Great tutorial. For anybody doing this in 2024, you have to make sure you use the Jay-Jay version of OPL because the regular version had PS1 support removed after version 1.0. I used 1.2 version and it has to be the Jay-Jay one. Also, the naming convention of the ISOs have changed twice since this video was made. The ISOs have to be named like "SLUS_000.67.Castlevania Symphony.VCD" because it has to be 32 characters or less and start with the title ID. The version of OPL Manager I had recognizes a "new" naming convention where you don't need the title ID in it, but it lets you change to the "old" naming convention in its settings, but it didn't actually rename the IOSs for me, so it's kind of useless for that. Just rename the VCD file yourself so that it has the title IT at the start of the file and is 32 characters or less. Then use OPL manager to download the art and then just use a memory stick and copy your ART and CFG folders to your hdd0:/+OPL/ folder. You don't have to mess with any of the RadNet stuff if you don't want to. SotN worked great, but be sure to check out the compatibility guide to see if the game you want to play works or not and if you have to do anything extra like a put a BIOS file in the folder VMC folder. (The VMC folder is in hdd0:/__common/POPS/[VCD NAME]/ and holds that game's virtual memory cards. If the game only works with a certain console BIOS, like SCPH-1001.BIN, name it BIOS.bin and put it in the game's VMC folder. Tekken 3 might need this) I'm a little bummed that Ridge Racer doesn't work, but at least I can play SotN on my PS2 flawlessly, and there's tons of PS1 games that do work perfectly too.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I've been spending about a week after work trying to get all of this to work. In regards to renaming the files - Is there an easy way to see what the SLUS file name should be? Only method that I can see is that I convert the bin to VCD using PSXVCD then convert that using POPStarterGameInstallerforOPLv1 THEN OPL manager can read the VCD files so I can get the SLUS name and THEN i can go into the folder where the VCD's are kept and manually convert them to "SLUS(numbers).Game Title.VCD and keep it under 32 characters. IS there anything i'm missing?
@@vincentclark8386 I'm not sure what PopStarterGameInstallerforOPL is, but when I pointed OPL Manager to my VCD files (I just had them named like Castlevania Symphony of the Night.VCD), OPL Manager knew what it was and the SLUS name was already filled in one of the boxes. I just looked at that and followed the naming convention and shortened it to 32 chars. In the end I only used OPL Manger to download the artwork and make the CFG files, then I renamed the VCDs to the right naming convention and put them where they're supposed to go and then copied thar ART and CFG folders to where they belonged and finally OPL was able to see the VCDs and show the artwork (after I enabled artwork in settings).
Thanks for the pro tip. This also assumes you can get the jay jay version because sometimes their ps2-home website likes to block visitors, like myself which is irritating.
@ProjectPhoenixMedia I got it from github... I think... that ps2-home site is infuriating lol. Your videos are awesome btw. Thank you so much for doing what you do.
I have everything set up as per this video. I am finding that there are too many games with graphical glitches and slow fps. Example Soul Blade or Doom. Suggestions?
Just in case anyone else had this issue, OPLManager can't just look at any folder and see your VCD files for the renaming operation. It must have the VCDs inside of a folder called POPS within the directory you give it. This took me a while to find the answer to
My goodness this was a great tutorial. I had been trying to figure this out for days. following this got me up and running. I am so excited to finally have my HDD installed and game library available on it. THANK YOU!
Did you have any issues with your PS1 games just kicking you back to LaunchElf? I did the tutorial but I must be doing something wrong because I can see my games but none of them are booting. Edit: Figured it out, the problem was the IOPRP252 IMG file had a lowercase extension. I had to capitalize the extension from .img to .IMG for it to work.
Ur awesome my man! I have the cheap knockoff SATA HDD network adapter, so no FTP for me. I just basically used a USB to transfer all the files where you indicated and BAM! No more scratched discs, weak lasers, I can enjoy my entire library of PS1 games without having to pull them off the shelf and pop them in. Plus I can play all my Japanese Imports! Keep up the good work. Less do dis
am i missing something. is this using the ps2 hardware via internal hdd to play the ps1 or is it loading an emulator off the hdd to render the gamplay? I am familiar with fmcb, hdloader etc but confused if this is hardware usage or emulation? thanks man
bigpun2k6 I believe pop starter does just what it sounds like. It “popstarts” PS1 vmc files so they work with OPL, which is primarily used for USB/PS2. It injects the initial region checker and disc verification to get those game files up and running.
@@mmhmenjoy7275 POPS ( PlayStation One Portable Station ) is an official PS1 emulator on the PS2. "Popstart" is not a verb in itself, "POPStarter" is a contraction of "POPS" and "Starter."
This method finally worked for me. had to update wle to allow for the creation of a pops partition without the + in front, then it recognized and launched my games. on HDD capitalize file extensions. I had a problem where the games would launch and I'd see the ps launch screen but when the game loaded I would lose video. The CHEATS.TXT file mentioned in the text below the video fixed this. THANK YOU! Also check ps2 home for popstarter igr texture files so that when you push r1 r2 l1 l2 start select, the reset menu isnt in Korean! For HDD put these files in your common/pops/ folder Thanks again!
pops1 has a limit of 130gb +- but you can brake that limit by making pops 1 pops 2 pops3 etc etc for poeple who have morw than 130gb of ps1 games like me
8GB is the max. size for my POPS folders. Weird cause I have 120 GB available. I guess every HDD is different. I just made more POPS folders and stored the games in there.
So if I need to create a second POPS folder, do I just put the same files in there as the first one, and then the games? Also, how would a second folder full of games appear on OPL?
Thank you for everything! These past few days, I totally followed a tutorial from a French guy. Not bad but from 2016. So completely obsolete! I almost lost my mind lol, I havn’t understood why it doesnt worked. Now with your video it’s work for me :) ! Just The Popstarter r13 RIP06 don’t work with internal HDD, black screen and reboot of the PS2. (WARNING: POPSTARTER RIP 06 has a bug with Internal HDDs that it will not load the games. The workaround is to use the most current RIP 07 BETA 5 (or newer)). R13 WIP07 works for me.
Project Phoenix Media The official topic from ps2-home ;) www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=1819 When you click on the download link PUBLIC RELEASE - RIP 06: POPStarter_r13_RIP_06.zip it’s bring you on the page 23 (answer #225) with the warning note ;) Nb : Also have problems with some games (Ok for MGS1 but the same display issues with THPS 1 And THPS 2...). I will try with others Popstarter versions.
For those having Black Screen! 1. Try using standard Composite Cables and not Component Cables/HDMI. If it still does not work. 2. Force PSX Games to output 480p by making a CHEATS.TXT file inside the POPS folder or each games folder; type $480p inside the CHEATS.TXT file to force 480p on every PSX games. Downside is they will look even more pixelated than their native 240p/i resolution but its better than getting a Black Screen. 3. You can also use OPL Manager to edit every games CHEATS.TXT and copy it over the HDDs POPS folder with the 480p fix.
OMG thanks for this nugget I was losing my sanity and couldn't figure it out! Damn I love my ps2 to hdmi adapter so I'll try the cheat workaround and compare with the component cable setup......
THANK YOU man, thank you 😀 After hours of searching, I finally managed to run Colin McRae Rally 2 on my PS2 thanks to your videos. I mean, it still has stutters, no music, and graphical glitches, but it's running now at least 😀 I'll check it with another ROM later, or maybe update the Popstarter itself or something, but thank you anyways 😀
i think it's better to have separated drives for PS1 and PS2 games because OPL has an option to boot the hard disk manually (if you wanna play PS2 games) so it doesn't boot every times you launch OPL for no reason and you can use a USB stick to play the PS1 games to not damage your HDD.
There was a solution? I'm having the same issue... after waiting about 2 minutes of a black screen, the "No Disc! " message in LaunchELF (v4.43a) appears.
Glad it helps, I think of revisiting for 2022 to make it easier to explain if there is a better way to do it. I mean the process is sorta complicated as it is lol.
@@Nadoriadoga Yo bro, I was struggling with this for the last day. You have to get the daily builds verson, and not the ifcaro builds. The daily builds are right below the ifcaro builds as a drop down spoiler on the ps2-home site.
@@Nadoriadoga yes I did this for ps2 and it was easy. The Ps2 ISOs showed up in OPLM, but when I try to dump a .VCD file in the POPS folder created by OPLM as show in the video around 7:40 I am not seeing the game show up like it does in this video. Have you had any luck? I think our issue is similar unless you are talking about OPL program within Ps2
I suggest you check out the bitbucket website for help to make sure you got all the right file names and files in the right place: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/Home
This helped me to an extent, but unfortunately my PS2 cannot use Red Host Client since my PS2 uses a hard mod that takes up the network port (Game Star Network Adapter HDD Mod) meaning my only option was to use PFS Shell. Additionally I couldn't create the partition on the PS2 itself for whatever reason, so I had to use PFS Shell for that as well. The current syntax in PFS shell is as follows, for the benefit of anyone else who follows me with a similar setup: Since I am on disc 11 I used the following to mount the drive: device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE11 and to create the POPS partition of 20 GB I did: mkpart 20G PFS The directory structure seems to be the same though, so I then just had to use the commands to copy the files over that way.
