How To ... ??? [Archive] - PSX/PS2/PS3 Scene Newz

Mr. Worm~~

08-29-2005, 09:40 AM

Here I will post / update methods and tools about "How to do" in SMS, will try to keep it organizedand well understandable a top

First of all READ README (attached here)

How to use SMS Commands:

At Startup:
Select-R1 for NTSC
Select-R2 for PAL
Select-R1-Square for non-interlaced NTSC
Select-R2-Square for non-interlaced PAL

Menu:
Triangle- up one directory level
Left or right directional- switch to device menu
Up or down directional- navigate files
Select+Circle- switch PS2 off
Select-R1- move screen right
Select-L1- move screen left
Select R2- move screen down
Select L2- move screen up
Select-Square- save current configuration to mc0:/SMS
Select-Triangle- exit to PS2 Browser

While playing a film:
Triangle- exit to file menu
Select- Pause (hit select again or hold for 200ms and the "Pause" message will disappear)
Start- Resume

How to make a PS2 bootable CD with SMS and Movie?

Here is attached a buildCD.rar file that contains CDgenPS2 and SYSTEM.CNF.
That tool is for making PS2 CD images bin/cue, that can be recorded later using any softaware like NERO, and asume that you have SMS.ELF, in case you dont, donwload it from here (last version):
http://svn.ps2dev.org/filedetails.php?repname=ps2ware&path=%2Ftrunk%2FSMS%2Fbin%2FSMS.elf&rev=0&sc=0
and rename SMS.elf to SMS.ELF.
Then put in any folder SYSTEM.CNF / SMS.ELF / MOVIE(S), open CDgenPS2 and using explorer drag'n drop all this files and click in IMG icon and save image the record the CD and enjoy!

How to convert audio to AC3?

In case you prefer to convert mp3 or wav to AC3?
here I found an interestin tool to do it:

http://dspguru.doom9.net/

Tutorial:

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/129419.php

How to copy movies from CDFS: (ISO/CD/DVD) to HDD using uLaunchelf:

I assume you know how to assign buttons to ELFs, so assign one to FileBrowser (I did it with R3, press analog Right). In this SubApp you will have some devices FS, select cdfs: and will show CD/DVD contents, press R1 and a menu will appear, copy desired file and browse up with Traingle, then select hdd0: (a few partitions will appear) select the partition you want to copy the movie (or any file to) press R1 again and choose PASTE this time. In 6-7 minutes you will have the 700Mb movie in HDD. Enjoy!
Note: do not abuse of this method, cause it contribute to stress your Laser lens, Use at your own risk! ;)

You can find last uLaunchelf version here:
http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37242&page=1

How to copy movies from HOST: to HDD using uLaunchelf:
To use this feature you need a PC with a NIC and PS2 Network Adapter, If you want to connect them directly, you will need a crossover UTP cable.
1-Exec uLaunchelf and select FileBrowser and in the menu select HOST: wait about 10-12 seconds and ".." will appear.
2-In PC exec from CMD: "ps2client.exe -h 192.168.0.10 listen" and will work for all files&folders that you have in ps2client directory
3-Refresh PS2 screen pressing Triangle and then enter to HOST: again (maybe you need to repeat this process) until files&folders appear
4-To copy files do it in the same way as above (Copy from cdfs: to HDD)
This method is faster than FTP, you can copy a 700Mb movie in about 18-20 minutes. Until now is the FASTEST method
PS2client & CDexplorer are attached here as Utils.rar

How to copy movies in PC to HDD using ???:

Until not there is NO software to do this, so don't ask...sorry. :(

darkpepe

09-05-2005, 06:30 AM

How to make a PS2 bootable CD with SMS and Movie?

Here is attached a buildCD.rar file that contains CDgenPS2 and SYSTEM.CNF.
That tool is for making PS2 CD images bin/cue, that can be recorded later using any softaware like NERO[snip]
Then put in any folder SYSTEM.CNF / SMS.ELF / MOVIE(S), open CDgenPS2 and using explorer drag'n drop all this files and click in IMG icon and save image the record the CD and enjoy!

Putting system.cnf and sms.elf into a directory doesn't seem a good idea to me.
Also setting LBA 12231 to the system.cnf is absolutely necessary, else the CD won't work at all.

Kind Regards, pepe

darkpepe

09-05-2005, 06:39 AM

Believe it has to look something like this:

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8864/sms6eg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

HypERSoniC

09-05-2005, 06:42 AM

Reccomded CD Configuration for use in Nero/other burning programs
Mode2/XA
ISO Level 2 + Joliet
SYSTEM.CNF pointing to cdrom0:\SMS.ELF
SYSTEM.CNF should have a LBA of 12231 if you are booting with swap magic.
Make sure the ELF and the CNF file are all uppercase.

You can then add movies to this CD.

shakoor_h

10-28-2005, 10:22 AM

can you make a bootable dvd using sms?

orangpelupa

10-28-2005, 11:31 AM

Also setting LBA 12231 to the system.cnf is absolutely necessary, else the CD won't work at all.

can u tell me how to make LBA 12231 to the system.cnf ????
sorry ifthis aresilly question, im really newbie here

HypERSoniC

10-28-2005, 10:57 PM

you only need it if you are using swap magic.

right click the file in CDVDGEN_PS2 and click set LBA. (i think, havnt used that program in a while)

wast8

11-11-2005, 10:03 PM

hi Mr Worm, I was trying your method to copy movies from HOST: to HDD using uLaunchelf. When I select select hdd0:, I only see 3 partition.They are _boot, HDLoader and PGEN1.1.
why can't I create a new directory under the hdd0:?
When I move the cursor to _boot, it says I have 500mb left. On the other 2 folders, it says I only have 127mb.
If I boot into HDloader, it says I have 30GB left. Is this all happening because I fully formatted my HDD using the HDloader. Is there a method to format the HDD with 1/2 HDloader and 1/2 fat32?

