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**Tsukasa** · 01-17-2006, 02:47 PM

Hi everyone,

At the moment, this program will only work on version 1.50 psps.

About the program:
PSPShot lets you take screenshots of all things, which your psp shows to you (eg. System OS, Video, Game, etc..).
It's still buggy and makes sometimes strange lines in the screenshots, if the background is moving too fast. I'll try to solve this problem in the next version.
The screenshots are BMPs, which will be saved under X:\PSP\PHOTO\PSPShot\

Controls:
Start: Starts the system menu in "screenshot mode"
Select: Starts the insertet UMD in "screenshot mode"

L: Enables normal movement
R: Makes a screenshot
L+R: Exit the program

If the background is moving too fast, it helps when you take more than one screenshot, so you can choose the best one. :icon_wink

I hope you like it

You can download it here!

Some of my screenshots:

**Vanden** · 01-17-2006, 02:49 PM

but ther is alreeay something like this it called psp grad and it came out way befor this

but still goodjob

**Zx30** · 01-17-2006, 02:49 PM

Whoa. Awsome man...Too bad i have Firmware 2.60 lol...

Awsome job.

And Congratulations for a good homebrew.

**FrozenIpaq** · 01-17-2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanden9

but ther is alreeay something like this it called psp grad and it came out way befor this

but still goodjob

Yeah...but didn't that only take screenshots of the XMB and was buggy as well :P

From the looks of this, great job!

**Vanden** · 01-17-2006, 02:54 PM

it work ok aobut the 5th time i had to lunch it i used it fro the pspod sreen

**Master Inuyasha** · 01-17-2006, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanden9

it work ok aobut the 5th time i had to lunch it i used it fro the pspod sreen

Can you speak proper English? Some of us cant understand that, and im not trying to be rude either. What i understand is the fifth time you ate lunch, it worked?

**Sopheriel** · 01-17-2006, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Inuyasha

Can you speak proper English? Some of us cant understand that, and im not trying to be rude either. What i understand is the fifth time you ate lunch, it worked?

He confused the heck outa me, thats for sure. O.o

**Master Inuyasha** · 01-17-2006, 03:24 PM

I dont understand why people talk aim talk here? Its a forum, not a chat get-together.

**Vanden** · 01-17-2006, 03:25 PM

no i ment to type launch i had to reset my psp b/c psp grab kept crashing

and i not a good speller and sometimes i am lazy

**Xtreme_Phil** · 01-17-2006, 03:27 PM

PSPShot looks great, pretty awesome for your first homebrew.

DookieFarookie · 01-17-2006, 03:28 PM

Can the technology used here enable users to use their infra-red keyboards inside existing games / web browser...

this would help out with all the B.S. text input's we go through trying to navigate the web.

Just a thought...

**NeilR** · 01-17-2006, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DookieFarookie

Can the technology used here enable users to use their infra-red keyboards inside existing games / web browser...

It takes screenshots... exactly how did you even think about keyboards just now??

**Psypher** · 01-17-2006, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Inuyasha

Can you speak proper English? Some of us cant understand that, and im not trying to be rude either. What i understand is the fifth time you ate lunch, it worked?

That's when your intellect kicks in to 'patch' things up.

I hope you were being sarcastic there about thinking that he stated about eating lunch, quite hilarious, but nevertheless:

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanden9 revised

It worked out about the 5th time through; I had to launch it from the pspod screen.

That's what I can decipher anyway. :icon_wink

**FrozenIpaq** · 01-17-2006, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilR

It takes screenshots... exactly how did you even think about keyboards just now??

I think he is referring to the ability to run a program and a UMD game/navigate the XMB at the same time, thus allowing for "back-apps". An IR Keyboard client may just be able to become such a "back-app". That is what he was thinking

Since this can run in the background while using the PSP, can this be used to utilize other features of the PSP?

Guys, I can translate that post for ya

All it is, is the result of fast-typing mistakes.

Quote:

It worked out about the 5th time through; I had to launch it from the psp os screen.

**MICHAELSD** · 01-17-2006, 03:35 PM

Great job! I can't wait until it makes all the pictures without lines! How about you team up with Edison Carter (guy who created GTA cheat device) and make it take animated GIFs, too? Possible even FMVs with sound and the whole shizz-bang in the future.

Metal Gear Acid 2 is out already?

**Vanden** · 01-17-2006, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psypher

That's when your intellect kicks in to 'patch' things up.

I hope you were being sarcastic there about thinking that he stated about eating lunch, quite hilarious, but nevertheless:

That's what I can decipher anyway. :icon_wink

no i ues it for the pspod sreen not from see

**NeilR** · 01-17-2006, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrozenIpaq

I think he is referring to the ability to run a program and a UMD game/navigate the XMB at the same time, thus allowing for "back-apps". An IR Keyboard client may just be able to become such a "back-app". That is what he was thinking

Since this can run in the background while using the PSP, can this be used to utilize other features of the PSP?

