PS3 System Update 2.10 is out, now support xvid,dvix wmv hd

[NvidiaFreak]

Direct US Download - 2.10 (coming soon)

The PLAYSTATION®3 System Software version 2.10 update includes the following:
A voice changing feature has been added to enable changing of your voice pitch during chat. You can adjust this setting under [Settings] > [Accessory Settings] > [Voice Changer].
Divx and VC-1 (WMV) have been added as codecs that can be played under [Video].
You can now select [Type 3] under [Bitmapping] in [Settings] > [Music Settings].
-PlayStation

just turn on your ps3 and let your wifi or ethernet download the system update for you.

Update : PS3 Browser is now fast and smooth too and load page fast now.
also psp 3.80 is out

Attention Music Lovers: PSP Firmware (v3.80) is Live+ Posted by John Koller // Sr. Marketing Manager, PSP

From the PSP’s launch, we’ve been discussing its multi-functional strengths, and with the addition of Internet Radio in firmware update 3.80, PSP owners will be able to access thousands of stations in a wide range of diverse genres. Interested in Top 40 Pop? Check. Country? Check. Talk radio? Check. Ultimately, this addition speaks to how much we listen to our consumers. Music has been one of the primary uses of the PSP system, and with the addition of Internet Radio, consumers are able to access even more of their favorite artists. Enjoy.

How to use Internet Radio on PSP:

[bahamut]

Works great Toph old buddy.

[Alexstarfire]

They listen to consumers? Uhhh, how about the games? I think that's why it's called a portable console.

Anyways, glad to know the PS3 finally got something that my DVD player has been doing for years, cept for the HD stuff.

[NvidiaFreak]

WOW. i just test out the internet radio on the psp, they have everything from hip hop to spanish music to britsh music to the 80's. they have everything and sound very clean no lag.

HOLY CRAP, they have techno too.

[bahamut]

Originally Posted by Alexstarfire

They listen to consumers? Uhhh, how about the games? I think that's why it's called a portable console.

Anyways, glad to know the PS3 finally got something that my DVD player has been doing for years, cept for the HD stuff.

Why do you even bother to look in the console forum or comment on these threads? The PSP has some awesome games in addition to any emulators you may or may not use. It's a sweet entertainment device that means I can access my media anywhere there is a wireless network without the need for a PC (in which case I would use Orb) using Remote Play. It is also a games console with some truly great games on it; MGS Portable Ops, Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core, Ratchet & Clank Size Matters, Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, Guilty Gear Slash & Judgment, Burnout Dominator, Wipeout Pulse & Pure, Lumines 1 & 2, Tekken 5 DR etc and the ability to play pretty much any PS1 game including classics like Final Fantasy 7, 8 and 9, Gran Turismo 2, Tekken 3, Soul Blade even the Resident Evil games if you so wish. God of War Chains of Olympus is coming and so should Gran Turismo Mobile, clearly it has no worthwhile games at all.

"Cept for the HD stuff"? Yeah that's kinda the point of these HD enabled consoles and HD TV's.

[NvidiaFreak]

Originally Posted by bahamut

Why do you even bother to look in the console forum or comment on these threads? The PSP has some awesome games in addition to any emulators you may or may not use. It's a sweet entertainment device that means I can access my media anywhere there is a wireless network without the need for a PC (in which case I would use Orb) using Remote Play. It is also a games console with some truly great games on it; MGS Portable Ops, Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core, Ratchet & Clank Size Matters, Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, Guilty Gear Slash & Judgment, Burnout Dominator, Wipeout Pulse & Pure, Lumines 1 & 2, Tekken 5 DR etc and the ability to play pretty much any PS1 game including classics like Final Fantasy 7, 8 and 9, Gran Turismo 2, Tekken 3, Soul Blade even the Resident Evil games if you so wish. God of War Chains of Olympus is coming and so should Gran Turismo Mobile, clearly it has no worthwhile games at all.

