How to Capture Screenshots On Your PSP
I know a lot of you PSP fanboys out there are still wondering how I manage to get those cool screenshots from my PSP. well you can stop wondering now because after this post, you too will be capturing screenshots from your PSP just by pressing the NOTE button. Sounds simple right?
Requirements:
- A Fat or Slim PSP installed with 3.71 M33 or higher custom firmware. This means it will also work with 3.80 M33 custom firmwares.
- A USB Cable to enable connection between your computer and your PSP.
Instructions:
- Download the screencapture pack I’ve prepared to anywhere on your computer.
- Unzip the file you’ve downloaded.
- Connect your PSP to your PC using a USB Cable. Check if you have already the seplugins folder on the root of your memory stick. If you don’t have it yet then proceed to step 4. If you do already have it then proceed to step 5.
- Do this only if you don’t have the seplugins folder yet. Copy the seplugins folder from your computer to the root of your memory stick.
- If you did step 4 then skip this step. You only have to follow this step if you already have an existing seplugins folder. Copy screenshotbmp.prx from the seplugins on your computer to the seplugins folder on the root of your memory stick. Now go to the seplugins on your memory stick. If you have vsh.txt already present, you have to open the file and edit it. Open it in Notepad or any text editor and add these code in a new line: ms0:/seplugins/screenshotbmp.prx
Check if you also have pops.txt and game.txt present on your seplugins folder in your memory stick. If you have it then do the same routine, edit it and paste that line of code in a new line. Otherwise you can just grab the game.txt and pops.txt from the file you’ve downloaded. - Disconnect your PSP from your computer. Now open the recovery menu. How? Turn off your PSP then turn it on again while pressing the R button. On your recovery menu, go to Plugins and enable all the screenshotbmp.prx plugins. Exit the recovery menu.
- Try it on your XMB. Press the note button. You will know the screenshot plugin is working when an inverse color of your screen will sweep from the bottom to the top. The screenshot will be saved on your PICTURES folder on your memory stick and you can also view it by going to Photo > memory stick on your PSP.
If you have any questions or reactions about this guide, you can use the comment form below. The screenshot plugin was programmed by TyRaNID and ported by Weltall to the M33 custom firmwares.
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Nice. I was actually looking for this but could find the right plugin
wow.. thanks.. this will be of great help…
Where can I find these seplugins?
Is this the folder contained in the 3.71 m33-4 pack?
The seplugin in there contains a popsloader folder & popsloader.prx
i figured it out…the seplugins are from the screencapture pack. but it wont work on my psp phat. dunno why. no sweeping of screen happened.
@darwin v.: It works on the PSP Phat if you have 3.71 M33 or higher. Have you activated it inside the recovery menu?
tnx master dino …keep it up
@stylemo:
yup bro. i activated the plug-ins (there were 3 right?) thru the recovery mode. one thing i didn’t do thou…i didn’t add the kernels. would that really be neccessary? i only did the cfw updates from 3.71m33-2 > 3.80m33-5….no kernels added in between.
You have a PSP Slim right? I’m not really sure about that one. Have you also edited the vsh.txt?
i didn’t do the screenshot thing on my slim.
i experimented on my betterhalf’s sister’s phat.
i didn’t do step 5 since i did step 4.am i right?
if ever i forgot to do the vsh.txt edit, can i reinstall he pack again?
i finally got the sweeping thing done stylemo!
i got the the vsh menu on its default settings.
and restarted the unit…..voila!
sweeping screen is fine!
thanks pre!
yo stylemo/onid… im trying to do the recovery mode but it doesn’t work out. i have a PSP slim
where is the note button?
ok na gets ko na… note button as in half note / music “nota” hehehe and it works! thank you!
cool ^_^ thnkzzz
works great and finally figured out how to enable plugins
i follow every single step. but when i enter the plugins in recovery mode, I dun see anything to enable. help plz? im using a slim version 3.90 m33-2. help plz plz plz.
thanks for this. i read in forums that some others have theirs working but no sweeping game-pausing happens, how do i configure mine to behave like that? i certainly don’t want to still have that sweeping pause effect when i take a screenshot during adhoc play. i got a 3.80 M33-5 on a slim.
stylemo: im trying to click the “screen capture pack ” you provided but doesnt load up on my pc. Only different letters and sign numbers appearing on my webscreen. Please can you upload again for me…so that i can try it on my psp 3.90 m33-2. thanks a lot sir!
