The PMF movie player, CIntro, is back! Well, sort of. It's been updated to run for 3.xx kernel but is still in its test stage. The update comes from PSP homebrew stalwart, Coolj. More in the full article.

Download: CIntro v3.90

Here's a quick heads-up from homebrew developer SHADOWZ. He has announced the release of his cIntro Mod, which allows us to run PMF videos at the startup of custom firmwares.

This version is meant for 3.00 owners, and will do away with having to flash your unit or editing its config.txt. For the guys who were worried about how much flash the homebrew uses, or were afraid of bricking their PSP, we thought you might want to see this.

Included in the bundle is an updated manual, which changes the installation method used for the brew. Fellow homebrew developer dark420bishop also chipped in on the app by streamlining the file layout for an easier click-and-copy process. As for the instructions (according to SHADOWZ):

• Download the original copy of cIntro
  
• Ok the original instructions call for the modification of the config.txt located in the SYSTEM folder. This used to be used for the custom firmwares like 1.5, but not the 3.00 and above ones. So instead...
• Copy the INTRO folder found in the .rar/.zip file you download and put it into the SYSTEM folder in your PSP's memory stick.
• Now you need to copy the same folder to whatever folder you have defaulted for running 1.5 kernel (for me this is simply the GAME folder but you need to consult your recovery mode to see what yours is).
• Next you need to rename the folder that u copied to GAME (or whatever) to BOOT and then open it and delete the "intro" file (this is not necessary and basically taking up space).
• Now that this is done, go to your SYSTEM folder and open up the INTRO folder that you just copied there. You will see the exact same files as the one you placed in the GAME folder. This is where you place your .pmf file that you want to use for the coldboot movie. Rename it "intro" and overwrite the current one. Now the hard part is over.
• Cold start your psp and enter recovery mode. You need to enable auto run program.

View the README for the full details, which includes a how-to for the 3.03 OE-A' and 3.03 OE-B firmwares needed to get started. Once again, we'd like to thank SHADOWZ, dark420bishop, and Piccahoe for coming up with the app and its respective mods.

Download [Flash-free cIntro Mod for custom firmwares 3.00]

Earlier, we gave you a preview of Kando's new mod for Piccahoe's CIntro app. Well, it's finally out and ready for your downloading pleasure. Kando's CIntro mod works for both v0.1 and v0.2 of the original CIntro app, but you need 3.02OE-B installed on your PSP for it to work properly.

This app effectively replaces the Sony coldboot screen. Instead of the usual Sony intro, you see a rather cool intro movie from the Death Note anime. According to Kando, his CIntro mod "places all of the CIntro files into FLASH1, modifies the eboot to work in there, and modifies the firmware to autoboot FLASH1:/EBOOT.PBP instead of MS0:/PSP/GAME/BOOT/EBOOT.PBP on startup."

Installation:

IF YOU USE VERSION 0.2 YOU MUST EDIT THE INTROCFG.INI AND CHANGE bootup=ms0:/PSP/GAME/IRSHELL/EBOOT.PBP; TO
bootup=xmb

Extract the 2 folders in this release into whichever folder is your 1.50 kernel (GAME or GAME150)

Once thats done...

1. *REMOVED*
   
2. Place all CIntro files from the ROOT of the zip file to Memory Stick ROOT - MS0:/ (ms0:/EBOOT.PBP ms0:/pmfPlayer.prx ms0:/INTROCFG.INI)
3. Find your favorite PMF file (up to ~3.0 MB when no background is set through photo in xmb) and rename it to INTRO.PMF and stick it in ms0:/
4. now that you have your 4 files in ms0:/, run the "CIntro Modifier" program included in this release.
5. once the installer is done, turn off your psp. turn it back on and go into RECOVERY mode.
6. go into "Configuration"
7. ENABLE "Skip SCE Logo"
8. ENABLE "Autorun program at /PSP/GAME/BOOT/EBOOT.PBP (no u dont have to have that made on ms0)
9. Turn off your psp. Remove your memory card. Turn on PSP. Sit and be amazed!