"Cept for the HD stuff"? Yeah that's kinda the point of these HD enabled consoles and HD TV's.

its not pointless, i enter the hd era 2 months ago and hdtv, all channel never look so good before. have you see smallville or house in 1080i or 1080p on a hdtv before Alexstarfire. even ps2 in hd look very sweet because i saw it in my friend house since my ps2 cant do ps2 since its the 40gb model. psp has great games and for a small handel i am shock what it can do, even ds cant not do what the psp is doing, i know because i own a ds lite.

also i test out the ps3 system update and wow, ps3 is more fast and more smooth when using internet browser. now for the psp i say internet radio is very good and it will great even better because i was reading and it say when internet radio comes out, they going to let the people download the software to make your own custom internet radio from your pc, so you know what that mean : ).

[bahamut]

Originally Posted by NvidiaFreak

its not pointless, i enter the hd era 2 months ago and hdtv, all channel never look so good before. have you see smallville or house in 1080i or 1080p on a hdtv before Alexstarfire. even ps2 in hd look very sweet because i saw it in my friend house since my ps2 cant do ps2 since its the 40gb model. psp has great games and for a small handel i am shock what it can do, even ds cant not do what the psp is doing, i know because i own a ds lite.

also i test out the ps3 system update and wow, ps3 is more fast and more smooth when using internet browser. now for the psp i say internet radio is very good and it will great even better because i was reading and it say when internet radio comes out, they going to let the people download the software to make your own custom internet radio from your pc, so you know what that mean : ).

Think you may have quoted the wrong post Mr Blind Bandit.

[NvidiaFreak]

Originally Posted by bahamut

Think you may have quoted the wrong post Mr Blind Bandit.

hmm damm i press quote too fast then because for a quick sec i think you was Alexstarfire.

but i am shock about the internet radio on the psp, it has game music, i was listing to duke nukem 3d and GTA 3,VC,SA,LCS,VCS. go to internet radio 2 and go to game then go to the last station and you will see GTA Station.

[darknight909]

good update, I can now stream all the video of my computer and watch it on the tv now

[Alexstarfire]

Originally Posted by bahamut

Why do you even bother to look in the console forum or comment on these threads? The PSP has some awesome games in addition to any emulators you may or may not use. It's a sweet entertainment device that means I can access my media anywhere there is a wireless network without the need for a PC (in which case I would use Orb) using Remote Play. It is also a games console with some truly great games on it; MGS Portable Ops, Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core, Ratchet & Clank Size Matters, Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, Guilty Gear Slash & Judgment, Burnout Dominator, Wipeout Pulse & Pure, Lumines 1 & 2, Tekken 5 DR etc and the ability to play pretty much any PS1 game including classics like Final Fantasy 7, 8 and 9, Gran Turismo 2, Tekken 3, Soul Blade even the Resident Evil games if you so wish. God of War Chains of Olympus is coming and so should Gran Turismo Mobile, clearly it has no worthwhile games at all.

"Cept for the HD stuff"? Yeah that's kinda the point of these HD enabled consoles and HD TV's.

Well, I can say that I posted because I was bored out of my mind. It was 3:44 and I was just looking for something to do. I just happened to come across this.

To me, the idea of a portable console isn't in what media functions it has, but the quality of the games and gaming experience. I've got plenty of devices to play my music, and after watching a movie on my friend's PSP when it came out I can say that I wouldn't watch videos on it. It's just too small for that.

Emulators are nice, but then your constrained to how much flash memory you have. Not a problem for pre PS games (like NES, SNES, GEN, etc), but for PS games it means you can't put too many on your stick. Unless there is some way to burn UMD discs now and play them? IDK, I don't follow it.

As for new games, depends on what you like. I don't like MGS, Final Fantasy, R&C, Street Fighter, or Tekken. Lumines is supposed to be great, but it's only 2 games. That's just my tastes though. It supposed to be one of the best, if not the best, game for the PSP though. Considering the capabilities of the PSP that's not too impressive to me.

As far as the DivX stuff for the PS3. Well, my point was that I don't think my DVD player can play the WMV HD files, but can play DivX and Xvid just fine. You do realize that they can play ANY Divx or Xvid file, right? I can make it just a file that has HD resolution on it. Granted my TV doesn't have HD resolutions it's pretty useless, but it can still be done. I'm not sure what the DVD player would do if it played a file at that resolution either. I wouldn't really be able to tell unless I could compare it with something that can output in HD resolutions on an HDTV.

