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Official ISO loader found in 3.50 and 3.51

QJ.net Wrote:More news from the PSP homebrew front. Mathieulh has explained on the Devsgen PSP forums that Sony has included an official ISO loader in PSP firmware versions 3.50 and 3.51. The loader is called np9660.prx and will apparently let PSP users load ISO files off their memory sticks.

The first explanation that comes to mind regarding the official ISO loader is that Sony is planning to release downloadable PSP titles either through PSN or a similar service geared exclusively for the PSP. The company has already mentioned earlier this year that a download service for the PSP is in the works.

French PSP news site PSP-Generation also notes that Dark AleX and Mathieulh will be patching the np9660.prx file for use in custom firmware 3.51 OE.

- Source: [QJ.net]

pspgen Wrote:If you followed the news of this morning concerning the discovery of the �np9660.prx� this is going to interest you otherwise for those who missed the info it�s here : [PSP]: Un ISO Loader Sony inclus dans les firmwares officiels 3.50 et plus.

D-A and Mathieulh has informed us that they will soon patch the module np9660.prx discovered in firmware 3.50 and 3.51 so that you'll be allowed the use the loader on uncrypted ISO !!! The advantages of this exploit, savings improving the autonomy of your PSP, namely: battery, UMD drive, etc�

However there will be one against part in the use of this mode, in exchange you'll have to wait for the 3.51 OE. Indeed, they need time to patch the ISO Loader to have, in the next OE, a 100% functional No UMD mode. To be continued..

Source: [pspgen.com]


DAX working on 3.51 OE instead

QJ.net Wrote:French PSP news site PSP-Generation has posted some pretty big news - both good and bad - concerning the PSP homebrew scene.

The bad news is that according to Mathieulh, Dark AleX will not be releasing custom firmware 3.50 OE, so those who have been waiting for it won't ever get it. The good news is that Dark AleX will be rolling out custom firmware 3.51 OE instead to keep abreast of Sony's most current firmware version for the PSP handheld system.

There has been no time frame yet for when 3.51 OE will come out, but rest assured that wee'll be reporting it as soon as it does. Keep checking back here for updates. Thanks to bhattsan for the heads-up on this news piece.

- Source: [QJ.net]

Discuss

well sony r dumb to include an iso loader its surely gonna be used by the hackers
good for the hacking scene

yep very good for us

the iso loader wouldnt necesarily be goood for us
cause wee are already on oe but for noobs stuck on 3.51 they might be able to use it to hack the psp s or play iso on them

on maxconsole i just saw a post which i think could be right,
if sony are thinking of a psp2, then this could be a step forward, if the downloading isos from sony is succesful then the psp2 might not have a umd drive.. and they can also sell games on a memorystick instead of a umd..umd's are only 1.8gb where as a memorystick can go up to 8gb at the moment and so this could be a "test" to see if it is successful, so not a completely stupid move on sony's side..it could work out in the long run..
but on the other hand, theoretically sony are giving us 100% No-UMD support..

wow yeah i dint think of it like that

yes that is a very good way of looking at things. but who knows maybe the sony iso loader would be better in some way?

if sony wanted to make the psp lite(or 2) really small, removing the umd drive and only having games on memory stick would be a good idea.

so if i were to upgrade to 3.51 i could still play my isos

no, it wouldnt work like that, it would be like the psx emulatuion.. sony will somehow encrypt the games or put a "signature Check2 so that the iso loader would look for the signature and would only run the iso if it passes the check..

yep I bet that's how they would do it.