3.6. Playing video files from a USB mass storage drive connected to the PS2
You can play audio and video files from a USB stick connected to the front of your PS2.
SMS is capable of reading files from a USB drive, but due to liscencing issues, the USB driver USBD.IRX is not included with the SMS distribution. SMS looks for it in the following folders:
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host:USBD.IRX
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mc0:/BOOT/USBD.IRX
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mc0:/PS2OSCFG/USBD.IRX
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mc0:/SYS-CONF/USBD.IRX
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mc0:/PS2MP3/USBD.IRX
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mc0:/BOOT/PS2MP3/USBD.IRX
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mc0:/SMS/USBD.IRX
A suitable version of USBD.IRX can be found within the distribution of naplink: naplink-ps2-v1.0.1a. This can be found at
http://naplink.napalm-x.com/.Download the above zip file, and open it up – inside you will find a file called npm-usbd.irx. Copy this file to a local folder on your computer, then rename it to USBD.IRX (must be in capitals). Then use an FTP program or other method to copy the file to one of the above locations. Next time SMS starts up, it will have USB support enabled. You won't see any difference until you plug in a compatible USB drive. Then you will see a new icon as shown below. Press RIGHT to select this icon and browse the USB drive.
SMS with USB support activated.
Figure 3.18. SMS with USB support activated.
As usual, press X to play the selected video file.