Cheers man, this helped me! Although my drive was different, to find the correct drive type this into cmd: wmic diskdrive get Caption,DeviceID,InterfaceType then find the correct \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE index
I don't see the games listed in OPL on PS2 and I tried using both a slightly older version of OPL and the one listed in this video. I've followed all the directions except I used PSXVCD instead of CUE2POPS because I couldn't get it to work for me. I've only tried spyro 1 and xenogears and they both seem to have the correct filename when ran through OPL manager. I can see the game files listed in the __.POPS directory of the hdd where I copied them in uLaunchelf, but I just can't get them to show up in OPL. I have a 2nd hard drive with PS2 games on it that works perfectly with both versions of OPL that I have and all the games work great. I'm tempted to make a partition on it for PS1 just to see if that works. Both hard drives are 80 gb and the PS2 one is seagate while the PS1 hdd is maxtor. By the way, I also tried making the __.POPS partitions of various sizes on the PS1 drive starting with 70 gb, then 20 gb, then 8 gb. The __.POPS partition didn't have a 1 automatically added to the end of it until I tried the 8 gb partition so I'm assuming that's what I want but it still didn't work. Anyway I'll try again tomorrow with different PS1 games and maybe a different hdd if I can find one lying around somewhere. If anyone has experienced this problem or can help in any way, I would greatly appreciate it. I've spent nearly all day on this and I feel like I'm so close to getting it to work. EDIT: I figured out what my problem was, I was using version 4.42 of uLaunchelf and the hdd manager kept naming the partition "+__.POPS" instead of "__.POPS" I read the walkthrough and found out +__.POPS wouldn't work as a partition name so once I upgraded uLaunchelf to version 4.43 like in this video, I was able to successfully partition the hdd with the right name. Tried Spyro 1 out and it works great and saves and loads just fine. Also found another link to the CUE2POPS program that's used in this video: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/apps-last-version
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Could it be that the VCD needs the SLUS and # in front of the game title? Mine never came with that it was just the game title. Could that be a reason why OPL doesn't read them?
Thank you so much - still works altough i would recommend using an older version of Jayjay OPL as the latest ones have broken HDD support (im using 1826)
Hi, thanks for the video. When you linked your PS2 to your PC via ethernet, did you use the Ethernet cable to link your PS2 directly to your computer's Ethernet port?
Yes, that is exactly what I did, but you don't have to. If you have a router in between or network switch or hub, and with static ip addresses you can do the same thing.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia thanks, have tried several times both ways but it ddn't work for me, even though I own an original network adapter. Eventually I did it with pfsshell, by far the fastest alternative, even though it's pretty boring to plug and unplug my HDD everytime I want to put a game on it.
Excellent video, very easy to follow! I just had an issue, that the PS1 game wasn't showing up in OPL. But I just had to press the select button to refresh the list, and then it was fine. Tested with your versions of popstarter and OPL, as well as the latest ones (r13 beta and OPL 1580 DB) The mainline OPL doesn't have the PS1 menu, but the "DB" versions work. So my workflow must be: go to the HDD tab -> Start (to spool up the HDD, even if it is already spun up) then PS1 -> Run and then also Refresh.
Glad it worked out in the end. These days I use the mainline OPL, but the "DB" does have the ps1 tab , although the main devs do not like the "DB" version as they see it as inferior and using copyrighted code, I guess ps2 scene drama. At the end of the day, do what works best for you.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia I use both, the mainline 1.1 for launching games, and DB for the HDL server and PS1. The main OPL devs very stupidly removed the HDL functionality and replaced it with some non-functioning NBD rubbish. So mainline OPL is useless for anything but starting games, you cannot properly install games anymore.
Can u transfer a saved ps1 file from a ps2 hard drive to a ps1 memory card and if u can how do u do it I been playing Parasite, Eve on my ps2 hard drive and I’m on the Second disc but it doesn’t give me a option to switch or anything and when I rest my ps2 I figure it would automatically transfer the save file to the Second disc but nothing can some one help me out is there something I’m missing?
Yowza! Thanks for this guide. I was having issues with black screen, but I think it was because I was using an older version of POPSTARTER.ELF - make sure you're using at least WIP 07 - BETA 06. Then because I was messing around with the CHEATS.TXT files my screen was whack, because I'm playing on a PVM - so I deleted those files. Now I'm good to go. Awesome!
I'm copying my games via USB because I didn't want to bother with the transfer over IP. Not that I could anyway since I'm using a SATA adpater. WOW it's slow! The read speeds on the PS2's USB ports are truly killer. Edit: damn thing keeps kicking me back to uLaunch. Edit: FINALLY figured it out, the problem was the IOPRP252 IMG file had a lowercase extension. I had to capitalize the extension for it to work. @Project Phoenix Media would you mind adding that to the description? This way more people don't get tripped up like I did. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was wrong until I saw that the .IMG extension on your screen was capitalized while mine was not. Here's something else that's important for people to know. It doesn't show in this video and I assume your tv doesn't struggle with that resolution, but modern HDTV's don't support the native resolution of PS1 games over component cables because it's too low. Create a file that is called exactly "CHEATS.TXT" and then paste inside it "$HDTVFIX" without the quotation marks. Put this file into the folder that your game creates for the virtual memory cards in the __common/POPS/SCUS_123.45.Game Name folder. And you don't need to, but I recommend adding "$SMOOTH" to the CHEATS.TXT file so that the PS1 emulator automatically uses the smoothing option for the game. And, you don't need to start each game in order to make the folder. After you make your SCUS_123.45.Game Name.VCD file, just create the folder named exactly the same thing as the game file. You can put the Cheats file in that folder, and other folders like it, then copy the folders in to the __common/POPS folder. The PS1 games will load right away over the component cable, and you don't need to change to your composite cable any more.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia you're welcome, thank you! I just realized I made a mistake in my comment. I didn't mean "create the folder named exactly the same thing as the folder". I meant "create the folder named exactly the same thing as the game file." I see fixing my mistake removed your heart but I still appreciate it!
It doesn't work with the exFAT GrimDoomer OPL. Period. You use the Jay-Jay 1.2.0 version, or don't bother. the exFAT OPL is for dumping .iso files straight unto the HDD, and doesn't support any functionality with POPSTARTER.
Can you help us understand how this will work with games that use multiple discs? What happens when I'm playing that game and I need the second disc? Do I launch the second one after rebooting the console? Will the game save? What's your experience been here...
Seeing as how this was from 3 years ago at the time I'm reading it, you've probably already discovered the answer, but for those out there that see this question, the game will prompt you to save your progress at the end of disc 1 then you just reset the ps2 once all saving is complete and go back to opl then select disc 2 to play and it should work once it reads the save file.
Thanks for the tutorial, this is exactly the simple procedure I was looking for. I wanted to ask what folder or partition to put PS2 .iso games in? And what folder use for put art covers for same PS2 games? Same like in the video? Thanks.
Same as the video. PS2 games use a program like winhiip or hdd batch installer, its simpler process. PS1 games on ps2 follow the video or this link:bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/quickstart-hdd
Not sure how I would do a 2021 version as I spent a lot of time in the 2019 going over the steps. Same steps still apply in 2021 or any other year in the future I would think.
@@julianwass i followed this video exactly except i used a USB to transfer . are you saying that instead of __.POPS , the partition needs to be named “+__.POPS”??
I’ve done everything exactly like he said but I can’t get the games to boot. It goes to a black screen for a bit and then loads back into wlaunchelf. Can someone help me?
i had set up my hdd with your tutorial and my psx vcds month ago to launch the games via ulaunch with ELF files. (worked great since now :D) now i saw your new tutorial but i didn't get the point how i let my VCD games show up in OPL .. what are the steps to load them up via OPL now ? any suggestions ? i don't think i have to format everything and start from scratch Thanks :)
I have spent all day trying to get this *&#!@ to work.. I have tried the latest official OPL which have the greyed out PS1 icon but I can't select it what ever I do. I tried the latest OPL daily build which have the PS1 enabled in menu, and finally displays the games but the screen just goes black and then eventually goes back to sysmenu. I have all the latest files for popstarter, and placed exactly where they should be... I followed the video exactly as you did, what the *"@#$& am I missing here??
After creating the __.POPS partition, while loading OPL, it just blackscreens. I copied the files directly from the USB, since I have a bootleg SATA Network Adapter. Did I do something wrong?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia I got help from some of the people at the PS2 reddit, yesterday. I already found out how I messed up. Ended up having to re-install FMCB due to messing with uLaunch configuration.
Hey I’ve tried exactly same in the video but whenever I’m starting the game it’s just black screen and off what should I do to avoid this. Please help.
