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Current ORP Bounty: $1,510.

Update: All right; ORP the Bounty Hunter here… Dashhacks will put $1,000 towards the bounty, and should you want ORP on the iPhone as much as the next guy (or girl to be politically correct), then feel free to donate using the PayPal button below. The first person to deliver a working ORP iPhone client takes home the whole she-bang — $1,000 + all donations.

Are you a developer? Do you have skills? What about an iPhone: you have one of those? If you answered yes to all 3 questions then boy, do we have something for [one of] you…

Dashhacks is putting out a bounty… Be the first to port Open Remote Play (ORP) to the iPhone, creating a fully functional touch-enabled ORP experience, and get paid $1,000 CAD. That’s 10 cold hard Canadian brown skins.

The heavy lifting is already done… Check my main man, Dashhacker; he’s got the key to success over at the Open Remote Play project page — code and all.

Bounty rules and stipulations:

1. Open Remote Play is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2; you must agree to that.
2. We’re paying $1,000 CAD via PayPal; sorry no cheques, money orders, or wire transfers.
3. Upon completion your final code will be committed to the ORP SVN repository.
4. You must email your final entry to orp@dashhacks.com.
5. After we test & confirm the first working client, we will announce the winner, which will effectively end the contest.
6. Feel free to email orp@dashhacks.com with any questions or concerns.

All right… You good? Good. Be the first — it’s success and nothin’ less.

svn checkout http://open-rp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ open-rp

Related links:
open-rp project page | dashhacks | iphone-hacks

I vaguely remember (so maybe I’m wrong) some PSP SFO editor or unpacker or something… Something that essentially paved the way for complete PSP hackage… Anyway, this isn’t the PSP obviously or else it’d be hacked by now… This is Hellcat, RichDevX, and SilverSpring’s PlayStation 3 System File Editor. And who knows — maybe it’ll get shit crackin’ too.

PS3 SFO Editor won’t serve the average Joe any real purpose, not yet anyway… But should these low-level dudes end up successful in their quest to hack the unhackable, then that’s a different story.

Download: PS3 SFO Editor v0.80

- source: RichDevX on Twitter

This just in… PS3 Firmware 3.01 has been released.

Eric Lempel writes –

…PS3 system software update 3.01 is now available for download. This is an optional update that improves system stability during use of some PlayStation 3 format software.

Darien217 provides some input too –

As for gaming Uncharted Drake’s Fortune appears to be working again, as it stopped working properly after firmware 3.00.

Anyone else?

Update: Woot woot… Just got word from Dashhacker… You will notice a new option for Mobile Phones under Settings -> Remote Play Settings -> Register Device. With that said, Dashhacker has ORP working again. Those changes are being committed to SVN right now. If you feel inclined to compile from source, go nuts. Otherwise wait for an official release, which will happen sooner rather than later.

Update: Oooh… New start-up screen. New particles floating in the background; I’m guessing animated themes are supported now. Bigger fonts & icons. New ticker in the top right corner: shows the number of friends online, the number of unread messages, and the date/time with some scrolling news below. If you have a long list of media, a progress indicator is shown to the left when holding up/down to scroll through it all. Many new settings under each of the sub-setting menus. Open Remote Play: no more video at all. Still exploring…

Get it now — System Update… I’ll report back later.

If the Belzar modchip is realer than real deal Holyfield, and of course compatible with the PS3 Slim, then you’ll want to know what’s involved with tearing that puppy apart. The folks over at iFixit illustrate how easy it actually is; YouTube check it –

Follow the source link for the step-by-step tutorial.

