Official PSIO News and Development Thread

[zredgemz]

Time for me to update again.

[zeruel85]

Ah, right. That's now been fixed. Sorry about that one! ARM V2.4.7 has been released and Menu System V2.3.2 has been released which fixes the error code (80000004) bug. Any more problems, just let me know

Thanks Matt.

[psychomantis59]

thx for the update,works fine.

[MateriaMind]

Works fine, what was up with the removal of double buffering? What did it initially add verse what it takes away? I love technical curiosities- Thanks

[Matt]

The double-buffering wasn't helping and was causing Final Fantasy to not work. Originally it was added to fix Ghost in the Shell, but that works now without it meaning it was an ARM timing issue. We might add double-buffering back however since it may have caused some other games to stop working, but we need to look into it more.

[zeruel85]

There's a typo in the Downloads section.
Menu System is v2.3.3 now, not v2.3.2.
Also the changelog inside reports v2.3.2 but no info about new v2.3.3.

[Matt]

Are you sure? I thought it was 2.3.2.

Ah. I see what's happened. That's the exact same mistake I did before. It's because of the automatic build version increment feature I have in my source control. I flagged the software itself as 2.3.3, but it was supposed to be 2.3.2! What I will do is add a new feature or wait for the ARM/FPGA logic to change and re-release it as 2.4.0. Thanks for pointing that out.

[zeruel85]

No problem Matt, it's not a big deal.

[Matt]

Perfectionist

[Dig_dug_93]

So what's new?

[Matt]

So what's new?

In the latest upcoming Menu System (v2.4.0)?

[Dig_dug_93]

Just in general. Been a little quiet in the community lately. Any big breakthroughs in functionality?

[Matt]

We're working on fixing an SD Card bug where some cards will refuse to boot on PSIO, improving the 'hook' logic for XA/CDDA playback, updating the Fastboot (FBOOT) code, improving the SD Card direct memory access timing, adding full ATV support, improving the XA decoding algorithm, fixing timing issues in the ARM logic, and above all, getting mass production ready for everyone still waiting for PSIO.

We plan to have a new major firmware update for PSIO by the end of August, with minor changes along the way. Expect a new firmware perhaps during this week.

[squallrs]

Thanks for the last update, i still not changed since the 31.10.2015 and a lot of games works fine now !

[Matt]

Thanks for the last update, i still not changed since the 31.10.2015 and a lot of games works fine now !

... and it's just going to keep on getting better and better too

[Matt]

New Menu System available:

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______________________________________________________________
   PSIO Menu System - Version 2.4, Build 15 (06/AUGUST/2017)
  Copyright 2010-2017 Cybdyn Systems. All Rights Reserved.

                      http://ps-io.com/
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  |~[Recent Changes from 2.3.2->2.4.15]~|
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  - [Bug Fix] An issue where games (directories) wouldn't sometimes show has been fixed (this was due to hidden directories/folders set by some operating systems).
  - [Bug Fix] An issue where files (BIN, ISO or IMG) wouldn't sometimes be detected has been fixed (same reason as the above bug).
  - [Bug Fix] Fixed the 'Official UK PlayStation Magazine #18' track from not playing the correct data.
  - [Bug Fix] Fixed unseen low level 'CdRead' errors in our custom packer routines.
  - [Bug Fix] The intro video would play at 6x speed instead of 2x speed. This has been fixed.
  - [Bug Fix] If the message "No Image Found" was closed, the background music wouldn't restore to regular volume levels.
  - [Improvement] "SOFTWARE HALTED" text alignment fixed.
  - [Improvement] Under 'System Information', the string "Images Detected" was changed to "Directories Detected".
  - [Improvement] When re-inserting an SD Card, the word "Checking..." now displays a little longer.
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New ARM Firmware available:

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         PSIO ARM Firmware - Version 2.4, Build 8.
  Copyright 2010-2017 Cybdyn Systems. All Rights Reserved.

                      http://ps-io.com/
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  2.4.8
	- Improved the directory/file structuring of the FAT sub-system.
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[fille1976]

thx matt,gona update now.

[zredgemz]

I will try it later today.

[slymelanie]

I could not change the update. I copied the ARM and Menu Systems files to the USB flash drive, as usual. And ... nothing but the Sony logo.
PlayStation Model: SCPH-1002

[Matt]

Poor parallel port connection or SD Card connection. Try again.