quick question!

[mr_pink]

i have two ps2's and only 1 memory card and i want to watch movies on one while my niece watches movies on the other one and i was wondering if its safe to remove the memory card housing fmcb while a movie is playing or will it stop or possibly damage the installation or something i don't really want to test it out

[amp2006]

once you have run the FMCB and via FMCB you are running SMS then removing it from ps2 i think it wont cause anything ..

but i am sure it wont stop or damage anything .

you could wait for another one to give a clear answer

[mr_pink]

yup, it still worked. thanks!

[dlanor]

yup, it still worked. thanks!

Even so, you should be careful when you insert or remove memory card from any program that employs auto-save features like all modern SMS versions do.

Current SMS versions maintain a history file in the SMS folder on the memory card, and that file is updated for each movie you play, so as to record the last playing position, for possible resuming in some future session. The idea is of course that if you have to break off viewing before the end of a movie, you should be able to resume from that position the next time you start playing the same file (you'll get a popup asking what to do at that time).

This means that SMS will definitely be writing to the memory card whenever you stop playback of a movie. So you need to avoid inserting or removing a memory card directly after such a break, as the write operation can take several seconds (especially on larger slower cards like 64/128 MB models). Removing a card during a write operation can effectively destroy all contents of that card. (Most of the content sectors may remain, but mostly no longer accessible as files.)

Best regards: dlanor