It’s nice to see advancements in the Python world of PSP programming… The Mindcaster, author of the Stackless Python PSP port, has made some new additions to his work, and here they are:

• OGG Vorbis support
  • I have added a basic OGG Vorbis support for the port. The API is based on oggplayer from PSPMediaCenter. The problem is that i loads the entire file into memory and playbacks it from there. On MP3 this doesnt happens.. more below.
  • The API for the OGG is very simple, a sample application follows at the end of the post.
• MP3 Support
  • Its here! With the great help from Ghoti (thanks Rein) the MP3 streaming playback is now available transparently. What streaming means? Your application wont load the entire file into memory for playback. The application creates a buffer and loads small chunks from disk as needed. This leaves a lot of memory to the interpreter and you play with. In my tests, my interpreter have around 18Mb RAM available.
  • A small demo is in the bottom of this post.
• SSL Support
  • This is the latest addition. Since I cant test all its functionality, I need someone to test it for me. I made a small test where a import socket; hasattr(socket, “ssl”)returned “True” so I assumed everything was fine.

Furthermore, The Mindcaster has provided a Stackless tutorial for those interested in developing their own software for the PSP. Find that here.

Download: Stackless Python for PSP 2.4.4_1

- source: blogspot