PS3 2.6 firmware info

Whappers · 21 Jan 2009 at 02:53

DragonWoLf said:
still would like to see the feature such as xbox's can play music when doing whatever

Me too.

But it's up to the developers as to whether or not that feature is implemented. Some games already have it. Warhawk for example.

TurnipHead · 21 Jan 2009 at 02:59

The update is up.

Whappers · 21 Jan 2009 at 03:05

TurnipHead said:
The update is up.

Is there a reason to be embarrased? lol.

edit: Just had a gander at the photo gallery. Pretty cool little bit of software. It actually new that one of my photographs that I took in WipEout HD had mountains in the background of the photographs so it automatically grouped it into "Landscape" as opposed to "High Octane Racer / OMG I'm falling off the track!!!" categories.

Sumanji · 21 Jan 2009 at 04:52

Whappers said:
Me too. But it's up to the developers as to whether or not that feature is implemented. Some games already have it. Warhawk for example.

Think he means browsing PSN, using the browser etc.

Music playback automatically stops when you try and do stuff like that (which is annoying).

muggs · 21 Jan 2009 at 07:42

xvids still not working. oh well

craptakular · 21 Jan 2009 at 08:03

mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv mkv

Hopefully they will have stopped the annoying "connection lsot" warning block everytime I stream from my macbook

Streeteh · 21 Jan 2009 at 10:25

Well, this update has made all of my 'home videos' work now. I think out of my 500gig of files i've found two that don't work but they were some mental real player recordings or something.

orderoftheflame · 21 Jan 2009 at 11:42

Streeteh said:
my 'home videos' work now.

Gross.

rp2000 · 21 Jan 2009 at 11:47

Whappers said:
I would like:

Clock / battery indicator reposition option;

They promised this ages ago, and is a feature that would be very useful, and take minutes to implement (imo).

Not installed the update yet, but 3.11 was one of teh few divx/xvid "types" that did not work, presumably now just about any "ripped" film "downloaded" from the internet should work.

No idea what the guy who can't play xvids is doing. 90% of my files work, I imagine this update will help with the remaining 10%

rp2000

TheVoice · 21 Jan 2009 at 11:53

Whappers said:
Me too. But it's up to the developers as to whether or not that feature is implemented. Some games already have it. Warhawk for example.

The 360 method of custom soundtracks in games (accessible from the console's own menu) won't appear on the PS3 because MS patented it. It can only be done, as you say, if developers choose to put it there, which many don't seem inclined to do. Pathetic, really.

As for the photo gallery thing, the interface is decent and it loads instantly, but I really don't see the point of it in the first place. If I'm showing people photos, it's either straight off my digital camera/phone or on my PC. Not sure why I would want or need to copy them to the PS3 too. Would much rather they focus on useful options and features than stuff like this.

Nanoman · 21 Jan 2009 at 13:35

TheVoice said:
As for the photo gallery thing, the interface is decent and it loads instantly, but I really don't see the point of it in the first place. If I'm showing people photos, it's either straight off my digital camera/phone or on my PC. Not sure why I would want or need to copy them to the PS3 too. Would much rather they focus on useful options and features than stuff like this.

I for one would much prefer to share photos with people on a large TV in the comfort of my lounge as opposed to everyone being huddled around a computer or camera.

FrankJH · 21 Jan 2009 at 18:14

TheVoice said:
The 360 method of custom soundtracks in games (accessible from the console's own menu) won't appear on the PS3 because MS patented it. It can only be done, as you say, if developers choose to put it there, which many don't seem inclined to do. Pathetic, really.

I am not sure how MS where ever allowed to patent it - it may still be in the "pending" stage at present

All they have effectively done is patented shortcuts - which is complete bs imo, especially as the software/firmware used is completely different, the music is different and the way it would have to be implemented would be different.

MS getting away with murder imo

TheVoice · 21 Jan 2009 at 18:15

I suppose if you've got photo sharing enabled over the network, then it's easy enough, but I suspect the photo gallery app won't detect those. It also won't work just by having photos on a USB stick or whatever, you have to copy them over first.

I'm sure there are people that will use it, but it doesn't seem like a particularly important feature, when all said and done. People have already mentioned far simpler, more useful additions.