Mr. Worm~~

11-14-2005, 07:08 PM

IC, you need a tool D M S Format (don't know if I can post it here, afraid to be banned) so take a look at www.d m s 3.com site or use google...then create a partition and give to it the size you like x*128megs, then you will have a new dir to copy movies, and will appear as +Something in browser

wast8

11-14-2005, 09:40 PM

thanks. I got it and its working now. Yeah!

zhac321

11-27-2005, 09:25 PM

can i make one boot CD without movie and
just swap with any avi movie i want?

i try it with ps2reality and it worked although
some says that swap method doesnt work with certain
modchip.

well, ps2 reality works perfectly for me, but i just
want to see how SMS doing since most peolpe says
it much stable than ps2reality.

keep up the good work and thanks in advance

JuddMan

11-28-2005, 12:26 PM

once you load SMS, you can change to a disc with just avi files on it to play it. it should work. if you have a modchip.

if you dont have a modchip and want to swap the disc out, i'm not sure about that... when i want to swap discs i do it in uLaunchELF before loading SMS as i listened and could hear the disc spinning in SMS... but that was back in 1.4 rev4 i believe, and it may be diferent now...

if you have a DVD burner then you can do This (http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40624), which will work even without a chip.

zhac321

12-02-2005, 08:12 PM

ok it work, but it doesnt recognise my USB drive.
its becouse i sometime download small size movie (mostly anime series)
and put it in my 512mb USB drive and hope i can play it with
my SMS, but it doesnt detect nothing. is that sms doesnt support it
or my faulty USB drive.

i also ecounter the same problem with launELF, it does detect
my USB drive, but when i tried to open the folder, it hangs up.
but after i put my AR mAX cd, browse it using ARMAX, the swap it
with my LauncELF cd, it reads just fine.

i thought it has something to do with the CD, so i put the launcelf
to my memcard. but the same thing happens.

thanks in advance

Mr. Worm~~

12-03-2005, 08:31 PM

@zhac321, would you try disabling network??

@EEUG Could it be the same CDInit() CDStop() in usb_mass?? Just sounds known ;) Unfortunately I have no USB device to test with.

EEUG

12-04-2005, 03:00 AM

@zhac321: if USB is not recognized than most probably there's a problem with USBD.IRX. Refer README and this forum :).

@Mr. Worm~~: no, there're no cd calls in usb_mass. But in Rev.8 there's still "old" host driver...

Micscience

12-06-2005, 08:22 PM

.avi's not playing audio has anyone encountered this problem?

The way I'm playing my videos is from dvd-r trick. The videos play fine but there is no audio.

Mr. Worm~~

12-06-2005, 08:36 PM

What codec is used for audio in that case...for SMS only mp3 and ac3, otherwise you will get no audio ;)

Micscience

12-06-2005, 08:50 PM

Thanks Worm! ,
my audio codec on that perticular dvd is (IMA ADPCM) which wouldn't work.

zhac321

12-08-2005, 05:05 AM

@Mr Worm, I'll give it a try.

@EEUG, i read the readme file and he wrote something like this

<Update (23-JUL-2005)
-------------------
- added "exit to the ps2 browser" action (select-TRIANGLE);
- tried to fix difficult-to-catch (thread stuff) "movie stop action does not work always";
- USB support added (thanks and regards to 'weltall'):
USBD.IRX is not included (licensing issues). SMS looks for it in:
- host:USBD.IRX
- mc0:/BOOT/USBD.IRX
- mc0:/PS2OSCFG/USBD.IRX
- mc0:/SYS-CONF/USBD.IRX
- mc0:/PS2MP3/USBD.IRX
- mc0:/BOOT/PS2MP3/USBD.IRX
- mc0:/SMS/USBD.IRX
*** in aforementioned order ***;
I'm using legal USBD.IRX from Playstation 2's Linux kit.

Note: there's modified usb_mass.irx integrated into SMS. I've made it in
order to get my USB flash drive (Apacer Handy Steno HT202 128MB USB2.0)
working. Hot swapping apparently works also in my case. Any remarks are
welcome. NO WARRANTY THAT USB FUNCTIONALITY WILL BEHAVE PROPERLY WITH OTHER DEVICES.>

is that mean that although it supports USB, the creator didnt put the USBIRX in the program due to legal issue? so, if i put the USBIRX file on the mentioned
folder, i can fix that problem? (the program will search from the folder?)

Thanks

EEUG

12-08-2005, 06:58 AM

@zhac321: I can't distribute USBD.IRX because it is illegal to do that. You can use USBD.IRX shipped with some games or use free NPM-USBD.IRX. There were some discussions in this forum, so try also to find and read them :)...

dave_t

12-08-2005, 08:39 AM

Details of where to find & download USBD.IRX are in the user manual
http://www.daveandzoe.plus.com/sms/sms_usermanual.html

@zhac321: Note that the filename is USBD.IRX not USBIRX.

zhac321

12-08-2005, 09:13 PM

whoa..
You guys are amazingly cool!
Thanks a lot guys!

zhac321

12-12-2005, 09:20 PM

err.. sorry again..

after i load USB icon from the menu, it crashes.
But after i access USB from other program, say, like PGeN,
then hard reset,(but not turn off) THEN i can access the USB in SMS without
crashing

is it something to do with my USBD.IRX? or my modchip?
its very tiring to 'program swap' everytime i want to watch my
20mins anime in my pendrive.

thanks

Mr. Worm~~

12-13-2005, 07:55 PM

I think that driver search is in previous order, so instead of swap, you can have one in mc0:/BOOT/ for SMS and other in another location for other appz...I dont have USB driver so I cannot test...sorry, this is just an idea

Cordy

12-25-2005, 11:14 AM

After some trial and error I figured out how to get m3u support to work. For anyone else that was either encountering problems or would like to know:

Use a program to create an M3U playlist i.e. Windows Media Player.
Open the m3u in a text editor and delete the pathname i.e. "C:\My Songs\SMS.mp3" = "SMS.mp3" Do that for each song in the playlist.
Lastly make sure that all of the songs in the playlist and the m3u file are in the same folder.
Open the m3u file in SMS and enjoy!

