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PSPdizaster WMA Enabler for 2.60 PSP

Posted Mar 21, 2006 at 11:14PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Applications Tags: psp exploits, psp hacks
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<<< This is an entry from the NeoFlash Spring Coding Competition >>>

Team PSPdizaster has released a WMA Enabler for 2.60 PSP. This tool is meant for those who wanted to listen to WMA music but don't have internet connection for their PSPs. You will need the eLoader and GTA: LCS to run this tool on your 2.60 PSP of course. Here is a guide on how to use this program:
  1. Extract the containing folder "wmaenable" to the "games" folder on the psp
  2. On your psp start the GTA UMD game
  3. Once eLoader is loaded you should see your EBOOTs go to the EBOOT that named "PSP WMA ENABLER"
  4. Start/run "PSP WMA ENABLER" by pressing the "X" or "O" button
  5. Once the app "PSP WMA ENABLER" is running and you will see the words "wma enabler". Press the "x" button
  6. Once after you pressed X the app will do its duty on enabling your wma support
  7. The app will take you back to the eLoader menu.
  8. Press "start" button to exit eLoader
  9. You will notice a change of look and system name.
  10. Put your music (wma files) on your psp
  11. Play your music
*WARNING*
*If this bricked your psp pspdizaster are not to be blamed. You are the one that took the chance of using this so blame yourself...
** You can change your name back to anything you want if you'd like. It won't hurt anything**
*** We at pspdizaster have tested this and have not bricked our psp so if you brick  its your fault for altering the file while thinking you can do more with this file***




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# mehGuest 2006-03-22 00:51
pretty cool trick to get WMA playign, but its easier to go and download a program called GlodWave and use that to convert WMA to MP3

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# blahGuest 2006-03-22 00:54
lol PSPdizaster..doesnt sound like somehting id put on my psp lol

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# no flash or kernal write access?Guest 2006-03-22 01:05
What the heck have they figured out that would brick a v2.6 psp? Other than patching the ram that is. All of these warning don't make sense anymore.

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# My opinionJeff Chen 2006-03-22 01:10
They are copying a registry with WMA enabled to your firmware... that's all... D'oh... why did I post this... >_

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# or notevilgrug 2006-03-22 01:16
Convert with Goldwave? Please. WMAs sound bad enough, transcoding to another lossy format such as MP3 is going to make them sound even worse.

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# thats possible now?manaox2 2006-03-22 01:17
So they just skipped the encryption of 2.6 and used skylark's tools to verify the code that they put into the registry which they copied in? I didn't think we could do that because a) we have no flash write access on 2.6 as far as I know of and b) we still haven't figured out the 2.6 encryption. I know that these tools are being used for some cool hacks and searches for the exploit that will open up homebrew for 2.0+ to 2.5, but didn't know that we were messing with the 2.6 registry yet. I do know that Jeff Chan has cred in this area though and probably knows more than I do.

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# A better ideamatts1900 2006-03-22 01:25
Well done to Team PSPdizaster for this hack, however I have a better solution for playing music. It's very easy to do, and requires no firmware hacking: : Don't ever use WMA.

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# ...glynnder- pspro 2006-03-22 01:34
Well to be fair, if someone can't just hook their PSP to the internet for a couple of minutes, its unlikely they'll be able to do all this stuff with homebrew.. unless they hav dial up



Anyways, great release, keep 'em coming PSPDizaster

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# who caresGuest 2006-03-22 01:47
why would anybody go through the trouble just to play WMA...it only takes a sec to convert to mp3...and to that person who said mp3 is a loosy format....hahha thats retared....mp3 is one of the best format if not the best...and plus...they all sound the same...unless it some low ass kbs rate

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# atrac3Guest 2006-03-22 03:32
mp3's seem to get pretty big........try using atrac3 with your psp....you can fit about 965 songs on a 1gb ms

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# !Guest 2006-03-22 03:35
i thought 2.6 has wma support already

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# It hasGutya 2006-03-22 04:08
But you need to connect to the internet breifly to enable it.

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# What it does:FreePlay 2006-03-22 04:10
Overwrites your system settings with those of a PSP that have WMA playback enabled already.

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# jmnky 2006-03-22 04:58
pspdisaster nicked this from anouther site

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# :)Guest 2006-03-22 05:05
ah cleverness... a job well done!



on another note, how come when anyone releases homebrew or some kind of mod, people feel the need to bash it? it's happening here, it happened with the N64 emulator (someone wanted dreamcast, wah wah wah), and usually happens when someone doesn't release their source code at the same exact second as the program, trying to get all legal by saying that it's AGAINST THE LAW (even though most copyleft "laws" are based on good will and aren't really held up in court)...



anyway, i think that if everyone was a bit more supportive, we could have an even better homebrew scene. what's th e point of creating things if people are just going to tell you that they want something else?

