Negatives about OPL - ???

[CoreCore]

The OPL developers are working really hard on OPL, so i hate to sound negative in any way, but there is some feedback i want to send your way regarding OPL, which i suppose is not being fully utilized by me.

1) In the Ethernet section the re-cycling is so fast that i cannot choose my files, no sooner do i go a few files/folders down and i'm put at the top again.
2) If i go into any i guess empty folder then i'm stuck there with no way out.
3) Being stuck in a folder i can only go into Settings, Network config, delete the share name one letter at a time, reconnect, Save changes, and start all over.
4) BTW, what's with the ADMIN$ share at the top of list? What's that about?
5) I set my PC DVD player up to share but it does not seem to work or read the disc. And why does it show up twice?
6) I think the OPL file manager only goes one folder deep and gets lost in space somehow, why? Anyways, back to problem 3) again...
7) When 'OK' and 'Reconnect' are both displayed at the bottom of the Network config page, Reconnect is skipped when using the down button, a small annoyance, but i'll say something about it now because i've had to Reconnect a lot.
8) Nothing shows up on Apps, where are Apps, is this something that has to be edited into a file or ?
9) If OPL does not work like a file manager, then perhaps the word 'SHARE' that appears in the lower right could say 'CHOOSE A SHARE'?

I guess i'm not understanding what OPL is looking for, it seems to ignore all my ISOs, someone please enlighten me so i enjoy OPL as much as you'all do after all the many hours i spent getting it loaded on my PS2 and struggled to get SMB to authenticate to my PC. Thanks in advance!

[mark_k]

This might help for a couple of your issues.

For apps, you need to create a file conf_apps.cfg listing them. See Official OPLv0.8 User Guides for example.

Do you have your ISOs correctly named and in "CD" and "DVD" subdirectories of your shared folder? OPL expects the filenames to be in a certain format, e.g. "SLUS_123.45.Game Name.iso"

When you say "I set my PC DVD player up to share but it does not seem to work or read the disc. And why does it show up twice?", do you mean you tried to share the PC DVD drive over the network? That won't work because OPL would see all the files on the disc in the shared folder, not an ISO image in the "CD" or "DVD" share subdirectory.

[CoreCore]

This might help for a couple of your issues. For apps, you need to create a file conf_apps.cfg listing them. See Official OPLv0.8 User Guides for example.

Ok, on it.

Do you have your ISOs correctly named and in "CD" and "DVD" subdirectories of your shared folder? OPL expects the filenames to be in a certain format, e.g. "SLUS_123.45.Game Name.iso"

Um, nope, my bad, just thought OPL would let me choose my ISOs like a file browser...

When you say "I set my PC DVD player up to share but it does not seem to work or read the disc. And why does it show up twice?", do you mean you tried to share the PC DVD drive over the network? That won't work because OPL would see all the files on the disc in the shared folder, not an ISO image in the "CD" or "DVD" share subdirectory.

Yeah, i tried to share the PC DVD drive over the network, guess i can't do that...

Wow, OPL takes a lot of setup, and i was hoping to make it to skins this weekend, heh. But obviously it is going to be worth it! =)

[spud42]

one if the settings in OPL is scroll speed so you can slow it down....

try the triangle button to back out of a folder page etc..... could be the circle too... damn im getting old......cant remember some things..... lol

[sk8rping]

About your recycling problem, go under "Display settings" and check to make sure the "Automatic refresh" is set to "Off". If you should need to refresh manually, press the Select button.

[CoreCore]

About your recycling problem, go under "Display settings" and check to make sure the "Automatic refresh" is set to "Off". If you should need to refresh manually, press the Select button.

Thanks, guys will try both asap. =)

[Jay-Jay]

If you haven't done so, read this tutorial that explains quite a lot about OPL and it's various functions on HDD/NETWORK/USB. Official OPLv0.8 User Guides

And also how to setup the network connection between your PC and PS2: http://openps2loader.info/8/config_net.html

[CoreCore]

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Do you have your ISOs correctly named and in "CD" and "DVD" subdirectories of your shared folder? OPL expects the filenames to be in a certain format, e.g. "SLUS_123.45.Game Name.iso".

Q: Wasn't there an argument about "-" verses "_" being used? Which one won, the underscore or hyphen?

[RandQalan]

_ won the match that is what is used