Controls:
left/right - select songs (must wait for song to start playing in order to scroll to next one)
up/down - volume
select - pause
start - play (when paused)
triangle - return to browser

EEUG

12-25-2005, 11:21 AM

@Cordy: there're still some issues with m3u (sometimes it hangs, and I didn't figured out why yet). So, be warned (and the patch will come one day :)...

HUB107

12-25-2005, 02:03 PM

А как заболванить рабочий ДВД-юк с видео файлами и смс-кой сразу? А то сд-шки получается, а на двд версию моя пс2 ( и остальные тоже) ругается..

EEUG

12-25-2005, 02:26 PM

...не знаю (модчипа нету у меня (пока)) :)...

Mr. Worm~~

12-25-2005, 02:52 PM

SMS used standard playlist, without path, I usually made them with WinAmp, and save in the same folder that songs are, about that "hangs" a short term solution is to use mp3 filenames as short as possible...;)

Mr. Worm~~

12-25-2005, 02:55 PM

yo uso mi Ps2 con modchip, pero no entiendo bien del todo lo que HUB107 pregunta, talvez podria darle alguna idea...no se

hip203

12-28-2005, 01:06 PM

For SMS 1.5,What language is supported for Subtitle?
Does it support asian lang ?

EEUG

12-28-2005, 01:12 PM

hip203

12-28-2005, 01:50 PM

@hip203: any language having 256 or less symbols in it's character set. In SMS I've hardcoded 4 codepages (see README/manual), but they can be substitued by placing font files on mc0 (see README/manual) :)

:chinscrat
Then this implies support only (SBCS)Single Byte Character Set Codepages.(DBCS)Double Byte Character Set Codepages for chinese/japanese/korean character will not be able to be displayed !!:cry:

I have a question,previos version of Sms uses font from ps2 bios ......
If that the case,Is this possible to use font from ps2 bios to support SBCS & DBCS character option for subtitle?
:chinscrat

EEUG

12-28-2005, 02:08 PM

jacky401

12-29-2005, 03:27 AM

@EEUG : Hope one day if you have time,you can help us to take a look about double byte character .I am also a chinese one .Thanks EEUG ^.^

hip203

12-29-2005, 09:57 PM

jacky401

12-29-2005, 10:19 PM

If SMS can support sub/idx since it is in bitmap format,i think can display subtitle irrelevant of the country .

Mr. Worm~~

12-29-2005, 10:32 PM

have you tried, loading a chinesse bitmap to MTK font creator, and save them to mtf format?? how many characters do you have in chinnese and which could be the average size per character?

hip203

12-29-2005, 10:44 PM

@hip203: yes, only SBCS. "...previos version of Sms uses font from ps2 bios...": yes, but it still used SBCS. Don't cry. Let's just think together how to implement it ;). Currently SMS uploads 224 font symbols (not taking first 32, which are supposed to be "control" characters) to the GS memory (4MB in total). It takes ~130KB of that memory to keep the font there. I think it's safe to use ~1MB (or even more) for the font using existing approach, so you can count how many symbols it will be. If there're dozens of thousands symbols to be displayed then a new approach should be implemented by dynamically loading font bitmaps somhow. That will require some redesign of things :). I'm noob in eastern languages, sorry for that...

Eeug.
I found a line of code ..found on Ps2 bios doucumentation that state.....ps2 bios contain an item call FontM..that will have all the font character that u need for all languages ...Perhaps subtitle option can direct feed from font of ps2 Bios.
Attach files.
Documentation:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Description of file format for 'FONTM' from the PS2 BIOS.
---------------------------------------------------------
adresd 2003.

Intro
-----
The FONTM file contains a PS2 Font, in a format which allows access to individual characters without having to upload a big font bitmap. As each character is stored seperately.
The font contains over 4000 characters, of all types and languages, and non-textual characters as well.
This allows flexible use and the characters to be used any way in which the programmer wishes.

The FONTM file is packed, the depack algorithm and example code have been provided by [RO]man on the site: http://ps2dev.pgamers.com/ in the file 'unpack.zip'.
Rather than duplicate it here, grab from there.
[Quick greet to [RO]man and the good work he has done :)]
This should be used to depack the file before trying to use the supplied extractor test program, or using it as reference to this document.

After hearing many people wonder about the format of these files and using them, as they quite like the fonts, I decided to write this short doc and example code.
I hope this is of some use to someone.

The fonts in the files I examined were all 4bit CLUT.
The CLUT does not seem to be included in here, and is probably elsewhere.
That does not matter too much as it seems an intensity based CLUT, so creating one will not be hard.

One thing to note, it has been pointed out that this file may not be consistent across ALL ps2 models, and may be a different format or missing on some models.
I do not have details of this, but until it is verified take this into consideration.

I've tested it on my SCPH-10000 (japanese) and SCPH-30003R (pal) machines.
It's also been tested on a SCPH-50000 (japanese) and SCPH-35001 (US).

Data Format
-----------
In this doc, uint32 means: 4 bytes, A,B,C,D
value = (A) + (B<<8) + (C<<16) + (D<<24)

The file contains a basic header
--------------------------------
4 ascii bytes 'FBJ2'
4 bytes, uint32, version
4 bytes, uint32, bitsize of file
4 bytes, uint32, baseoffset
4 bytes, uint32, num entries in the file
4 bytes, uint32, end of file position

Then follows the offset table
-----------------------------
Each entry is 4 bytes (uint32), making up an offset.
Take this offset add this to the baseoffset from the header, this gives the absolute offset in the file.
There are 'num entries' offsets in a list.

