Play DivX/Xvid/MP3 on your Playstation 2.

Turn your PS2 into a Home Entertainment HUB



Do you have a large collection of DVD's or DivX movies in your cub board, but don't know how to play them independently without a desktop PC or don't want to connect your PC to TV via TV-out for obvious reasons or Do you have a Playstation 2 but don't know how to make an optimum use of your investment? In 10 mins you will learn how you can convert your same old PS2 into a Home Entertainment HUB. DVD burners and DVD-Rom's becoming cheaper day-by-day, its really convenient to backup all your movies into DVD's or backup your mini library into compress Xvid or DivX file format. You can store as-many-as six movies into one DVD in Xvid format. Of course you can opt for new DivX players available in market, but wait, are these players good enough? I don't think so.
Why should one opt for PS2 rather than some media player? One, you can play cool PS2 games, all the neighboring kids will envy you and befriend you. Two, you can play DVD's, CD's. Three, you can play DivX and Xvid file format movies. Four, you can listen to all those MP3's that you have collected since 1972. Five, you can play all the movies from USB hard-disk.
Disclaimer! Ensure that you legally own the original movies which you backup in DivX or Xvid formats. I take no responsibility for any damage to your property. Take your own risk.


Step 1:

You Need Hardware:

1. Playstation 2
2. Blank CD
3. USB Hard Disk (Optional)

Software

1. CD Gen PS2
2. SMS Player

Step 2:

SMS is a DivX and MP3 player for the PS2. Using SMS, you can stream movies and music right to your TV. forget about all the set-top boxes, forget about the 'Media PC', if you have a PS2, you have all the hardware you need.
Features of SMS include:

• Smooth DivX AVI Playback at decent resolution
• Pan/Scan and zooming
• Subtitles support (SRT and SUB)
• Visual seek (Fast Forward and Rewind)
• Multiple language and character set support for subtitles other than English
• MP3 Playback
• AC3 Surround Support
• Full resolution
• Multilanguage
• Copy your movies and mp3's to your internal HDD!

SMS will read video files from a variety of sources:

• Network Streaming
• USB Drives
• Hard Drives (both the Official Sony HDD and any normal PC HDD)
• CD/DVD-ROM (and NO modchip required!)

SMS can even read DVD-RW discs specially formatted with the DVD-Video filesystem, or CD-R Discs formatted with CDDAFS without needing a modchip or any Swap tricks.
Download SMS Player.
Download CDGenPS2.
Download USB.irx file which is part of Naplink.
Download the SYSTEM.cnf file.
Note: There are other Media players for PS2, But I chose SMS because I find it most efficient.

Step 3:


Extract the CDGenPS2 zip file to any location on your drive. Launch the CDGenPS2 exe file.

Drag all the files in the application which you have download (i.e SMS.elf, USB.irx, System.cnf)

Right click on "System.cnf" and click "Edit", check "Fix LBA", type 12231 in LBA "text box"

Click File->Create CD then Save

Voila! Burn to a CD (not DVD) using any of your favourite CD-Writer software.

Step 4:
Place the newly created CD into your PS2. Power On.

After the SMS player loads up. Replace the CD, with any DVD or CD which contains the DivX / Xvid or MP3's, just browse and play the files. If you want, I have created a CD-Image for you. Download SMS Player CD-Image Zip, extract it, then burn it to your CD.


Link :-
http://digitalherald.blogspot.com/20...rtainment.html




and you can format your PS2 memmory card with this tool:-
http://www.sksapps.com/mis/MCKiller.zip

Plz reply if you found this tutorial useful.

Just tried. Its working.....

Amazing now I dont have to buy an extra mp3 dvd player.
Thanks.

[techtronic]

I was thinking about buying PS 2
Now this is making me go for it

yeah its definitely worth going for a PS2 because you can play awesome PS2 games and even play many other media file types,

but i havent found any s/w yet that'll allow mpeg and vcd playback.

[gauravakaasid]

wow! this is really kool..thnx slash_89 for this. makes buying the ps2 all the more appealing

btw, how much is the ps2 retailing for, in the grey market?

