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Themes incoming for PS4 2.0 and PSVita 3.30
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Yes, it is.
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Those bastards. They took away your chance for another 'Soony' joke. Why do they hate you so, B-Bear?
jeff_rigby
Banned
Good find, followed your link and it mentions in the post confirming Firmware 2.0 would occur Oct 7th:
It suggest that a Theme supported by Firmware 2.0 would be included with the Launch of the White PS4. Tidux is also saying Driveclub will be released after Firmware 2.0 which requires a Oct 7th firmware update.
RE: DLNA on the PS4, I agree but would add that if they want the PS4 certified as a DLNA 2.0 platform (DLNA CVP2 or VidiPath) they must support the 3 box DLNA model. That requires AOAC DLNA remote control by a Handheld and pass through of CEC commands to control volume and turn on of the stereo or TV. That requires several power modes and likely the Suspend/resume power mode for games comes first.
DTCP-IP will be a subset of Playready or WMDRM10 if the PS4 is to support DLNA 2.0 = DLNA CVP2 = VidiPath. That is an integral part of the protected world of the ARM trustzone player. If Playready support has been implemented then the routines should already contain DTCP-IP as the same hardware codecs running under ARM trustzone management will be used for the Blu-Ray, HTML5 <video> and DLNA player.
Suspend resume is the easiest way to implement APD (Auto Power Down) which is a voluntary power reduction feature that would have been required by the EU and Energy Star. It's speculated that APD might require the game to be installed on the hard disk. This in turn is what created the fervor over AOAC and the misunderstood requirement for always connected to a network for DRM.
Sony plans for the PS4 to be a media hub in the home and my take is that it will support h.265 and transcode to other platforms in the home...serving to them via DLNA and eventually acting as a DVR for Cable and OTA TV. Sony plans to implement a IPTV Network by the end of the year first with the PS4.
Oppo
Member
Would be sort of darkly funny if Sony ended up beating Xbox on the "TV" front. X1 has DLNA coming as well, but they spent all that silicon budget on realtime overlays and passthrough for old fashioned cable which might end up seeming very backwards very soon.
Here's hoping that date is accurate.
Here's hoping that date is accurate.
BruiserBear
Banned
For the record I have never made a Soony joke.
Live Free or Die
Banned
I wonder if they're preparing something for today or tomorrow. I keep getting this error on the blog every now and then.
Pretty sure a firmware updated would in no way affect the blog.
jeff_rigby
Banned
Edit: The custom Tensilica DSP IP in the ARM second custom chip as Southbridge will handle Audio features like MP3 and DTS audio for the blu-ray player, in fact Tensilica DSP SoCs are included in some blu-ray players. But Sony has said the DSPs in the PS4 can do 300 MP3 streams at the same time. This I believe makes the Tensilica DSP a Dataplane Processor (DPU) which combines the strength of CPUs, DSPs, and custom logic , often with 10-to-100X the performance. DPUs can do audio and video processing, codecs (h.265) as well as gesture and audio recognition.
Early NeoGAF discussion had information from several sources.
That MP3 support comes so late might be related to the CUSTOM nature of the Tensilica DSP chip. If it is a custom Dataplane processor designed to support a 10 year life for both audio and video then it's likely responsible for the delays...
In the following picture, the part in blue is the DPU, the parts in grey are work the DPU can offload from the functions in grey. The only surprises in the custom chip being a DPU would be: 1) Video Codec ability (h.265), 2) Gesture/video processing and VR, 3) Low power second smaller GPU
Early NeoGAF discussion had information from several sources.
That MP3 support comes so late might be related to the CUSTOM nature of the Tensilica DSP chip. If it is a custom Dataplane processor designed to support a 10 year life for both audio and video then it's likely responsible for the delays...
In the following picture, the part in blue is the DPU, the parts in grey are work the DPU can offload from the functions in grey. The only surprises in the custom chip being a DPU would be: 1) Video Codec ability (h.265), 2) Gesture/video processing and VR, 3) Low power second smaller GPU
Insane Metal
Member
So... sorry for the bump... does anyone have any idea if this is coming tomorrow? :|
BruiserBear
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Being that it's a big update, it would seem likely they'd give a preview of it at least a few days prior to release.