The size of each entry can be taken from the difference between offsets, and seems to be the same for all entries in the file. So calculate difference between first and second entries, and that will give the size.

Then follows the actual data for each character
-----------------------------------------------
This is 4bit CLUT data.
A line of the font graphic is 13 bytes.
each byte represents two pixels, so for 0x43 pixel 1 is color 4, pixel 2 is color 3.

This means each pixel can have one of 16 values, 0x0 -> 0xf

An example of a character is given below (NOTE:this is not from the actual file, but a madeup one).
This is shown in HEX notation, as it makes it really easy to view.
----
00000000000000000000000000
01111111111111111111111110
01200000000000000000000310
01020000000000000000003010
01002000000000000000030010
01000200000000000000300010
01000020000000000003000010
01000002000000000030000010
01000000200000000300000010
01000000020000003000000010
01000000002FFFF30000000010
0100000000F2EE3F0000000010
01FFFFFFFFFE23EFFFFFFFFF10
01FFFFFFFFFE32EFFFFFFFFF10
0100000000F3EE2F0000000010
01000000003FFFF20000000010
01000000030000002000000010
01000000300000000200000010
01000003000000000020000010
01000030000000000002000010
01000300000000000000200010
01003000000000000000020010
01030000000000000000002010
01300000000000000000000210
01111111111111111111111110
00000000000000000000000000

The example exporter/dump program
---------------------------------
I have included a program, which will dump out the characters from the font file to a ascii version. You can set in the code which chars to dump out, or all of them.
The ascii output is easy to view and I wanted to keep the src clean and easy to understand.

I leave it as a simple exercise for the reader to write these out as bitmaps.
Or to use the same format for similar data, and create new fonts.

Thats all folks,
adresd
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Polski

01-01-2006, 06:12 AM

My left analog stick always move to the right. Is there any way I can re-calibrate the PS2 during start up?

rathunter

01-01-2006, 01:20 PM

There is a procedure in the PS2 and dual shock manual to move the analog sticks in circles when you turn the console on. But it probably won't help. You may have to live with it or get a new controller.
BTW: this sub-forum is for SMS, not general How-To.

Tomatomanz

01-06-2006, 01:34 PM

Errrmmz.. not sure shld i post here... or make a new topic.. but i juz wanna ask does this SMS 1.5 revision2 works on DVDRW?.. i tried DVD+R it works great but cant seem to be on DVDRWs any ideas?..:rolleyes:

Btw, does this SMS can make automatically plays next movie after the present one finishes?... *ok my grammer not that good..lol* :P

Cheers :)

Mr. Worm~~

01-06-2006, 01:37 PM

I couldnt use DVDRW in my console, so from my side the answer is no.
about BTW, no...plays only one movie at a time

HypERSoniC

01-06-2006, 09:11 PM

everytime the controller is plugged in, the control sticks Are "reset" to 0 position.

so if you plug in the controller while holding the stick to the right, it will think that position is 0 / netural.

Deedlythcetilye

01-09-2006, 06:55 PM

Does sms read open multisession DVDs? Because I havn't enough money to try it xD

Mr. Worm~~

01-09-2006, 07:15 PM

Does sms read open multisession DVDs? Because I havn't enough money to try it xD

Only will read first session...others wont be read by PS2...

Mr. Worm~~

02-20-2006, 10:28 PM

Here is CD image SMS v1.6 ready to burn, for the SMS users who want it...also contains my savings, custom font and spanish lng file, and a skin example (maybe you don't like it, but my son does)...let me know if you have any problem...

rathunter

02-21-2006, 10:05 PM

Mr. Worm~~
I really like your custom font included in that package. Is there a possibility that you could render another version that is 2 points smaller?
Cheers!

Mr. Worm~~

02-21-2006, 10:24 PM

Mr. Worm~~
I really like your custom font included in that package. Is there a possibility that you could render another version that is 2 points smaller?
Cheers!
sure...here you are helvetica rounded bold 18 + 2 outline...haven't tested...so you tell me ;)

rathunter

02-21-2006, 11:44 PM

Thanks! It tests fine. It looks like SMS scales the font so that it draws at a standard size though, so there isn't any difference to your original (besides saving a few bytes on the MC).

drakenbaby

02-22-2006, 05:33 PM

Is it possible to make a SMS cd image with usb support.
i already have the npm-usbd.irx file and SMSimagen.rar and cdvdgen.

Furatudo

02-22-2006, 06:24 PM

U need to put the USBD.IRX (just rename the one u have, and beware of the caps) file in one of the files that SMS looks for it. For more info regarding this u better check the SMS Manual (sticky thread). ;)

drakenbaby

02-23-2006, 12:21 PM

Thanks!

EEUG

02-24-2006, 05:32 AM

Cordy

02-24-2006, 08:42 AM

My turn to ask the question :D: I've got recently a new soundcard for my PC with optical input and I'd like to experiment with digital passthrough thingy and PS2. My question is about the cable: shall it be a special "PS2 original genuine thing from Sony" or just a "usual one"? If it's a "usual one" then another question: are there different types of such a cable (I mean connectors, not the length of it :)) or are they all the same? Did anyone actually tried to connect PS2 to a PC with soundcard supporting optical S-PDIF? Thanks...

I use the S-PDIF optical outputs on my ps2 to connect to my logitech Z5500's. Really you can use any digital fiber optic cable. As you noted the difference is the length and quality of the cable as far as wear and tear and audio passthrough. There is a digital optical cable made by monster for the ps2 but it makes no sense to go out of your way to get it when anyone will work. when I run SMS my speakers mix the audio in dolby digital pro logic II. My speakers are also capable of DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 which of course only work with DVD's and certain games.

