If you have been taking tabs of the work of developer Cooleyes on the homebrew media application PMPlayer Advance, you would know that it can play PMP videos which runs only on 66mhz therefore conserving your Sony PlayStation Portable's battery. Today, dev Cooleyes upgraded PMPlayer Advance to build 20080512. Check the improvements over at the full article.

Download: PMPlayer Advance build 20080512 - 3.xx CFW
Download: PMPlayer Advance build 20080512 - 1.5 CFW

There's been no shortage of shell applications floating around the PlayStation Portable homebrew community lately. Ubuntu 7.10 v0.1 beta is the latest homebrew shell program from developer Jack and it runs many of the standard features found in similar applications. However, what makes this shell program more enticing than others is that it was licenced under the freeware distribution of GNU/linux. More on this in our full article after the jump.

Download: Ubuntu 7.10 v0.1 beta

Homebrew developer Art strikes again as the latest version of Time Baby is once again available for download at the QJ.NET download section. This latest build of the multi-functional clock application includes many cosmetic changes, such as utilizing BenHur's Intrafont library which gave Time Baby v15 a much more professional look compared to the previous versions. More details in our full article.

Download: Time Baby v15
Visit: QJ.NET's PSP Development forum

Are you having problems with the infrared features of your 3.80 CFW-powered Sony PSPs when using homebrews such as PSPWrite or AFKIM? Worry no more as homebrew developer Angelo of the unofficial piKey team has released IrDA (infrared) Patcher to solve these issues. More details over at the full article.

Download: IrDA (infrared) Patcher

PlayStation Portable homebrew developer Red_Squirrel's RSPsar Dumper has been updated by Shadow's dev from PSPGEN to version 3.3. This release now allows the decryption of the official 3.95 PSP firmware. To read up on what else has been added or changed in this version of the homebrew application, check out the full article.

Download: RSPsar Dumper v3.3 - now with support for PSP FW 3.95

PSP owners who use PSP Custom Firmware 3.93 should know that Update 2 is already out, with two major changes to the CFW. One is the fix to a rather serious bug, and the other is the removal of a plugin, which is still provided separately is you're interested in still using it. More info about this update in the full article!

Download: CFW 3.93 Update 2 (with HellCat's Savegame Deemer)

Just when you thought that Zx-81's remote access homebrew app for the PlayStation Portable was finally down for the count, the developer rolls out the latest build of Portable VNC, bringing it up to version 1.2.8. To find out what new changes have been included since our previous coverage, read our full article on it.

Download: Portable VNC v1.2.8 CFW 1.5
Download: Portable VNC v1.2.8 CFW 3.x
Download: Portable VNC v1.2.8 source

After we reported on a 3.90 CFW-compatible music plugin, we would like you to know about homebrew developer zx-81's PSPIRC version1.1.5. Yes, it's an internet relay chat (IRC) client for your PSP. And it has been tested successfully for the 3.80 and 3.90 custom firmwares. More details after the jump.





Download: PSPIRC v1.1.5 for 1.5FW
Download: PSPIRC v1.1.5 for 3.xFW
Download: PSPIRC  v1.1.5 - source code
Visit: QJ.NET's PSP Development Forums

If you've wanted to play music while playing a game in your 3.90 M33 custom firmware-equipped PlayStation Portable, here's something for you. Homebrew developer Cpasjuste has just released a port of the Music prx plugin which was previously for 3.71 M33. More details after  the jump.
 
Download: Music_prx plugin for 3.90 M33 CFW
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forums

Wondering just who made the latest custom firmware for the PlayStation Portable, Custom Firmware 3.93? Or how about the deal that Team M33 has yet to make their own version? All these questions are answered via a statement that homebrew developer Mathieulh recently released, and it's pretty telling in terms of the future of the homebrew scene. The details in the full article.

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