Argon (SMS-based player with XMB GUI)

[Fatman222]

yeah !

i only would like to say "thank you" for the hard work on this great argon projekt. and: HDD support would be a great feature !

happy new year !

[user112]

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!

Argon v0.3.5
http://sourceforge.net/projects/argon-ps2/

Well, the major thing is the working radio, and that's about it.
I'll be off to vacations for about two weeks, so ps2ibm will be in charge here.

@ps2ibm:
Nah, that wouldn't work, we need to reset the IOP and load SMS' modules. What will work is checking for fakehost module just before resetting the IOP, and if true - load HDD modules after the reset (you'll have to search for Argon.xml, but it's no big deal). And all that HDD stuff is already there, you only need to take care of mounting and such things.

As I've said, I'm leaving for a while, so I'll upload (by the evening, or tomorrow) the source in it's current state - just hacked in for a release, so there would be lots of things to fix prior to HDD stuff.

Btw., libps2pak is broken again, and that fioDread stuff is freezing...

Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Experiment1106]

happy new year and best wishes for the future and this Project to all

thx to all coder for your hard work to realize this awesome app this gives the ps2 a bigger life

[ps2ibm]

i think i fixed the libps2pak stuff, it was something wrong with the IO functions,

i'll work on adding the hdd support when you commit the code, and some other things maybe
and happy new year

[user112]

@ps2ibm:
I've outlined the top priority tasks here http://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?g...87&func=browse (there are also some comments underneath).

And screw HDD support for the moment, or start by adding it to ELF Loader, cause that would require some thoroughtful planning, as I don't want any quick hacks (well, there is already too much of that crap).

Good luck!

[t3hscene]

Radio works well. Is it possible to show metadata during playback (track info that most stations send along).

[ps2ibm]

Radio works well. Is it possible to show metadata during playback (track info that most stations send along).

not yet...

i'll add it to the task list though located here

http://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?g...87&func=browse

[t3hscene]

This is for all Shoutcast lovers out there.

Argon is obviously built with SomaFM in mind. Although I initially reported that the radio worked ok, it didn't when I tried to add my own favorite stations. I've been experimenting all night and to cut a long story short: the SomaFM .PLS format is different from what most other stations use.

Their format has four chunks of data; Number of entries, File, Title and Length. Most PLS files only have the Number of entries and File entry. So just add the other two entries to generate a valid PLS file for Argon. Here is an example:

Original PLS:
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=hxxp://207.200.96.225:8020/

"Argonized" PLS:
[playlist]
numberofentries=1
File1=hxxp://207.200.96.225:8020/
Title1=(#1) Blue Mars
Length1=-1

It doesn't matter what you enter for the Title entry, since it isn't displayed by Argon. Simply upload your custom PLS file to a webserver and place a link to it under the <favorites> entry in your argon.xml file.

Enjoy!

Edit: thanks to the wonderful "You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more." protection, I had to change the links to hxxp to bypass the filter.

[mccrevis]

sorry I am new and this app looks really good. I am unable to even load the program from my usb key. It gives me a black screen and nothing shows up. I ran the files exactly as is posted, do I need to edit the XML file?

[ps2ibm]

sorry I am new and this app looks really good. I am unable to even load the program from my usb key. It gives me a black screen and nothing shows up. I ran the files exactly as is posted, do I need to edit the XML file?

takes about 30-45 seconds i think to load so try waiting some time, and you have to change if your NTSC/PAL