To change your INTRO.PMF of INTROCGF.INI, run CIntro Flasher (Included in the release) to flash ms0:/INTRO.PMF or ms0:/INTROCFG.INI to FLASH1.

Please check the readme file included in the download before you install this app. If you have any questions or comments, click on the discuss link below to talk about this release on the QJ forums. Kudos to xploren for telling us about this release.

Also, PSP newbies who got PSPs for Christmas might want to check out the FAQs, Guides, and Tutorials at our forums and the Guides: General PSP for general PSP stuff (like figuring out the version of "firmware" you have in your PSP). You can jump into homebrew by reading the threads in the Guides: Hacks, Homebrew and Emulators forum. Recommended reading includes the ULTIMATE Homebrew Guide and the The Ultimate QJ Guide.

Download: [CIntro mod]
Discuss: [Forum release thread]

You may be wondering, what is Piccahoe's PSX PHB Patcher for? Well, he dropped by in the forums (and dropped this patcher in our laps) to tell us what this is:

• Lets you have more than one psx game on your psx
• Fix Game Saves (?)

What this does is it streamlines the entire process of hex-editing game saves of your POPSed PSOne games so you can (as it says clearly) keep more than one PSX game. It works in both Windows and Linus (perfect! Now we've got a Linux Popstation and a Linux-compatible patcher!). Here are the instructions he left at the forums, quoted verbatim.

1. Put this in the same folder as the eboot.pbp which you was created by popstation
2. After you converted the file from iso to pbp using popstation
3. click on patch.exe or goto konsole if you on linux type patch.bin
4. it will tell you to enter the new name of the directory. Enter a new name like blahblah (9 char max).
5. wait till it finish! it will only take a sec!
6. turn on your usb using your psp
7. goto /psp/game and create and folder and name it the same name you enter in the program the example name above was blahblah so
8. you have to create a folder name blahblah
9. put the eboot.pbp into the folder that you created along with keys.bin and document.dat

Yes. Definitely WAY easier than hexing.

Download: [PSX PHB Patcher]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

You must have heard of Piccahoe's .PMF player, CIntro. The dev says that it's similar to Sousanator's homebrew app, HelloPRX. However, CIntro plays PM files instead of displaying ASCII. Basically, this one plays a PMF file after you hardboot your PSP. In the readme, it says that you can skip the movie and head to the XMB right away. You can do this by pressing X while the movie is playing. However, if you press X just when the movie's about to be over, the PMF will freeze, so better take note of that.

Anyway, we've been getting comments about this app, and here's some of them:

• RaiderX : man, ive been wanting this exact app for so long!! THANK YOU!!! that video from coded arms will be perfect for my intro!
• Shyez:Wow that was really cool, I want to try this one but my PSP is 2.71 and I'm not going to take the risk but until someone does test it on 2.71 I'll be sure to find out the details. Good Job!

Of course, as we said, this may not work with everyone...

• RaiderX: damn...this wont work with harleyg CF. harleyg has no normal autoboot other than the devhook...

Well, we got word over at our forums that this app works on firmware 2.71 SE-B. You can head to our forums if you want to check it out. DarkStone even posted a video of it, which you can check out here:


Hope it works for you guys, too!

Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

Piccahoe (aka "ピッカホ" if your browser supports Japanese text) has released CIntro over at our QJ forums. It is a .PMF file player, so it goes without saying that you should only use .PMF movies. Above is a YouTube demo of it (from Kage no Yami).

[A note from QJ: Even though Piccahoe is sure that your PSP should be safe, we want to remind you that only *you* are responsible for your PSP. Whenever you try homebrew, you take a risk. So be warned.] Here are the details, taken straight from Piccahoe's readme:

• This program will play a PMF file after you do a hardboot. During the movie, you can press X to skip the movie...However, the movie will freeze and if you press X right when the movie is about to be over. NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY USE .PMF MOVIES
• Requirements:
• Custom Firmware Proof of Concept - by Dark_Alex
• An PMF movie that you want your intro to be
• 1.5 Firmware (this has not been tested out on 2.71...email me at piccahoe2k@hotmail.com if you tried it on 2.71.)

Read the rest of the details by clicking on the Full Article link below.

Download: [CIntro]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]