[How To] play Videos, movies and Mp3s off USB on PS2 using SMS DIVx media player.

Foreword: I was chatting with versatile1, the day before I started this tutorial and he spurred up this amazing thought of ‘PS2s being preferred over DIVx players’. Do you know that the PS2 costs $99, and do you also know that the DIVx players cost like about 40 – 50 Dollars ??.. So, the difference is just $50 of cash. But, the PS2, unlike any DIVx player, is a gaming console and the list of games might arguably exceed the 2,500 mark. And by buying a copy of Swap Magic, we could play backed up PS2 games.  Bottom line ~~> That extra $50, was definitely worth it !!

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Revisions: [12-23-09] Initial release.

[12-27-09] Added Versatile1’s ‘Free McBoot’ Video Tutorial.

[12-30-09] Added Versatile1’s SMS video Tutorial.

[1-25-2010] Added links to the latest version of ULE and added Versatile1’s DVD decrypter tutorial.

2-10-14: Fixed video link.

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INTRODUCTION:

The PS2, being a legendary console, never lets you down when it comes to surprises. And the Simple Media System (SMS) is one such surprise.
The SMS media player is a PS2 application, which lets you play DIVx media files on the PS2. The SMS media player is equivalent, or maybe even superior to any ordinary DIVx player.

NOTE:  The supported media formats are AVI, DIVx, Xvid, mpeg1, mpeg2, ogg, mp3, ac3, srt (subtitles), wma, asf and pcm.

Here are some Pros and Cons of SMS.

Pros:

• Runs real smooth, despite the fact that the ps2 has a USB 1.1 port

• USB plug and play.

• Its real easy to continue the playback of a video, or to go to a specific scene.

• It supports the 2nd USB port of the ps2.

Cons:

• The .mp4 file format is not compatible. And the .avi files, from portable devices such as a camera, have a low possibility of working on SMS. The only solution to this problem is to convert the video file to a normal DIVx Avi.

• The .srt file (subtitle file), might give you problems where the SMS crashes. It just means that the .srt file did not match with the video file in terms of length. This situation could be solved by just deleting the .srt file or by replacing the file with a better .srt file.

The tutorial:

There are two methods to launch SMS.

1) The ULaunchELF method.
2) The Free McBoot method.

NOTE: Users who wish to follow the Free McBoot method, can skip Section 1 and start at Section 2.

SECTION 1

Method 1: The ULaunchELF

What you need is...

1) A PS2, slim or fat.

2) Mod chip or swap magic.

3) USB flash drive or a USB external HD.

4) SMS media player. Click here to download ‘SMS_Version_2.9_R4.rar.’

5) The ULaunchELF CD. Click here to download the CD version of ULaunchELF.

Watch Versatile1’s DVD Decrypter video tutorial, if you had doubts burning the ULaunchELF CD.

This is what you do…

• Extract the ‘SMS_Version_2.9_R4.rar’.

You would get the file ‘SMS Version 2.9 (Rev.4).elf’.

• Format your USB media to Fat32.

• Copy the ‘SMS Version 2.9 (Rev.4)(T).elf’ file to your USB media.

• Copy and paste all the Videos and mp3 files to your USB media.

Now you are ready to launch SMS.

• Connect the USB media to the PS2 USB port.

• Boot the ULaunchELF CD on your PS2, using modchip or swap magic.

You would get a screen which would look like this…

The ULaunchELF Browser controls:
Up and down to navigate through files or directories.
O = Select file or directory.
Triangle = Browse back or exit menu.

• Now, Press the ‘O’ button to enter ‘FileBrowser‘.

• Go to ‘mass’ and then press the ‘O’ button to select it.

You would be able to see the files you stored on the USB media.

• Go to ‘SMS Version 2.9 (Rev.4).elf’ and press the ‘O’ button.

SMS would now load and launch…

NOTE: If you guys were following the ULaunchELF method, then you can skip Section 2 and head straight to Section 3 !!

SECTION 2

Method 2: Free McBoot

You would need…

1) A PS2, slim or fat.

2) USB flash drive or a USB external HD.

3) A Free McBoot exploited memory card, which has SMS installed in it.

How to install Free McBoot on your memory card ?…Watch Versatile1’s ‘How To Install Free McBoot’ Video tutorial.

This is what you do…

• Format your USB media to Fat32.

• Copy and paste all the Videos and mp3 files to you USB media.

• Connect the USB media to the PS2 USB port.

• Launch Free McBoot on your PS2.

• Launch Simple Media System (SMS), from the Free McBoot menu.

SMS should load…

SECTION 3

Tuning the SMS Browser:

SMS browser controls:
Left, right = switch between available medias.
Up, Down = Navigation.
X = Select or play files.
Triangle = back.
Start = SMS menu.

Before playing files from our USB media, we need to tune the SMS setting. And this is how you do it.

• Press the start button.

The SMS menu would show up…

• Go to ‘device settings’.

• Enable the ‘Auto Start USB’ option, by pressing the ‘X’ button.

If this option is enabled, the next time you start SMS, the USB media would show up on the screen automatically.

• Then, enable the ‘Disable CD/DVD’ option.

When enabled, The Disc will stop spinning, the next time you launch SMS, hence saves your lens.

• Get back to the SMS menu by pressing ‘triangle’, and enter ’Browser settings’… And Enable the ‘Filter Media Files’ option.

Now, the SMS would show just the supported media files and will hide the rest of the files on your USB media.

• Once again, go back to the SMS menu. Save the settings by selecting the ‘Save Settings’ option.

All the changes, which were made, are now saved on the memory card.

• Now, Go to ‘Device settings’, and then select the ‘Start USB support’ option.

Now your USB media would load up…

SECTION 4

Playing a video:

It’s finally time to relax and watch a good movie. Go to any video file, and press ‘X’ to start playing it… While you play a file, the options you have are amazing !!!

Playback Options:

1) The Select button shows you the Progress bar.

Use LEFT/RIGHT to navigate the progress bar, and select the required point of time of the video.
This feature is far more effective than forwarding or rewinding a video.

2) The Start button pops up the Player Menu.

3) Up, down button controls the volumes.

4) Left, right = rewinding and forwarding.

5) The triangle button stops the video.

That’s about it. If you have any doubts, you could always leave a comment. -ICE.

Video Tutorial:

‘[How To] Play DivX (AVI) Files On Playstation 2 Off USB (or Disc) Using SMS Player’ by Versatile1.