My whole point about the DivX thing though wasn't about the resolutions, just the fact that it just now has a feature that I've had on my DVD player for years.

Anyways, I'm done with this thread. I may come back to read, but that's it. This is MY OPINION of the PS3 and PSP and should be taken as such. It's not like you can ever get definitive proof that it sucks or that it's the best thing ever, it's completely subjective.

[tsunami81]

lol great! more support for porn!

[stefansg]

Early December MS released the winter update for Xbox360 with Divx and Xvid support. Guess sony needed to catch up.

[bahamut]

Originally Posted by Alexstarfire

Well, I can say that I posted because I was bored out of my mind. It was 3:44 and I was just looking for something to do. I just happened to come across this.

Says it all really...

To me, the idea of a portable console isn't in what media functions it has, but the quality of the games and gaming experience. I've got plenty of devices to play my music, and after watching a movie on my friend's PSP when it came out I can say that I wouldn't watch videos on it. It's just too small for that.

I'm quite happy watching a film/show on my PSP while I'm out and about or in bed. Although the new PSP Slim can actually output to the TV if need be, which is a pretty cool feature if you need a bigger screen for whatever reason.

Emulators are nice, but then your constrained to how much flash memory you have. Not a problem for pre PS games (like NES, SNES, GEN, etc), but for PS games it means you can't put too many on your stick. Unless there is some way to burn UMD discs now and play them? IDK, I don't follow it.

You can get an 8GB memory stick for not a lot of money nowadays, at >700MB per PS1 game that is still quite a few games/disks you can have while still having space for other apps, music etc. Another cool feature enabled on the 2.10 update allows you to play downloaded PS1 games and PS1 disks from the PS3 itself via Remote Play. It's not ideal for say Gran Turismo as the very slight delay can cause havoc but for slower paced games it really is a clever feature and means you don't always have to rely on the memory stick.

As for new games, depends on what you like. I don't like MGS, Final Fantasy, R&C, Street Fighter, or Tekken. Lumines is supposed to be great, but it's only 2 games. That's just my tastes though. It supposed to be one of the best, if not the best, game for the PSP though. Considering the capabilities of the PSP that's not too impressive to me.

Not impressive? Tekken 5 DR at 60fps on a portable system? Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core is also amazing looking. Regardless of whether you like to play these games or not, the technical achievements behind them are undeniable, no other portable system comes close, in some ways it even eclipses the PS2. But then again, the fact you don't like MGS, FF, R&C, Street Fighter or Tekken makes me again wonder why you even visit the console forum...

As far as the DivX stuff for the PS3. Well, my point was that I don't think my DVD player can play the WMV HD files, but can play DivX and Xvid just fine. You do realize that they can play ANY Divx or Xvid file, right? I can make it just a file that has HD resolution on it. Granted my TV doesn't have HD resolutions it's pretty useless, but it can still be done. I'm not sure what the DVD player would do if it played a file at that resolution either. I wouldn't really be able to tell unless I could compare it with something that can output in HD resolutions on an HDTV.

Well unless your DVD player can output in HD over component, HDMI or similar it will still output at 576p at best (PAL) or 480p (NTSC). Also the PS3 (and 360) can both stream across a network which I'm fairly sure your DVD player won't be able to do. So by making a file have a higher resolution than the lowest resolution in the pipeline, for instance encoding at 1080p to playback over say s-video at 480p, all you're doing is wasting space.

My whole point about the DivX thing though wasn't about the resolutions, just the fact that it just now has a feature that I've had on my DVD player for years.

In isolation I understand that, but when combined with the other functions the consoles have at their disposal, like streaming for example it actually has further reaching implications then the fact that you can burn a disk with a DivX file on it and play it back.

Anyways, I'm done with this thread. I may come back to read, but that's it. This is MY OPINION of the PS3 and PSP and should be taken as such. It's not like you can ever get definitive proof that it sucks or that it's the best thing ever, it's completely subjective.

