Quote:Andoma has released Showtime ? a PS3Homebrew Home Theater System application. Showtime is a media player for use on HTPC media centers. It is primarily intended to be controlled via keypad input such as a IR or bluetooth remote control, keyboards, etc but works also very well with a pointer device.
Features:
Playback of video and audio
Javascript plugins
Unified search
View photos and images in slideshow mode
Live TV streaming from Tvheadend
Spotify integration
A quote from his page:
After about a month of hacking I?m happy to announce that Showtime now can be run as a native ?homebrew? application on the PS3. See PS3 usage guide for more information of how to get started.
PS3 usage guide
Getting started
Download the files from here: Download
Full featureset see: This
Most of this should work except for playback of high res. HD videos (basically when the PPU runs out of cycles). There are some methods of fixing them, but no one knows yet. I will update it when they do.
Video output
This has been tested with 576i, 720p and 1080i video resolutions.
People have 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
Buttons on controller (Controls)
✕ Enter current item
○ Go back (exit)
△ Show options / playcontrol menu
□ Screensaver (Until something better has been figured out)
► Play/Pause
▬ Home menu
✜ Navigate it
L3 ? Get playback info (During video playback)
R3 ? Get log console
Keyboard
-The only current way to input characters is by using a standard keyboard.
- Virtual keyboards are supported at the moment.
Things that do NOT work
-TV-style remote controller has not been tested. No idea if it works or not. (Bluetooth remote works so this is not a bug.)
-BD/DVD/CD Discs ? No idea how that works
-Digital pass thru audio (AC3, DTS, etc)
Any Bugs spotted?
Quote:I?ve hooked up Showtime to the video decoder libraries already present on the PS3. This will accelerate h264 (Up to level 4.2) and MPEG2 video decoding so it can play up to 1080p content.
New versions of Showtime are available for download here: pkg self
If you want to make sure that the Cell acceleration is actually used you can press L3 during video playback to see the status window.
Make sure that the video codec mentions (Cell) at the end of the row. Just like in this screenshot
I been waiting for this a longgggggg time I am going to test it right after this post!
Edit: So far the interface is amazing, very beautiful and easy to navigate, I wish some of the backup managers (multiman/rogero) took after this simple yet elegant UI. Oh and the bluetooth remote works just fine, so this can be checked off as not a bug. I tested two mkv files it plays but it has a big lag with some jerks, almost like its playing in slow motion lol.(keep in mind that those files where both 720p, havent tried the regular video size as yet.) But at least its playing and is good progress to me. Looking forward to more improvements.
This is fantastic. The only reason I'm interested in cfw is to hopefully one day get dts to play off hdd and to have something like milkdrop. One step closer!
Originally posted by xoanon: This is fantastic. The only reason I'm interested in cfw is to hopefully one day get dts to play off hdd and to have something like milkdrop. One step closer!
I guess me and you are the only people interested in this app lol.
Originally posted by xoanon: This is fantastic. The only reason I'm interested in cfw is to hopefully one day get dts to play off hdd and to have something like milkdrop. One step closer!
I guess me and you are the only people interested in this app lol.
Indeed you aren't, i love this app,ive been testing it since it was released, it plays, FLV and other formats too, it has its faults, but it is an early beat version for the PS3, it will be improved and with NTFS support it will be even better.
Originally posted by whompus: It has been around for a while just newly ported to the ps3. I been keeping an eye on its progress as well. It has the workings of a very nice app.