Yeah, I understand. It just struck me as an out-of-left-field post.

**lord pip** · 01-17-2006, 04:04 PM

What happens when you use this program when you upgrade? Does it still run in the background?? If so, its the first homebrew on any new version.

and would you still have kernal access with PSPShot after?

**Zx30** · 01-17-2006, 04:07 PM

Don't you get premium Member status for Making a homebrew?

DookieFarookie · 01-17-2006, 04:10 PM

Heh, my bad..I tend to rush into these things

But yea, he hit the nail on the head. I was thinking I could write a background app that receives the input from the keyboard and translates it into valid input for dialogs, hmm...wonder if we could just edit the memory address that stores the dialog's string. some things to think about, granting he shares his secrets on how he accomplished that.

Excellent work none the less. rock on

**FrozenIpaq** · 01-17-2006, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zx30

Don't you get premium Member status for Making a homebrew?

Yeah..the author should

I would suggest contacting MalumEnSe if you have not yet received your premium membership

**Xodiac21** · 01-17-2006, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrozenIpaq

Yeah..the author should

I would suggest contacting MalumEnSe if you have not yet received your premium membership

hmmm........the official qj homebrewerator.....i like

**Keegster** · 01-17-2006, 04:44 PM

Is there a chance this could run on 2.0 at all? Or does this require kernal access?

**Desiboi1992** · 01-17-2006, 04:50 PM

Awesome Goood Job!

**danzel** · 01-17-2006, 04:50 PM

Thats pretty damn nice!
One possible way for getting good pics every time would be to pause all the game threads, there is functionality in the pspsdk for doing this iirc.
You'll of course need to work out what threads you can pause so you dont pause yourself or anything else important

Or maybe keep a block of memory as big as the screen buffer and just do a single memcpy() of the screen accross. (Not sure how you are currently doing the screen capture, but its something to try)

Any chance of getting the source released? (Perhaps under GPL).
It would make a nice base for a general memory editor for 1.5 games and such

Hardrive · 01-17-2006, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Inuyasha

Can you speak proper English? Some of us cant understand that, and im not trying to be rude either. What i understand is the fifth time you ate lunch, it worked?

You know, because we all eat five breakfasts, lunches, and dinners here? Right? (Did anybody notice how I did my sentances right? That's proper English! Yay!)

no back to speilln like a idiot

seriously tho, good job, to bad im stuck with 2.6 like the rest of us losers out there. :icon_mad:

**Koba** · 01-17-2006, 07:30 PM

i wonder, if this is running in behind each game or anything... this could be used for an action replay... game cheats, psp os cheats, anything, nice app!

**jacksolidsnake** · 01-17-2006, 08:11 PM

Hey Tsukasa in you're next version can you try to make it avaliable for the people with version 2.60 thx

**bepe86** · 01-17-2006, 08:18 PM

Nice app

as for the IR-keyboard idea, anyone knows if it's possible to use the 2.0 tiff exploit to make a background thread that can run inside the browser, and translate IR-input into actual text input? Sounds really hard... I mean, one way could be to hijack the "OSD-keyboard"... I don't even know if it's possible...

anyways, keep up the good work, this is looking interesting

**JustChris** · 01-17-2006, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrozenIpaq

Yeah..the author should

I would suggest contacting MalumEnSe if you have not yet received your premium membership

Plus you also get access to the helpful but mysterious Developers' Dungeon :icon_wink

01-17-2006, 02:47 PM	#1
Tsukasa Developer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: At my PS3 Posts: 65 Trader Feedback: 0	May I introduce you my first homebrew (PSPShot) ? Hi everyone, At the moment, this program will only work on version 1.50 psps. About the program: PSPShot lets you take screenshots of all things, which your psp shows to you (eg. System OS, Video, Game, etc..). It's still buggy and makes sometimes strange lines in the screenshots, if the background is moving too fast. I'll try to solve this problem in the next version. The screenshots are BMPs, which will be saved under X:\PSP\PHOTO\PSPShot\ Controls: Start: Starts the system menu in "screenshot mode" Select: Starts the insertet UMD in "screenshot mode" L: Enables normal movement R: Makes a screenshot L+R: Exit the program If the background is moving too fast, it helps when you take more than one screenshot, so you can choose the best one. :icon_wink I hope you like it You can download it here! Some of my screenshots:

01-17-2006, 02:49 PM	#2
Vanden Join Date: Aug 2005 Real First Name: Vanden Location: Vandenland Just Played: Marval 1 Posts: 11,489 Trader Feedback: 0	but ther is alreeay something like this it called psp grad and it came out way befor this but still goodjob __________________ You know where to find me.

