PPlay v3.8 Video Player with PS4 Support PKG by Cpasjuste, v4.02 Compiled by PSBax4

Proceeding his OpenTyrian Homebrew Game Port PS4 PKG and PEMU Portable FinalBurn Neo Emulator PS4 PKG, PlayStation 4 Scene developer @Cpasjuste recently updated the pPlay video player for Nintendo Switch in his Github repository with a pPlay v3.6 PS4 PKG adding PlayStation 4 support for Jailbroken PS4 consoles followed by a pPlay v3.7 PS4 PKG, pPlay v3.8 PS4 PKG update, PPLAY v3.09 PS4 PKG and PPLAY v4.0 PS4 PKG updates with more revisions linked below compiled by @psbax4.

Download: pplay-3.8_ps4.zip (34.5 MB - includes IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000013080000.pkg and subfont.ttf) / GIT / IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000013090000.zip (41.93 MB - PPLAY 3.09 includes IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000013090000.pkg) / IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400000.zip (44.32 MB - PPLAY v4.0 includes IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400000.pkg) compiled by @psbax4 / IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400100.zip (46.09 MB - PPLAY v4.01) / IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400200.zip (47.66 MB - PPLAY v4.02) / IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400300.zip (45.83 MB - PPLAY v4.03)

Spoiler: Depreciated

In the changelog below @Cpasjuste notes he's currently seeking donations to buy a PS5 to develop on, so those interested in supporting his ongoing homebrew work in the scene can do so directly HERE via PayPal.

pPlay v3.8 Changelog:

• PS4: correctly fix some clock/sync problems (previous fix was running all videos at 60 fps, they now correctly sync at video fps as on other platforms)

pPlay v3.7 Changelog:

• PS4: fix some clock/sync problems (fix lag problems on 1080p videos)
• PS4: fix "watch-later" mpv option
• PS4: add new shader (support more videos)
• common: correctly show currently selected video/audio/subtitle track in options menus
• common: correctly restore video/audio/subtitle track selection and position on video restart
• common: create pplay data directory on launch

pPlay v3.6 Changelog:

• add PS4 support
• further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments to enhance the user experience...
• note: I'm actually seeking donations to start developing on the PS5 (to buy a device). If you want to support this, please donate here!

And from the README.md: pPlay

pPlay is a video player for the Nintendo Switch. pPlay support most popular video format, subtitles, http and ftp streaming and more. pPlay use the MPV interface to handle ffmpeg interoperability, which provide a fast, stable and powerful experience.

Installation

• Switch: copy "pplay" folder to switch sdcard ("/switch/pplay")
• PS4: install pkg and copy "data" folder on ps4 internal hdd

Usage (switch)

• Use left/right to switch menu's and windows... select a media and... have fun.
• When playing a media, you can press the "DOWN" or "A" button to bring the UI, the "R" shoulder for fast forward ("L" button to stop), and "LEFT" to access video, audio and subtitles selection.

Notes

• pPlay can stream media from an http server with directory listing enabled, or an ftp server. To do so, you must edit the configuration file (pplay.cfg) to add your server address:
  • NETWORK = "http://samples.ffmpeg.org/";
  • NETWORK = "ftp://user:password@ip:port/";
• As pPlay use MPV, you can put a file named "mpv.conf" in the "mpv" folder to play with. See the CONFIGURATION FILES and OPTIONS sections in the MPV manual for more information.
• pPlay should be able to play most media. While 720p and 1080p medias should be fine, you can unlock all the switch cpu speed for heavy medias in the main options menu (LEFT button)

Cheers to BiteYourConsole of BiteYourConsole.net for the heads-up on this via Twitter!

 

[PSXHAX]

Updated OP and linked to your post, thanks for sharing!

 

[Xei]

@psbax4 is it possible to use an input.conf file with this since it seems to use mpv? Or is there a way to set fast_forward_1 to 3 seconds?

 

[psbax4]

@Xei Sorry pplay is not aware of keyboard setup therefore input.conf is not used. Key input must be mapped programmatically and can not be configured. I might alter the ffw option in next release to accept manual defined input.

New pplay version 4.0 with following feature updates:

Download: IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400000.zip (44.32 MB - includes IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400000.pkg) / Mirror

• PS4 pro support meaning smooth 4k rendering on ps4 pro.
• Added more precompiled shaders making pplay independent of shader compilers.
• Multi channel audio support 7.1.
• Scaling PPlay to the ps4 resolution.
• Smb2 support.
• Added multiple network options which can be configured in pplay.cfg.
• Fully mapped the ps4 controller to mpv commands.

Read the provided readme.txt for installation and more detailed info.

 

[traka]

any chance of dlna/upnp support?

 

[OrdinaryBruh]

is there a way to controle the video player with the TV remote via CEC?

 

[Zerlox]

@psbax4 please reupload v4.0
thanks

 

[PSXHAX]

I added a mirror to the previous post HERE now.

 

[psbax4]

PPlay version 4.01 with Dlna, stream and https support. Updated precompiled shaders and network options. Read the readme.txt for setup.

Download: IV0001-PPLA00001_00-PPLA000010400100.zip

@OrdinaryBruh It would be nice with CEC support, but I do not think hdmi hardware is supported by open source software. If someone knows how please provide code / a guide and I will look into it.

 

[wxywp4]

It is really amazing that the app is still being updated today, and a huge thanks to the developer! After using it for a while, I have some suggestions for button mapping and other related functions to make the app better.

1. Currently, the L2 and R2 are used to set a certain speed for playback, but they all play forward, if possible, can the L2 be set to play backwards? then it can be set to loop to switch playback speed by repeatedly pressing the button, at this time, the square can be set to automatically restore the normal playback speed at 1x

2. When playing a video at a certain speed, after pressing the cross , the panel below will pop up and will not automatically hide, but when playing at 1x speed, the panel will only be displayed for 5 seconds and then automatically hide, suggest modifying it to not automatically hide regardless of the playback speed, because when you use the left stick to fast forward or fast backward the video, you can continuously check the playback progress, if the panel needs to be hidden, the user can press the circle

3. When the panel below pops up, the square and triangle now function as faster backward and faster forward, suggest disabling these two buttons to avoid some accidental operations, In fact, the left stick can now replace these two buttons

4. Users can use the L1 or R1 to switch browsing the previous or next picture. When the cursor stays on the picture file, users can directly browse the thumbnail

 

[JeanPlu70]

@psbax4 Sorry to bother you, but PPlay V4.01 does not work on my PS4 Pro FW 9.0
For me it always is error code CE-34878-0

I did the following hence to instructions:

- installed the package file
- copied mpv.conf and subfont.ttf into folder /data/pplay/mpv
- copied libScePigletv2VSH.sprx and libSceShaccVSH.sprx into new folder /data/ps4shacom
- copied pplay.cfg into folder /data/pplay

Before that I was on V3.8 of PPlay. I did a deinstallation, deleting new folders and new installation after first time error message. Of course also I simply restarted the PS4 and tried again.

Since the PS4 did not only showed the error code but also suggested an update I checked the package file with PS4PKGViewer v1.5 by LMAN (LeecherMan) but it did not show me a kind of minimum FW version for the package file.

In the end I even tried out AutoBackPort, the version for FW 9.0 By CyB1K. I thought the package file could be for FW 11.0 that most people are talking about since the last months.

Maybe I overlooked a small but important detail for the installation process? Can you please help?