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# This has been out forever nowGuest 2006-03-22 05:26
They released this like 2-3 weeks ago god pspupdates is slow. And ya I would be afraid to use this. Their team thinks they can make a 2.6 downgrader lmfao.

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# Hey, way to go, use Skylark's+Freeplay's tools in a trivial way without acknowledgement Guest 2006-03-22 05:55
... no comment.

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# RE: Hey, way to go, use Skylark's+Freeplay's tools in a trivial way without acknowledgement Guest 2006-03-22 07:06
Shut the hell up.

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# Jake 2006-03-22 08:14
This has been out for 2-3 weeks and we're slow? In case you failed to read, this particular version was released as part of the NeoFlash coding competition just a day and a half ago.



Where's your up to date blog, BTW? Relax, have fun - stop being an insufferable, miserable teen.

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# Yeah!Guest 2006-03-22 09:39
MP3 takes advantage mostly of sounds the human ear can't process so it takes mainly them away. So it sounds about the same.

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# RE: who caresGuest 2006-03-22 09:50
mp3 IS a lossy format, I don't know of you know what the definition of lossy is, but any for of compression will be lossy, and mp3 is definately compression. Therefore, that notion isn't 'retared'. Besides, converting wma to mp3 wouldn't raise the sound quality, like converting a jpeg to bitmap, it only makes the image larger, it doesn't give it any higher quality.

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# WMAGuest 2006-03-22 10:17
WMA is better than MP3 if you have the right tools, but for WMA to be better you need to be able to encode in the VBR state with 2-Pass, Which sounds vastely better than MP3 at 192kbps. WMA is much more better for larger systems with powerful speakers as it isn't as lossy as MP3, but concidering this is just a PSP, you may aswell stick with MP3 and if you want WMA just connect to the net to enable, Just go to some inetnet cafe or something and hijack a connection there, haha.

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# re: who caresGuest 2006-03-22 12:38
i wasn't saying converting wma to mp3 will raise the quality...i was just saying most of all music formats sound the same to the naked ear...unless the kbs is under 160 then you can tell the difference....im a music fan and i have never come across a different format from mp3 that makes my ear orgasim....so thus...they all sound the same....stop being so picky



and if you think mp3 sounds bad...you probably got your EQ set wrong

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# RE:wtf this stupid program my psp is now bricked god damn itGuest 2006-03-22 12:40
You didnt even try it *****

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# ..Guest 2006-03-22 13:14
wma is smaller :P

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# Lossless VS LossyGuest 2006-03-22 13:46
A lossy format is simply a means of compression that does not 100% accurately recreate the original audio data when the audio(or video) is compressed and played back.



MP3 is definitely lossy, WMA standard is lossy. There is a WMA lossless codec but I have no idea if the PSP supports this.



A lossless codec achieves a much lower compression ratio but recreates the original data perfectly, like zip/rar do to whatever u compress. It is also dependant on the amount of 'similarity' it can find in the audio, so your standard hip hop with nothing more than a bass line and snare drum will compress much better than Mozart.

(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/codecs/audio.aspx)



If you want good compression you really need a lossy codec and have to hope that it removes info that you 'cannot hear'. Transcoding from 1 lossy codec to another will almost definitely reduce the quality noticeably as all codecs choose different parts to take out and sound is quite a complex thing.



There are many superior codecs, mp3 was created in the late 80s, but its the standard and 'good enough'.

In any case, Microsoft makes WMA, stick to mp3.



to who cares: Reading is good, it leads to learning which leads to not making retarded comments.

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# thanks psp dizasterGuest 2006-03-22 14:18
yo know what atleast they made it ok hell i dont have wireless internet ok so i thank them ALOT for making this app... and i know supa_sick very well hes my sisters boyfriend so i know he did this only because he cares and deals with the same crap just like anyone of you do... so just get over your flaming A$$ and like the fact that he cares about you even after you flame him or his team

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# thanks psp dizasterGuest 2006-03-22 14:18
yo know what atleast they made it ok hell i dont have wireless internet ok so i thank them ALOT for making this app... and i know supa_sick very well hes my sisters boyfriend so i know he did this only because he cares and deals with the same crap just like anyone of you do... so just get over your flaming A$$ and like the fact that he cares about you even after you flame him or his team

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# for 1.5?Guest 2006-03-22 16:48
is there anything like this for 1.5's? i want to use the player from the system menu to play WMAs.

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# for 1.5 reply!!!Guest 2006-03-23 00:43
theres something called psplayer it plays all kinds of media formats... i use it

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# great!Guest 2006-03-25 08:11
superb! works a charm! if it doesnt work first, dlete you music adn do it again.

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