Now here is something to get excited for, the most powerful homebrew shell for the PSP has finally gotten a much needed update. AhMan returns along with StoneCut, to remind us why homebrew is so great. For those that don’t know what iR Shell is or what a PSP Shell is in general, a Shell is a replacement user interface for the PSP replacing the regular XMB. iR Shell adds many extra features with plugins, such as MP3 playback in anything on the PSP, multitasking through different PSP features, iR remote function (where it gets its name), PMP playback, comic reader, changeable skins, usb and net host, and many many others.
This latest release brings us some great new features, the biggest being compatibility
with the newest M33 custom firmwares, except for 3.51 M33-3-7 but does work on 3.52 M33-2, and all the DAX OE custom firmwares. Two other big updates are nethost and usbhost now working with PS1 ISO eboots, and the other is an ISO loader finally loaded with it that can play back ripped ISOs of UMD Videos.
- Added support for Team M33’s newest custom firmware (See note 1). If you don’t want to update to M33, you will still be able to use this new releases with older OE firmwares
- Launch and multi-task with PS1 games from within iR Shell (works also via USBhostFS and NetHostFS) (see note 2)
- Backup ISO plugins now integrated into iR Shell 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS)
- Backup UMD Video ISO support (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS)
- Direct switching between 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT via new shortcut combo
- System-wide "Quick Exit" function to quickly shutdown games, homebrew etc and return to iR Shell
- Improved Autoboot to iR Shell plugin
- New Comic Reader plugin based on PSPComic for CBZ and CBR files by suloku - Original version by Archaemic
- Added the ability to flash/blink the menu highlighting cursor.
- Added support for adhoc PC nethostfs connection under 3.xx CFWs (some additional firmware files required)
- Added a new config item in configurator to turn on/off the Music button for screen capture.
- Other bugfixes and tiny improvement
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AhMan would like to make a few thanks for this public release:
- Dark AleX for his previous contributions & help in iR Shell development. We hope you had enjoyed hacking the PSP. Happy retirement and wish you best of luck in your future endeavors.
- Team M33 for continuing DA’s work and their help in fixing M33 firmware compatibility issues with iR Shell.
- All iR Shell private forum members for their contributions, including donations, testing, skin making, plugins, etc. Without their support, especially StoneCut, you won’t see this special public release.
