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**AhMan** · 05-30-2006, 12:10 AM

I've added an alarm clock & a low battery voice warning to iR Shell. IMO, the low battery voice warning will be quite useful since you can't really see the power led blinking while playing a game. Wouldn't it be nice to hear a voice saying "Your battery is low, pls recharge" before your battery drys out?

I would like to ask someone to help or find a chick to do the recording. If you're a female with a nice voice or you have girl friends that have sexy voice, pls let me know if you're willing to help. To show my appreciation, you'll be added to the iR Shell beta team. TIA!

**Predator04** · 05-30-2006, 12:26 AM

i can see if my gf can do it. hit me back in a pm or email me at nealbilly@hotmail.com

**PsPumPkin** · 05-30-2006, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by AhMan

girl friends

eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil

**nathan42100** · 05-30-2006, 02:50 PM

I know you said a chick, but you might want this. dunno

http://www.ihud.com/file.php?file=fi..._for_ahman.wav

**Soulphalanx** · 05-30-2006, 02:51 PM

have the unreal championship "sexy" voice

**NEvolution** · 05-30-2006, 02:53 PM

Very very useful idea.
But I say a recurring yet somewhat annoying beep sound would suffice for these purposes.

**PSPduh** · 05-30-2006, 02:57 PM

But what you should do AhMan, is if the AC adapter is in and the battery is low, it would cancel the voice. Sometimes people play with their psp while the charger in.(I know I do if I clock the PSP to 333MHz and play GTA) Also, you should put an on/off feature, so the user doesn't have to hear it if s/he doesn't want to. Just some suggestions

**EminentJonFrost** · 05-30-2006, 04:22 PM

lol
Interesting idea, Ahman.

you got more than one girlfriend too Ahman? lol

**Captain Bodymod** · 05-30-2006, 04:24 PM

Madsouls sister is a singer, he might be able to get her to do it, she has a fantastic voice.

**Master-Chief** · 05-30-2006, 04:54 PM

I have a pretty stupid question...

Could I have my PSP in Sleep Mode and have the Alarm still wake me up? I just don't want to have my PSP on all night for the Alarm and then have to charge it in the morning because of some battery loss.

05-30-2006, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Master-Chief

I have a pretty stupid question...

Could I have my PSP in Sleep Mode and have the Alarm still wake me up? I just don't want to have my PSP on all night for the Alarm and then have to charge it in the morning because of some battery loss.

You can clock the PSP to 1MHZ and then clock it back to 222mhz when the alarm time comes.

**Realn0whereman** · 05-30-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Crumpets

Madsouls sister is a singer, he might be able to get her to do it, she has a fantastic voice.

i second that motion.

**Master-Chief** · 05-30-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMarioKarters

You can clock the PSP to 1MHZ and then clock it back to 222mhz when the alarm time comes.

Great!

So AhMan, when are you releasing this?

**EminentJonFrost** · 05-30-2006, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Crumpets

Madsouls sister is a singer, he might be able to get her to do it, she has a fantastic voice.

How do you know that?

Quick Q about the CPU: Lowering its MHZ means saving battery life? So, If I'm listening to music with the IR Shell at 100MHZ instead of 222MHZ, its should last ~2x as long?

**Master-Chief** · 05-30-2006, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by EminentJonFrost

How do you know that?

Quick Q about the CPU: Lowering its MHZ means saving battery life? So, If I'm listening to music with the IR Shell at 100MHZ instead of 222MHZ, its should last ~2x as long?

Yeah.. I dunno if the MP3 will play properly running at 100mhz though.

**PSPduh** · 05-30-2006, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by EminentJonFrost

How do you know that?

Quick Q about the CPU: Lowering its MHZ means saving battery life? So, If I'm listening to music with the IR Shell at 100MHZ instead of 222MHZ, its should last ~2x as long?

Yeah it should, but like Master-Chief said if the MP3's will play properly. If you've ever clocked the PSP to 333 MHz, don't you notice the PSP battery life going down faster than at 222MHz or 266MHz? And it also heats up; that's why it overheats while on 333 MHz, your making it use more battery power.

05-30-2006, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EminentJonFrost

How do you know that?

Quick Q about the CPU: Lowering its MHZ means saving battery life? So, If I'm listening to music with the IR Shell at 100MHZ instead of 222MHZ, its should last ~2x as long?

Yes, you're saving battery. You may be losing quality, though, since the PSP isn't putting all of it's power into running the music.

**AhMan** · 05-30-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nathan42100

I know you said a chick, but you might want this. dunno

http://www.ihud.com/file.php?file=fi..._for_ahman.wav

nathan, is this your voice? I may use it if I can't find a chick to do it. BTW, Predator04 is trying to see if his gf can do the recording. I'll see how it turns up.