- source: iFixit

Xavier just posted an interesting tidbit in the comment section here… This is my first time hearing about Belzar, which is supposedly a full-fledged direct boot modchip with quite the feature set:

• Works on all PS3 models
• Works on all PS3 regions (USA, JAP, PAL)
• Direct Boot of PS3 original, import, and backup (copied) games
• Direct Boot of PS2 original, import, and backup (copied) games
• Supports multi-region Blu-ray Movie Playback
• Supports multi-region DVD Movie Playback
• No config disc needed – it just works!
• Transparent stealth operation
• Integrates proven belzar Intelligent Code Modifying System
• No awkward USB interface – just insert DVD and play!
• Supports all up to date titles
• Ultra-low power consumption; does not interfere with normal PS3 operation
• Only 12 wires to solder
• No external PC/laptop needed
• Completely upgradeable firmware, via Belzars USB 2.0 interface

The lowdown… On July 1st the public release was apparently delayed due to a nasty bug that crashed the console using the latest firmware update. Furthermore, a couple days back it’s said the modchip was sent to 50 beta testers for final bug testing. No price or release date has been mentioned/confirmed.

Now, as far as I’m concerned, this is absolute pure speculation for the time being. That is until some concrete evidence surfaces proving otherwise. Anyone, beta testers, hello?!

Sony! C’mon… For real?!

So if you’re able to quit and exit out of Fight Night Round 4 for a moment or two, you’ll see Sony has released PS3 Firmware Update 2.80. And despite what Mr. Lempel says —

The playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 format software has been improved.

Sony has also put a damper on Open Remote Play. Those tricky bastards have seemingly “poisoned” the video stream… If you start the ORP client and establish a Remote Play connection, you’ll notice the video quickly becomes garbled nonsense and eventually the client bails. The good news — you can still make the connection, meaning the authentication hasn’t changed any…

Open Remote Play Progress…

Now better than ever — Dashhacker’s Open Remote Play v1.2 BETA. All you Windows users, you’re going to dig this one… Most notably ORP v1.2 introduces support for the SIXAXIS/DS3 controller, the required driver is included for Windows, and on the Mac, it just works. Also added is mouse support and a much-improved full-screen mode. Check the change log for the rest…

ORP v1.2 changes…

• Vastly improved full-screen mode. Scales video to desktop resolution, much faster and now works as expected under Windows.
• Added proper padding for audio/video packets. This fixes the random read access violation crashes under Windows.
• Added support for SIXAXIS/DS3.
• Added mouse support.
• Added SELECT (F3) and START (F4) keyboard mappings.
• Fixed CTRL-key issues, thanks to lethalwp for the patch.
• And more…

Get it while it’s hot… ORP 1.2 is the last official release for awhile. Cheers!

Download:
ORP v1.2 BETA (Mac OS X)
ORP v1.2 BETA (Windows)

Join, contribute. ORP Source Code

Update: My bad… Forgot the README.txt in the Win32 archive. It’s included now, and for those who have already downloaded it, see here.

Here you go — Open Remote Play for both the Mac and Windows. And not only that — Dashhacker has released the source code. So if you’re a developer and wish to contribute: visit the Open Remote Play Google Code project page. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. And remember, you read it here first. Boom, posted.

Open Remote Play v1.1; things you should know:

1. ORP v1.1 introduces game launching, video scaling (1.5x & 2x size), full screen mode, and many bug fixes.
2. The Mac version, awesome, absolutely awesome. Little bit of key lag… Not much.
3. Windows, well some of you may have issues, some may not… In our case we’ve tested XP, it seems to work fine with some minor issues. Vista, not so much — seems to bail on something… Maybe someone can test and report their experiences below or in the forums. Windows 7 (64bit) users — it works. You may need to resize the Window (drag the bottom right corner) to see the “Save”, “Delete”, and “Cancel” options when editing your ORP profile.

What’s planned? Check this –

• Add joystick support with a default SIXAXIS/DS3 button map.
• Add proper audio+video synchronization (added a quick hack for now).
• Add ability to set/manage buffering and bit-rate profiles.
• Add error messages to the player instead of just bailing silently.
• Implement power-on support.
• Clean-up and document API.

Download:
ORP v1.1 BETA (Mac OS X)
ORP v1.1 BETA (Windows)

Join, contribute. Help improve Open Remote Play:
ORP Source Code

Update: It’s out… And ORP still works.

Uh oh… Big Trouble in Little China? What’s Sony up to… PS3 Firmware 2.76 — it’s just around the corner.

This is a minor update that improves the playback quality of some PS3 format software.

- source: blog.us.playstation