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radad · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:08 am Post subject: Release: RadMenu

I have been looking for a pretty menu system for the PS2. I didn't find anything I liked so I have come up with this. This is the first release so test with care. Let me know of any ideas for improvements.

radmenu.zip

ubergeek42 · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 83

Neat, support for other booting from other locations would be pretty nice as well. Any chance of the source code becoming available?
A config screen would be nice, but its not necessary.

Oh, and one little thing, the top right of the poweroff icon has some colored pixels where I'm thinking it shouldn't be.

I definitly like the time/date on the screen, don't see that too often in ps2 homebrew.

radad · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject:

Updated to version 0.2

Now supports bmp, png and jpeg images.

Next I shall add support for other devices.

I will make the source available soon.

cosmito · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 314 Location: Portugal

Very cool !

Share the source soon please.

ste180783 · Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 4

Congratulations for the great app! Add the usb support pleaseeeeeeeee!!!:-)

cosmito · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 314 Location: Portugal

Yes, USB please :)

radad · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:09 am Post subject:

New update: RadMenu 0.3

HDD and USB now working.
Putting radmenu.elf itself on the HDD is not supported as yet, but it does work on the USB drive.
I have done some limited testing on CDROM. I have launched a PS2 game successfully. I dont have a mod chip so I have been unable to test burned cds. I believe the internal CDROM driver only supports ISO format and Joliet.

ste180783 · Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 4

Thankyou for the usb support radad. great app

evilo · Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 230

Hi radad,

Could you post some screenshots of it ? My PS2 is currently away for repairing, and I'd would be curious to see how it looks like ?

thank you,
evilo
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radad · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject:

How do you take a screenshot? I thought you could do it with ps2link but looking at the code it doesnt seem to do anything,

Chandler · Joined: 26 Sep 2004 Posts: 3

evilo · Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 230

ubergeek42 · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 83

I don't actually find it easier to develop using my tv tuner, but I've got a tv right next to my computer as well, which is what I generally use.

radad: If you want to use the screenshots on a website or something, go for it, they took me like 15 seconds to make.

http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/ubergeek42/radmenu/

radad · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:12 am Post subject:

Thanks, I will use those.
BTW Was that the correct time? It is actually displaying incorrectly.

ubergeek42 · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 83

Yeah, it's displaying time incorrectly, the time is set correctly in the ps2's bios.

NTSC PS2 v7(scph 39001) Though I don' think that matters.

dlanor · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 269 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

ubergeek42 · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 83

Yeah, I think thats probably what the issue is.

My PS2 is set to GMT-5(Eastern time zone), and its set to daylight savings time summer mode.

radad · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:52 am Post subject:

I take into account all that. The only issue I saw was that it said "0:29 AM" instead of "12:29 AM".

dlanor · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 269 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

radad · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject:

New update: RadMenu 0.4

Added support for command line parameters
Updated to latest ps2sdk
Use USBHDFSD
Colorize icons
Use the non-x modules
Specify config file in command line parameter

Also I would like to see others setup. What background and icon images do you use? Have you experimented with sizing and positioning?

verdammt · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

Hello,

everytime i try to launch RadMenu with something else than ulaunchelf, i only get the error message "No Applications".

This happens when i try to boot it via the exploit (everything in mc0:/BEDATA-SYSTEM), Swapmagic 3.6 (everything in mc0:/SWAPMAGIC) or PS2KeyLauncher (everything in mc0:/radmenu).

I have no problem to launch it through ulaunchelf, no matter in which directory radmenu.elf (or any other name) and its configurationfile etc. resides.

Has anyone else had this problem?

I already looked at the sourcecode and found that it gets the path from argv[0] and appends "radmenu.cnf" to it, so i think that it should work.

Until now i was unable to compile the source, i wanted to try it with a fixed location for the radmenu.cnf.
I just installed the ps2toolchain for the first time according to "Building PS2 Toolchains In MinGW", but there's something missing here...

Thank you for this piece of software, and thanks to everyone who will be pondering over my problem.

regards

radad · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:50 am Post subject:

I use it via the exploit. Try running it through ps2link and see what it outputs.

verdammt · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

I also have problem running it with ps2client. This is the output i get:

$ ps2client -h ps2 execee host:radmenu.elf
loadelf: fname host:radmenu.elf secname all
loadelf version 3.30
Input ELF format filename = host:radmenu.elf
0 00100000 0008db20 .........
Loaded, host:radmenu.elf
start address 0x100008
gp address 00000000
Path: host:
open name host:/radmenu.cnf flag 1 data 44a78
open fd = 2
Get Reboot Request From EE
ps2ip_ShutDown: Shutting down ps2ip-module

On my TV i get something like this (difficult to read):

EE Exception handler: TLB load/ist fetch exception

Cause 70000003 BadVAddr 00000000 Status 70030c13 EPC 0011a4a4

There is also a dump of the registers.

When i remove the configuration file, radmenu starts and displays "No application".

radad · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:06 am Post subject:

I dont know what would be causing the exception. Try running it with the parameter '-noreset'. Normally it resets the iop which is why the output to ps2 client stops.

verdammt · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

The EE exception seems to be happen when the configured icons are not where they should be (host:).

After putting the icons in the same directory radmenu works without problem.

I now found another version of PS2 Keylauncher, which lets me autolaunch radmenu after is has been started via the exploit.

Still don't know why radmenu refuses to find its configurationfile when started via exploit.

Is there some way to get the output of the printf's of radmenu when launched without ps2client just to know whats going on?

At least i know have a beautiful and functional launcher.

But i will further look into this issue to further reduce the loading time but this will have to wait about 2 weeks (going on vacation next week).

Anyhow, thanks for your help.

radad · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:44 am Post subject:

tac · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 6

Hi!

I like radmenu but there was no improvement. Why, it's a great application?

Is it possible to improve it to get an interface similar to the PSP?

Example:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14184&d=1214830993

radad · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject:

As far as I am concerned its finished. I dont plan on any more features.

tac · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 6

OK, I understand but can you give me the means to compile the source ?

radad · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:13 am Post subject:

Source is on the website http://radad.110mb.com/software/ps2/radmenu.html