[Pathik]

Nice tut slash.. Even i m thinkin to go 4 a ps2..

u can get a modded ps2 for around 6500-7500 depending on ur location,
when i last verified in national market(in blore) it was around 7100

[Pathik]

^^ u talkin of a ps2 or a ps 2 slim?? And how much gb hdd does it have??

[Third Eye]

Playstation 2(Not slim) is available for Rs 7500

a ps2 doesnt come with a hdd, u even have to buy the 8mb memmory card separately(around rs.600-800)
u can get a 40gb hdd for ur ps2 but i have no idea how much it costs.

[gauravakaasid]

its was around 7k(grey market of-course) here when i enquired last year june/july. prices haven't come down yet it seems, in spite of ps3 coming to india.

[=CrAzYG33K=]

Great tutorial ..
Just one doubt...
Do I have to load the SMS CD everytime before I want to play a Mp3/DivX dvd or is it just a one-time process?

what u should do is first burn the SMS PLAYER-IMAGE to a CD,
and then just place the CD in the PS2 CD-tray and reset the console,
the PS2 will boot, and SMS PLAYER will startup,
if any of u guys have a problem running this app i'll definately help u out.

[..:: Free Radical ::..]

thanx for the gr8 tute slash_89.
btw, you can also install linux on your ps2. the first thing i'll do when i'll get mine: I am going to install mythtv

@free radical,
thnx for ur appreciation bro,
and can u tell me how i can install linux on my ps2, plz give the complete details.

[hemant_mathur]

Now i wanna get a ps2 even more.

[24online]

Simple Media System for Playstation 2 (SMS) downloads
http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/

also see below site...
http://www.swapmagic3.com/

[gauravakaasid]

^^thnx for the links

can anyone gimme a simple ps2 buying guide from the grey market??

[=CrAzYG33K=]

Originally Posted by slash_89

what u should do is first burn the SMS PLAYER-IMAGE to a CD,
and then just place the CD in the PS2 CD-tray and reset the console,
the PS2 will boot, and SMS PLAYER will startup,
if any of u guys have a problem running this app i'll definately help u out.

I meant .. If I load the Image CD (SMS) once it'll load the software for life?
OR
Will I have to load that CD every single time I need to see some DivX DVDs?
I'm not sure you got my question...

ull have to have to load that CD every time u wanna use the app.

[..:: Free Radical ::..]

Google is ur guide
Haven't tried it as i don't own a PS2, but a friend did it.

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[=CrAzYG33K=]

Originally Posted by slash_89

ull have to have to load that CD every time u wanna use the app.

Ah .. Thats what I was asking...
Looks like a painful process then ..
Everytime I load and then I reset (the PS2), it goes of its memory?
Maybe a PS2 fitted with HDD has some permanent workarounds..
Ok @slash_89
One Question : Will loading that Media Player, in any way, damage my PS2 Lens?
I just want to be careful....

no way!,

how can it damage ur lens dude, unless ur lens is not aligned properly,

and if u had a hdd u couldve installed the app permanently,

but putting it each time is not much of a problem.

[=CrAzYG33K=]

Originally Posted by slash_89

no way!,

how can it damage ur lens dude, unless ur lens is not aligned properly,

and if u had a hdd u couldve installed the app permanently,

but putting it each time is not much of a problem.

Uh .. Thanx man..
I was just worried... That's all - After all, a PS2 costs all of 7k. I wouldn't want to fry it . Would I ?
Thanx for the quick clarifications!

always here to help .

[vipergt]

latest price of ps2 slim is 6700 at cp palika new delhi including
*one ps2 dual shock controller
*wires
for memeory card u have to pay extra ie 500 bugs

[gauravakaasid]

^^non negotiable kya? this will be a modded one? so i can basically play ntsc n pal games? also, wats the price of one dual shock controller?

ya u can play both ntse and pal, and a dualshock2 controller is around rs.300.

[gauravakaasid]

^^thnx man, and wats the capacity of the memory card thats available? what is its function?

the memmory card has 8mb of storage space,
u can easily store 40 games on it(save files).