Still beatin’ off to the same ol’ thing? For all the Beats fans out there, why not switch it up with something new…

Now jam your own beats with the PSP game, “Beats.” JBrown has managed to successfully load and play custom compiled BJS files using his new cross-platform app, “Beats off.” The package includes the Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X versions.

Huh, say what? Read our previous coverage on JBrown’s progress.

And on another note…

…FreePlay and I have been desperately trying to figure out the unknown values found in the header of BAR files. From what it looks like, they’re related to the file name, as the manifests always have the same value, but the others change per the name of the folder. If we figure out how to encode our own names, it’ll be possible to add content to Beats as opposed to replacing it.

Instructions for use; see readme.txt. Also, I strongly encourage you visit the source link to enlighten yourself of the current limitations.

Download: Beats Off v0.1

- source: beatsoff.blogspot.com

Despite all the VAG and BJS talk, this isn’t what you think… J Brown has been hard at work reverse engineering the PSP game, “Beats.”

The often-neglected “Jamming” mode is really what’s up… Once fully hacked — it’s at about 90% now — you’ll be left with quite the portable DJ app.

J Brown’s progress is nicely documented via the source link for those interested. It details the structure of the BJS format, VAG and BAR files, as well features FreePlay’s “unbeat” tool (Windows & Linux) for extracting said BAR files. That also compiles and works on my Mac. So, have fun beatin’ it up, reeeal good.

Download: FreePlay’s Unbeat

- source: beatsoff.blogspot.com