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iR Shell v2.1 Released
greg | September 8, 2006
AhMan has released a new version of iR Shell! The one and only shell replacement [for FW 1.50] capable of all this:
- A true multi-tasking shell which allows you to multi-task between a UMD game/homebrew and any of the iR Shell built-in functions.
- Allow listening to any of your favorite mp3s while playing UMD games or homebrews.
- A built-in Universal iR Remote supporting over 2000 devices.
- With the built-in file browser, you can browse files on your Memory Stick, UMD Disc, your PC hard disks or DVDROM drives via USB or WiFi. You can even open files directly from these devices by a single click, such as viewing PMP Movies, Atrac3s, PMF movies, Text files, PDF files, Bitmap Photos, Jpegs, PNG photos, PBP PSP apps, ZIP & RAR archives.
- You can choose to install your PSP homebrew applications & files on your PC harddisk and access them via USB or WiFi on your PSP. This will eventually give your PSP unlimited storage access. With Infrastructure WiFi, you can access these homebrew apps or files on your home PC via WiFi hotspots through Internet.
- Allow transfer of files between 2 PSPs via adhoc WiFi.
- Advanced file management functions which can be performed on a complete directory tree.
- Take snapshots of any homebrews, UMD games, MP4 movies or UMD Movies. For MP4 movies or UMD Movies snapshot, you can use the ‘Launch XMB’ feature.

Quite the overwhelming list of features… So what’s new in v2.1?
- Support 1.0 Eboot format. (Note: The APP view will not list Eboots for 2.x Homebrews that are designed to be launched from Devhook firmware emulation.)
- Support for __SCE__ naming convension.
- Both 1.0 Eboot & SCE naming can be enabled or disabled under iR Configurator. If you don’t use these naming convensions, you can turn them off for a faster APP view list.
- Allow removal of startup splash screen (configurable under iR Configurator).
- nethostfs server v1.5 is enhanced to allow read only access. This means you can open your PC server to the public without worrying files being deleted. Refer to the user guide for details.
- File Manager has been enhanced to support mulitple files/directories selections similar to MP3. You can use CIRCLE key to hightlight multiple files or directories and then perform file manipulation on them. You can highlight maximum of 10 files or directories. The mulitple selection will only work under DIR & RDF View. It won’t work for APP & SAV views.
- The location of each view (DIR, APP, RDF & SAV) will be remembered after toggle. Example, switching from DIR View to APP View and back to DIR View. The directory & cursor location will return to its original location before you left. Pls note MP3 Shortcut & DIR Shortcut are also classified as DIR View.
- Fix a bug introduced in v2.0 which restarts the current MP3 song when exiting homebrew. Now, the song should continue as usual.
Now breathe…
Download: iR Shell v2.1
- source: PSP iR Shell
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sweet this is awesome
niceeee….2nd post ;)
this thing kicks ass heh, may try it later!
Everytime I try to install this, I cannot get it to run properly. Anywho…nice job again…hopefully i can get it working soon.
now, only if this is made available on fw 2.5….. god, i’m so impatient.
All this shit is fine and good, but I can never get it to work!! Dayum… Anyone have an airtight tutorial?
Yes please someone have a step by step guide to setup the wifi networking part….. sorry to be a n00b but were not all cleaver like you devs!!!
:P
This site is useless. So is Greg.
By the way, I’m selling my PSP’s, anyone want ‘em? Both are 1.5 firmware!
could it brick my psp? is it worth it?
when it sez the bit about unlimited storage will we be able to “stream” umd iso’s over wifi so no more need for huge mem sticks so it would just take the files it needs?
@4 +6
put the IRSHELL folder in the ROOT of the memory stick, which is the folder where u c the folder “PSP”.
then put the 2 other folders IRshell + IRshell% or something in the GAME folder.
Make sure that you have a 1.5 psp.
@ 10 course you cant brick the psp, it doesnt write to the flash and yeh IRshell is worth it, i use it practically everyday.
errk do u live in the uk ?
@11
the creator of IRshell is against isos so doesnt allow them to be streamed. i dont think.
or mb u live in estonia lol ;)
Rite so once again IRSHELL doesnt support devhook usage? Last time i tried to use IRSHELL it was a good experience except the fact that when i tried to use the homebrew shortcuts they never worked even though i followed the read me instructions down to the last T. Don’t supose anyone has any idea why? Plus some homebrew wasn’t recognised by IRSHELL at all ie: The sega master system emulator. Could it be that my folders have been edited with Sei psp tool?
SWEET!
Does anyone else have trouble using the homebrew shortcuts?
awesome
@16
theres a hidden icon system which IRSHELL doesnt recognise and list, this is so you can select which homebrew appears in the list, (i think), and thats the __SCE__ folder naming system.
this hombrew is the best
Where can I get the menu skin in the pic?
its one of the built in ones
Whats it called? And when ever I change my skin the menu changes to the orinal blue one, how do I change the main menu?
Hell yeah…I love days like this…Once, agian…Another hit!
Awsome!! i realy love this shell, easy to install, easy to use, good looks. and its free :P
Freezes at the initial screen for me. 2.0 worked for about a month and then started doing the same bullshit. This program is the absolute best. I have my custom firmware just boot up IR Shell instead of the regular XMB. If the creator of this program is against ISO’s, then why is there an icon for Devhook? Devhook’s only purpose in life is to run ISO’s.
can this brick my psp?????
