It is.
I would change the PS1 SDTV mode in the GSM to the PS1 NTSC. The 480p mode would be temporary forced until you boot the game. The video mode should be set to the 240p then.
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It is.
I would change the PS1 SDTV mode in the GSM to the PS1 NTSC. The 480p mode would be temporary forced until you boot the game. The video mode should be set to the 240p then.
Then I'll re-install using cross-region, since the multi-install is not recommended.
Are you sure it doesn't damage the TV?
Anyway, what about the Disc Patcher "EXE Filename" option. What is it for?
I am not sure at all. But I think you have got a pretty good knowledge about the TV standards, since I remember our last talk about the alleged RGB signal differences originated from the same source.
That mode should behave like a regular 480p signal in the PS2 mode, switching to the 240p mode in the PS1 mode, at least according to the GSM's documentation.
That mode should behave like a regular 480p signal in the PS2 mode, switching to the 240p mode in the PS1 mode, at least according to the GSM's documentation.
I don't know very well how GSM actually works though. Anyway I tried using the multi-scart (it should burn it before the TV. Btw once I send a 31Khz signal to it several times when doing a test and it didn't get damaged).
In Ps2 mode it output 480p (messed up lines on the CRT). Starting the Ps1 game the output changes to 480i, same as selecting NTSC from SD video modes, apparently.
The only difference is that Ps1 480p centers the picture a little lower. Also it screws up the PS logo and the game's intro (tried with FFVIII). All is fine once in main menu and in game, but it's 480i though.
I think Ps1 modes are made appositely for HD Tvs (that automatically de-interlace the signals).
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Hello I would like to report this and I have no idea if that is normal:
First of all I have a SCPH-90004 with a 1.93 Matrix Infinity chip and most of the tests I did were with the Disabled Chip.
When Installing the exploit and changing the region to DTL-H90004 strangely the FreeDVDBoot does not work when inserting the disc appears "DVD Player is not set up". and also it corrupted the icon of Fortuna, Funtuna, etc, luckily I had another MC to reinstall Fortuna.
Then I tried to change to DTL-H90001 It works Perfectly, and if I went back to my original region FreeDVDBoot also worked perfectly, I do not understand why in the DTL-H90004 it produces that very annoying and worrying error for someone who does not have another entry point to ulaunchelf without a chip . There were many tests I did and it always corrupts Fortuna Icon
Hola quisiera reportar esto y no tengo idea si eso es normal:
Primero que nada Tengo una SCPH-90004 con chip Matrix Infinity 1.93 y mayoría de las pruebas que hice fueron con el Chip Deshabilitado.
Al Instalar el exploit y cambiar la región a DTL-H90004 extrañamente el FreeDVDBoot no funciona al insertar el disco aparece "DVD Player is not set up". y además Corrompía el icono de Fortuna, Funtuna, etc, por suerte tenía otra MC para reinstalar Fortuna.
Luego intente cambiar a DTL-H90001 Funciona Perfectamente, y si volvía a mi región original también funcionaba perfectamente FreeDVDBoot, no entiendo porque en la DTL-H90004 produce ese error muy molesto y preocupante para alguien que no tenga otro punto de entrada a ulaunchelf sin chip. Fueron muchas pruebas que hice y siempre corrompe el icono de Fortuna
First of all I have a SCPH-90004 with a 1.93 Matrix Infinity chip and most of the tests I did were with the Disabled Chip.
When Installing the exploit and changing the region to DTL-H90004 strangely the FreeDVDBoot does not work when inserting the disc appears "DVD Player is not set up". and also it corrupted the icon of Fortuna, Funtuna, etc, luckily I had another MC to reinstall Fortuna.
Then I tried to change to DTL-H90001 It works Perfectly, and if I went back to my original region FreeDVDBoot also worked perfectly, I do not understand why in the DTL-H90004 it produces that very annoying and worrying error for someone who does not have another entry point to ulaunchelf without a chip . There were many tests I did and it always corrupts Fortuna Icon
Hola quisiera reportar esto y no tengo idea si eso es normal:
Primero que nada Tengo una SCPH-90004 con chip Matrix Infinity 1.93 y mayoría de las pruebas que hice fueron con el Chip Deshabilitado.