Greatly appreciate your videos regarding PS2, OPL and Popstarter! Is there a way to partition the internal hdd so that I can have 1 partition be PS1 titles and another partition be PS2 titles? I'm using a 160gb internal HDD with the original network adapter for IDE drives and I'm satisfied with how PS2 games perform but I find that performance off of the front 1.1 usb are super slow for most PS1 games. I have not been able to find confirmation anywhere if this can be done and figured I'd ask you. Thanks again!
I haven't personally tried but internal hard drive should be able to coexist with ps1 and ps2 games. Get a copy of wlaunchelf v4.43a I think that allows partitions to be made, see if that helps.
my games do not start/ black screen..... i checked 2 times.. everything looks the same as in this video, and this problem is with all ps 1 games, i have gta and ripped it .. does not work.. tryed one from internet.. still nothing.
@Project Phoenix Media Hey bro great tutorial.. Love how your using the same TV from years ago!!! I just wanted to ask you how do you setup virtual memory cards to save games?
@@xxbyron13xx first format ps2 drive (internal drive). Then create a 2nd partition (aka the __.pops folder aka the ps1 stuff). When you connect your drive to a pc (using adapter?) you can copy over ps2 games using for example WinHIIP on a pc. The program knows its a ps2 drive already. To copy the ps1 games just follow this video. you have to use seperate programs because there is no program that copies both ps1 and 2 as far as i know. maybe im wrong. for ps1 i just opl manager
saiyans guinea pigs he skates over the partition (presumably directory) aspects. It would have been good to have that in the tutorial rather than assuming everyone knows how to do it. Otherwise it’s a good tutorial.
Have a problem. The cue2pops I have isnt working. When I drag the cue to the exe it just opens cue, but its not like the version your are using, looks more recent. When I try to manually select cue through the drop-down, it does nothing. No error or anything
In theory if I just have an internal hard drive already loaded with some PS2 games (non-ethernet hdd apater), I could just plug the hdd into my desktop via usb adapter, and place all the files over directly? My only concern is I never installed OPL directly, but it appears to be installed after I imaged the drive with WinHIIP. Any thoughts or suggestions at that plan of attack? Edit: I replicated the file structure shown, and put all my converted ps1 games where they belong. I pulled my hdd out of my ps2 and plugged it back into my desktop via sata to usb adapter, but Windows doesn't seem to let me see the file structure of the ps2 formatted drive. I do see all my ps2 games on there, and can add more, but I can't think of a way to throw all these files from my desktop to the drive since Windows doesn't see it. I may need to revisit.
One thing I don't see mentioned here or anywhere else I have looked. How do you play PS1 and PS2 games off the same internal drive? Do you need to partition the HDD in half and have one for PS1 OPL and One for PS2 OPL?
The games show up in OPL but I when I launch them they give a black screen before going back into Free HDBoot. All files are present and partition is correct. Any suggestions?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia I did a test with only one game first. Ace Combat 2. It was named and VCDed by OPL manager along with the art download. All files are in correct places and games are in __.POPS directory which is 20GB allocated in HDD manager as per your tutorial. Thinking it was a volume problem, i added 23 PS1 games totaling 14GB... using a USB. 6 hours and a restless night later, the games don't even show up in OPL. So this time i retraced my steps and did the same thing i did for ace combat 2 only now with ridge racer. Results? Same thing. It shows up in OPL with all the art work but presents a black screen if i try to boot. Note that the previous 14GB still dont show. I'm going to clean up the __.POPS directory and only going to transfer if i know it will work. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
Did everything as followed but my game didn't start up and then it took me back to ulaunchelf and my hdd files were gone. Kinda like it erased everything again even after a format.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia don't laugh it's for my wife but harvest moon. I was gonna try the spyro series but after this started I thought I'd save my time and get some answers.
To clarify, this is a method to do ps1 games on ps2, not downloading them. For PS2 games its a different method, see the ps2 playlist for more details. Either use winhiip to install to internal hard drive, or play games from usb or smb.
I'm attempting to connect my PC to my PS2 through the network cable. I've got the cable connected directly from my PC to the back of the PS2 through a network adapter. How can I find the IP address of my PC and PS2 to input into Rad Host? You didn't touch much on how Rad Host works. I don't even understand if I should be plugging the ethernet cable into my networks router or directly into my PC. You also didn't mention how to find your PC's IP address. I've found the IPv4 address, but I've been told that's not my PC's IP that's the networks IP. EDIT: So I've figured it out and have gotten Rad Host to connect to my PS2 through an ethernet cable connected directly to my PS2. Rad Host is green showing it's connected and I've even been able to see the "Transfer to PS2" Folder in LaunchELF on my PS2. The only problem is that the moment I see that folder my ULaunchELF program on my PS2 freezes and I'm unable to do anything until I restart my PS2. I'm on the same version of FMCB, UlaunchELF, and OPL as you. I'm using an original PS2 Network adapter that I've converted to SATA. The network adapter doesn't seem to be the problem as I've been able to connect through Rad Host multiple times already, even being able to see the folder from my PC. Happen to know why it freezes every time I get to the folder on my PS2? EDIT: I've figured out why it was freezing, Rad Host client had multiple instances running in the background. Closing them out and starting up just 1 program fixed my issue. It was tricky because there was only one showing in the task bar.
I just found out myself how to get them to show up.. I myself have a new problem (game booting into black screen) but I can help you.. granted you have the latest versions of everything shown in the video, the naming format is wrong in the newest OPL manager.. (22.4 the PS1 VCD naming format is broken, download 22.1 from PSX-Place) and when prompted for auto updates, uncheck the box.. the main thing is to name the VCD file with the "SLUS_???.??." in front of the name of the PS2 game (OPL manager 22.1 will do this automatically considering the VCD is compatible) example: name your game as "SLUS_???.??.Game title.VCD" (I will use Spyro 2 Ripto's Rage as an example below) "SCUS_944.25.SPYRO 2 - RIPTOS RAGE.VCD" and place it in the __.POPS partition of the HDD as shown in the video..
@@WCP_Modz I actually figured it out myself and forgot about this comment but this is important info to have online. Wanna know what my problem turned out to be? The PS1 id database listed ids with a dash instead of an underscore. And yeah, OPLManager did me dirty, batch renamed all my .VCD's as "HDD format" which didnt have any ids in the filenames and refused to let me batch rename them again so I had to do it myself. TEDIOUS! but we got em in the end.
@@wilburcobb8990 nice, were you running them from HDD? and have you got the games to boot at all past the black screen? one thing I am thinking it could be is, I use a PS2 to HDMI adapter and maybe the PS1 games aren't compatible with that output.. otherwise I don't know (I've checked the Popstarter compatibility list and messed around with a few different builds, but nothing gets past the black screen, I can't find my AV cables either so I can't even see if the adapter is the problem lol) edit: I did find my AV cables and yes, the HDMI adapter was the problem.. the AV cables work perfectly fine.. in case anyone else has this issue..
@@WCP_Modz I was headbutting this this issue all day, just couldn't figure out why it wasn't spitting out the error that files were improperly named. Thanks for figuring it out and posting it here. Hopefully the bug gets addressed soon. But I still have no clue why the games aren't showing up on the OPL list.
Hello! Thank you for the tutorial! I still have some trouble in making use of it: The memory card needs to be plugged in for the IP configuration to work, because IPCONFIG.DAT needs to reside ont he mc. But how do you make the PS2 boot FHDB from the internal HDD with the memory card plugged in? For recovery reasons I have FMCB on the memory card and so I have to unplug the memory card first and the plug it in right before starting the network, so the PS2 won't boot from the mc but the networking can still find the configuration. Isn't there a better way for doing this? And: Can't this be done using OPL Manager completely? It got network options, but no matter what I tried, I couldn't make it work fully for installing PS1 or PS2 games remotely. And: At 8:12, where you say "just for making it easier": What exactly do you mean by that? What would be the "normal" way and why or how would it be less easy? especially: I want to avoiod transferring all the folders everytime I add one PS1 game, does this have to do with this? And: Where would I put the BOOT.ELF file when using FHDB? There is no BOOT folder, but there's the __boot partition - would this be right? thank you :)
Thank you very much! That answeref some general questions I had about the softmodded PS2, too. I think that using FHDB isn't very popular vs FMCB, as there are many little problems that no one else seems to bother :) I initially had the plan to not use a memory card at all, so it wouldn't stand out the front of the case and also becasue I only have one 8MBit card. But it seems that it's probably not worth ging through the trouble of not having a memory card always in.
i wonder if popstarter uses the backward compatibility built in the ps2 for Ps1 games or it is completely stand alone and uses only the same hardware of the ps2 games/software?
I've understood that popstarter is an emulator, but if you use native ps1 disc that runs better? I don't know all the details, just test the games you like and if they work well great. If not, maybe emulate on pc or android
Like others, I too am experiencing OPL not displaying my VCDs. My PS2 games display properly and I've poured over each step and verified my files are correct but nothing I do makes it show up. I'm even reconverted the cue and bin to a new VCD and transferred but it didn't help. And now GPL Manager isn't seeing my VCDs anymore and I have NO idea why. Help!
