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user7 wrote:i haven't seen ecm + ape since the UG days.

That's probably where I got it from.

Anyway yes, I am looking for a good balance of archivability and playability so I'm leaning towards .bin torrent7zipped or torrentzipped depending on whether emulators can run it. game.bin.ecm * .ape has nice compression but not really good for playing and not workable with the dat. My no-intro stuff is tz'd with the exception of DS which is tz7'd which is happily compatible with emulators. I am mightily impressed with DS emulators, they're an even better experience than the is-nitro-capture.

Finally finished converting the ecms/apes to bin/7z. Unfortunately, it seems like the 7z'd multi-track games cause heavy slowdown with clrmamepro. Still having second thoughts about going to just standard zip.

PS. New Nvidia Shield console announced recently.

Got a couple of questions.

I have PS3HEN (custom firmware) installed on my PS3 but is it safe to use it for accessing PSN and downloading free and paid DLC content?

What's the current state of PSP DLC (paid & unpaid) preservation and the current state of the PSP PSN/servers? For example, I'm looking through no-intro's data files but it seems to be pretty scarce when it comes to the downloadable content for Mega Man: Powered Up/Rockman Rockman (e.g. extra characters, extra stages etc). Though in this particular case, I believe most of this stuff is downloaded through the actual game and not through the main PSN site. Also apparently, the game server for this game is still up and people are still uploading customs stage to this day or year.

Is there any way to get the PSP (mine has custom firmware) to connect to the PSN and/or Internet using a wired ethernet connection? My main PC is not set up for wireless at the moment. What's the best and easiest way to connect?

In general, I just want to get online and grab any interesting DLC (particularly the paid ones) that may have been missed by the datters before they die permanently. Is there a running list of confirmed missing PSP DLC similar to the lists of missing PS1, PS2 etc stuff?

I managed to get internet working on my PSP, and browsed the aforementioned Rockman Rockman with it and I recorded my results here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1yvcDFSlFQ. I'll check out some of my other games if they have similar online content in the near future.