EEUG

02-24-2006, 09:26 AM

@Cordy: thanks a lot. I'll definitely try it one day :)

hip725

04-08-2006, 04:13 PM

How do you put movies onto a DVD0R and have SMS on it so I dont have to put SMS on my MC?

rathunter

04-08-2006, 04:55 PM

Have you read the user manual? (sticky thread)
http://www.daveandzoe.plus.com/sms/HTML/en/usage-dvdr.html
Your question is sort of loaded as don't provide much information. Do you want to know how to boot an ELF boot without a modchip? Do you just want information on making a bootable DVDR? Or is the question about what format the videos need to be in?

hip725

04-08-2006, 06:50 PM

I have a DMS4 Lite so I already have a modchip.

What I am asking is, how can I make a DVD-R that has my video files and the SMS so I can boot it off the DVD-R instead of booting it from the MC or HD, becuase I don't know how to do that.

rathunter

04-08-2006, 08:20 PM

You have a modchip, so search for a tutorial on how to make a bootable disk. You'll need to make a system.cnf file that points to SMS.elf renamed as 'SLUS_846.87' (for example) and build an image using CDGenPS2 or similar program. Add the movies to the image at this time too. A quick seach found this thread on these forums:
http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?p=308998#post308998
But there are lots of tutorials for this, many with pictures on the web.

I'll tell you this though, you'd be better off learning how to use the features of your modchip to boot off the MC or HDD. You'll find it easier. And instead of making a bootable disk with SMS, you should put uLaunchELF on it (or download one already prepared). That will give you an easy way to copy files to your MC and HDD.

hip725

04-08-2006, 08:31 PM

Ok Can you tell me how to send MyPS2 and SMS over to my MC ithout ftping? I need detailed instructions and I may need pictures becuase I am not good at this. I only have Verbatim DVD-Rs with me, and no CD-Rs so yeah... please and thank you.

Or can you make a DVD ready images for me since I am terible at these things.

hip203

05-27-2006, 09:17 PM

Hi,
I' dont have a network ps2 to try on this....
but all you need to have is avisynth,virtualdubmob(To create avs script) and this smalll Makeavi application to make a dummy avi.;Sound are decoded into pcm/video on raw(yuv12) video signal on your pc side.

With this virtually all video format can be played ....I enclose this application .....anyone with network playstation 2 could try with it ..Let me know whether it works..

Crash_alone

07-02-2006, 07:34 PM

Una pregunta a Mr. Worm~~, tu imagen de SMS contiene el archivo SMS.rar queria preguntarte si esas configuraciones se copian automaticamente en la MC o hay q ponerlas manualmente?? Tambien queria saber si se puede instalar en el HDD? Desde ya muchas gracias.

PD: Espero q entiendan mi idioma :)

Mr. Worm~~

07-02-2006, 08:22 PM

Si, las configuraciones y accesorios son para copiar a la MC (con el ULE por ejemplo), tene en cuenta que es de una version vieja, para la nueva te recomiendo un par de dias de paciencia ;)

Crash_alone

07-02-2006, 09:43 PM

ok :) A esperar no hay problema!

darkpepe

07-21-2006, 12:39 PM

Where's the latest sms version? All links broken :(

Thanks!

Furatudo

07-21-2006, 12:50 PM

Bookmark SMS' official website: http://sms.ps2-scene.org/ , u can find everything there.

darkpepe

07-21-2006, 01:23 PM

Thanks again!
Went crazy searching for downloads in the forum!

east17

09-03-2006, 02:08 PM

sorry guys, Just Wanna ask, how to install sms to hd by using winhiip? Do I have to make the ISO file from the cue file? sorry just a noob :) I've just d/l the ntsc version 1.7 from the cd images area :)

martes

09-07-2006, 06:06 AM

I don't know if it's possible at all, but is there a way to load subtitles from USB? And how can I do this?

pvc1

10-02-2006, 05:45 AM

What is "Copy to HDD" (in messages of language file) and for what she is applied ? Whether it is possible to copy avi & mp3 files on HDD with SMS ?

lee99

10-02-2006, 06:00 AM

yes

pvc1

10-02-2006, 07:08 AM

yes
how ?

EEUG

10-02-2006, 12:16 PM

..."rectangle" on the file (which is located on media other than HDD) :)...

pvc1

10-03-2006, 01:33 AM

..."rectangle" on the file (which is located on media other than HDD) :)...
i.e. pressing of the button "square" copies files from any media (usb flash, cd,dvd) on a hard disk, i have correctly understood ?

EEUG

10-03-2006, 03:43 AM

...the idea of "rectangle" is a context menu for browser "objects". Currently this menu has only one item (Copy to HDD). So, if there's a selected partition (i.e. you select HDD's partition and press "cross" (or "circle"), so you'll actually "enter" the partition) on HDD and you press "rectangle" while file is selected on "other" media a context menu will pop-up. This menu has currently one item, so if you select that item (it's selected already, since it's the only item) and press "cross" (or "circle") then selected file will be copied to the selected partition on HDD. It's just an experimenal feature (no free space check on HDD is performed, only one file a time, no copy of the directory tree), but it appears to be working here with ~690KB/s copy speed for network files...

pvc1

10-03-2006, 03:49 AM

:) thank

asharer

10-08-2006, 03:38 PM

jordyfrog

10-11-2006, 03:21 AM

Hi there,

Is it possible to plug my Hard drive into the PC via IDE and then transfer movies and music onto the hard drive, and then plug the hard drive into the PS2 and be able to play them through SMS?

Any help would be much appreciated, if this is not possible, i have seen above that you can copy files via SMS? Is this very reliable and what is the speed like, for say a 700mb movie from DVD or USB?

Thanks a lot everyone!