That's worked for me...But not so easy ^^ do it from a USB pen drive. Thanks for your time to explain it well. Is there a way to change disk on the fly when playing ps1 game? Thanks.
i know this video is 3 years old but i am completely stumped. the only thing i did differently was i transfered the files manually from a flash drive to the hdd because i dont know how to network my ps2. ps1 games will not show up in OPL and i have no idea why. i need help and cannot find it
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Na that wouldn't work. You need to insert disc 2 at the prompt, you can't just quit the game and load disc 2, because it naturally saves after inserting the second disc. Fear Effect is the same, had trouble playing these games on the PSP too, tbh I think multiple disc games are POPS' and other console emulators bane, unless theirs a copy with disc 1 and 2 written into one big file, and a modders has made it so it automatically switches into disc 2 mode itself
Found this: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/multi-disc Haven't tried it myself, copying games over now, but will give it a shot when they are good to go.
Popstarter works well via OPL with original network adapter (US) + BitFunx SATA Upgrade Kit, but shows a recurring black screen with a clone network adapter (Game Star). Think there's a fix for clone network adapters? I'd very much appreciate it.
The games show up in a list with cover art and everything and the ps1 logo comes up to boot the game but it never loads. Ive watched this video many times and have tried anything i can think of to do make it work. Somethings not right.
Also I get an error when playing CASPER, when it loads the next adjacent room (displays one at a time) I get an "SPU time out error: 7" maybe it's a bad copy/conversion? Is there a way to rip ps1 games directly from ps2 optical drive?
Is there any way of transferring over the VCDs directly to the hard drive (in my case an IDE to SD card)? Anything over network in my experience has always been extremely slow.
My hdd keeps getting stuck at “loading hdd modules…” it worked a few minutes ago. The hdd spins up fine, jumper setting is set to master and the ps2 games i installed through opl still work
I reached the part converting the game name using OPL Manager, it says it converts the game name but when I close it still says the names are invalid. What I'm missiing?
hello good tutorial but I have a question I already installed several psx games on the hard disk but to install the ps2 games with winhip it corrupts the partitions of the psx games it will be that I have to install them with another program like HDL Dump that is my question
I haven't played with ps2 internal hard drive with both ps2 and ps1 games coexisting before. You can give HDL Dump a try. I didn't realize winhiip screws up pop starter games I never would have thought that.
I am running into an issue when I attempt to connect my pc to my PS2. When it comes to my IP Address and Gateway are all the same except the last set of digits my IP is 011 and Gateway is 006, the Netmask is set the same as the in the tutorial. Any ideas where I am going wrong?
I haven't gotten around to doing that tutorial, but its simple to do. See this link for meantime: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/multi-disc
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Yeah...this section may be confusing to some viewers. I can appreciate and wait for this upload if possible. Keep in mind for ps2 there are two part discs out there as well. But most definitely ps1.
Hey so i have a fat ps2, official sony network adapter, 8gb hdd, and i setup the network config so that the gateway on the ps2 is my pc's ip address as you said. when i selected host on ulaunch, nothing happen. i waited 10 min, then backed out and pressed circle on host again and nothing happen. i checked radhost and it's still red. I made sure the app had permission to both public and private networks on firewall and nothings changed.
Hi versatile I followed your this video to add ps1 games to internal hdd. I got the games added no problem but the light gun games for ps1 the light gun does not work the same light gun works for ps2 light gun games can you help me out thanks
In the video I showcase radhostclient method so that is the simplest transferring files from PC to PS2 over ethernet. Connecting the ps2 hard drive to PC won't work as it won't show up in windows explorer as it is formatted with the ps2 file system. Technically, WinHiip can see the ps2 hard drive, but that tool is only used for transferring PS2 games over, not PS1 .vcd files.
hello, with this configuration I can't use the swap disk function, I followed the guide of the DISCS.TXT files but the game tells me, pressing the hotkeys, that the disk is wrong. I placed the DISCS files in the vcm folders in COMMON.
On my PS2, it shows the partition name as +__.POPS and not __.POPS using the uLaunchELF v4.42D HDD Manager. Is there a way to force the name to be __.POPS? Edit: fixed it by using the PFS Shell to create the partition and filesystem. It doesn't show on the uLaunchELF program, but I'm able to copy my VCD files and start playing my PS1 games. Also, has anyone had graphical glitches in some games, like the picture being choppy at times or losing the background?
Quick question. I made a 30GB __.POPS partition for the games on my ps2 in hhd manager but it shows up as 107% free, why? I've already had to delete the partition before cause it said it had 667% free and deleted most of my ps1 games.
Hi! Have you tried playing with a multitap using POPS? My multitap works fine with OPL and PS2 games, but when I play PS1 games it doesn't work, the games only detect 1 controller
I would not be surprised if pops doesn't play nicely with multitap. It doesn't work with my light gun, so what are the chances multitap doesn't work either?
is it possible to transfer all the PS1 files in one swoop? I have a lot of PS1 games and it's been tedious. great vids by the way. your tutorials are appreciated.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia i actually figured it out. i marked all my VCD files with the X button, copied and pasted to initiate the transfer. i didn't have to keep tending to it. 12 hours later...DONE!
Great tutorial. For anybody doing this in 2024, you have to make sure you use the Jay-Jay version of OPL because the regular version had PS1 support removed after version 1.0. I used 1.2 version and it has to be the Jay-Jay one.
Also, the naming convention of the ISOs have changed twice since this video was made. The ISOs have to be named like "SLUS_000.67.Castlevania Symphony.VCD" because it has to be 32 characters or less and start with the title ID. The version of OPL Manager I had recognizes a "new" naming convention where you don't need the title ID in it, but it lets you change to the "old" naming convention in its settings, but it didn't actually rename the IOSs for me, so it's kind of useless for that. Just rename the VCD file yourself so that it has the title IT at the start of the file and is 32 characters or less. Then use OPL manager to download the art and then just use a memory stick and copy your ART and CFG folders to your hdd0:/+OPL/ folder. You don't have to mess with any of the RadNet stuff if you don't want to.
SotN worked great, but be sure to check out the compatibility guide to see if the game you want to play works or not and if you have to do anything extra like a put a BIOS file in the folder VMC folder. (The VMC folder is in hdd0:/__common/POPS/[VCD NAME]/ and holds that game's virtual memory cards. If the game only works with a certain console BIOS, like SCPH-1001.BIN, name it BIOS.bin and put it in the game's VMC folder. Tekken 3 might need this)
I'm a little bummed that Ridge Racer doesn't work, but at least I can play SotN on my PS2 flawlessly, and there's tons of PS1 games that do work perfectly too.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I've been spending about a week after work trying to get all of this to work.
In regards to renaming the files - Is there an easy way to see what the SLUS file name should be?
Only method that I can see is that I convert the bin to VCD using PSXVCD then convert that using POPStarterGameInstallerforOPLv1 THEN OPL manager can read the VCD files so I can get the SLUS name and THEN i can go into the folder where the VCD's are kept and manually convert them to "SLUS(numbers).Game Title.VCD and keep it under 32 characters.
IS there anything i'm missing?
@@vincentclark8386 I'm not sure what PopStarterGameInstallerforOPL is, but when I pointed OPL Manager to my VCD files (I just had them named like Castlevania Symphony of the Night.VCD), OPL Manager knew what it was and the SLUS name was already filled in one of the boxes. I just looked at that and followed the naming convention and shortened it to 32 chars. In the end I only used OPL Manger to download the artwork and make the CFG files, then I renamed the VCDs to the right naming convention and put them where they're supposed to go and then copied thar ART and CFG folders to where they belonged and finally OPL was able to see the VCDs and show the artwork (after I enabled artwork in settings).
Thanks for the pro tip. This also assumes you can get the jay jay version because sometimes their ps2-home website likes to block visitors, like myself which is irritating.
@ProjectPhoenixMedia I got it from github... I think... that ps2-home site is infuriating lol.
Your videos are awesome btw. Thank you so much for doing what you do.
I have everything set up as per this video. I am finding that there are too many games with graphical glitches and slow fps. Example Soul Blade or Doom.
Suggestions?
Just in case anyone else had this issue, OPLManager can't just look at any folder and see your VCD files for the renaming operation. It must have the VCDs inside of a folder called POPS within the directory you give it. This took me a while to find the answer to
My goodness this was a great tutorial. I had been trying to figure this out for days. following this got me up and running. I am so excited to finally have my HDD installed and game library available on it.
THANK YOU!
Did you have any issues with your PS1 games just kicking you back to LaunchElf? I did the tutorial but I must be doing something wrong because I can see my games but none of them are booting.
Edit: Figured it out, the problem was the IOPRP252 IMG file had a lowercase extension. I had to capitalize the extension from .img to .IMG for it to work.
