Homebrew dev, danny_kay1710 has recently updated one of his creations, PSPHost formerly known as PSPLink. In case you have no idea what in the world this thing is, it is actually a graphical interface support for USBHOSTFS, NETHOSTFS, WiFi Controller, and PiMPStreamer.

The last time we talked about it, the dev added the latest updates of DickyDick1969's PiMPStreamer. He also introduced some compatibility fixes that would be of great help to those people who aren't using Windows XP. While v1.8 was jampacked with updates, there's always some room for improvement.

In your comments, you mentioned that there we're some bugs that prevented you from maximizing the capabilities of this app, well, hopefully, danny_kay did his part. You could leave out your suggestions and other thoughts on the comments section. For now, here is the changelog:

• Now supports and includes the drivers for 64bit operating systems.
• Startup bug fixed where when set to start with PSPHost the USB and WiFi server folders would not be applied. The default installation directory applied instead
• Other silly bug fixes

Download: [PSPHost 1.9]

At last, SUN lets Peejay's rays shine upon us as they have now opened it up for download! It took a good month and a half, but hey, they finally did it! And dickydick1969 must be helluva proud! Of course, you guys must have done a good job as well, persuading SUN to allow this release.

As initially announced, Peejay can start Java on your PSP. And now, you can download it right here. Right now. However, this is just the text (console output only) kvm targetted on Java devs. But what the heck, we're sure you're in store for boatloads of fun! As for the full-fledged midp 2.0 binary, dickydick1969 says he's still busy working on it.

What?! You dont know what Peejay is for, well let this lingering words from dickydick1969 remind you: "Yep, I made a small port of the j2me (K)VM, making my PSP capable of running JAVA programs.. It was a very easy port…. as the Sun KVM is easy to port."

Alrighty, then! Enough of the chat and get the party started!

Thanks for the heads up, Colinlokz!

Download: [PeeJay v0.1]

The PSP homebrew scene has definitely been one of most successful ever. With the fiery determination of our great developers, we've continuously broken away from the li'l box we're being stuffed into. Like a Phoenix, the scene has repeatedly soared from the ashes of firmware updates, flying towards the horizon of hacks and homebrew. Pardon us for being too poetic about it, but it's hard not to get sentimental about something all of us could call our "own".

In honor of the efforts of the developers and of the ever-supportive PSPanatics that flock the scene, we've been dishing out nostalgic posts like our li'l trek to the PSP hacking history and our recollection of the top five PSP emulators we've had. It's not in any way leading to us just savoring the good ol' days 'cause the scene should be deemed as a "has been", but rather a sweet look from where we all came from so we could all eagerly await the imminent bright future.

In line with this, we've come up with a post focused on reliving some of the greatest and most efficient PSP applications around. Yep, PSP is a gadget primarily created for gaming, but our hardworking 'brewing icons have made it into something its original creators have failed to do - a true multimedia device.

The list of the greatest apps ever made for PSP awaits after the jump!

Bringing out yet another kickass update to PiMPStreamer is none other than our favorite dev, DickyDick1969. In all seriousness though, there's a lot to look forward to in this small update. Even though he was busy with other things (hint?), he was gracious enough to add in FLV support for PiMPStreamer, along with Youtube RSS support. If you're like most of us here in QJ, and if your primary means of wasting time involves watching stupid, but funny videos on Youtube, you'll feel right at home with this new feature.

Here's the official changelog:

• PiMPStreamer now supports the FLV format.
• Also special support has been added for YouTube.com

Just remove your old PiMPStreamer.INI prior to installing the update. One small note though, when you drop the Youtube RSS link into PiMPStreamer, it will take a little while to download and parse the location and FLV file. And just for the record, nothing has changed on the PSP side of PiMPStreamer, this is just an update for the PC server.

Download Link: [PiMPStreamer v0.76]

We all saw DickyDick1969's hard-work when he showed off his port of Java on the PSP. I was still wondering if he would continue working on PiMPStreamer which was his claim to fame in the first place. And well, we don't have to ask him, because he surprised us with a new version out of the blue!

Here's what's in store for you guys in the latest version:

• Fine tune audio sync while playing (CROSS-LEFT minus 10ms / CROSS-RIGHT add 10ms)
• Picture copy to memory stick as PNG/JPG (pressing LTRIGGER and RTRIGGER at once)
• Direct jump to top of dirlisting with RTRIGGER and UP
• Jump 20 item down with RTRIGGER AND DOWN
• Fix the auto play bug
• Auto tag images (=slideshow) (if you select an image without being in playlist, it will play until a non-image is reached)
• Better download indicator of rss feed

Now I won't like to bore you by talking about PiMPStreamer all day long. It's well known that if you have a wireless router, you shouldn't be without PiMPStreamer. So go download it and enjoy the best media-streamer for your PSP!

