How is Cobra activating PSP playback on PS3s?

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How is Cobra activating PSP playback on PS3s?

Postby awaiken » Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:01 am

Is the Cobra device enabling a feature that is already built into the ps3 or Is there some kind of PSP emulator built into the Cobra?

I've always wondered how the PS3 can play PSP Software like PSP minis but not full fledged PSP games... What gives? It seems like they added PSP compatability but aren't letting you play your legally purchased psp games on the ps3 ... Am I off base here?
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Re: How is Cobra activating PSP playback on PS3s?

Postby windrider » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:27 am

The emulators are all there on the PS3, but the Cobra Team found a way to activate it.

You can connect your psp to the PS3 and play PSP UMD game support when PSP connected in USB+UMD mode
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Re: How is Cobra activating PSP playback on PS3s?

Postby awaiken » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:32 am

wow, so psp support is already native to the ps3, Sony just never enabled it? I'm blown away.

The USB+UMD mode is Cobra only though right? Is that a hidden Sony feature that they uncovered too?
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Re: How is Cobra activating PSP playback on PS3s?

Postby Pockets69 » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:09 pm

awaiken wrote:wow, so psp support is already native to the ps3, Sony just never enabled it? I'm blown away.

The USB+UMD mode is Cobra only though right? Is that a hidden Sony feature that they uncovered too?


they did, you can play psp minis on your ps3, what cobra found is how actually to successfull mount games and make the emulator work, much like its ps2 counterpart.
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Re: How is Cobra activating PSP playback on PS3s?

Postby zecoxao » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:29 pm

what's strange in what you three are saying, is that pspemu doesn't contain any prx/sprx files that you need to properly run a PSP game, so i think it's the other way around, that what Sony has is a way to play minis only, and that Cobra adds the files later or just uses the special pkg they have which may contain those files in order to properly play the PSP games :)
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Re: How is Cobra activating PSP playback on PS3s?

Postby windrider » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:18 pm

Either way you need Cobra dongle in order to play PSP ISO on PS3. I don't know the whole technical details, but just know its possible.

We also have a list of tested PSP games on the PS3 using Cobra Dongle as well.

http://tortuga-cove.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=557
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