In my previous post I have detailed the launch of Playstation Now on pc. That was 3.14 and apparantly Sony has fixed quite some bugs without providing a changelog. Continue reading
Tag Archives: 2016
Playstation Now on PC with Dualshock 3
Since the end of August 2016, Playstation Now is available in my country on PC. I was waiting for this for quite some time as I’ve seen the developments with Netflix and other video streaming platforms. Gaming in the cloud is the next step and being able to stream games that are not on my harddrive without a price per item (such as video on demand movies) sounded nice. Continue reading
Speedtouch 121g on Raspberry Pi Zero
So I have the Raspberry Pi Zero working with ethernet, but it would be much nicer if this was also available via wifi. The only wifi stick I had left around was a Speedtouch 121g which internally is a Intersil ISL3887. Luckily I found the firmware for it. Continue reading
Samsung S8000 Jét Screen replacement
A couple of years ago which had a broken screen. With a little investment I could repair the screen and make some money on trading the device for another. Continue reading
Playstation 2 VGA converter power jack
A lot of years ago I bought some Playstation 2 games and an old REDANT PS2 VGA converter. The seller did not know if it would work. After some years, I tried to fix it when some spare time came available. Continue reading
Asus notebook fan control
In previous Intel Centrino notebooks you were able to use the program Notebook Hardware Control. After supplying an edited ACPI file you had the opportunity to change the CPU speed, voltage and videocard GPU Clock. This resulted in a more quiet laptop. Over the years Intel SpeedStep technology has become much better. Continue reading
Android Emulators with online tv apps
In 2016, watching tv via the tradition cable or DVB-C might be further reduced by people watching on their tablets / via a computer. The first providers already have apps that work on Android and iOS devices. Streams are however lower than 720p, but very good SD quality. In order to watch these streams on pc, you can install an Android emulator. Continue reading
ATRAC1 upload to PC and playback in VLC
This article addresses uploading of ATRAC1 files in MD-SP or sometimes referred to as RAW SP files to pc. These have the extension .aea and can be played back in VLC Media Player (I use version 2.2). Continue reading