Music prx 0.50 (aka irsmp3.prx)

Music prx 0.50 (aka irsmp3.prx)

August 10th, 2007, 21:59 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from Joek2100:

This is the new version of the irsmp3.prx which now has support for atrac3, which is why I changed the name.

If you don't know, this is a custom firmware plugin which allows you to play music while playing a game and using the vsh.

Read the file called PLEASE_READ_ME.txt, for installation and usage

I'm not going to copy the whole readme file here, but there a somethings you should know:

This has new hardware decoder will work with all umd games/the vsh/ and most homebrew. (Thanks to cooleyes)
- It will not work with homebrew that uses the ME (SnesTYL ME, dosbox .71, etc)
- It will not work with copy protected atrac3's
- In the next release I'll have it switch back to the software decoder (mp3 only) when the ME is in use, but until then you'll have to use the non-ME version
- Also when playing an mp3 that has a samplerate different from 44.1kHz, you need to pause the song before the vsh's video/music player will work

If you have a problem with a game starting, try waiting until you are at the main menu to start playing music.

If you get an error message/if you hit play and don't hear any music, turn on the on screen display, and look for a line in blue.

Please post the error message here along with a description of what you were playing.

New in this release:
0.5:
- Added In Game mute
- Added a HW decoder (thanks to cooleyes), which should make playback faster
- Fixed various bugs, overclocking the vsh browser now works
- Added wave atrac3 (*.at3) and sonic stage atrac3 (*.oma/*.omg/*.aa3) support (only with non copy protected files, but you should be able to remove copy protection with the newer sonic stage)
- Added support for music copied to the psp using sonic stage (in OMGAUDIO)
- Changed how the cpu is changed, it is now based on the current speed, even if some other program changed it
- CPU + Mode settings are now saved, (if a game changes the cpu speed, it isn't saved, but if you change the speed it will be saved, also nothing
prevents a game from changing the speed after its set)
- Added support for mp3's at samplerates != 44.1kHz
- Added a loop current song button

Future plans:
-auto enable the software decoder when the ME is in use, so playing mp3 can work with any homebrew that uses the me
- improve the on screen display
- add some sort of playlist in folder support (each subdir would be a seperate playlist and you can switch between them, something like DJEK was talking about in the old thread)
- add more formats
- figure out how to get pops mode working
- have button inputs that are used in the prx ignored by everything else

@DJEK - I think I'll add something like that in a future release
@Korlithiel - I think the display as a button would get annoying, but it is added

Edit:
As korlithiel pointed out below there is a bug causing the hw.prx to not be loaded in some games (its running out of memory) I'll post a fix for this asap

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