VLC PS5 v0.2

VLC PS5 v0.2

What's new

• DVDs from your network: DVD images (.iso or .img) on a PC or NAS share now play as real DVDs, with their menus, chapters, length and seeking, just like from a USB drive
• Disc menus you can use right away: the D-pad and ✕ press the menu's buttons as soon as it shows. The touchpad brings up the player controls over a menu, and in the film ✕ pauses as usual
• Real chapters on DVDs: the film's own chapters, with marks on the progress bar and L1 / R1 to jump between them
• IPTV and radio channel lists: open any M3U or PLS list (from a share, a USB drive, the Playlists tab or a link you type) and pick a channel from it, with the names from the list, in the list's own order
• Channel lists in Playlists: lists with links open as a channel list and show how many channels they have
• Smarter HTTPS: when a server doesn't work with the console's own secure connection, VLC's takes over for that link only

Fixed

• A crash when a stream's server redirected it to another address
• DVD and Blu-ray menus didn't react to the D-pad for ISOs opened from a share
• DVD images from a share played as one long video with no length or seeking
• M3U files on a share were hidden, and opening one showed nothing
• Playlists with links looked empty and counted 0

Notes

• Blu-ray menus made with Java (BD-J), used by most commercial Blu-rays, can't be shown on the PS5: those discs skip the menu and play the movie. Simpler HDMV menus work.
• Encrypted (CSS) DVD images aren't supported; unprotected ones and most ripped ISOs are.
• DVDs don't store chapter names, so their chapters are called Chapter 1, Chapter 2...; Blu-rays and videos with named chapters show their names.
• .img files that aren't DVD images (hard disk or game images) can't be played.
• Online .m3u8 links play directly: they're live streams, not channel lists.

Install

1. Extract PPSA85300.zip and copy the PPSA85300 folder to /data/homebrew/.
2. Run kstuff and ShadowMountPlus.
3. Start VLC from the home screen.
4. Add your media on a USB drive, or /data/vlc/, also from your phone.

Optional full access. With etaHEN, OnionHEN or the Helper, VLC can lift its sandbox. This gives it all of /data and USB drives plugged in while it runs. download helper.elf

VLC PS5 v0.1

VLC PS5 v0.1

First release: VLC media player, running natively on PlayStation 5.

What's in it

• Plays nearly anything: H.264, HEVC 10-bit, AV1, VP9, VC-1 and more, up to 4K, with 5.1 / 7.1 surround
• Library: Home, Videos, Music and Browse, with thumbnails, Continue watching, Favourites and search
• Playlists: make your own, add any video or song from anywhere with Options, with covers from their videos
• Subtitles in every language, styled ASS/SSA, and OpenSubtitles downloads
• Network: SMB shares, DLNA servers, network links, free TV channels and internet radio
• PC/Phone page: send files over Wi-Fi or use your phone as a remote (http://<ps5-ip>:8080)
• Music mode with covers and a visualizer, a photo viewer, DVD / Blu-ray folders and ZIP / RAR / 7z
• Two looks, Classic and Modern, and 16 languages

Install

1. Extract PPSA85300.zip and copy the PPSA85300 folder to /data/homebrew/.
2. Run kstuff and ShadowMountPlus.
3. Start VLC from the home screen.
4. Add your media on a USB drive, or /data/vlc/, also from your phone.

Optional full access. With etaHEN, OnionHEN or the Helper, VLC can lift its sandbox. This gives it all of /data and USB drives plugged in while it runs. download helper.elf