PSX fans will LOVE this

[chronusdark]

if you have tried the emulator called pSX you will know its the best playstation emu for windows but now it may be soon coming to linux

check this out

make sure you let pSX Author know how you feel

[gaspar]

Hmm... tought the best was epsxe...
but I´ll give this pSX a try

[MaximB]

I'm waiting for a working PS2 emulator to be ported to Linux

[chronusdark]

Hmm... tought the best was epsxe...
but I´ll give this pSX a try

pSX is aimed at delivering HIGH compatibility and creating a genuine psx experience (ie. no fancy filters) just the basics and standard resolutions but it plays near flawlessly in windows and fairly good in wine so im expecting this to kick ***

[rolando2424]

I'm waiting for a working PS2 emulator to be ported to Linux

Well, I'm still waiting for one that works great

[damvcoool]

well i have the one that comes with ubuntu 6.10 PCSX and downloaded some plugins, and even i somehow got the bios from the Playstation, the thing is that all my old PSX games are playble and with better graphics than the PlayStation itself i can Pack and post here my .pcsx folder so you can compare. (note i wont post the bios because of legal issues)

[anders.149]

In case someone wonders, pSX works great with wine! I played Final Fantasy VII using pSX and wine a few months ago. Thumbs up!

Btw, does anyone know how to make proper backup of Playstation disc's in linux? I can't get my games to rip succesfully in linux. =/

[po0f]

anders.149,

This is a script I wrote to rip PSX images, it might work for others as well. You'll need cdrdao installed for it to work. First, you need to do a little setup; namely, which CD drive to use (command you type is bolded, don't really know why sudo access is needed):

$ sudo cdrdao scanbus
... snipping useless program output ...
ATA:1,0,0       TSSTcorp, CD/DVDW SH-S182M, SB02

We're interested in the first field of the output, ATA:1,0,0. This is the way cdrdao names the devices. You might have more than one device in the output; just use the one that you will rip PSX CDs with.

Now, the script:

#!/bin/bash

if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
    echo -e "Usage: `basename $0` <filename>"
    echo -e "Error: No filename specified."
    exit 1
fi

cdrdao read-cd --device ATA:1,0,0 --driver generic-mmc-raw --read-raw --datafile $1.bin $1.toc

exit 0

Save this script as 'mkpsximage' in /usr/local/bin and give it execute permission. You'll need sudo access to do this. (Change the bolded portion to whatever drive you want to use.) When you use the script, you will need to specify a base filename to use for the created BIN/TOC files. Say you were ripping Final Fantasy VII, disc one:

$ mkpsximage ff7-d1

When the script is finished, you should have two files in the current directory, 'ff7-d1.bin' and 'ff7-d1.toc'.

HTH

[EDIT]

Added the bold part.

[EDIT 2]

Final line in the script should be 'exit 0', not 'exit 1'.

[llirium]

Thanks a lot for the useful script, po0f. Worked like a charm on my epsxe. ^^

[anders.149]

I finally had the time to try your script po0f and it's wonderful! Now both ePSXe and PCSX run my game's that's made entirely with Linux which feels good. No more Windows for PS1 emulation I hope.

One problem remains though, I can't get sound to work in either ePSXe or PCSX. I have tried both Peops OSS and ALSA plugins as well as Eternal. The sound stutters. I have tried to increase the sound buffer in Eternal but it doesn't get any better.

Thanks po0f! =)

EDIT: Nevermind! pSX WIP for Linux has been released, it works MUCH better than any other playstation emulator for Linux even in it's WIP state! Try it out!

Get it from the official site:
http://psxemulator.proboards54.com/i...0069898&page=1