@psplovers: the link is fine. try to reconfigure your firewall or your AV just to let the downloading start. if not…check your net connection.
weeee! i did it! thanks to you.. more power!
the link is broken…it redirects me to this site
FINALLY a screenshot plugin that works with the newest custom firmwares that ACTUALLY works in a game! Kudos to you, Stylemo!
nice, this is how i got my screenies for my GOW article.
http://tech84.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/god-of-war-chains-of-olympus/
@stylemo
can i post this guide on my blog? =)
@tech4idiots: Sure please make sure you’ll put a link back to this site. By the way, I’m looking for guest writers. I’d appreciate it if you can write for my blog too. The site has a new design and will be releasing on the next few weeks. Thanks
Sure, and thanks for the invite. I’d be happy to write for stylemo. =)
when i press the note button on a game the screen freezes? any help pls?
Very nice.. Your plugin definitely works for my Fat 3.71 m33-3
Awesome and thanks..
Blog Hopper…
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hi asl pls?
it works for my fat3.90m33-3… nice job stylemo!!!
u rock!!!
i wasn’t able to make it work T__T
i re-checked every step, did them very carefully, but it didn’t work on mine. have a 3.80 firmware. please help. O_o
thanks a lot!
@aya: You must have a custom firmware. Custom Firmwares are firmwares with M33 ending on them. Example 3.80 M33 is not the same as 3.80 only.
oh.. i see. thank you so much! I’m new to these stuffs. i’ll look into custom firmwares for that. ^___^
is 3.90 m33-3 work on this..??
@ayie:
yup…it will work on 390m33.
nice one. tnx.
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nice one! i’ve been looking for something like this for a long time. thanks bro!
Am I missing something? I thought this was supposed to d-load a zip file? I download the link for the screen capture pack, and I get a rar file. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
@John: I didn’t mention anything about it being a ZIP file. Unzip means to unpack so it doesn’t necessarily mean that it has to be a zip file.
does it work on 4.01m33-2?
Hi! when I start this update on my PSP it says that “the game could not be started (80020148)” What should I do?
@wat3ver: It works on 4.01 m33-2
@i4i: Please read the instructions carefully.
Hi my name is jhomari im having trouble on my psp and the R button on it every time I shut my psp down and I turn it on with me holding the R button, all it does is resets itself and says SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT what can i do to go to the menu? pleaz help
@Jhomari: You sure, you’re using custom firmware? If not, then surely that is the reason why. That little trick don’t work in PSPs with official firmware.
Fantastic! it worked!!! thank so much, I was looking for something like this for a long time now. also is there a way to gather movie screen captures from a psp game as well?
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What button is the ‘Note’ button?
Haha, nevermind, i figured it out. Can i delete the ’seplugin’ folder after i enabled it?
Hey thanks for the info, I didn’t know such plugin exists. Thanks again..
um where is the root of my memory stick?-I am a noob in this so I apologize
I found out so it’s ok
Hey Stylemo, I really want to thank you for this guide. Will update my blog to let readers know bout the whole screenshot thing. (: ~
hey um i dont how to go to the recovery menu
where is the note button???
I don’t know what I am doing wrong. The screenshot capture works when I am on XMB. But for some reason, I can’t get it to work on the PSP games. Nothing happened when I pressed the note button.
Never mind, I forgot to enable [GAME] Plugin on the advanced menu. It’s a very nice program. Thanks.
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Hi, the screen capture pack link is broken. Can anyone reupload this?
Yeah. I need a reupload. Too.
Haha Thanx man~
Worked for me