Play DivX/Xvid/MP3 on your Playstation 2.

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Turn your PS2 into a Home Entertainment HUB



Do you have a large collection of DVD's or DivX movies in your cub board, but don't know how to play them independently without a desktop PC or don't want to connect your PC to TV via TV-out for obvious reasons or Do you have a Playstation 2 but don't know how to make an optimum use of your investment? In 10 mins you will learn how you can convert your same old PS2 into a Home Entertainment HUB. DVD burners and DVD-Rom's becoming cheaper day-by-day, its really convenient to backup all your movies into DVD's or backup your mini library into compress Xvid or DivX file format. You can store as-many-as six movies into one DVD in Xvid format. Of course you can opt for new DivX players available in market, but wait, are these players good enough? I don't think so.
Why should one opt for PS2 rather than some media player? One, you can play cool PS2 games, all the neighboring kids will envy you and befriend you. Two, you can play DVD's, CD's. Three, you can play DivX and Xvid file format movies. Four, you can listen to all those MP3's that you have collected since 1972. Five, you can play all the movies from USB hard-disk.
Disclaimer! Ensure that you legally own the original movies which you backup in DivX or Xvid formats. I take no responsibility for any damage to your property. Take your own risk.


Step 1:
You Need Hardware:
  1. Playstation 2
  2. Blank CD
  3. USB Hard Disk (Optional)
Software
  1. CD Gen PS2
  2. SMS Player
Step 2:
SMS is a DivX and MP3 player for the PS2. Using SMS, you can stream movies and music right to your TV. forget about all the set-top boxes, forget about the 'Media PC', if you have a PS2, you have all the hardware you need.
Features of SMS include:
  • Smooth DivX AVI Playback at decent resolution
  • Pan/Scan and zooming
  • Subtitles support (SRT and SUB)
  • Visual seek (Fast Forward and Rewind)
  • Multiple language and character set support for subtitles other than English
  • MP3 Playback
  • AC3 Surround Support
  • Full resolution
  • Multilanguage
  • Copy your movies and mp3's to your internal HDD!
SMS will read video files from a variety of sources:
  • Network Streaming
  • USB Drives
  • Hard Drives (both the Official Sony HDD and any normal PC HDD)
  • CD/DVD-ROM (and NO modchip required!)
SMS can even read DVD-RW discs specially formatted with the DVD-Video filesystem, or CD-R Discs formatted with CDDAFS without needing a modchip or any Swap tricks.
Download SMS Player.
Download CDGenPS2.
Download USB.irx file which is part of Naplink.
Download the SYSTEM.cnf file.
Note: There are other Media players for PS2, But I chose SMS because I find it most efficient.


Step 3:


Extract the CDGenPS2 zip file to any location on your drive. Launch the CDGenPS2 exe file.
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Drag all the files in the application which you have download (i.e SMS.elf, USB.irx, System.cnf)
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Right click on "System.cnf" and click "Edit", check "Fix LBA", type 12231 in LBA "text box"
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Click File->Create CD then Save
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Voila! Burn to a CD (not DVD) using any of your favourite CD-Writer software.
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Step 4:
Place the newly created CD into your PS2. Power On.
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After the SMS player loads up. Replace the CD, with any DVD or CD which contains the DivX / Xvid or MP3's, just browse and play the files. If you want, I have created a CD-Image for you. Download SMS Player CD-Image Zip, extract it, then burn it to your CD.


Link :-
*digitalherald.blogspot.com/2006/10/turn-your-ps2-into-home-entertainment.html




and you can format your PS2 memmory card with this tool:-
*www.sksapps.com/mis/MCKiller.zip

Plz reply if you found this tutorial useful.
 
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Shalu_Sharma

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Just tried. Its working.....

Amazing now I dont have to buy an extra mp3 dvd player.
Thanks.
 
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slash_89

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yeah its definitely worth going for a PS2 because you can play awesome PS2 games and even play many other media file types,

but i havent found any s/w yet that'll allow mpeg and vcd playback.
 

gauravakaasid

Back to l33ching :)
wow! this is really kool..thnx slash_89 for this. makes buying the ps2 all the more appealing:D

btw, how much is the ps2 retailing for, in the grey market?
 
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slash_89

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u can get a modded ps2 for around 6500-7500 depending on ur location,
when i last verified in national market(in blore) it was around 7100
 
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slash_89

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a ps2 doesnt come with a hdd, u even have to buy the 8mb memmory card separately(around rs.600-800)
u can get a 40gb hdd for ur ps2 but i have no idea how much it costs.
 

gauravakaasid

Back to l33ching :)
its was around 7k(grey market of-course) here when i enquired last year june/july. prices haven't come down yet it seems, in spite of ps3 coming to india.
 

=CrAzYG33K=

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Great tutorial ..
Just one doubt...
Do I have to load the SMS CD everytime before I want to play a Mp3/DivX dvd or is it just a one-time process?
 
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what u should do is first burn the SMS PLAYER-IMAGE to a CD,
and then just place the CD in the PS2 CD-tray and reset the console,
the PS2 will boot, and SMS PLAYER will startup,
if any of u guys have a problem running this app i'll definately help u out.
 
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@free radical,
thnx for ur appreciation bro,
and can u tell me how i can install linux on my ps2, plz give the complete details.
 
Simple Media System for Playstation 2 (SMS) downloads
*home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/

also see below site...
*www.swapmagic3.com/
 

=CrAzYG33K=

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slash_89 said:
what u should do is first burn the SMS PLAYER-IMAGE to a CD,
and then just place the CD in the PS2 CD-tray and reset the console,
the PS2 will boot, and SMS PLAYER will startup,
if any of u guys have a problem running this app i'll definately help u out.

I meant .. If I load the Image CD (SMS) once it'll load the software for life?
OR
Will I have to load that CD every single time I need to see some DivX DVDs?
I'm not sure you got my question... :rolleyes:
 
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ull have to have to load that CD every time u wanna use the app.
 
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