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Originally Posted by PSPduh

But what you should do AhMan, is if the AC adapter is in and the battery is low, it would cancel the voice. Sometimes people play with their psp while the charger in.(I know I do if I clock the PSP to 333MHz and play GTA) Also, you should put an on/off feature, so the user doesn't have to hear it if s/he doesn't want to. Just some suggestions

The current version is already customisable. You can set the warning threshold or even disable it. The warning wouldn't go off if you're charging it. Think about it, your battery level won't drop while charging.

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Originally Posted by EminentJonFrost

lol
Interesting idea, Ahman.

you got more than one girlfriend too Ahman? lol

Good catch, lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Crumpets

Madsouls sister is a singer, he might be able to get her to do it, she has a fantastic voice.

Can you convince Madsouls to have her sister to do it. It would be great if I can have a singer's voice in iR Shell.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master-Chief

I have a pretty stupid question...

Could I have my PSP in Sleep Mode and have the Alarm still wake me up? I just don't want to have my PSP on all night for the Alarm and then have to charge it in the morning because of some battery loss.

No, the alarm will only work when your PSP is power on.

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Originally Posted by Master-Chief

Great!

So AhMan, when are you releasing this?

When I can find a chick to do the recording.

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Originally Posted by Master-Chief

Yeah.. I dunno if the MP3 will play properly running at 100mhz though.

The iR Shell already allows you to clock your PSP to 100MHz and the built-in mp3 player works fine at this speed. You will save battery life, but it may not be 2x longer than 222MHz.

05-30-2006, 06:50 PM

AhMan, why not clock the PSP to 1mhz, and turn the screen off while the alarm feature is enabled, then clock it back up to 333mhz, and turn the screen on when the alarm is needed, that is pretty much a "sleep mode."

**Kos** · 05-30-2006, 06:52 PM

i think nathans voice sounded gd =)...now for a chick

**SG57** · 05-30-2006, 06:53 PM

you cannot clock the PSP to asomething below predefined sets... but im sure the people at ps2dev.org have done soemthing about this...

**AhMan** · 05-30-2006, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMarioKarters

AhMan, why not clock the PSP to 1mhz, and turn the screen off while the alarm feature is enabled, then clock it back up to 333mhz, and turn the screen on when the alarm is needed, that is pretty much a "sleep mode."

The current version allows you to clock your PSP at 10MHz while the alarm window is active. It will automatically switch to original speed when the alarm goes off or you've exited the alarm window. I had tried to clock it at 1MHz, but then it took me 10 seconds to hold a button before my PSP can recognize it.

05-30-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SG57

you cannot clock the PSP to asomething below predefined sets... but im sure the people at ps2dev.org have done soemthing about this...

eLoader clocks the PSP to 1mhz in it's "sleep mode".

Quote:

Originally Posted by AhMan

The current version allows you to clock your PSP at 10MHz while the alarm window is active. It will automatically switch to original speed when the alarm goes off or you've exited the alarm window. I had tried to clock it at 1MHz, but then it took me 10 seconds to a button before my PSP can recognize it.

Ahh, ok. That makes sense, 1mhz would not be as responsive.

**Art** · 05-30-2006, 08:46 PM

The buttons are very responsive for the 1MHz Chinese Reader (text reader) program.
I don't know how this is achieved, maybe the program is doing nothing else but wait for
a button at the times they are pressed, since it is only a text reader.

**youresam** · 05-30-2006, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Art

The buttons are very responsive for the 1MHz Chinese Reader (text reader) program.
I don't know how this is achieved, maybe the program is doing nothing else but wait for
a button at the times they are pressed, since it is only a text reader.

Well, wouldnt a new thread made just for button input work?

**Art** · 05-30-2006, 10:22 PM

Don't know, I've only had the input routine as part of the main routine.
I'm new to this magical "multi tasking" arrangement with the PSP, but I
assumed still, that the CPU running at 1MHz still had to find spare CPU time to
service the input checking no matter how implemented.

There must be a way though.
Is IRshell always drawing new screen frames in real time? I don't know if it's the type of
program where it is easy to suspend everything other than button checking.

I also want to make 1MHz low power mode work for programs other than an alarm clock.

**AhMan** · 05-30-2006, 11:32 PM

The reason for the keys not responsive under 1MHz is 'cos iR Shell put the key handling at a very low priority, so the keys polling won't affect your homebrew/game performance. Of course this can be treated differently when running 1MHz, but I would rather not bother with it.

**Jeff Chen** · 05-30-2006, 11:59 PM

AhMan, you can use the speech from the game "Command & Conquer", the female voice "Low power" when you are running low on power supply

I'll try to find one on the net and upload for ya.

