PS2 DVD Player modifications

I forgot to ask, but why in my slim SCPH 77004 (maybe others too)
with this modification I do not have a DVD Player 3.11 (RPC-1) "tag"?
At first sight it can be confusing.
Previous modification has this "tag" for both PS2 types (slim and fat).

 

It worked on my SCPH-50001, but when I start God of War II Bonus Disc my SCPH-39001 TV shows no signal. I have HDD-OSD Installed, i don't know if it causes conflic or not...
I also tried with The Walking Dead Season 1 Disc 1 and i got the same results.

Sometimes the browser of my SCPH-39001 shows this message: DVD Player software cannot be started.
I'm used the same memory card for both 501K and 391K.

It seems that my 391K is accessing the HDD while it is loading a DVD Video. I can't play DVDs if HDD-OSD is booted.

 

Thanks for the reports guys.

I do not know. OSDSYS is supposed to check that the version of dvdplayer.id is greater than the version of the built-in DVD player.
When there's a greater version in dvdplayer.id (for instance, "9.99E"), the OSD shows the dvdplayer-e.ver version (which is "3.11 (RPC-1)") in the Version Information menu. The dvdplayer.elf can be executed.
When the version in dvdplayer.id is equal or lower than the one of the console (or if the letter is not suitable for your console region), the dvdplayer-e.ver is not loaded and dvdplayer.elf cannot be executed.

You saw that even though there was no "(RPC-1)" in the Version Information, the green screen fix worked (meaning that the hacked DVD player was launched).
I can't explain why. That's... weird. I dunno why your console no longer reads dvdplayer-e.ver either.

Been trying this in a slim (which has no optical block so I couldn't test with a movie).

I've put my MC in the first slot then in the second slot. Got the same result in both slots. (RPC-1)...

Is that console modchipped ? If the RGB fix function of a modchip is on, the DVD might not be able to set the proper video output due to the syscall being live-patched.
Also, the modchip could interfere with the MG decryption and corrupt the program data causing the DVD Player to crash.

MG decryption failure. Since you're using the same MC, I've no idea of why it fails to run (other than the modchip interferences I mentionned).

The HDD-OSD is supposed to turn the HDD off before it executes the DVD Player. I tried just now and it did. Odd... Is your HDD-OSD a "clean" one, or the tampered one with hotkeys, LBA48 and crap ?

 

SCPH-39001 No. SCPH-50001 it is.

Yeah, it is 48Bit patched... but it worked well on my SCPH-50001 (modchipped)

I always disable the modchip when booting into FMCB/FHDB.

 

You didn't mention here, that your SCPH-39001 has a hardware problem: http://psx-scene.com/forums/f110/scph-39001-possessed-155919/
It might or might not affect MagicGate functionality, due to it being a problem related to the MECHACON.

Is your memory card a genuine one? My compatible cards seem to give slightly different behaviour on different console models; older sets seem to occasionally have problems detecting them, but my slimline has fewer issues.

 

I have two MC, so I'll try to install this modification on both of them and see what the results will be.
But before instalation, i'll have to format both of them to avoid problems.
In the evening i'll give you my "feedback".

 

I didn't knew this problem could be ralated with it, because the non-progressive scan version works perfectly, while the progressive version makes TV show no signal.

The problem about the browser showing the message that the DVD player couldn't be started was a conflict between FHDB and/or HDD-OSD. Booting Free MCBoot instead of FHDB this "conflict" will NOT occour with me

I hope. Does the newer memory cards shipped by sony lack that silver tape on it's back? most of my supposedly "genuine" cards doesn't came with one, I just have one that came with my SCPH-50001.

 

Okay, I've tried a bunch of things on my G-chassis unit, including :
- The infamous 48BIT_HDDOSD110U_TESTDUMP in my HDD
- 48BIT_HDDOSD110U_TESTDUMP with a PSBBN MBR that launches the HDD-OSD (as seen in the HDDOSD+PSBBN hacked dumps)
- 48BIT_HDDOSD110U_TESTDUMP with FHDB
- FHDB alone
- FHDB with a clean HDD OSD
- FHDB with a PROPERLY "LBA48" patched HDD OSD 1.00J
- The "LBA48" patched HDD OSD 1.10U of the PlayOnline Viewer HDD dump (with and without FHDB)

Different movies, ejected the tray and restarted the DVD Player several times, changed the video output settings...
None of my tests failed. I could launch the DVD player no problem and turn the progressive scan on as well.

Sorry, I can't help you to fix it. That sounds like an odd hardware problem from either the MechaCon or the MC like SP193 said.


EDIT : Region table, for those who want to make their own installations :

 

I formated both MC, I installed FMCB once again, download 10786775, 10909521 again and....
Now DVD PLayer
I've once again correct "tag" (RPC-1):

Both card shows the same thing.
But now I've different issue.
When I want to watch DVD-VIDEO using component cable I've no image at the output.
Without MC, I've normal signal using component cable.
Using RGB cable everything is OK, green screen is gone and I can select progressive option.
My console never have a modchip. She's with me from a start.

