This is one is for the almight PS2 devs :)

Howdy PS2 comunity and developers!

I'll try to say here in this thread what the ps2 people really need:

- a FAST way to install games into HDD thru net.... I guess the tecnology it's all done. uLaunch host protocol is blazing fast! C'mon, I'm not asking for wifi shiz... Anyone can at least try to update HDDUMP or HDDUMB?
The common scenario: Fill a 1tb hdd with new games.

- make VMC act like a front end to launch tiles without modification in the iso. Very similar to psp plugins. What about implement it as a plugin to ESR?

I guess that's it... if I missed something, please post a few replies :)
What? Nobody's playing PS2 anymore? erm.... Let's keep the PS2 alive!!!!! :rolleyes:

Hi,

Well, I would be using the PS2 homebrew apps if my ex-girlfriend would return my PS2 (she refuses to do. I asked her 2 months ago to return it and she refuses, she moved 1 month ago so I don't know where she lives).

So, for me, I'm getting my emulators and homebrew on my 60 GB PS3 thru Linux but since my PS3 plays PS1/PS2 games, I'm playing PS2 games on it.

Heck, I remember the fun I had using the PS2 Independence Exploit to play Beats Of Rage on my PS2 years ago, boy that was fun.

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Originally Posted by spkleader

I guess that's it... if I missed something, please post a few replies :)

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The only thing you missed is that the speed is not in the software, but a hardware limitiation. The only way to get the insertion of the games faster is by putting your PS2HD inside your computer if you find the proper software to support your task.

Barf: You didn't got it!
uLaunch HOST protocol is *really* fast!
Only if there was a way to use it to install games on HDD to HDL usage.. man.. it would be a dream.
Taking the hdd apart and plugging it on my pc is like.. darn!:cry:

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Originally Posted by spkleader

Barf: You didn't got it!
uLaunch HOST protocol is *really* fast!

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Sure HOST protocol is pretty fast, but so is an efficiently coded LAN installer.

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Only if there was a way to use it to install games on HDD to HDL usage.. man.. it would be a dream.
Taking the hdd apart and plugging it on my pc is like.. darn!:cry:

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That is exactly why HDL-Dump has a LAN mode, to be used with a companion server program running on the PS2 (hdld_svr.elf). I've used this a lot myself, since I want to avoid moving the HDD back and forth between PS2 and PC. (Not just to save work, but to avoid wearing out the connector that mates the network adaptor to the PS2.)

The speed of HDL-Dump when used over LAN with an hdld_svr.elf server of the proper version should certainly equal (and probably better) the speed of uLE using HOST protocol. If the speeds you are getting for HDL-Dump in LAN mode are much worse than the speed of uLE HOST, then something is wrong with your HDL-Dump setup.

Two simple mistakes can worsen the speed considerably or even make install impossible.

1: Using the wrong hdld_svr server version running on the PS2. Normally this should be the one from exactly the same release of hdl_dump.exe running on the PC as the two programs are then ensured of using the same installer protocol. The exception is hdl_dump.exe 0.8.6 which doesn't have its own server but uses the one from release 0.8.5 instead.

2: Using the latest version of a program is usually a good idea, but not with HDL-Dump. The 0.9.x versions have scrapped the TCP protocol instead using a new one based on UDP transfers. That allows higher speed with perfect LANs 100% free of bit errors, but in the real world it has proven unreliable with error recovery either failing completely or at least ruining the performance, since UDP has no efficient data stream handshaking. (each packet is a completely independent transaction, as seen by the network drivers)

Summing up:
Use hdl_dump.exe v0.8.6 on your PC and hdld_svr.elf v0.8.5 on your PS2.
This is what I use and it works fine for me.

The only times I remove a PS2 HDD to connect it to a PC are when somethings is wrong with it so I need the disk error recovery features of WinHiip.

Best regards: dlanor