Indeed, aren't we all. Your opinion, however, is so negative on the matter that it hardly seems worth your while gracing us with any more of your wisdom on the matter. Your opinion also shows a lack of understanding of how the consoles interact with other technology around them be it PC or PSP in this case and since you aren't actually adding anything constructive to this discussion I would say leaving this thread well alone would be best for all of us, yourself included.

[bahamut]

Originally Posted by stefansg

Early December MS released the winter update for Xbox360 with Divx and Xvid support. Guess sony needed to catch up.

Exactly, it was only ever going to be a matter of time once one system supported it before the other followed suite. Competition is great eh?

Also more info on playing PS1 games over Remote Play:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/18/p...-of-ps1-games/

That new PS3 firmware that just dropped has a little more going for it than just DivX and WMV support -- Sony's enabled PSP Remote Play of PS1 games from a PS3, no matter whether they're downloaded from the PSN Store or the actual physical games inserted in the PS3's drive. Our peeps at PSP Fanboy tested it out and found it worked great with both a downloaded copy of Wild Arms and the disc of Metal Gear Solid. This means you could theoretically leave all those pesky UMDs at home and play games from anywhere in the world with a net connection -- as soon as Sony gets some more PS1 games online.

[NvidiaFreak]

damm that one long list, after a day using this system update. its the far best one to date. no more slow browser over the internet and ps3 menu move fast now. pretty much, you cant play old xvid or divx files since the ps3 has the new one build in and it wont play any old xvid and divx files. i had to re do bleach movie into 1280x720p divx so i can get it to work on ps3.

[Alexstarfire]

Dang, I said I'd leave this thread alone, but I've only got a little more to say. If you need other bleach stuff just send me a PM. I've got all of the stuff on my computer.

Originally Posted by bahamut

I'm quite happy watching a film/show on my PSP while I'm out and about or in bed. Although the new PSP Slim can actually output to the TV if need be, which is a pretty cool feature if you need a bigger screen for whatever reason.

See, now outputting to a TV is a pretty sweet option. Granted it's not something I'd use in my house, but it'd be pretty sweet when we go on the road, like we are tomorrow, and I'm at someone else's house.

Originally Posted by bahamut

You can get an 8GB memory stick for not a lot of money nowadays, at >700MB per PS1 game that is still quite a few games/disks you can have while still having space for other apps, music etc. Another cool feature enabled on the 2.10 update allows you to play downloaded PS1 games and PS1 disks from the PS3 itself via Remote Play. It's not ideal for say Gran Turismo as the very slight delay can cause havoc but for slower paced games it really is a clever feature and means you don't always have to rely on the memory stick.

The remote play sounds pretty good as well. It's too bad it can only be done from the PS3 though, but I can understand why. It'd be cool to add-on that feature to a PS2 , or even a PS1, though. I don't remember what type of memory the PSP uses, a quick search suggests Pro Duo sticks like I thought, but an 8GB memory stick was like $80 at it's cheapest. That's just the cheapest that froogle showed, which means it's likely more than that. No doubt that 8GB of memory would be great, but I never felt that having to spend extra money for something like that on a portable was a good idea. I believe that the PSP comes with a 51MB memory stick, right? Not sure how many games you could put on that.

Originally Posted by bahamut

Not impressive? Tekken 5 DR at 60fps on a portable system? Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core is also amazing looking. Regardless of whether you like to play these games or not, the technical achievements behind them are undeniable, no other portable system comes close, in some ways it even eclipses the PS2. But then again, the fact you don't like MGS, FF, R&C, Street Fighter or Tekken makes me again wonder why you even visit the console forum...

I wasn't talking about the technical details unfortunately. No doubt that graphics are very impressive. I'm not so sure about that 60 FPS though. I've only seen it recently in commercials, but it sure didn't look like that Star Wars game was at 60 FPS. It looked pretty laggy to me. I was just pointing out that if a puzzle game like Lumines is the best a console has to offer, that it's probably not the best of consoles. I'm not saying Lumines isn't good, since I haven't even played it, I just don't think a puzzle game should be the best your console has to offer.

Originally Posted by bahamut

Well unless your DVD player can output in HD over component, HDMI or similar it will still output at 576p at best (PAL) or 480p (NTSC). Also the PS3 (and 360) can both stream across a network which I'm fairly sure your DVD player won't be able to do. So by making a file have a higher resolution than the lowest resolution in the pipeline, for instance encoding at 1080p to playback over say s-video at 480p, all you're doing is wasting space.

