Cobra USB Firmware v2.0 - With PS2 Support!

[The Central Scrutinizer]

From Cobra-USB.com:
We have released Cobra Firmware v2.0 and Cobra USB Manager v2.0, which are both available from the downloads page. Changes in this release include:

•Added the ability to play PS2 ISO backups from CECHC and CECHE backwards compatible consoles. Support for the remaining backwards compatible models, CECHA and CECHB, will come in a future update
•PS3, PSX, DVD and BluRay ISO's can now be played without a real disc inserted in the PS3. Support for discless PS2 backups will come in a future update
•Added an option for those users without a PS2 backwards compatible PS3 (including Slims) to test PS2 original games and ISO backups using the PS2 software only emulator which is by default included with all PS3's. Please note however that as the software only emulator is slow and very buggy, this feature is disabled by default and is only intended as a gimmick
•Cobra USB manager can now make PS3 ISO's from backups in the standard "Jailbreak" directory format, using the copy function
•Cobra USB manager is now less strict with cue/bin filenames
•Bugfix: Cobra USB Manager was unable to get the PSX CD-ROM/CD-R title, and displayed "PSX-CDROM" instead
•Bugfix: Under rare circumstances, Cobra USB Manager could dump invalid PS3 discs

The user manuals have been updated to reflect the changes in the v2.0 release. In addition, we have released a PC-side gen****** tool which can convert backups dumped in the standard "Jailbreak" directory format to the ISO format supported by Cobra. As mentioned above, this is also supported directly within Cobra USB Manager however the process is faster and in our opinion easier to perform on the PC.

Downloads:

• Cobra USB Updater (PC)
• Cobra USB Firmware v2.0
• Cobra USB Manager v2.0
• Gen****** ISO generator (PC)
• English User Guide v2.0
• French User Guide (Will follow soon)
• Spanish User Guide v2.0

Source: Cobra USB

posted by tthousand

[Knurr]

Very nice! PS2 support for PS3 Slim! Too bad I don't have Cobra dongle

[korn16ftl]

has this thing been dumped so it can be analyzed and looked at so we can make these implementations to our 3.55 CFW's yet i mean ya wed still be stuck on FW 3.55 but hey at least we could play PS1 back-ups and what not

[JonJonB]

Very nice! PS2 support for PS3 Slim! Too bad I don't have Cobra dongle

Yeah but it's not real PS2 support, as they say it's little more than a gimmick. Only the truly BC machines will benefit from this.

[korn16ftl]

any benefit is better than no benefit this thing really oughta be dumped.......we could than try to perfect its flaws.....wish i had a USB sniffer or the know how to do this myself.... any one have one id consider buying a cobra and sending it to some one with the proper tools to dump it if they will release the dumps to the public

[mrgreaper]

sorry if this is a double post but, i made it as a comment to the news article and now its vanished... hope the site design goes back to how it was soon this one is horrible!

anyway ontopic
apart from the ps2 compatability on non backward compatable ps3s (which they describe as buggy) what exactly does this have over rebug 3.55.1? im assuming it cant play 3.60 games so what can it do that rebug cant? (no offense ment, im guessing there is something i just cant see it)

[L0YD]

sorry if this is a double post but, i made it as a comment to the news article and now its vanished... hope the site design goes back to how it was soon this one is horrible!

anyway ontopic
apart from the ps2 compatability on non backward compatable ps3s (which they describe as buggy) what exactly does this have over rebug 3.55.1? im assuming it cant play 3.60 games so what can it do that rebug cant? (no offense ment, im guessing there is something i just cant see it)

is it supposed to play 3.60 games?its dongle that allows you run any ps1 backups in first place,and now they're working on ps2 backups for bc models,if you want full features list see cobra site.Why do you care about 3.60 games anyway?didn't you said you've updated to 3.60 and don't regret it?

[mrgreaper]

is it supposed to play 3.60 games?its dongle that allows you run any ps1 backups in first place,and now they're working on ps2 backups,if you want full features list see cobra site.Why do you care about 3.60 games anyway?didn't you said you've updated to 3.60 and don't regret it?

i have and i dont for the most part, but if a way to play 3.60 games and run linux/homebrew comes available i will hunt down a ps3 with 3.55 fw or below. I want to have full access to my ps3 not just what sony allows me to have but at the same time i want to play the games that i buy. i keep a very keen eye on this site and am trying to keep uptodate with the scene, i asked a simple question, your answer was somewhat hostile, chill. im guessing that the only difference is this allows full playing of ps1 back ups?

[sabin1981]

PS1, PS2, PS3, DVD, BluRay. What else is needed?

[L0YD]

im guessing that the only difference is this allows full playing of ps1 back ups?

pretty much,theres other features:
** Blu Ray Movie region free functionality
** Allows you to play Blu Ray movie ISO’s from HDD
** Allows you to play DVD movie ISO’s from HDD
** Integrated support to play PS1 game ISO’s from HDD
** Enjoy PS3 games with files >4GB on external USB HDD