Download Link: [PiMPStreamer v0.75]
View: [Forum Release Thread]

Update: In our hurry, we forgot to give out the link to Sun's developer site. It is now included in the article. Our apologies for the mistake.

The latest entry in our PiMP man's blog reads "Introducing PeeJay!" We knew that our friend was working on something, but he kept us all in the dark. Well, the cat is out of the bag today. The PiMP man just emailed us a few hours ago to unveil this project which he he had been working on for the last few weeks.

Since DickyDick personally mailed us to let us in on this piece of news; and now, we'll be unveiling DickyDick's latest creation: Java on the PSP!

The developer was very enthusiastic about this.

"PeeJay? Yeah PeeJay..! Or call it Psp Java, PimpJava … Java for ur psp! Yep, I made a small port of the j2me (K)VM, making my PSP capable of running JAVA programs.. It was a very easy port…. as the Sun KVM is easy to port. It was done in a jiffy."

The PiMP man was also kind enough to show us a video of his port in action. You can download it below. Unfortunately, that's the only available download here. Where's the application? Well, DickyDick1969 has been unable to release this since he did not get permission from Sun, the creators of Java. Here's what he had to say:

"So why not sharing the stuff ?? (giving you a download link for example…) It’s sad… :-( :-(

I asked SUN for permission for distributing my port and they said I could not (yet) distribute it for some (not to mention here) reasons. At least not now.."

What he also said is that all of you can persuade Sun Microsystems to allow this to be released. So you might want to visit Sun's developer site to give them your feedback about allowing the release of PimpJava. You'll never know - they might just hear you.

Download: [Video of PeeJay in action]

Man, is his pimpin' power fast! DickyDick1969's already come out with yet another update to his PiMPStreamer app. For those who're new to pimpin', PiMPStreamer is a program that lets you stream content into your PSP. PiMPStreamer is now on version 0.74, and you can download it from us or from DickyDick1969's site at the source link.

Here's the changelog by the way:

• JPEG images will be transferred as jpeg (faster!), all others as PNG
• Can handle all image size (rescale on server)
• Small images centered
• Large images rescaled
• Image slideshow (just the same as playlist)
• Better psp/ip detection in installer
• Bug removed with identical rss feed titles
• RSS feed date added in listing
• Some other stuff
• Correct name in irshell?

Let him know what you think, okay?

Download: [PiMPStreamer v0.74]

We live in the "instant" age. Where the microwave is the new stove, liposuction has replaced crunches, and AIBO is man's best friend. And the only reason we chose this as the opening is because halfway through that overdrawn and overly dramatic sentence you'd have already installed the latest version of PiMPStreamer in your PSP with DickyDick1969's PiMPStreamer Noob Installer.

You'd be able to play AVI, MP3, MPEG and other common media formats from your computer to your PSP faster than instant noodles gets cooked. Just download the installer through the download link below the article, run it on your computer and stream away.

Better get used to this because future releases will now come in this format.

Download: [PiMPStreamer Noob Installer]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

Yup, from his last update a week ago, DickyDick1969 is back with the latest version of PiMPStreamer - v0.73. PiMPStreamer is a homebrew application that DickyDick1969 has been continually working on. It allows PSP owners to stream videos onto their handhelds in realtime.

According to the creator, the following updates have been made:

• fixed several bugs (network selection, rss feeds and first dir crash)
• RSS refresh via psp
• added offline option
• first image showing (realllllly basic, no zoom/resize (yet), no large images) (great thanks for lua player src, used the image code on psp)
• intro movie
• a few wishes (quit confirm)

Download: [PiMPStreamer v0.73]
DIscuss: [Forum Release Thread]

DickyDick1969 has just made an update to his swell homebrew app, PiMPStreamer. This program enables you to stream most of your movie files to your PSP. The dev makes use of the normal ffmpeg libraries so files such as AVI, MPG, MP3 would work fine.

How does it work? DickyDick1969 says that basically the PiMPStreamer "transcodes and scales your original movies to the PMP format REALTIME". Moreover, he assures you that you won't be needing a supercomputer to stream your movies.

So what's new with v0.72? Check out the list below:

• added m3u support
• added auto aspect ratio
• added add whole dir/m3u to playlist
• display movie title while showing interface
• when time skip subtitle is corrected (almost)
• test connection mode
• added <- -> in playlist playmode to skip to songs
• changed aspect control back to triggers.
• minor issues
  

Thanks a lot, Porkape, for the heads-up!

Download: [PiMPStreamer v0.72]