PS3 usage guide » History » Version 6

Andreas Smas, 03/17/2011 11:26 AM

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h1. PS3 usage guide
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h2. Getting started
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Download files:
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* http://www.lonelycoder.com/download/showtime-GIT-2.99.139.g1e7b1.pkg
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* http://www.lonelycoder.com/download/showtime-GIT-2.99.139.g1e7b1.self
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PS3 demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFY3dLyajxA by "klurosu":http://www.youtube.com/user/klurosu
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For a full featureset of Showtime see http://www.lonelycoder.com/showtime
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Most of this should work except for playback of high res. HD videos (basically when the PPU runs out of cycles). There are a bunch of strategies for how this should be handled but I've not had time to start digging into this yet 
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h2. Video output
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Showtime on PS3 has been tested with 576i, 720p and 1080i video resolutions. 
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I've tried to set reasonable defaults for overscan compensation. But if it not correct for you it can be adjusted under Settings -> Display and UI settings
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h2. Buttons on controller
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✕  Activate (Enter) currently focused item
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○  Navigate back
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△  Bring up options / playcontrol menu
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□  Screensaver (Until something better has been figured out)
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►  Play/Pause
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▬  Home menu
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✜  Navigate
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L3 - Bring up playback info (During video playback)
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R3 - Bring up log console
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h2. Keyboard
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Plugging in a standard keyboard in the PS3 USB port works and is currently the only way to input characters.
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No virtual keyboard is supported at the moment.
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h2. Other stuff that does not work
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* TV-style remote controller (whatever that's called) has not been tested. No idea if it works or not.
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* BD/DVD/CD Discs - No idea how that works
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* Digital pass thru audio (AC3, DTS, etc)
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h2. Bugs?
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There are probably plenty of those. Please use the issue tracker at http://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/showtime/issues/new
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h2. Build it yourself!?
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Start by reading README here: https://github.com/andoma/showtime