Ur awesome my man! I have the cheap knockoff SATA HDD network adapter, so no FTP for me. I just basically used a USB to transfer all the files where you indicated and BAM! No more scratched discs, weak lasers, I can enjoy my entire library of PS1 games without having to pull them off the shelf and pop them in. Plus I can play all my Japanese Imports! Keep up the good work. Less do dis
am i missing something. is this using the ps2 hardware via internal hdd to play the ps1 or is it loading an emulator off the hdd to render the gamplay? I am familiar with fmcb, hdloader etc but confused if this is hardware usage or emulation? thanks man
bigpun2k6 I believe pop starter does just what it sounds like. It “popstarts” PS1 vmc files so they work with OPL, which is primarily used for USB/PS2. It injects the initial region checker and disc verification to get those game files up and running.
@@mmhmenjoy7275 POPS ( PlayStation One Portable Station ) is an official PS1 emulator on the PS2. "Popstart" is not a verb in itself, "POPStarter" is a contraction of "POPS" and "Starter."
This method finally worked for me. had to update wle to allow for the creation of a pops partition without the + in front, then it recognized and launched my games. on HDD capitalize file extensions. I had a problem where the games would launch and I'd see the ps launch screen but when the game loaded I would lose video. The CHEATS.TXT file mentioned in the text below the video fixed this. THANK YOU! Also check ps2 home for popstarter igr texture files so that when you push r1 r2 l1 l2 start select, the reset menu isnt in Korean! For HDD put these files in your common/pops/ folder
Thanks again!
Thanks for working out the nitty gritty details, and now you can game like a boss!
pops1 has a limit of 130gb +- but you can brake that limit by making pops 1 pops 2 pops3 etc etc for poeple who have morw than 130gb of ps1 games like me
Do you physically own the games lol
8GB is the max. size for my POPS folders. Weird cause I have 120 GB available. I guess every HDD is different. I just made more POPS folders and stored the games in there.
@@Shad0wX You must be new here. *Pirate Yao Ming*
@@AhmedNSane arrrrg matey
So if I need to create a second POPS folder, do I just put the same files in there as the first one, and then the games? Also, how would a second folder full of games appear on OPL?
Thank you for everything! These past few days, I totally followed a tutorial from a French guy. Not bad but from 2016. So completely obsolete! I almost lost my mind lol, I havn’t understood why it doesnt worked. Now with your video it’s work for me :) ! Just The Popstarter r13 RIP06 don’t work with internal HDD, black screen and reboot of the PS2. (WARNING: POPSTARTER RIP 06 has a bug with Internal HDDs that it will not load the games. The workaround is to use the most current RIP 07 BETA 5 (or newer)). R13 WIP07 works for me.
Thanks for letting me know. Got a link?
Project Phoenix Media The official topic from ps2-home ;) www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=1819 When you click on the download link PUBLIC RELEASE - RIP 06: POPStarter_r13_RIP_06.zip it’s bring you on the page 23 (answer #225) with the warning note ;)
Nb : Also have problems with some games (Ok for MGS1 but the same display issues with THPS 1 And THPS 2...). I will try with others Popstarter versions.
Thank you so much I updated my popstarter file to the Beta 6 of WIP07 and this now works.
You sir are a legend!
Have a cookie 🍪
This was extremely insightful and helpful among all the terrible forum posts, thank you!
Thank you!
For those having Black Screen!
1. Try using standard Composite Cables and not Component Cables/HDMI. If it still does not work.
2. Force PSX Games to output 480p by making a CHEATS.TXT file inside the POPS folder or each games folder; type $480p inside the CHEATS.TXT file to force 480p on every PSX games. Downside is they will look even more pixelated than their native 240p/i resolution but its better than getting a Black Screen.
3. You can also use OPL Manager to edit every games CHEATS.TXT and copy it over the HDDs POPS folder with the 480p fix.
OMG thanks for this nugget I was losing my sanity and couldn't figure it out!
Damn I love my ps2 to hdmi adapter so I'll try the cheat workaround and compare with the component cable setup......
Same, I was trying splitters and all sorts of things, cheats.txt and wham! it works great
@@throwinflies1977 I use component to VGA Adapter on CRT Monitor so 48ßp has scanlines and makes the ps2 look better
What folder do you copy the cheat file too?
@@kylie-chan Inside POPS or you can individually put the CHEATS.TXT in each ps1 game. eg(__POPS/CHEATS.TXT or __POPS/"ps1 game"/CHEATS.TXT)
If you're getting a black screen when starting the game, you need the lastest Popstarter file.
THANK YOU man, thank you 😀 After hours of searching, I finally managed to run Colin McRae Rally 2 on my PS2 thanks to your videos. I mean, it still has stutters, no music, and graphical glitches, but it's running now at least 😀 I'll check it with another ROM later, or maybe update the Popstarter itself or something, but thank you anyways 😀
I like that you've used the OST from Blur in the outro!
Wouldn’t you be able to just skip the radhost client part by using a sata adapter cable and loading the files directly to your hard drive?
i think it's better to have separated drives for PS1 and PS2 games because OPL has an option to boot the hard disk manually (if you wanna play PS2 games) so it doesn't boot every times you launch OPL for no reason and you can use a USB stick to play the PS1 games to not damage your HDD.
That is a great tip, thanks for sharing.
Usb is garbage on ps2. Just get a Seagate drive you cheapskate! Haha
I'm getting a "No Disc !" in LaunchELF error when I try launching a PS1 game in OPL. What am I doing wrong?
did you ever find a solution to this, I'm having the same issue
There was a solution? I'm having the same issue... after waiting about 2 minutes of a black screen, the "No Disc! " message in LaunchELF (v4.43a) appears.
did you figure this out yet?
Make sure that you have a 'POPS' folder inside the __.common folder with the two files.
man this is awesome! i never knew you could play ps1 isos on ps2 until this tutorial. i was just playing ps1 games via a PS3 CFW.
Excellent. Thanks for doing this. If only the emulator itself was better...
I know this is an old video but thanks for the clear walkthrough! Awesome stuff.
Glad it helps, I think of revisiting for 2022 to make it easier to explain if there is a better way to do it. I mean the process is sorta complicated as it is lol.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia how does the PS2 synch to the PC, in order to do the IP address part ?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Please do! I'm trying to get it to work, but can't find a version of OPL with the ps1 games menu
@@Nadoriadoga Yo bro, I was struggling with this for the last day. You have to get the daily builds verson, and not the ifcaro builds. The daily builds are right below the ifcaro builds as a drop down spoiler on the ps2-home site.
@@Nadoriadoga yes I did this for ps2 and it was easy. The Ps2 ISOs showed up in OPLM, but when I try to dump a .VCD file in the POPS folder created by OPLM as show in the video around 7:40 I am not seeing the game show up like it does in this video. Have you had any luck? I think our issue is similar unless you are talking about OPL program within Ps2
Please help, whenever I load a game my screen goes black for like a minute then goes into launchelf with a text on the top left saying "no disc !".
I suggest you check out the bitbucket website for help to make sure you got all the right file names and files in the right place: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/Home
Works like a charm, thanks for the tutorial :)
This helped me to an extent, but unfortunately my PS2 cannot use Red Host Client since my PS2 uses a hard mod that takes up the network port (Game Star Network Adapter HDD Mod) meaning my only option was to use PFS Shell. Additionally I couldn't create the partition on the PS2 itself for whatever reason, so I had to use PFS Shell for that as well.
The current syntax in PFS shell is as follows, for the benefit of anyone else who follows me with a similar setup:
Since I am on disc 11 I used the following to mount the drive:
device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE11
and to create the POPS partition of 20 GB I did:
mkpart 20G PFS
The directory structure seems to be the same though, so I then just had to use the commands to copy the files over that way.
Cheers man, this helped me!
Although my drive was different, to find the correct drive type this into cmd:
wmic diskdrive get Caption,DeviceID,InterfaceType
then find the correct \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE index
I don't see the games listed in OPL on PS2 and I tried using both a slightly older version of OPL and the one listed in this video. I've followed all the directions except I used PSXVCD instead of CUE2POPS because I couldn't get it to work for me. I've only tried spyro 1 and xenogears and they both seem to have the correct filename when ran through OPL manager. I can see the game files listed in the __.POPS directory of the hdd where I copied them in uLaunchelf, but I just can't get them to show up in OPL.
I have a 2nd hard drive with PS2 games on it that works perfectly with both versions of OPL that I have and all the games work great. I'm tempted to make a partition on it for PS1 just to see if that works. Both hard drives are 80 gb and the PS2 one is seagate while the PS1 hdd is maxtor. By the way, I also tried making the __.POPS partitions of various sizes on the PS1 drive starting with 70 gb, then 20 gb, then 8 gb. The __.POPS partition didn't have a 1 automatically added to the end of it until I tried the 8 gb partition so I'm assuming that's what I want but it still didn't work.
Anyway I'll try again tomorrow with different PS1 games and maybe a different hdd if I can find one lying around somewhere. If anyone has experienced this problem or can help in any way, I would greatly appreciate it. I've spent nearly all day on this and I feel like I'm so close to getting it to work.