It's already out.
If 2.0. doesn't have any requested features there's something seriously wrong with Sony's software team.
Yeah, seriously. If all it had was themes and that share play thing, meaning pretty much nothing people have been asking for, that would be horrific.
I got the impression that it will have more than what's been announced, just not folders. And I'm having trouble finding the post where that was said, so I could be wrong about that rumor too.
RedAssedApe
Banned
its going to have youtube at the very least.
IAmRandom31
Banned
SharePlay >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> folders
2.0 also comes with Youtube support and uploading direct to Youtube.
So .. that minor shareplay thing ( which is going to be unbelievable ), themes, youtube uploading and support, and whatever else they come up with.
I'm somewhat cautiously optimistic about SharePlay. We'll see how well it really works and what restrictions it has before I get too excited.
Maninthemirror
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I am quite confused how sonys software team cannot build upon its feature to what it is today a year after launch. Apart from bug fixes, stability updates and adding share features there hasn't been anything of significance throughout the year. Someone needs to light the fire under them and I hope 2.0 delivers more than share play and themes.
There seems to be a disappointment lag of urgency on the software front and hoping 2.0 and beyond fixes that
There seems to be a disappointment lag of urgency on the software front and hoping 2.0 and beyond fixes that
Is IPTV Network is going to be announce on Sony's PlayStation Experience on Vegas ?
I just want good old plain DLNA like in PS3 or Smart TV now and 2.0 later.
Lucent
Member
Agreed. I'd love a way to have a more organized setup of games shown on the screen or at least have the library set to the very left instead of the very right end. But if I had to choose between the two, I'd go for the shareplay stuff. That's something they advertised when showing off the PS4 and something I've wanted.
Aces&Eights
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Agreed. SharePlay almost sounds too good to be true. If it delivers as promised without ridiculous restrictions then it will be a big time feature. Forget watching Let's Plays, just jump into a buddies game and see for myself.
I know it won't be 2.0 but I'm getting frustrated that Sony still doesn't allow for changes to usernames. They said in April they were considering it, and since then no news on the subject. My username isn't terrible I just think it could be nicer....I hope they release a tool to do so at least at the end of this year. Also, if we hide games from our trophy list from appearing on our profile, why do they not get hidden from us? My trophy list is cluttered from PS+ games I barely touched and don't plan on returning too.
PSNs shortcomings are only going to get more unforgivable as PS4 continues forward with a paid subscription for online play. Hopefully now the PS4 has been out for a year and more and more of it's glaring missing features are fixed, Sony can start to focus on smaller additions as well.
On PS Vita themes, they're nice but I prefer my custom wallpapers after trying both setups out. Which makes the update frustrating, since loading times for background images on the home screen has now increased. Sad face.
PSNs shortcomings are only going to get more unforgivable as PS4 continues forward with a paid subscription for online play. Hopefully now the PS4 has been out for a year and more and more of it's glaring missing features are fixed, Sony can start to focus on smaller additions as well.
On PS Vita themes, they're nice but I prefer my custom wallpapers after trying both setups out. Which makes the update frustrating, since loading times for background images on the home screen has now increased. Sad face.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Hell yeah. Can't wait to see a game on a buddies list, have him turn it on and jump in to play for an hour. Get to test it out myself before considering a purchase.
I'll take shit like that, something never before done, over anything else this early in the generation.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Sony could move the OS development team to the US, that'd help for starters...but nooooo.
binarymelon
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It will likely have more than what was announced, but I'm doubtful it will contain much of the highly requested features. They would be shouting it from the rooftops if it did. I honestly hope Pachter is right about the upcoming NPD results. Sony needs a kick in the pants. I really shouldn't be surprised, the OS team didn't do much apart from PS+ the second half of last generation.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
Because Americans aren't equally capable of incompetence?
I don't know that it's a lack of urgency, it may just be an issue regarding talent, or man power in terms of the team size. Look the amount of time it took to fix some really basic things on the PS3 xmb (i mean cmon the whole clock debacle was ridiculous)
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