01-17-2006, 02:49 PM	#3
Zx30 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Work/Xbox360/here Posts: 3,926 Trader Feedback: 0	Whoa. Awsome man...Too bad i have Firmware 2.60 lol... Awsome job. And Congratulations for a good homebrew. __________________ Under Construction

01-17-2006, 02:54 PM	#5
Vanden Join Date: Aug 2005 Real First Name: Vanden Location: Vandenland Just Played: Marval 1 Posts: 11,489 Trader Feedback: 0	it work ok aobut the 5th time i had to lunch it i used it fro the pspod sreen __________________ You know where to find me.

01-17-2006, 03:25 PM	#9
Vanden Join Date: Aug 2005 Real First Name: Vanden Location: Vandenland Just Played: Marval 1 Posts: 11,489 Trader Feedback: 0	no i ment to type launch i had to reset my psp b/c psp grab kept crashing and i not a good speller and sometimes i am lazy __________________ You know where to find me.

01-17-2006, 03:24 PM	#8
Master Inuyasha Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA \| Banned: 3 \| Warned: 3 Posts: 2,253 Trader Feedback: 0	I dont understand why people talk aim talk here? Its a forum, not a chat get-together.

01-17-2006, 03:27 PM	#10
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DookieFarookie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 26 Trader Feedback: 0	Can this be used to... Can the technology used here enable users to use their infra-red keyboards inside existing games / web browser... this would help out with all the B.S. text input's we go through trying to navigate the web. Just a thought...

01-17-2006, 03:35 PM	#15
MICHAELSD Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,621 Trader Feedback: 0	Great job! I can't wait until it makes all the pictures without lines! How about you team up with Edison Carter (guy who created GTA cheat device) and make it take animated GIFs, too? Possible even FMVs with sound and the whole shizz-bang in the future. Metal Gear Acid 2 is out already? __________________ [COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE="3"][B]Currently Playing:[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"]Crysis [/B] [B]Unreal Tournament 3[/B][/size][/COLOR]

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Zx30 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Work/Xbox360/here Posts: 3,926 Trader Feedback: 0	Don't you get premium Member status for Making a homebrew? __________________ Under Construction

01-17-2006, 04:10 PM	#20
DookieFarookie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 26 Trader Feedback: 0	Keyboard Heh, my bad..I tend to rush into these things But yea, he hit the nail on the head. I was thinking I could write a background app that receives the input from the keyboard and translates it into valid input for dialogs, hmm...wonder if we could just edit the memory address that stores the dialog's string. some things to think about, granting he shares his secrets on how he accomplished that. Excellent work none the less. rock on

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Keegster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NM l Version: 3.03 OE-C Posts: 536 Trader Feedback: 0	Is there a chance this could run on 2.0 at all? Or does this require kernal access? __________________ [CENTER][url=http://www.socombrosinc.com][IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/Keegstar/keegsig.png[/IMG][/url] [B][COLOR=DarkOrange]Thanks To [/COLOR][url=http://forums.qj.net/member.php?u=39399]deturbanator[/url] [COLOR=DarkOrange]For The Fantastic Sig[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]

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Desiboi1992 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Rich as* city of Potomac, Maryland Posts: 185 Trader Feedback: 0	Awesome Goood Job!

01-17-2006, 04:50 PM	#25
danzel Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 445 Trader Feedback: 0	Thats pretty damn nice! One possible way for getting good pics every time would be to pause all the game threads, there is functionality in the pspsdk for doing this iirc. You'll of course need to work out what threads you can pause so you dont pause yourself or anything else important Or maybe keep a block of memory as big as the screen buffer and just do a single memcpy() of the screen accross. (Not sure how you are currently doing the screen capture, but its something to try) Any chance of getting the source released? (Perhaps under GPL). It would make a nice base for a general memory editor for 1.5 games and such

01-17-2006, 07:30 PM	#27
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	i wonder, if this is running in behind each game or anything... this could be used for an action replay... game cheats, psp os cheats, anything, nice app! __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/

01-17-2006, 08:11 PM	#28
jacksolidsnake Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 157 Trader Feedback: 0	Hey Tsukasa in you're next version can you try to make it avaliable for the people with version 2.60 thx

01-17-2006, 08:18 PM	#29
bepe86 Developer Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 223 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice app as for the IR-keyboard idea, anyone knows if it's possible to use the 2.0 tiff exploit to make a background thread that can run inside the browser, and translate IR-input into actual text input? Sounds really hard... I mean, one way could be to hijack the "OSD-keyboard"... I don't even know if it's possible... anyways, keep up the good work, this is looking interesting

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