EDIT: I figured out what my problem was, I was using version 4.42 of uLaunchelf and the hdd manager kept naming the partition "+__.POPS" instead of "__.POPS" I read the walkthrough and found out +__.POPS wouldn't work as a partition name so once I upgraded uLaunchelf to version 4.43 like in this video, I was able to successfully partition the hdd with the right name. Tried Spyro 1 out and it works great and saves and loads just fine. Also found another link to the CUE2POPS program that's used in this video: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/apps-last-version
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Could it be that the VCD needs the SLUS and # in front of the game title? Mine never came with that it was just the game title. Could that be a reason why OPL doesn't read them?
Thank you so much - still works altough i would recommend using an older version of Jayjay OPL as the latest ones have broken HDD support (im using 1826)
This is the best video I found, very well explained
Really good. Helped me loads. Thanks! I had to use psshell because I couldn't get the network adapter to connect but otherwise, very helpful.
Hi, thanks for the video. When you linked your PS2 to your PC via ethernet, did you use the Ethernet cable to link your PS2 directly to your computer's Ethernet port?
Yes, that is exactly what I did, but you don't have to. If you have a router in between or network switch or hub, and with static ip addresses you can do the same thing.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia thanks, have tried several times both ways but it ddn't work for me, even though I own an original network adapter. Eventually I did it with pfsshell, by far the fastest alternative, even though it's pretty boring to plug and unplug my HDD everytime I want to put a game on it.
Excellent video, very easy to follow! I just had an issue, that the PS1 game wasn't showing up in OPL. But I just had to press the select button to refresh the list, and then it was fine. Tested with your versions of popstarter and OPL, as well as the latest ones (r13 beta and OPL 1580 DB) The mainline OPL doesn't have the PS1 menu, but the "DB" versions work.
So my workflow must be: go to the HDD tab -> Start (to spool up the HDD, even if it is already spun up) then PS1 -> Run and then also Refresh.
Glad it worked out in the end. These days I use the mainline OPL, but the "DB" does have the ps1 tab , although the main devs do not like the "DB" version as they see it as inferior and using copyrighted code, I guess ps2 scene drama. At the end of the day, do what works best for you.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia I use both, the mainline 1.1 for launching games, and DB for the HDL server and PS1.
The main OPL devs very stupidly removed the HDL functionality and replaced it with some non-functioning NBD rubbish. So mainline OPL is useless for anything but starting games, you cannot properly install games anymore.
Can u transfer a saved ps1 file from a ps2 hard drive to a ps1 memory card and if u can how do u do it I been playing Parasite, Eve on my ps2 hard drive and I’m on the Second disc but it doesn’t give me a option to switch or anything and when I rest my ps2 I figure it would automatically transfer the save file to the Second disc but nothing can some one help me out is there something I’m missing?
Why don't you use FHDB and load it onto the HDD instead of using FMCB on an MC?
alienrefugee51 yes that is another alternative too
I have a question does this run the games, on the ps1 chip in the system? Or does this somehow change the libraries to the ps2 chip?
Yowza! Thanks for this guide.
I was having issues with black screen, but I think it was because I was using an older version of POPSTARTER.ELF - make sure you're using at least WIP 07 - BETA 06. Then because I was messing around with the CHEATS.TXT files my screen was whack, because I'm playing on a PVM - so I deleted those files. Now I'm good to go. Awesome!
Although I will say it seems like this runs games at 480i, not 240p. Bit of a bummer there.
Is there any way to do this with an exFAT internal HDD with GrimDoomer's OPL?
Did you find a way?
@@aminquraishi2367 I don’t think it’s possible yet
Is there a new way doing this? Has it become easier?
That was amazing…well done
I'm copying my games via USB because I didn't want to bother with the transfer over IP. Not that I could anyway since I'm using a SATA adpater. WOW it's slow! The read speeds on the PS2's USB ports are truly killer.
Edit: damn thing keeps kicking me back to uLaunch.
Edit: FINALLY figured it out, the problem was the IOPRP252 IMG file had a lowercase extension. I had to capitalize the extension for it to work. @Project Phoenix Media would you mind adding that to the description? This way more people don't get tripped up like I did. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was wrong until I saw that the .IMG extension on your screen was capitalized while mine was not.
Here's something else that's important for people to know. It doesn't show in this video and I assume your tv doesn't struggle with that resolution, but modern HDTV's don't support the native resolution of PS1 games over component cables because it's too low. Create a file that is called exactly "CHEATS.TXT" and then paste inside it "$HDTVFIX" without the quotation marks. Put this file into the folder that your game creates for the virtual memory cards in the __common/POPS/SCUS_123.45.Game Name folder. And you don't need to, but I recommend adding "$SMOOTH" to the CHEATS.TXT file so that the PS1 emulator automatically uses the smoothing option for the game.
And, you don't need to start each game in order to make the folder. After you make your SCUS_123.45.Game Name.VCD file, just create the folder named exactly the same thing as the game file. You can put the Cheats file in that folder, and other folders like it, then copy the folders in to the __common/POPS folder. The PS1 games will load right away over the component cable, and you don't need to change to your composite cable any more.
Adding notes now, thanks!
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia you're welcome, thank you! I just realized I made a mistake in my comment. I didn't mean "create the folder named exactly the same thing as the folder". I meant "create the folder named exactly the same thing as the game file."
I see fixing my mistake removed your heart but I still appreciate it!
Will you make an updated video using the newest beta version of OPL that allowes Exfat? So we can get Popstater to working on that version of OPL?
Yes that would be awesome 👌 pls 🙏
It doesn't work with the exFAT GrimDoomer OPL. Period. You use the Jay-Jay 1.2.0 version, or don't bother.
the exFAT OPL is for dumping .iso files straight unto the HDD, and doesn't support any functionality with POPSTARTER.
Can you please make an updated video with the new ex fat opl to put ps1 games on it . Thanks! 😊
Can you help us understand how this will work with games that use multiple discs? What happens when I'm playing that game and I need the second disc? Do I launch the second one after rebooting the console? Will the game save? What's your experience been here...
Seeing as how this was from 3 years ago at the time I'm reading it, you've probably already discovered the answer, but for those out there that see this question, the game will prompt you to save your progress at the end of disc 1 then you just reset the ps2 once all saving is complete and go back to opl then select disc 2 to play and it should work once it reads the save file.
Awesome as usual dude keep up the good work 😎
Thanks for the tutorial, this is exactly the simple procedure I was looking for. I wanted to ask what folder or partition to put PS2 .iso games in? And what folder use for put art covers for same PS2 games? Same like in the video?
Thanks.
Same as the video. PS2 games use a program like winhiip or hdd batch installer, its simpler process. PS1 games on ps2 follow the video or this link:bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/quickstart-hdd
I followed all the steps and it starts to load ps1 game, then it kicks me into ulaunch elf and says "no disc"
thank you for this video. I could not get it to work but I'm also using virtualbox etc. Would love to see a 2021 version!
Not sure how I would do a 2021 version as I spent a lot of time in the 2019 going over the steps. Same steps still apply in 2021 or any other year in the future I would think.
Well, as they say, crap in crap out. I named my pops folder +__.POPS . This video is perfect !
@@julianwass i followed this video exactly except i used a USB to transfer . are you saying that instead of __.POPS , the partition needs to be named “+__.POPS”??
FREEWAUNE no, I accidentally named it +__.POPS and once I fixed that to __.POPS it all worked suddenly!
@@julianwass i believe i had the error because persona isn’t on the eligibility list
I’ve done everything exactly like he said but I can’t get the games to boot. It goes to a black screen for a bit and then loads back into wlaunchelf. Can someone help me?
Give the bitbucket wiki a try see if that helps: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/Home
i had set up my hdd with your tutorial and my psx vcds month ago to launch the games via ulaunch with ELF files. (worked great since now :D) now i saw your new tutorial but i didn't get the point how i let my VCD games show up in OPL .. what are the steps to load them up via OPL now ? any suggestions ? i don't think i have to format everything and start from scratch
Thanks :)
I have spent all day trying to get this *&#!@ to work..
I have tried the latest official OPL which have the greyed out PS1 icon but I can't select it what ever I do.
I tried the latest OPL daily build which have the PS1 enabled in menu, and finally displays the games but the screen just goes black and then eventually goes back to sysmenu.
I have all the latest files for popstarter, and placed exactly where they should be...
I followed the video exactly as you did, what the *"@#$& am I missing here??
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Tried Silent Hill and Tekken 3
After creating the __.POPS partition, while loading OPL, it just blackscreens. I copied the files directly from the USB, since I have a bootleg SATA Network Adapter. Did I do something wrong?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia I got help from some of the people at the PS2 reddit, yesterday. I already found out how I messed up. Ended up having to re-install FMCB due to messing with uLaunch configuration.
Hey I’ve tried exactly same in the video but whenever I’m starting the game it’s just black screen and off what should I do to avoid this. Please help.
