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PS1 on PS2 (POPS) Internal HDD Setup (2021-09) version 0x01 -- @sairukau
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Changelog
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v0x01 Initial document, frustrating process
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Expected Use cases
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- Run PS1 games on a PS2 from an internal HDD
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Hardware
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PS2
- FAT PS2 Model
Drive
- 500GB IDE Drive
Networking
- LAN
- Static IP
Software
- wLaunchELf kHn 20200810
- OPL 1329 (Still supports HDL)
- OPL Manager 21.7 (Wine)
- CUE2POPS 2.3
- POPS
- POPStarter
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Primer
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Information for this is scattered everywhere and in videos so for the sake of
indexing i'll go through my setup i put together from everywhere else
POPS is an official PS1 emulator from Sony, it can be run from an internal
drive in conjuction with POPStarter and certian builds of OPL
Certain builds of OPL provide a menu for launching PS1 titles with POPStarter
The PS1 titles must adhere to a strict naming convention or they will not show
up in OPL
POPStarter and POPS must be in a fixed location on the internal drive to be
usable. This includes the requirememnt for a custom partition to store PS1
titles for use
The custom partition has a specific name, standard LaunchElf builds cannot
handle this requirement so you need to (atm) use kHn's build
PS1 titles must be in VCD format for use with POPS, CUE2POPS will convert
bin/cue dumps to the appropriate format
OPL Manager can be used to name the PS1 titles appropriately but this to is
odd if you are using a network setup
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Assumptions
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it is assumed you can already
- exec unsigned code on your ps2
- you have a basic functional understanding of ulaunchElf
- you have an internal hdd in your ps2
- your ps2 is networked
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Config
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Obtain and install the following to mass:
- wLE_kHn_20200810
- OPNPS2LD-v1.1.0-ifcaro_all-1791-5db29c2-2021-09-09
- POPS-binaries-main (check github)
- POPStarter r13 RIP 06
Start the kHn build
1. launch wLE_kHn_20200810 and start the hdd manager
Create the POPS partition
1. create a partition called __.POPS (2x underscores)
2. set whatever size you think is appropriate
Install POPS binaries to the __common partition
1. create directory POPS in the __common partition
2. copy the POPS binaries from mass: to this directory
Install POPstarter binaries to the +OPL parition
1. create directory POPS in the +OPL partition
2. copy the POPSStarter brinaries from mass to this directory
Thats all that needs to be done, versions of stuff is important so check what
you have
Layout
{{{
hdd0:/__common/POPS/POPS.ELF
hdd0:/__common/POPS/IOPRP252.IMG
hdd0:/+OPL/POPS/POPSTARTER.ELF
hdd0:/__.POPS/
}}}
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Games
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Games need to be in VCD format, presume some format Sony dictated, i dunno go
and google it
Conversion
To do this from a bin/cue its fairly basic, point CUE2POPS at the .cue file
and so long as its a valid cue and bin it'll dump out a .VCD file with the
same name, this name will probably not confirm to the requirements for use.
Naming Convention
The naming convention required is GAME_ID.Name.VCD, there are tools for this
You can use OPL Mananger to rename the contents of a local folder to the
correct naming convention, it will also grab art and make everything pretty
but needs to be run under wine on linux
Upload
Upload the renamed VCD file to hdd0://__.POPS/ parition
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OPL Manager (wine)
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OPL Manager requires dotnet4.0 so setup a custom prefix and get it running
Setup
WINEPREFIX=/tmp/OPLman winetrick dotnet40
Run
WINEPREFIX=/tmp/OPLman wine OPL_Manager.exe
Structure
OPL Mananger stores art and other bits in the hdl directory, haven't looked
into hdl installing local titles yet
HDL Dump
OPL Mananger can comm with OPL once OPL has its hdd write function enabled in
the settings, after this select the hdl option from the menu in OPL and set
the OPL Manager -> Settings -> Change Mode to Network hdlserver+FTP
You can then refresh the games list from the hdd on the ps2 it will not
however populate the ps1 titles
Art Sync
Couldn't sync art with the HDL service on OPL, nor the FTP on wULE, works ok
with the kHn wULE build tho
Renaming Games
Set the OPL Manager mode to Normal and update the Path in the normal settings
it will warn you of badly named isos and open the renamer.
Beta or unlicensed/homebrew will get a fake id e.g. FAKE_983.59.THPS3.BETA.VCD
when renaming so they are compatible
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References
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Check github.com or ps2-home.com for software required
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Trivia
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Noticed kHn is in the headers of the VCDs ... just thought it was some nick
from the ps2 scene of which it i am not a part of so wouldn't know