**Jeff Chen** · 05-31-2006, 12:46 AM

Here is the low power warning from Command & Conquer.

**AhMan** · 05-31-2006, 12:58 AM

Jeff, thanks for upload. Now, I got several to choose from.

05-30-2006, 12:10 AM	#1
AhMan Retired PSP Developer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 213 Trader Feedback: 0	Low Battery Voice Warning I've added an alarm clock & a low battery voice warning to iR Shell. IMO, the low battery voice warning will be quite useful since you can't really see the power led blinking while playing a game. Wouldn't it be nice to hear a voice saying "Your battery is low, pls recharge" before your battery drys out? I would like to ask someone to help or find a chick to do the recording. If you're a female with a nice voice or you have girl friends that have sexy voice, pls let me know if you're willing to help. To show my appreciation, you'll be added to the iR Shell beta team. TIA!

05-30-2006, 02:50 PM	#4
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05-30-2006, 02:53 PM	#6
NEvolution Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Where am I? Firmware Posts: 3,505 Trader Feedback: 0	Very very useful idea. But I say a recurring yet somewhat annoying beep sound would suffice for these purposes. __________________ [img]http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9792/1qj7.png[/img] [SIZE="1"][B]\|Main Rig\|[/B] Asus P5K Deluxe [0404] Q6600 L738A999 G0 SLACR @ 3.6Ghz [400x9] 2x1GB Firestix DDR2-1000 ATI HD2900XT [MCW60] Seagate 7200.11 500 GB / 7200.10 320GB Creative X-FI Platinum Antec P182 [B]\|Cooling\|[/B] D-Tek FuZion [Quad - Nozzle] [B]\|[/B] MCW60 [B]\|[/B] MCR320 [B]\|[/B] EKRes150 [B]\|[/B] DDC-1T /w AlphaCool Top[/SIZE]

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05-30-2006, 12:26 AM	#2
Predator04 Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 159 Trader Feedback: 0	i can see if my gf can do it. hit me back in a pm or email me at nealbilly@hotmail.com

05-30-2006, 02:57 PM	#7
PSPduh PwnerOfMe Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: LOLWUT Posts: 2,625 Trader Feedback: 1	But what you should do AhMan, is if the AC adapter is in and the battery is low, it would cancel the voice. Sometimes people play with their psp while the charger in.(I know I do if I clock the PSP to 333MHz and play GTA) Also, you should put an on/off feature, so the user doesn't have to hear it if s/he doesn't want to. Just some suggestions

05-30-2006, 04:24 PM	#9
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05-30-2006, 04:54 PM	#10
Master-Chief Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 530 Trader Feedback: 0	I have a pretty stupid question... Could I have my PSP in Sleep Mode and have the Alarm still wake me up? I just don't want to have my PSP on all night for the Alarm and then have to charge it in the morning because of some battery loss.

05-30-2006, 06:50 PM	#19
TheMarioKarters Guest Posts: n/a	AhMan, why not clock the PSP to 1mhz, and turn the screen off while the alarm feature is enabled, then clock it back up to 333mhz, and turn the screen on when the alarm is needed, that is pretty much a "sleep mode."

05-30-2006, 06:52 PM	#20
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05-30-2006, 08:46 PM	#24
Art Bush Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,557 Trader Feedback: 0	The buttons are very responsive for the 1MHz Chinese Reader (text reader) program. I don't know how this is achieved, maybe the program is doing nothing else but wait for a button at the times they are pressed, since it is only a text reader.

05-30-2006, 10:22 PM	#26
Art Bush Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,557 Trader Feedback: 0	Don't know, I've only had the input routine as part of the main routine. I'm new to this magical "multi tasking" arrangement with the PSP, but I assumed still, that the CPU running at 1MHz still had to find spare CPU time to service the input checking no matter how implemented. There must be a way though. Is IRshell always drawing new screen frames in real time? I don't know if it's the type of program where it is easy to suspend everything other than button checking. I also want to make 1MHz low power mode work for programs other than an alarm clock.

05-30-2006, 11:32 PM	#27
AhMan Retired PSP Developer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 213 Trader Feedback: 0	The reason for the keys not responsive under 1MHz is 'cos iR Shell put the key handling at a very low priority, so the keys polling won't affect your homebrew/game performance. Of course this can be treated differently when running 1MHz, but I would rather not bother with it.

05-30-2006, 11:59 PM	#28
Jeff Chen Site Admin Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 119 Trader Feedback: 0	AhMan, you can use the speech from the game "Command & Conquer", the female voice "Low power" when you are running low on power supply I'll try to find one on the net and upload for ya.

05-31-2006, 12:58 AM	#30
AhMan Retired PSP Developer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 213 Trader Feedback: 0	Jeff, thanks for upload. Now, I got several to choose from.

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