Greatly appreciate your videos regarding PS2, OPL and Popstarter! Is there a way to partition the internal hdd so that I can have 1 partition be PS1 titles and another partition be PS2 titles? I'm using a 160gb internal HDD with the original network adapter for IDE drives and I'm satisfied with how PS2 games perform but I find that performance off of the front 1.1 usb are super slow for most PS1 games. I have not been able to find confirmation anywhere if this can be done and figured I'd ask you. Thanks again!
I haven't personally tried but internal hard drive should be able to coexist with ps1 and ps2 games. Get a copy of wlaunchelf v4.43a I think that allows partitions to be made, see if that helps.
This is my plan. Did you try this?
my games do not start/ black screen..... i checked 2 times.. everything looks the same as in this video, and this problem is with all ps 1 games, i have gta and ripped it .. does not work.. tryed one from internet.. still nothing.
@Project Phoenix Media
Hey bro great tutorial.. Love how your using the same TV from years ago!!!
I just wanted to ask you how do you setup virtual memory cards to save games?
Will POPStarter and PS2 games run on the same HDD at the same time?
nzwq yes you can do that
@@TheOriginalVersatile How?
@@xxbyron13xx first format ps2 drive (internal drive). Then create a 2nd partition (aka the __.pops folder aka the ps1 stuff). When you connect your drive to a pc (using adapter?) you can copy over ps2 games using for example WinHIIP on a pc. The program knows its a ps2 drive already. To copy the ps1 games just follow this video. you have to use seperate programs because there is no program that copies both ps1 and 2 as far as i know. maybe im wrong. for ps1 i just opl manager
saiyans guinea pigs he skates over the partition (presumably directory) aspects. It would have been good to have that in the tutorial rather than assuming everyone knows how to do it. Otherwise it’s a good tutorial.
Have a problem. The cue2pops I have isnt working. When I drag the cue to the exe it just opens cue, but its not like the version your are using, looks more recent. When I try to manually select cue through the drop-down, it does nothing. No error or anything
In theory if I just have an internal hard drive already loaded with some PS2 games (non-ethernet hdd apater), I could just plug the hdd into my desktop via usb adapter, and place all the files over directly? My only concern is I never installed OPL directly, but it appears to be installed after I imaged the drive with WinHIIP. Any thoughts or suggestions at that plan of attack?
Edit: I replicated the file structure shown, and put all my converted ps1 games where they belong. I pulled my hdd out of my ps2 and plugged it back into my desktop via sata to usb adapter, but Windows doesn't seem to let me see the file structure of the ps2 formatted drive. I do see all my ps2 games on there, and can add more, but I can't think of a way to throw all these files from my desktop to the drive since Windows doesn't see it. I may need to revisit.
I have opl 0.9.3. Will it work on a ps1 game?
No
@Mr Guru do the file names also need to be in all caps or can they be names SLUS_001.01.some game.VCD?
One thing I don't see mentioned here or anywhere else I have looked. How do you play PS1 and PS2 games off the same internal drive? Do you need to partition the HDD in half and have one for PS1 OPL and One for PS2 OPL?
They just coexist with each other. I should do a tutorial showcasing that, thanks for idea.
The games show up in OPL but I when I launch them they give a black screen before going back into Free HDBoot. All files are present and partition is correct. Any suggestions?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia I did a test with only one game first. Ace Combat 2. It was named and VCDed by OPL manager along with the art download. All files are in correct places and games are in __.POPS directory which is 20GB allocated in HDD manager as per your tutorial. Thinking it was a volume problem, i added 23 PS1 games totaling 14GB... using a USB. 6 hours and a restless night later, the games don't even show up in OPL.
So this time i retraced my steps and did the same thing i did for ace combat 2 only now with ridge racer. Results? Same thing. It shows up in OPL with all the art work but presents a black screen if i try to boot. Note that the previous 14GB still dont show. I'm going to clean up the __.POPS directory and only going to transfer if i know it will work.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
Did everything as followed but my game didn't start up and then it took me back to ulaunchelf and my hdd files were gone. Kinda like it erased everything again even after a format.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia don't laugh it's for my wife but harvest moon. I was gonna try the spyro series but after this started I thought I'd save my time and get some answers.
So this tutorial gets me PS1 games, and then I have to do a totally different setup for PS2 games right? Do you have a video on that?
To clarify, this is a method to do ps1 games on ps2, not downloading them. For PS2 games its a different method, see the ps2 playlist for more details. Either use winhiip to install to internal hard drive, or play games from usb or smb.
Can you not just put your VCDs on the __.POPS straight from your pc to hard drive?
I'm attempting to connect my PC to my PS2 through the network cable. I've got the cable connected directly from my PC to the back of the PS2 through a network adapter. How can I find the IP address of my PC and PS2 to input into Rad Host? You didn't touch much on how Rad Host works. I don't even understand if I should be plugging the ethernet cable into my networks router or directly into my PC. You also didn't mention how to find your PC's IP address. I've found the IPv4 address, but I've been told that's not my PC's IP that's the networks IP.
EDIT: So I've figured it out and have gotten Rad Host to connect to my PS2 through an ethernet cable connected directly to my PS2. Rad Host is green showing it's connected and I've even been able to see the "Transfer to PS2" Folder in LaunchELF on my PS2. The only problem is that the moment I see that folder my ULaunchELF program on my PS2 freezes and I'm unable to do anything until I restart my PS2. I'm on the same version of FMCB, UlaunchELF, and OPL as you. I'm using an original PS2 Network adapter that I've converted to SATA. The network adapter doesn't seem to be the problem as I've been able to connect through Rad Host multiple times already, even being able to see the folder from my PC. Happen to know why it freezes every time I get to the folder on my PS2?
EDIT: I've figured out why it was freezing, Rad Host client had multiple instances running in the background. Closing them out and starting up just 1 program fixed my issue. It was tricky because there was only one showing in the task bar.
Thanks for pro tip and joining the ps2 homebrew club!
ok...I followed the guide...I added all the correct files to the correct directories...WHY AREN'T THE PS1 GAMES SHOWING UP????
I just found out myself how to get them to show up.. I myself have a new problem (game booting into black screen) but I can help you..
granted you have the latest versions of everything shown in the video, the naming format is wrong in the newest OPL manager.. (22.4 the PS1 VCD naming format is broken, download 22.1 from PSX-Place) and when prompted for auto updates, uncheck the box..
the main thing is to name the VCD file with the "SLUS_???.??." in front of the name of the PS2 game (OPL manager 22.1 will do this automatically considering the VCD is compatible)
example: name your game as "SLUS_???.??.Game title.VCD" (I will use Spyro 2 Ripto's Rage as an example below)
"SCUS_944.25.SPYRO 2 - RIPTOS RAGE.VCD" and place it in the __.POPS partition of the HDD as shown in the video..
@@WCP_Modz I actually figured it out myself and forgot about this comment but this is important info to have online.
Wanna know what my problem turned out to be? The PS1 id database listed ids with a dash instead of an underscore.
And yeah, OPLManager did me dirty, batch renamed all my .VCD's as "HDD format" which didnt have any ids in the filenames and refused to let me batch rename them again so I had to do it myself. TEDIOUS! but we got em in the end.
@@wilburcobb8990 nice, were you running them from HDD? and have you got the games to boot at all past the black screen? one thing I am thinking it could be is, I use a PS2 to HDMI adapter and maybe the PS1 games aren't compatible with that output.. otherwise I don't know (I've checked the Popstarter compatibility list and messed around with a few different builds, but nothing gets past the black screen, I can't find my AV cables either so I can't even see if the adapter is the problem lol)
edit: I did find my AV cables and yes, the HDMI adapter was the problem.. the AV cables work perfectly fine.. in case anyone else has this issue..
@@WCP_Modz HDMI is a fickle mistress. I personally never trust adapters if I got an alternative. Glad we both got it working lmao
@@WCP_Modz I was headbutting this this issue all day, just couldn't figure out why it wasn't spitting out the error that files were improperly named. Thanks for figuring it out and posting it here. Hopefully the bug gets addressed soon. But I still have no clue why the games aren't showing up on the OPL list.
Hello! Thank you for the tutorial! I still have some trouble in making use of it:
The memory card needs to be plugged in for the IP configuration to work, because IPCONFIG.DAT needs to reside ont he mc.
But how do you make the PS2 boot FHDB from the internal HDD with the memory card plugged in? For recovery reasons I have FMCB on the memory card and so I have to unplug the memory card first and the plug it in right before starting the network, so the PS2 won't boot from the mc but the networking can still find the configuration.
Isn't there a better way for doing this?
And:
Can't this be done using OPL Manager completely? It got network options, but no matter what I tried, I couldn't make it work fully for installing PS1 or PS2 games remotely.
And: At 8:12, where you say "just for making it easier": What exactly do you mean by that? What would be the "normal" way and why or how would it be less easy? especially: I want to avoiod transferring all the folders everytime I add one PS1 game, does this have to do with this?
