Interested to see how much faster custom firmware 5.00 M33-6 really is? Here’s a straightforward plug-in from Dark_AleX to measure read times from both the UMD and memory stick.
Install isoreadlog.prx like you would any other plug-in, load a UMD or ISO, and whenever you want the logging to finish, press L+R and the output will be written to “drivers.txt” on your memory stick.
Download: ISO Read Log
ISO Read Log: Measure Access Time for Reading ISOs/UMDs
PSP Filer v5.8 Released
Here’s more of the homebrew you love — Mediumgauge’s PSP Filer version 5.8. PSP Filer is a multi-purpose homebrew app featuring a set of integrated tools for handling common tasks — ripping UMDs, organizing or moving files around your memory stick, flash0 and flash1, extracting RAR archives, playback WAV files, view pictures and text files, etc… It basically breaks down to a fully functional file manager for your PSP.
PSP Filer Screenshot
PSP Filer v5.8 changes:
general:
* added Swedish mode.
* added a feature to ignore analog pad.
filer:
* added a feature to extract all files in an archive file.
* fixed a bug that files in RAR archive which had a broken file name (e.g. ‘?’) could not be extracted correctly. (Those “unusable” characters will be replaced into ‘_’).
* fixed a bug that memory leak was occurred after failing to extract archive files into RAMDISK.
* fixed a bug to have shown wrong count of files after copying.
Download: PSP Filer v5.8
PSXChecker v1.0 Released: Diagnostic Tools for your PSP
Contrary to the name, PSXChecker is not what you may think… It’s in no way used for PSX/PSOne-emulated games. Xager’s PSXChecker is actually a homebrew app for testing and diagnosing certain system routines of your handheld — make sure the buttons are in working order, test the left and right audio channels, and look for, even maybe repairing, stuck pixels.
TODO:
* Graphical menu, not likely but still possible.
* Change sound to “left channel, right channel”
* More tests?
* Possibility to test a second joystick?
* Eastereggs?
* Fullscreen TV-out, will look into it for 1.1
Download: PSXChecker v1.0
Hold+ v3.6 Released
Torch has a new version of his battery saver plug-in available — Hold+ v3.6. Aside from the already known features below, version 3.6 enables the 5th brightness level on the PSP Slim, and increases the music player’s scrolling speed; it’s said to scroll 300 songs in 10 seconds.
Hold+ v3.6 features:
* Switches off the LCD screen and back light.
* Under clocks the CPU to 60MHz.
* The original screen brightness and clock speed are restored when the Hold switch is released.
* Prevents the PSP from going into suspend mode if you accidently push the power switch too far when turning off Hold mode.
* Allows complete operation of the PSP controls with the display turned off.
* Turns off LEDs in hold mode. LEDs are flashed once in 30 seconds so that the PSP is not mistaken to be powered off.
* While in hold mode, allows the use of Left, Right, LTrigger, RTrigger, Volume and Start buttons, if you hold the Select button first. Useful to skip songs, pause etc.
Download: Hold+ v3.6
Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6 Released
Can’t say I saw this one coming… Dark_AleX has released custom firmware 5.00 M33-6. This new version attempts to increase read access, hopefully reducing the lag in heavier titles when playing from the memory stick, and in general, speeding things up all around.
See the comparison chart here.
Changes in 5.00 M33-5:
* A setting has been added to recovery, that, when enabled it may increase memory stick reading speed. (only on the psp, not in the pc). By default it is disabled. If you installed 3.71 fatmsmod, do not use this setting, as its performance with 3.71 driver has not been tested. Instead, reinstall 5.00 m33-4 using dc8 and update to 5.00 m33-5.
Changes in 5.00 M33-6:
* Fixed a bug that made unbootable psp without memory stick or with a bad one.
Download: Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6
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