Al Instalar el exploit y cambiar la región a DTL-H90004 extrañamente el FreeDVDBoot no funciona al insertar el disco aparece "DVD Player is not set up". y además Corrompía el icono de Fortuna, Funtuna, etc, por suerte tenía otra MC para reinstalar Fortuna.
Luego intente cambiar a DTL-H90001 Funciona Perfectamente, y si volvía a mi región original también funcionaba perfectamente FreeDVDBoot, no entiendo porque en la DTL-H90004 produce ese error muy molesto y preocupante para alguien que no tenga otro punto de entrada a ulaunchelf sin chip. Fueron muchas pruebas que hice y siempre corrompe el icono de Fortuna
I have got no idea then. Maybe try the non-interlaced modes.
Well, the best advice is to throw away the modchip. Of course I am not sure 100%, but it could interfere with the region changes as it is written in the official readme.
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Maybe it's a PAL region related problem. I seems I also had that error when inserting a DVD video (or a ESR patched game, since it is seen as DVD video). But I have to re-check it (hoping my Ps2 lens will agree...).
It would be great if someone else with another 9000X without a chip tries to test FreeDVDBoot already with the exploit applied to remove all doubts.
I emphasize that I have to disable the YES or YES chip in all regions, be it CEX or DEX for FreeDVDBoot to work, except for DTLH90004 There if it already corrupts the fortune icon and the typical legend DVD is not set up appears
"DVD Player is not set up" is shown when the decryption of the DVD Player fails. Since the SCPH-90000 series have got an universal BOOT ROM with players from all regions, I think it is some interference from the modchip, but more reports from other users are always welcomed of course. The problem is that modchip could still be enabled, even if it states itself it is disabled. Be it a clone or a something else.
I don't think the chip is the problem, but who knows maybe yes, maybe not.
but If it was the chip, it shouldn't work on SPCH9000X or DTLH90001. But as I said, the most important thing is that FreeDVDBoot in DTLH90004 breaks fortune and the worst thing is that it does not start the disk XD
JustWinstonIsOK
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I feel like a bit of an ingrate for asking this directly in response to such an amazing feat of hacking, so let me first thank the developers for their work. I'm seriously in awe and will probably be installing this on my SCPH-50001 just because I feel like it would be cool to have a region free PS2, even though I don't usually play discs. With that out of the way...
Anyone know if this would be of any help in the development of a PS2 ODE? OPL is awesome and works great with most games in my experience, but it seems like directly replacing the optical drive would enable even greater compatibility as well as supporting PS1 games. My understanding is that the MechaCon controls all the PS2's security functions, so with the MechaCon defeated maybe it would be simpler to get the PS2 to accept an ODE? (Of course there's the question of whether anyone would bother developing an ODE when OPL exists... but I do think PS1 support would be a big selling point.)
Anyone know if this would be of any help in the development of a PS2 ODE? OPL is awesome and works great with most games in my experience, but it seems like directly replacing the optical drive would enable even greater compatibility as well as supporting PS1 games. My understanding is that the MechaCon controls all the PS2's security functions, so with the MechaCon defeated maybe it would be simpler to get the PS2 to accept an ODE? (Of course there's the question of whether anyone would bother developing an ODE when OPL exists... but I do think PS1 support would be a big selling point.)
Berion
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Hardware ODE would still be awesome (beside price and legal stuff...) even now when we have OPL and POPStarter/PS2PSXe, simply because it could reach 100% games compatibility, which is probably not impossible for only software side.
However, OPL also adding GSM features and VMC features which can be dealt better also by hardware mods (i.e by PS2Digital + none existed Memory Card adaptor for i.e MicroSDHC).
So for me it still have sense.
However, OPL also adding GSM features and VMC features which can be dealt better also by hardware mods (i.e by PS2Digital + none existed Memory Card adaptor for i.e MicroSDHC).