And: Where would I put the BOOT.ELF file when using FHDB? There is no BOOT folder, but there's the __boot partition - would this be right?
thank you :)
Thank you very much!
That answeref some general questions I had about the softmodded PS2, too.
I think that using FHDB isn't very popular vs FMCB, as there are many little problems that no one else seems to bother :) I initially had the plan to not use a memory card at all, so it wouldn't stand out the front of the case and also becasue I only have one 8MBit card. But it seems that it's probably not worth ging through the trouble of not having a memory card always in.
what if i don't partition my drive? I already have ps2 games on my drive.
Очень хорошее и полезное видео. Автору большое уважение за его работу. Я не зная английского языка всё равно понял как это сделать)
i wonder if popstarter uses the backward compatibility built in the ps2 for Ps1 games or it is completely stand alone and uses only the same hardware of the ps2 games/software?
I've understood that popstarter is an emulator, but if you use native ps1 disc that runs better? I don't know all the details, just test the games you like and if they work well great. If not, maybe emulate on pc or android
We need an exfat tutorial now
Like others, I too am experiencing OPL not displaying my VCDs. My PS2 games display properly and I've poured over each step and verified my files are correct but nothing I do makes it show up. I'm even reconverted the cue and bin to a new VCD and transferred but it didn't help. And now GPL Manager isn't seeing my VCDs anymore and I have NO idea why. Help!
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia I tried Diablo
How come as soon as I launch the game it goes to ulaunch no disc ?
That's worked for me...But not so easy ^^ do it from a USB pen drive. Thanks for your time to explain it well. Is there a way to change disk on the fly when playing ps1 game? Thanks.
Yes, see this method: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/multi-disc
i know this video is 3 years old but i am completely stumped. the only thing i did differently was i transfered the files manually from a flash drive to the hdd because i dont know how to network my ps2. ps1 games will not show up in OPL and i have no idea why. i need help and cannot find it
OPL daily build can see your popstarter games, but OPL that is from github won't see ps1 popstarter games.
Some games (mgs 1 for example) comes on 2 disks. And it asks to insert second disk in one point. How to do it?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Na that wouldn't work. You need to insert disc 2 at the prompt, you can't just quit the game and load disc 2, because it naturally saves after inserting the second disc. Fear Effect is the same, had trouble playing these games on the PSP too, tbh I think multiple disc games are POPS' and other console emulators bane, unless theirs a copy with disc 1 and 2 written into one big file, and a modders has made it so it automatically switches into disc 2 mode itself
Found this: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/multi-disc
Haven't tried it myself, copying games over now, but will give it a shot when they are good to go.
Popstarter works well via OPL with original network adapter (US) + BitFunx SATA Upgrade Kit, but shows a recurring black screen with a clone network adapter (Game Star). Think there's a fix for clone network adapters? I'd very much appreciate it.
The games show up in a list with cover art and everything and the ps1 logo comes up to boot the game but it never loads. Ive watched this video many times and have tried anything i can think of to do make it work. Somethings not right.
Also I get an error when playing CASPER, when it loads the next adjacent room (displays one at a time) I get an "SPU time out error: 7" maybe it's a bad copy/conversion? Is there a way to rip ps1 games directly from ps2 optical drive?
Is there any way of transferring over the VCDs directly to the hard drive (in my case an IDE to SD card)? Anything over network in my experience has always been extremely slow.
How about transferring from usb to hard drive, does that help?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Yeah that's what I've been doing. Still pretty slow with USB 1.1 lol
My hdd keeps getting stuck at “loading hdd modules…” it worked a few minutes ago. The hdd spins up fine, jumper setting is set to master and the ps2 games i installed through opl still work
Did you find a fix for this? Not sure why it would do that, maybe unplug any usb devices just in case?
I reached the part converting the game name using OPL Manager, it says it converts the game name but when I close it still says the names are invalid. What I'm missiing?
Weird, just rename the games with a shorter file name less than 31 characters and no symbols.
hello good tutorial but I have a question I already installed several psx games on the hard disk but to install the ps2 games with winhip it corrupts the partitions of the psx games it will be that I have to install them with another program like HDL Dump that is my question
I haven't played with ps2 internal hard drive with both ps2 and ps1 games coexisting before. You can give HDL Dump a try. I didn't realize winhiip screws up pop starter games I never would have thought that.
Hi! Please tell what do if game on several disks? How change disk? Example i want to play Fear Effect, but it's game on four disks.
Follow this guide: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/multi-disc
I've got like, 100 PS1 games I wanna transfer. Any faster way to copy them over rather than copying them individually?
I do not know of any faster or better method for ps2 unfortunately. If it was a modded ps3, there are quicker options, but not for ps2.
I am running into an issue when I attempt to connect my pc to my PS2. When it comes to my IP Address and Gateway are all the same except the last set of digits my IP is 011 and Gateway is 006, the Netmask is set the same as the in the tutorial. Any ideas where I am going wrong?
What about multi-part ps1 games like i.e. final fantasy vii or metal gear solid which require 2 or 3 discs?
I haven't gotten around to doing that tutorial, but its simple to do. See this link for meantime: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/multi-disc
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia
Yeah...this section may be confusing to some viewers. I can appreciate and wait for this upload if possible.
Keep in mind for ps2 there are two part discs out there as well.
But most definitely ps1.
Totally agreed, like metal gear solid is one example.
Hey so i have a fat ps2, official sony network adapter, 8gb hdd, and i setup the network config so that the gateway on the ps2 is my pc's ip address as you said. when i selected host on ulaunch, nothing happen. i waited 10 min, then backed out and pressed circle on host again and nothing happen. i checked radhost and it's still red. I made sure the app had permission to both public and private networks on firewall and nothings changed.
bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/Home see here for other tips that may help
So it will allow me to play PS1 reproduction discs on my fat PS2?
Are the games played with the backward compatibility or emulated?
Emulation.
Hi versatile I followed your this video to add ps1 games to internal hdd. I got the games added no problem but the light gun games for ps1 the light gun does not work the same light gun works for ps2 light gun games can you help me out thanks
Do these files need to be copied over in OPL? Or can I just copy the files onto the hard drive using a IDE to USB dock and windows explorer?
In the video I showcase radhostclient method so that is the simplest transferring files from PC to PS2 over ethernet. Connecting the ps2 hard drive to PC won't work as it won't show up in windows explorer as it is formatted with the ps2 file system. Technically, WinHiip can see the ps2 hard drive, but that tool is only used for transferring PS2 games over, not PS1 .vcd files.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Thank you! I've used WinHiip and was hoping there was a similar method for PS1 files.
hello, with this configuration I can't use the swap disk function, I followed the guide of the DISCS.TXT files but the game tells me, pressing the hotkeys, that the disk is wrong. I placed the DISCS files in the vcm folders in COMMON.
I really don't know, I know it worked for usb when I tested with MGS1. bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/multi-disc
This doesn’t work for me. Whenever I boot up a game I get a black screen. I have verified that the hashes are right and have no idea what to do.
On my PS2, it shows the partition name as +__.POPS and not __.POPS using the uLaunchELF v4.42D HDD Manager. Is there a way to force the name to be __.POPS?
Edit: fixed it by using the PFS Shell to create the partition and filesystem. It doesn't show on the uLaunchELF program, but I'm able to copy my VCD files and start playing my PS1 games.
Also, has anyone had graphical glitches in some games, like the picture being choppy at times or losing the background?
for some reason it wont detect the VCD game file on opl manager
Quick question. I made a 30GB __.POPS partition for the games on my ps2 in hhd manager but it shows up as 107% free, why? I've already had to delete the partition before cause it said it had 667% free and deleted most of my ps1 games.
I don't know why it gives that percentage unless its bugged maybe
sir my problem is after ps1 logo it went black screen but it has sound of the game...how can i fix this black screen? please help me
Maybe it's not compatible with pop starter.
I don't have the genuine network adapter, just the bootleg one with no net capabilities, so is there any way to do that without the network?
Maybe copy from usb to internal hard drive, but it will be super slow file transfer speeds.
I cant get opl to recognize the vcd files so I can rename them even though they're in the pops folder. What should I do?
Try out this guide: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/Home
thank you so much, very helpful :)
Hi! Have you tried playing with a multitap using POPS? My multitap works fine with OPL and PS2 games, but when I play PS1 games it doesn't work, the games only detect 1 controller
I would not be surprised if pops doesn't play nicely with multitap. It doesn't work with my light gun, so what are the chances multitap doesn't work either?
In my version of OPL, there is no option to display PS1 games. What am I supposed to do?
Nevermind, I updated to the latest version of OPL and it fixed the problem
Work perfect thank u from morocco ♓
is it possible to transfer all the PS1 files in one swoop? I have a lot of PS1 games and it's been tedious.
great vids by the way. your tutorials are appreciated.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia i actually figured it out. i marked all my VCD files with the X button, copied and pasted to initiate the transfer. i didn't have to keep tending to it. 12 hours later...DONE!