Deaf Raiders

10-19-2006, 09:28 AM

hi i am new to this, i want have made a boot disc from the cue and bin files.
1.I want to do the swappable way, how can i get the subtitles with it?

2.Do i jst burn it to DVD with Nero as Data DVD and add the srt/sub as the same name as the movie?

3.Also can i select which movie i want to watch from a menu? and it will display the subtitles.

4.Do i need to add anything to the memory card?

I want to add subtitles cos i am deaf.

EEUG

10-19-2006, 01:35 PM

HERE (http://sms.ps2-scene.org)

Deaf Raiders

10-19-2006, 06:17 PM

i have a small problem here.

the site u sent me above under chapter :
2.3.1.3. Starting the FTP Client @ Figure 2.18. FileZilla FTP client: Transfer of file in progress.

it has 4 files showing in
/ms/0/sms

I only have sms.elf where do i get the other 3 files from?

Thanks in advance
Raiders

EEUG

10-20-2006, 03:26 AM

@ Deaf Raiders: ...they are optional, so, SMS.elf would be just enough...

Deaf Raiders

10-20-2006, 04:11 PM

For some reason i can't get the GUI to load, can u help? I have done done the tutorial correctly

EEUG

10-20-2006, 06:01 PM

@Deaf Raiders: ...sure, just ask exact things you need help about. Statements like "For some reason i can't get the GUI to load..." are rather abstract, so, let's bind this abstraction to something :). Note, however, that I can not help you with bootable CDs/DVDs and modchips since I use exploit to run everything on my PS2...

Deaf Raiders

10-20-2006, 08:09 PM

ok i have Sms.elf in the memory card and it not loading..... i select it then try to run it but its certainly not doing it so.... can anyone help at all?

dlanor

10-20-2006, 08:42 PM

ok i have Sms.elf in the memory card and it not loading..... i select it then try to run it but its certainly not doing it so.... can anyone help at all?
When you say that you "select it then try to run it" this clearly implies that you are using some other program to do this launching of SMS, and then we may need to know which program that is, to advise you on how to do it.

So, what is the program you are trying to use to launch SMS ?
And exactly how did you launch that program to begin with ?
(PS1 exploit, mod-chip Dev1 boot, mod-chip Dev2 boot, or something else ?)

Also, regardless of what boot method you use, please specify if you have a mod-chip installed, and if so what brand and model it is.

Best regards: dlanor

znoby

10-20-2006, 10:46 PM

Hey does anyone know how to permanently set/change an audio delay of an XVID avi with MP3 or AC3 audio from a PC?
(And does SMS recognize or ignore AVI audio delay flags?)

For MP3, I know I could just add/delete .xxx seconds, but this involves demuxing and changing the audio file (losing a bit of quality), then remuxing, and would take a lot of time.

For AC3 (most of what I have), I have no clue...

All that if I'm even right in thinking that AVI/Xvid has an audio delay flag that can be changed very quickly.

Thanks all

rathunter

10-21-2006, 02:33 AM

@znoby
I don't think there is a delay flag similar to what you're speculating about. The way to permanently adjust an audio delay is to demux and mux, but there doesn't need to be any loss of quality. In VirtualDubMod, for example, set the audio stream to "direct stream copy" then go to the "Audio/Video Interleave Options" and input the appropriate "Audio skew correction" in ms (positive or negative). The stream is not decompressed, sot the original quality remains. This works for MP3 and AC3...good luck!

Deaf Raiders

10-21-2006, 06:44 AM

I am not running any programs at all.... am trying to run it with my Messiah Chip...... Where do i get the programs? when i try to run S<S.efl it just goes to a black screen. If i need a program which is the best one and what do i do with it? am using the Ulaunchelf. i got that on CD.

regards Raiders

EEUG

10-21-2006, 07:18 AM

@Deaf Raiders: ...yes, uLaunchElf is the best one, I think. Note also, that the file (SMS.slf) could be corrupted during transfer (at least I've experienced such a problem while using execftps on ps2 side and FileZilla on PC side), so, I whould also advice to use uLaunchElf to copy SMS.elf to the memory card...

znoby

10-21-2006, 01:54 PM

@rathunter Wow... I've been encoding video for years... I can't believe I didn't think of that! Thanks a lot!

Deaf Raiders

10-21-2006, 02:08 PM

Z-Saber

10-21-2006, 02:45 PM

I think using FTP is the only highly possible moment for data to be corrupted during transfer. I mean, it could technically happen at any time, but it will usually happen with FTP.

Deaf Raiders

10-25-2006, 08:36 AM

Can someone add me to msn and maybe guide me to get this working? I'll give u my msn over PM once someone will volunteer

lee99

10-25-2006, 02:48 PM

try to use this,
http://www.daveandzoe.plus.com/sms/HTML/en/index.html

Deaf Raiders

10-25-2006, 04:08 PM

great news got it working ;)

lore

11-12-2006, 03:24 PM

How do I configure a Widescreen TV on SMS??
He plays correctly the Wide screen tv-series but the wide screen movies don't work well the image is flattened...

I try the same movie in a DVD version on the DVD player os PS2 and the same thing happen, but i found a place configure the dvd player to 16:9 and the cinema movie became whitch two small black bars on top and below.. but not flattened...

Then I came back in SMS and i don't find where to inform the player that my tv is 16:9.... even the square button when the player is in progress never give me a right image or is flattened or is strained... and this happen whitch almous cinema movies...

does anyone can help me???

cyx

11-16-2006, 09:19 AM

Is it possible to do auto play on movie ? and do it infinite loop ?