So for me it still have sense.
I'm using GSM 0.38 stand-alone. This version only have PAL, NTSC, PS1 480p/576p and VGA modes.
That said I know the non-interlaced modes from OPL-GSM, I think they aren't made for CRT (or maybe are just for some precise games).
I don't know how it actually work. For example NTSC not interlaced, it seems like the TV get it as 240p but since it's 480 lines it doubles the image size (both horizontal and vertical size, so the picture overflows from the screen being about 3/4x bigger than normal).
Maybe on older versions it worked differently, like older Ulaunchelf.
Ulaunchelf 4.42 for example, in NTSC mode, interlaced on is 480i. Interlaced off, 240p. But on newer versions it introduced that behavior of 4x bigger picture. That option have been completely removed since some revisions.
Anyway, I checked a game ISO after renaming the EXE with disc patcher. It renames the ID and edits the SYSTEM.CNF accordingly.
Thus I done this way. Silent Hill PAL:
- renamed the EXE with Disc Patcher 3.0 (original is SLES_015.14, I named it SLUS_015.14)
- patched with Zapper 2000 setting the Vertical Position (Y-fix) to 0 - 0
This way, when booting the game from Ps2Browser/OSDSYS it boots in native PAL format.
If booting through PS1VModeNeg it boots in NTSC (240p).
As we said, conventional PAL/NTSC (like PAL4U and Z2K) don't work for setting the desired format. However the Z2K function for patching the vertical position do work. Without patching the Y-FIX the game is positioned so low that the CRT geometry settings range is not enough for center the picture.
This isn't a problem on digital TVs, but it seems also part of the picture's bottom is cutted (it'd be so in any type of monitor).
Patching Y position to 0 - 0 fixes it perfectly.
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My console is a 75004 (patched with MechaPWN to DTL-H75004. I can guarantee I didn't set the force unlock option, since I'm using Ps1 games. Also the force unlock option wasn't present when I download mechapwn, last version still was: SCPH-550xx, Backup restore).
I think I can confirm it's something related to PAL protection that, as you said, seems more strict than NTSC.
I pulled out MCs (so, no modchip, no FMCB) and when inserting a DVD Video I get that message:
The DVD player is not being detected, so also ESR and FDVDBoot patched discs (since they exploit a DVD player bug) can't work.
Just leave it on USA region
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No, I don't think it has got any impact on the potential ODE development. But really, a big selling point would be a PS1 playback? Just buy a PS1 with a PSIO extension. An investment in such development would have got near zero revenue.
Probably it was the older versions, like 0.23, with the modes I wrote.
So it's something related to that QA patch. The DECKARD consoles have got an every DVD Player region executable in their ROM. But it looks like a mismatched region between the DVD Player KELF and a MagicGate. It would be good to inform the men behind the MechaPwn project about that.
JustWinstonIsOK
Member
Thanks for the input, it was an idea that popped into my head but I'm not an expert on this stuff obviously.
That said, I don't think the existence of PS1 ODEs makes PS1 compatibility pointless for a PS2 ODE. If you're a fan of both systems, one modded console is cheaper (especially if you also want to install an HDMI mod) and takes up less space than two. And if it were a simpler install than the PS1 ODEs (which all require some pretty tricky soldering AFAIK), then people would buy it just for PS1.
I'll give it a look.
I opened a issue: Video player issue · Issue #25 · MechaResearch/MechaPwn (github.com)
Well, I mentioned both consoles we were using (75004 and 90004), also linked this discussion. Not only we have deckard models, we aren't even changing the region, it is actually the opposite, the issue apears when keeping the native region (PAL).
Not even a question for clarification... Evidently they're not interested.
Not even a question for clarification... Evidently they're not interested.
Dark90
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I get the problem, i can't use any dvd. "Dvd player isnt setup" or something like that,
Now i can launch dvd videos with this tutorial
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/ps2-dvd-player-modifications.25039/
Placed in My mc
Now i can launch dvd videos with this tutorial
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/ps2-dvd-player-modifications.25039/
Placed in My mc
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