I'm not too surprised about that. I don't know to much about DVD players, or media players in general actually. It probably is wasted space, but I wouldn't even know unless I had an HDTV. Right now I just make my files slightly smaller than my TV resolution, since the DVD player seems to make the image slightly bigger for some reason. I don't think I need anime in HD though.

[bahamut]

Originally Posted by Alexstarfire

I believe that the PSP comes with a 51MB memory stick, right? Not sure how many games you could put on that.

Not sure tbh, I got my PSP Phat ages ago with the giga pack so I got a 1GB stick then picked up a 4GB stick for about £30 (off ebay) not long after that. PS1 games vary quite a bit in size from just over 100MB to just under 700MB, totally agree that to make the most of it you will want a bigger memory card. The 4GB stick still probably represents the best value for money at this point but as always prices constantly change with regard to memory.

I wasn't talking about the technical details unfortunately. No doubt that graphics are very impressive. I'm not so sure about that 60 FPS though. I've only seen it recently in commercials, but it sure didn't look like that Star Wars game was at 60 FPS. It looked pretty laggy to me. I was just pointing out that if a puzzle game like Lumines is the best a console has to offer, that it's probably not the best of consoles. I'm not saying Lumines isn't good, since I haven't even played it, I just don't think a puzzle game should be the best your console has to offer.

Tekken 5 DR is certainly 60fps and it is an awesome technical feat in my eyes. Not sure on anything else though, but this was also before the PSP was "upgraded" from the default 222MHz to 333MHz with the later firmwares. GoW Chains should show us what the PSP can really do at full pelt. As for Lumines, while I quite enjoy it (the missus loves it) let me take you back to the original Gameboy whose most popular game over the life of the console was Tetris, another puzzle game. I guess it all depends what you are after but you have great puzzle games in Lumines and Mercury etc, great arcade driving games in the Burnout and Wipeout games, arguably the best beat em ups in the business atm: Tekken 5 DR & Alpha 3 MAX, extremely popular jrpgs including FF7 CC, excellent platformers in Daxter and Ratchet, a class leading stealth em up in MGS Portable Ops (and Portable Ops Plus) and even a couple of fully fledged GTA games! While it may not have the sheer diversity in titles the DS has you can certainly tick most of the boxes.

Still I understand it is not for everyone, it does me a treat and having pretty much full access to my media on the move whever there is a wireless network is a huge bonus to me personally.

[allesclar]

if only they would add support for avi files. now that would be awesome!!

[darknight909]

Originally Posted by allesclar

if only they would add support for avi files. now that would be awesome!!

They did, Divx is in the .avi forum.

[allesclar]

only avi files that are encoded with the divx code can be decoded, im talking about generic AVI.

[Alexstarfire]

AVI is a container format, not a codec. There is no such thing as generic AVI.

True, tetris might have been popular on the original gameboy, but I never liked the original gameboy. I always thought that the GameGear was much better, but that was WAY before I knew how bad it really was. Gameboy color is when I got interested.

PSP has nice graphics, no doubt.

[NvidiaFreak]

here a fix for naruto and bleach but it may work with other avi and xvid files. i test bleach ep 153 and naruto 40 - 41 and it work great.

use "mpeg4 modifier" just google it.(or grabe it here http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...er.htm)...just load bleach or naruto and select the "unpack" option and save it...DONE!!!!file size stays the same and it only takes less than 5 freaking seconds!!!

Credit : numnuts from ps3 forum.

[bahamut]

Originally Posted by Alexstarfire

...but I never liked the original gameboy. I always thought that the GameGear was much better...

I think we've established you dont like consoles full stop so lets just leave it at that.

[allesclar]

i never said it was a codec, what i meant by generic is that they should release a support for all codecs that are used in avi, well at least the common ones. or if im talking aload of rubbish which i probably am, they should do it so you can play avi fullstop!!

[Alexstarfire]

Well, DivX and Xvid are the most common avi codecs used. There are tons of other uncommon/rare codecs though.