PlayStation Portable 3.0 firmware features revealed and released

**Baboon** · November 21st, 2006, 20:32

Originally Posted by Nookadum

Well, what homebrew adds a visualizer to the music player function? What homebrew modifies the music player in having multiple fast forward/rewind speeds? Also, has there been any homebrew that adds more audio and video codecs to the PSP's player?

Sure, more of the new features aren't worth sacrificing homebrew for, but if people use those features extensively, then most likely homebrew is of least interest to them.

I really cant see that many people with PSP's being amazed at having fancy visuals while playing music or even quicker fast forward/rewind speeds?? ...If your really that bothered about having the ability to play music on the go you'd probably have an mp3 player anyway.

3.0 sounds pretty lame to me, its just been a lot of hype about nothing. ...I guess the only plus being that theyve actualy added a few new features on the update instead of just lame security updates. ...why lose everything that youve got for that?

**Vega** · November 21st, 2006, 20:34

Originally Posted by Veskgar

w scene so we will have to wait and see.

But if we could someday emulate 3.00 firmware and trick SONY store servers into believing it is an actual 3.00 PSP, that could be one of the ultimate homebrew achievements.

Tricking the Sony servers... like you mentioned.. would be considered Piracy I believe. These PS1 games sony will be releasing for download wont be typical CD-Backups like we own... they will have encryptions that the Official PS1 emulator can read.

**Veskgar** · November 21st, 2006, 21:31

Originally Posted by Vega

Tricking the Sony servers... like you mentioned.. would be considered Piracy I believe. These PS1 games sony will be releasing for download wont be typical CD-Backups like we own... they will have encryptions that the Official PS1 emulator can read.

No need to jump the gun and play the "piracy" card on me. All that I was trying to articulate with that post was that it may be the only way to connect and log in to purchase PS1 downloads. There is obviously going to be some sort of firmware check requiring a higher firmware to get access to the SONY STORE.

That will have to be circumvented. So with the need to connect to a PS3 and log into SONY servers just in order to download & play PS1 games.... I will not be holding my breath.

What the hell will be next? Will SONY require DNA samples from PSP owners with the next firmware? This is getting a little too ridiculous. And I'm not fanboy for any of the competition i.e. Microsoft or Nintendo. I genuinely like the PlayStation brand and supported SONY for a long time.

I will get a PS3 for the BLU-RAY, HDTV, & WiFi capabilities, but I will not be buying anything from this SONY DOWNLOAD STORE...

**splodger15** · November 21st, 2006, 21:48

Originally Posted by imoneofthem

I want to see a couple of things within the next few months:

*Decrypted 3.00 firmware
*A new devhook which supports up to 3.00.
*PS1 titles transferred from the PS3 will be decrypted and studied by coders.
*The unofficial emulators to be 90%+ complete
*A 'PS3 emulator' that will act as a 'entertainment system' server for the PSP. However there already a homebrew which can stream music.

The backdoor scene will aim to do the following:
*Coders will try and create an artificial Sony store/PS3 transfer protocol on the PC so the PSP will connect to it (relating this to Phantasy Star Online I&II on the Gamecube), thus capable of transferring PS1 titles from the PC to the PSP.
*PS1 titles will be pirated on the web.
*People will be using warez more and more to download original PS1 titles for the unofficial Playstation emulators

Patienece everyone has life's to do as well

**F9zDark** · November 21st, 2006, 22:06

Originally Posted by the_eternal_dark

I doubt it. Remember how he said there wasn't much room on flash0 after the 2.71SE was made, this would mean that he will need to shave a few things off to get a 3.0SE going. From the sound of it, Sony added a bunch of useless crap like remote play (honestly, you're actually going to update to control your PS3 wirelessly even though you have a wireless controller? ok it displays crap on the screen, woop-de-freakin'-do), the crappy "PS1 emu" (not really an emu now is it?), disabled auto-boot (many of us wanted it, no reason to upgrade for it though), and added video support.

The one thing I like about remote play is that I can install my music library to my PS3 and listen to it on my PSP. But thats all from what heard of its functionality; I don't have a PS3, nor do I have a PSP that I will upgrade to make use of it anyway...

To all the people bitching/complaining/crying about the update itself:

Get real, you all have known for MONTHS that 3.0 is coming. Is it really that big a deal to go all ape$#@! over its release saying things like "Complete and utter bull$#@!"? Honestly now, its not like Sony just dropped this on us; we have known for quite some time about 3.0 and about most of its features. Some of you act like its some big, horrible surprise that Sony just threw at us...

And finally, onto another point: Does anyone know what other media formats this update allows?

**S34MU5** · November 21st, 2006, 22:32

Er...
anyone updated is it good?

**animekid4** · November 21st, 2006, 23:27

Sony Is Cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>=<
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Attack them my kirbys......Attack!!!!!!!!!!!!

**hyruledeity** · November 22nd, 2006, 03:34

ive been looking forward to this update for quite some time, and the rumors flying around made me really excited, with the email and music multi-task and all that good stuff, but now im just really dissapointed. i mean even if a ps3 was available, a purchase just isnt in the cards at $600, so really, the update is useless to me, beside a crappy little visualizer that makes my audio crackle when its on and the umd thing saving me the effort to hit the eject button real fast. i haved loved $ony in the past, but now they just gone downhill. sorry $ony, but unless you fix my psp, you're out as soon as i get my hands on a wii or 360.