M J 76

11-17-2006, 10:59 PM

Can someone please tell me how to get launchelf to mc. ive tried everything and nothing seems to work. ps2 modded with dms and toxic.

dlanor

11-18-2006, 12:00 AM

Can someone please tell me how to get launchelf to mc. ive tried everything and nothing seems to work. ps2 modded with dms and toxic.
That question is off-topic here (has nothing to do with SMS), and also in the other thread where you posted it. The proper thing for you to do would have been to post a NEW thread in the uLaunchELF forum, asking for help with your particular problem. You should never clutter up existing threads dedicated to other subjects. But I will give you a brief reply here anyway.

If you really have ToxicOS, then simply put the uLaunchELF "BOOT.ELF" file on a USB memory stick or a normal CD, and then use the ToxicOS browser to launch it. Once it is launched you can use the FileBrowser of uLE to create the standard "mc0:/BOOT/" folder and copy the "BOOT.ELF" file into it, for use with Dev1 booting.

If you only have ToxicBIOS, then you'll need to make a normal boot CD for uLE, editing the "SYSTEM.CNF" file to launch the "BOOT.ELF" file of uLE. Since you mentioned problems with burning duds (in the other thread), make sure that you use the program CDGenPS2 to create the ISO file, which you can then burn with any CD burner program. Using such programs to directly create a PS2 compatible ISO can sometimes be tricky, which is why you should let CDGenPS2 handle that part.

Best regards: dlanor

as65sd

12-06-2006, 12:02 PM

Hi all,

Recently start with SMS and have simple question - is there any way to hide CD-ROM icon? I don't want it because all my movies on PC.

[Dennis199]

12-08-2006, 11:10 AM

Hi all,

Recently start with SMS and have simple question - is there any way to hide CD-ROM icon? I don't want it because all my movies on PC.

Remove the CD/DVD from the ps2 and the icon will disappear!

// Dennis

Selaht

01-01-2007, 10:11 AM

Hi!
I have some question about dual audio movies:

1) Does SMS (latest version: 1.9 R1) support dual audio movies ?
2) Is it does, what's the command (or the way) to change to the second audio?

Thanks

Z-Saber

01-01-2007, 05:36 PM

If you're talking about what I think you are, then yes. The have to press "Start" during playback and there's an option to switch it.

rathunter

01-02-2007, 03:25 AM

Note that all audio streams must be encoded at identical settings.

gfdcxgfd

01-02-2007, 08:21 PM

does anyone knows how to transfer usbd.irx driver to memory card without having HDD. I only have swapmagic 3.6 and a usb pen drive cus i would like to launch sms from memory card and use the pen drive to view movies. If someone can give me detailed instructions and what programs needed. Ive searched all forums but no one has answer to that question

I have the same "problem" as the guy above.

Can someone please help me out? I would like to know how do I add the USB driver to memory card if I do not have a Network adapter and only the following items:

1. 1 PS2
2. 1 DS2 Controller
3. 1 8MB Sony Memory Card
4. Swap Magic Version 3.3 DVD and CD Build
5. USB HDD
6. 128 MB Pen Drive

Help is VERY much appreciated and thanks for creating the great program whoever the creators are. (Even though I havent tried it, it looks very promising.)

Torch

01-03-2007, 12:02 AM

Putting system.cnf and sms.elf into a directory doesn't seem a good idea to me.
Also setting LBA 12231 to the system.cnf is absolutely necessary, else the CD won't work at all.

Kind Regards, pepe

Slim ps2 doesnt need LBA at all. They will boot of a Nero burned disc.

peterdcrees

02-15-2007, 09:21 AM

Thanks to bladeanon for figuring this out! Also to dlanor for inspiring me by always helping others in the forum.

SMS can open .m3u playlists which contain references to files in several different directories if the m3u files are formatted correctly.

I have a slim PS2 so I use USB HDD or SMB (Windows shares) to play music with the PS2.

This example is based on MY music collection where the mp3 tracks are in the following structure (as seen in windows explorer)

D:\Music\Artist\Album\# - TrackTitle.mp3
Here's how I do it.

1. In Winamp go to Options->Preferences->General Preferences;Titles and enable "Read metadata when files are loaded into winamp" (this ensures the #EXTINF entries in the m3u will be correct for all files)

2. Open all of the files you want in your SMS playlist in Winamp's playlist

(Important: Only open files from the 'Music' or 'Music\Artist' or 'Music\Artist\Album' directories)

3. In Winamp's 'playlist editor' (Alt-E) click on 'Manage Playlist'->'Save playlist' Make sure 'Save as type' is M3U

4. Give the playlist a name and save it in the 'D:\Music' directory
(Important: DO NOT save or move the playlist to a different directory, it wont work)

(Explanation: Provided all the mp3's in the playlist are somewhere in the 'Music\' directory or its sub-directories, and the playlist is saved in the 'Music\' directory Winamp will save the 'relative' path-names to the files - the 'D:\Music' part of the full filename is NOT included in the M3U playlist. Because of this, SMS will be able to find the files in the playlist. SMS WILL NOT find files that have "D:\Music\Artist\Album\# - Track.mp3" style path names in the M3U playlist, they need to be just "Artist\Album\# - Track.mp3")

5. Use Notepad to open the playlist you saved in step 4

6. Go to Edit->Replace (Ctrl-H) and replace all backslashes "\" with slashes "/"

7. Save the playlist.

You can now fire up SMS and load the playlist!

diln

02-15-2007, 10:50 AM

Thank for explaining how to do that :) ^^^^

cod

04-30-2007, 09:45 PM

Ok, I have SMS v2.1 revision 2 installed and it runs just peachy...except it will not read media files from my USB pendrive.

The drive is read fine for other things (for example my Swap Magic will boot programs fine from the USB stick).

I have put the USBD.IRX file (the renamed one extracted from the zip file in the SMS manual link, section 3.6) in both mc0/SYS-CONFIG and mc0/SMS. I used the FileBrowser utility to copy and paste the file from the USB stick to the locations mentioned.

When I boot up and go into SMS the USB pendrive icon, as shown in the SMS manual is nowhere in sight.

