley trying to replace the XMB in the PSP. With their own OS. So that is why they plan to flash it to the PSP. But if you have custom firmware. I don't see why you can't just set it, so you hold "X" and it auto loads to that homebrew. Because no matter what I still kind of like the SONY XMB. But if this is really as good as they claim, I may like it more.

If they completely replaced it, then you shouldn't be able to load the XMB by holding a button. They're only flashing some files to make it seem more like a replacement, when it's not.

[pkmaximum]

Umm check my post again, I said they shouldn't have to flash it to your PSP. But if you have custom firmware, you can set up your txt file so that you can hold x to load up a selected eboot at start up.

[F9zDark]

I really hope they have standard eboot format because I do not really want to write to flash...

With such great features it would suck if they only released a flash0/flash1 version.

[F9zDark]

If they completely replaced it, then you shouldn't be able to load the XMB by holding a button. They're only flashing some files to make it seem more like a replacement, when it's not.

From Harleyg on the 0x89 forums:

It replaces the Sony XMB.

http://0x89.org/forum/index.php?topic=78.msg862#msg862

So it does indeed replace the XMB and new PRXs are written to flash to handle the shell's new features.

This is really looking bad for some of us who want just a traditional shell