28
if it writes to the flash of the psp it could if it dont do that then it wont, people this wont brick your psp
looks like i got to try it,i haven’t used any of irshell because i didnt want to write to my psp’s flash memory.But as i know now that the setup is safe i ll certainly give it a try!
Hi guys, I have just made a compilation of the latest and nicest PSP homebrew games as well as some all-time favorites. It is called PSpastime Pack and includes Droplets, Sci-Fi YoYo, Trigonometry Wars, Luminex, Meltdown, PSP Connect 4, AOTM, Squarez, Sudoku by Chau Le, Vortex, pspChess, PSP Air Hockey, Laserix 2, Reactor, Electris & Simon.
Everything is in a zip file and ready to use on PSPs running firmware 1.0 and 1.5.
I want to share this compilation with the homebrew community and I would be very pleased if someone who knows how the process to post news on this site works helps me (or notifies the site administrator), so that this topic may appear at the PSP-hacks home page.
The file can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1J2B77E6
Hope you all enjoy it!
Thanks
program works fine all it is is an upgrade and its a nice way to tranfer files eg. go mates house and they wanna play strrets of rage but they havent the rom you both have ir shell …. send the rom through WIFI easy ^^
Does iR Shell launch ISOs? Or would I have to jump back and forth between this and Devhook to be able to play both PSP games and run emulators?
ok, now how do you get it to view the files you have on your computer? I entered my ip address on the configuration screen, then what?@airdevil
Nice! Sweet brew!
All who don’t thinks so? ….um…
You know there are places for you kinn?
Where do i get the skin pictured in the news?
Whats it called?
Don’t worry this version works with devhook, just select devhook from the app folder! Still can’t get the homebrew shortcuts working though :(
nethostfs 1.5 MacOS X ver. for iR Shell 2.1:
http://wattks.extra.hu (Left side panel: MacOS X – PSP)
Does it work on FW 2.80 or can i downgrade mine FW 2.8 to 1.50 some how?? PLX HELP
luke, both are no’s atm. just wait some time more
Hm, can’t get it to work. When I try to run USB host my computer asks for drivers for PSP Type B, whatever that is. Devhook gave me the same problem. USB connection through XMB works fine. Anyone know what’s up?
Just when I was wondering about a Media Center Extender for psp, someone comes up with something even better. Nice job!!!! ;)
this is way off topic but i have a question
could someone plz explain to me how to run a v2.6 iso off my mem stick witout a umd being inserted
thanx in advanced
i never used ir shell before but im intrested in it now just one question though can you set a custom back ground behind the shell’s xmb?
i know it will be mostly covered i just have grown acustom to mine and i know it would look phat under there so thats just wanna know, can anyone tell me
@ dizzle
i dont think its possible but you should go and check the devhook tutorial in the forums section and read the entire thing until you find your answer
just start at page one and get your reading glasses
EDIT* the word “it” should of been in my previous post
can you guess where?
i read the whole thing and i dont think u can do it with devhook but i have seen videos with ppl loading them witout umd inserted so i no it possible i just need someone to explain to me how to do it
again thanx in advanced
Can anyone please give me codes for a Panasonic TX28DK1 television, I would love you forever.
I quite like this piece of homebrew.
@ kim
you should get a psp tybe b driver included in your usb host bundle
oh yea you will need some sort of usbhostfs program running on your pc (atleast for devhook)
again like i said to dizzle you have to gop to the forums and read, except you have alot less reading
than dizzle. you need to go to the usbhost tutorial written by everyones favorite author, “CHOAS ZERO” the psp hero
heres a link :
http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/about40419.html
dizzle…I really dont think that watching videos, or playing games is the same lol….so, I really dont think there is a way of running games without umd…
besides, any firmware can watch videos without anything needed…
@platnium i mean i saw a video of a person loading a game without a umd
dude ir shell is stupid. dont get me me wrong i loke most of it its just that nethost doesnt work. not just on this version i found a tutorial for 2.0 and it doesnt work either. so if any1 finds a way to get this goin i would a apprecaiate the help.
All these features and new look to the IRshell is good and all. However it doesn’t worth it if I can’t run it with devhook after changing the FW version :( .
with the old Devhook I could run IRshell and hear the music I like during the game – and even go to the pictures section and view a premade walkthrough for the game.
Now , the newer the FW version is the harder it is to run IRshell.
Is there no way to make devhook trick the PSP that homebrews are “not-hombrews” after changing FW ???
@ roni
that would be insane
quick question about ir shell (its a noob ?)
how do you get more than one mp3 to play at once?
or i should say more than 10?
can you just highlight the folder to play it all?
Here is the link for the the new icon menu shown i in the article.
http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=581&mforum=irshell
if this worked with devhook then the possibilities would be tremendous. aaaaahhhhh alas it doesn’t. so screw it.
Could someone please help me out? I JUST got a 1.5 psp and I have IR Shell and have it running, but I don’t know how to stream the music or any of my files off of my pc to the psp. I tried reading the tutorial but can’t understand exactly what it means, but I got it installed fine. I just need to know how to stream files via wifi or adhoc/infrastructure/wireless from my pc
THIS IS SWEET!!! But where can I get more remote control files for it?
what cannot run on this?