HD Homebrew Project Developement (Old Thread)

[Krevnik]

Yeah, I know, but I was more concerned with it reporting EVERY DVD as a dual-layer, which stemmed from me not checking for errors from a non-blocking cdRead()... so used to synchronous programming. I personally use ExecFTPs to copy the ELF onto the memory card and execute from there, as I don't have things setup for software like PS2Link or NapLink (yet).

So that is still good news though that GT4 is detectable in the same way, which means that is the format that all DVD9 games are likely to follow (since I only have Xeno to test with for DVD9 support). Still, I would like to see someone test with some other games (HK Silvers /may/ behave differently from the rest). Anyone have Champions of Norrath or the like to test with as well?

While people get a chance to see how it works, I will be making changes to the disc detection code to finalize it. I will also be working on the code to work with the HDD and possibly making progress on the second milestone by accessing the HDL database. Once it can interface with the database (with some help from the HDL Dump source), I will start work on the initial UI and set things up to provide ripping ability of games (hopefully without the 'you have run out of space' glitch).

[RyDaWg2k1]

Way to go Krevnik, keep up the great work! its nice to see some development on a homebrew hd loading app and the progress so far is fabulous Lookin' forward to future updates

[P__S__2]

nice work Krevnik..keep up the good job

[omegatron]

this app role screens for me i am ntsc running it from thumbstick
with spyro the dragon psx in does a dvd nine game have to be in for it to display right

[Stefy2]

it's because it's too fast to recognise cd.
anyway i tested it with xenosaga 2 dvd and it recognise it right valid ps2 , dvd single layer.
with ar max evo ntsc also it's recognised right as cd and valid ps2
but if i insert a neo geo cd it's still recognised as valid ps2.
the same with a dvd containing only avi

[esojz]

Is there anything that those of us that don?t know anything about programming can do to contribute to this project? (Besides give you lots of praise!)

[v1p3r]

People with ph33r photoshop skillz could contribute some graphics for the menu

[CrysDark]

Am I mistaken, or did krev throw this together in about a week???? Good job man, perhaps when you finish this project we can get you to tackle a media player.

[Krevnik]

it's because it's too fast to recognise cd.
anyway i tested it with xenosaga 2 dvd and it recognise it right valid ps2 , dvd single layer.
with ar max evo ntsc also it's recognised right as cd and valid ps2
but if i insert a neo geo cd it's still recognised as valid ps2.
the same with a dvd containing only avi

Are you using a modchip? If so, that would explain the odd behavior with it saying everything is a valid PS2 disc. It is how it manages to get the PS2 to boot burned CD-Rs and DVD-Rs, afterall.

This is NTSC but should work on PAL and NTSC systems, it just constantly reads, so you get the scrolling text issue, I hope to solve this and release an ELF tonight (US west coast) without that issue, so it only reads a particular disc once, and only when it is ready to read.

Anyways, there are currently two things that people can help me with:
1) Once the new ELF is ready, take it and test to make sure it reports discs correctly. As in, reports DVD9s and DVD9s and DVD5s as DVD5s. So break out your copies of whatever DVD9 games you do have, and make sure that they are detected correctly.
2) Yes, help with graphics. I /could/ do something myself, but I would rather focus on code. Be aware that the work that you contribute to the project in terms of art will fall under the GPL.

[SiNER]

Great progress you've made so far. I have my copy of GT4 ready for testing once you release the updated version of your .ELF tonight.