Any ideas, cos it's a lot quicker transferring video files onto the USB stick and watching them through SMS that way than it is to burn the video files to a dvd which I'm only going to use once!

I've been at this for a couple of days now and I'm no further forward in getting SMS mass working than I was to start with :oops:

By the way, I really like this program - I was regretting getting rid of my old Xbox which I had converted into a media player, but this program gives the same functionality on my favoured ps2 :)

dlanor

04-30-2007, 10:17 PM

Ok, I have SMS v2.1 revision 2 installed and it runs just peachy...except it will not read media files from my USB pendrive.
Two possible reasons immediately come to mind:

1: You may not have formatted the drive properly. Use FAT32, not FAT/FAT16 or NTFS
2: You may have forgotten to configure SMS to use USBD.

Point 2 may need some extra explanation. In SMS use of USB is not mandatory, but optional, and when not used SMS will not even try to load the drivers for it. You need to configure this usage in the "Device Settings..." submenu of the main SMS menu, which you open by pressing the 'Start' button when the browser screen of SMS is displayed.

After you exit the "Device Settings..." menu, having enabled the "Autostart USB" option, you must also use the "Save settings" command, so that this usage will be remembered in the next boot session.

Since you didn't mention having made any USB configuration in SMS, I rather suspect that this is what you have missed doing.

I have put the USBD.IRX file (the renamed one extracted from the zip file in the SMS manual link, section 3.6) in both mc0/SYS-CONFIG and mc0/SMS. I used the FileBrowser utility to copy and paste the file from the USB stick to the locations mentioned.
SMS doesn't have any FileBrowser utility. Are you possibly talking about uLaunchELF (aka: uLE) here...?

In any case, modern versions of SMS should not need an external USBD.IRX anymore, since it uses the same IRX that uLE uses, which is in both cases embedded into the main program. Use of an external USBD.IRX is therefore optional and may in fact interfere with proper functioning, if the external one is less compatible than the internal one, which is often the case.

Any ideas, cos it's a lot quicker transferring video files onto the USB stick and watching them through SMS that way than it is to burn the video files to a dvd which I'm only going to use once!
Good point, but it's even quicker if you can network your PS2 to a PC, because then you can watch the video files without ever moving them from the PC HDD.

Best regards: dlanor

cod

04-30-2007, 11:16 PM

D'oh!

I'm an idiot - I actually had done that before but I didn't have the USBD.IRX file then....and then I had completely deleted the configuration file from the memory card and reinstalled everything via mc exploit...and guess what? Yep, I forgot to reactivate the USB autostart. Cheers for kickstarting my memory.

/me slaps forehead!

The filebrowser is LaunchElf, it's part of the exploit install. Anyway, you can use it to copy and paste files, which removes the problem I've read in this thread that some people have of actually getting the files onto their system - for example, if you can't FTP the files to your Station. Just copy the files to USB stick, compile and install an exploit using the Independence exploit compiler and then install it to the ps2. After that you can boot up via the exploit, open the config and then use the filebrowser to move the files from USB stick to wherever they are needed.

Oh, and as for DVD-RW disc - just buy a burner that supports bitsetting and set the booktype to dvd-rom when burning. After that, the Station will read them just fine :)

As to the speed issue - I could network the ps2 seeing as I have a HDD and network adaptor but why bother going to all that hassle when I can just transfer the video files or whatever to my 2gb USB stick and slap it in the Stations USB port? The only time that takes is the time it takes to transfer the files to the stick! Plus, this is more of a useful solution for those who are bereft of network adaptors but have a spare USB stick :)

urbigbro

05-03-2007, 01:41 AM

Is there a way to fast forward or rewind (scroll) .mp3 files. I know how to do scroll vids, but couldn't find any references how to scroll .mp3s in the manual. Can someone enlighten me?
Thanks!

orangpelupa

05-12-2007, 03:15 PM

I just found a way to make PC auto off after sms stop. Stream video via Network. (play a vid). On pc, run, shutdown.exe -f -s -t 1
this will force shutdown windows. But, windows will pause its shutdown process at "closing network". And after sms stoped playing a movie. Windows will turn off. Very useful when your pc is far. And you want to just sleep after wathing a video (set sms to auto off)

lee99

05-12-2007, 10:56 PM

suloku

05-13-2007, 08:27 AM

Mordred?

08-02-2008, 05:57 AM

I connect HDD(sata 250Gb, 3 80Gb fat32 partitions) to my PS2 slim using sata-to-usb2.0 case. But when i launch sms(2.8 rev.4 with usbm.irx & usbd.irx), it see usb device as empty.

How can i fix it?

Torch

08-02-2008, 02:38 PM

I connect HDD(sata 250Gb, 3 80Gb fat32 partitions) to my PS2 slim using sata-to-usb2.0 case. But when i launch sms(2.8 rev.4 with usbm.irx & usbd.irx), it see usb device as empty.

How can i fix it?

All USB devices are not compatible. SMS doesn't use the exact same USB drivers from uLE, hence devices that work in uLE may not work in SMS. uLE has much greater compatibility with USB drives.

Reformat it with a single partition and try.

TnA

08-02-2008, 06:10 PM

Btw.: Did you tested it, with only 1 Partition?

Mordred?

08-14-2008, 02:31 PM

How to correct subtitles timing?

peterdcrees

08-14-2008, 11:25 PM

@Mordred?

Taken from 'the manual' - http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/en/usage-controls.html#usage-controls-playback
3.1.3. During Playback
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O | Toggles display of audio/video synchronisation offset (V/A)
| [and if available the subtitle/video synchronisation offset (S/V)]
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| (see O) Adjust audio/video synchronisation offset. (+/-250ms)
L2 / R2 | OR
| Adjust subtitle/video synchronisation offset. (+/-250ms)
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