 

Thanks for reporting.

Oh . Maybe my hack is faulty. What if you change your video out settings ?

Does it fix the issue ?

Yeah, it's because $ONY made the DVD player output as composhit/YPbPr (hence the green screen with a SCART cable).
The hacked DVD player should rely on the OSDSYS settings and force the component output when the progressive scan is on. Although, the whole thing is hackish and probably not 100% reliable.

 

You know that to use component cable, settings has to be set to Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr
Without this option selected, normally PS2 will give you black screen.

Here is something interesting.
When I use RGB (scart) cable and set:

I've a green screen. Games also have a green screen "feature".

When I want to watch movie, colors are normal:


Whitout MC, screen in PS2 menu\options\movies\games is green.

If only someone else can confirm my issues with component cable.

 

well my SCPH-39001 (GH-022) isn't .

Forgive me my poor memory cards... treated like bootlegs.

 

I was specifically referring to the other problem that you mentioned, the one about the boot problems.

Think about it: what could possibly cause the problem to occur "sometimes"?
If the DVD player cannot be decrypted or read properly, you either have a problem with MagicGate or perhaps bad files. But if you have bad files, then the DVD player cannot be read all of the time.

Bad code that does not involve timing, will never result in a "sometimes".

I don't know what you mean by "silver tape". The only two SONY Memory Cards that I bought were from 2007 and they stopped working in 2011 during the development of the FMCB Installer, but I don't recall anything on their backs. The only sticker there was the device information sticker.

Those clone makers are known to sometimes make realistically-looking clones. The only real way to find out, is to open the memory card and to see what is inside.

Does this always happen? Or does it only happen whenever the DVD Player fails to be booted?
If the DVD Player cannot be loaded, then the HDD Browser is boot again. That would be when you will observe HDD activity.

:/

What does "ROM" mean? The content under "ROM" does not align with the ROM regions that I know of:
J Japan
A USA (USA and Mexico)
E Europe (Oceania, Europe and Russia)
C China
H Asia (Taiwan, HK/SG and Korea)

 

I Power On the PS2.
FHDB and Browser 2.00 is booted.
I insert the DVD disc, PS2 takes a while to reconize it.
I Launch the DVD Movie by selecting it on the browser screen.
DVD Playback starts. I reach to the main title menu and I press the tray eject button.
The HDD Starts to spin, and i'm back to the hacked OSDSYS screen.
I Select Browser, press the tray eject button, PS2 Starts to read the disc, the disc icon appears on browser screen and I select it.
The DVD Playback starts.

I don't know. It works now (i' not using the progressive scan version because my system doesn't support it)

Yeah, just one of my memory cards have that sticker (the one that came with my SCPH-50001), the others one bought them between 2009-2012 .

 

@Vedita BR can you try to test the new DVD modification with composite cable:

With componet cable I aslo don't have a picture at the output when I launch DVD-Video

 

@Jolek
Same behaviour in all the consoles I tried (with a RGB cable and the Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr setting) :
With the MC : Green screen in the OSD, no green screen in the DVD player
Without MC : Green screen in the OSD, green screen in the DVD player
That was expected. The hacked DVD player negates the temporary component video output which turns the RGB display greeny. And no, it does not rely to the OSDSYS settings unlike what I said.
I think I found why you guys get no signal (you too @Vedita BR) thru component. That must be because your progressive option is off lol. Sorry, I really feel stupid now. All my component output tests were done in progressive output. Thanks Jolek for the reminder about the no component video output with the OSD set to RGB. Since the hacked DVD player forces RGB output with the progressive off and YPbPr output with the progressive on, it's obvious that you get no signal in i output with a component cable.
So, it's not a matter of incompatibility with your console or faulty hack, it's the hack itself that has a stupid design. Hurr durr, musta plug a RGB cable to set an option and I cannot watch PAL movies with a component cable. Considering this, the previous mod of the dvd player is better, unless all your movies are NTSC and the progressive output stays on. I'm glad I have not updated the 3 packages with that KELF hehe.

But, that does not explain why the decryption of the new KELF randomly fails for Vedita BR. It's unrelated.

@sp193 I musta admit my table is a bit confusing. By "ROM", I meant the region of the DVDROM DVD player (ie 3.11A, 3.11C, 3.11E)...

 

I started the progressive scan version with the green RCA of the component cable plugged in to the yellow RCA input connector of the TV. I could see the Progressive Scan option, it was set as off, i couldn't change it because when i stop the DVD playback the TV Shows no signal.

 

Update: As jolek suggested, i started the DVD with composite cables and then i could turn on progressive scan setting..

 

Nice.

And now the progressive scan setting is on and saved to your mechacon nvram, you can run the hacked DVD player with a component cable, is that correct ?

To summarize :
With the progressive scan on = component cable only
With the progressive scan off = RGB/composite/S-video only
To turn the progressive scan on, you need a RGB/composite/S-video cable.
To watch movies in progressive, you need a component cable.

 

Correct.
And now I have that option at version information which when DVD Player is highlighted I can press triangle to clear the progressive setting.