Installing YDL on 1.6 result

Hi all,

After 12h or so playing with my PS3 and figuring how VLC/Mplayer/changing resolution works and try the different version and such i thought i give a short conclusion of my day but first i like to say thanks to this site and the people who added so much information here. It has been a great help as i'm a noob at linux.

So to the conclusion. I am using version 1.6 and installed ydl according to the guide on this forum. (one thing i did differently was to only use the kboot file (otheros.bld), never used any otheros.self as this is included in the latest 1.6 firmware update!)

The installation was very simple and went smoothly.
Once that was done i started to install yumx . This was a bit tricky but i think the lates "UPDATED yum.conf & repos files " under download section should help you get starting together with the forum thread "CONFIGURE YUM & YUMEX !"

One detail is to run "yum list". For me it failed to find yumex before i had executed this.

Also i had to run these commands (3 lines below)again or the GPG would fail when i was installing yumex , no idea why.
rpm --import http://redhat.download.fedoraproject...-Fedora-Extras
rpm --import http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/rp...-KEY-freshrpms
rpm --import http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/rp...-KEY-yellowdog

Once i had yumex up and running which was version 1.0.2 (not 1.0.3 as the guide says) i could install VLC and MPlayer.

Some word on VLC and Mplayer.

VLC: this work pretty decent as long as you dont run full screen! Changing to full screen made the desktop hang or something. I could never do anything but logout and login again. also VLC crashed time to time.

MPlayer: I think Mplayer is a bit better/faster but on the other hand i could never play full screen. I did run :
"mplayer -fs -zoom -sws 0 FILENAME"
but it only played the move in slowmotion (fullscreen) which suCKed badly.
The version installed with yumex was a older version so i tried the latest build followin this guide:
http://www.ps3forums.com/archive/index.php/t-51038.html
Read the post from Hexadecimal.

You guys running Vista and want to access a folder need to use IP instead of computername when mounting folders which is the only was i could access my files on my PC.
(mount -t cifs -o user= password= /// /mnt/movies)
You can just create a folder you like in /mnt/xxx and mount into that.

Now if you like to change resolution, press CTRL+ALT+F1 which takes you to another shell prompt or what you call this.
Here you can play around with "ps3videomode -v #" which change the resolution. # stands for different resolution settings.
Read more here:
http://ps3mods.blogspot.com/2006/11/...s3s-1080i.html

Basically in order to change the default resolution you need to edit:
/etc/kboot.conf
And change the line
default=ydl -> default=myconfig

And also add:
myconfig='/dev/sda1:/vmlinux-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.1ps3
initrd=/dev/sda1:/initrd-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.1ps3.img
root=/dev/sda2 init=/sbin/init video=ps3fb:mode:5 rhgb'

Here the number 5 is 1080p which i use. This was the closest i got to with ps3videmode that looked best on my tv (W2000 sony). I still have black edges but much better then the 720p .


I think i will stick to my xbox XBMC for now since it playes my movies much much better. Neither VLC or MPlayer are capable to play full screen for me. If anyone has done this successfully i am very interested hearing how they have done this. I am also thinking to maybe install another dist to try and see if VLC/MPlayer perform better with those. Ubuntu ?


One question to the gurus: how do i make a shortcut to the /mnt/movies to my desktop?

Cheers
/R

[ninjallo]

ima sticky this topic cuzz it helps some ppl with vlc n mplayer problems

I found the same problem with running VLC in Enlightenment but I have been able to run VLC in full screen using Gnome. I'm not sure why there was a difference. Has anyone else seen this?

On another note, I do like the option in the 1.6 upgrade when switching the Default OS to allow you to restart the PS3.

Hi,

You are correct! I tested VLC in gnome and now i can use full screen and go back to normal size without any problem. Although MPlayer do not work at all (it starts up fine but when i drag a movie to it nothing happens and it freezes) now in Gnome.
Also i do get this "no /Dev/PMU device found" message but a little search shows there is no way to remove this but to press the ok button.

Btw, where (which file)) is the best place to put my mount line ? like the autostart.bat file in win

Still the movie does not play as good as my XBOX+XBMC. There are some lines/slowdowns while watching. Hopefully with more optimized codec/player etc one day it will play perfectly.
Also i like Gnome a bit more. A bit easier to use with creating links and such.

I get the same "no /Dev/PMU device found" message and have been looking for a way to remove it but have found none so far. The posts I've read on it say that it's in a conf file but I haven't located the one it's in yet. From what I've read it has something to do with Power Management Utility and has little to no effect on the operation of Gnome. As for mouting, I use an SD card (4 Gig) to play the movies off so I simply go to /media/disk and open the files. I also like how VLC has the option to "Open Directory" command.

My goal in installing linux was mainly something fun to play with after spending all that money on an "expensive toy". I haven't had the time or the drive to dive too deeply into using linux on the PS3.

[reza666]

Hello guys again,

Not really sure why my nick has chaned to 866 (probley due to the site move) but anyway since the new YDL is out i thought i should reinstall and see what has happend during my absence

Once i installed everything i tried to mount as i have written here but i found out there was a small error in the text
Since i suck at linux it took me like 2h to figure this small thing but i though i save you guys some time incase you have the same problem.

Old text above:
(mount -t cifs -o user= password= /// /mnt/movies)

New text:
(mount -t cifs -o user= -o password= /// /mnt/movies)

notice there is an extra *-o* in there.

Cheers