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.
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
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!
January 31st, 2008 at 12:53 am
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?
January 30th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
You have a PSP Slim right? I’m not really sure about that one. Have you also edited the vsh.txt?
January 30th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
@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.
January 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
tnx master dino …keep it up
January 30th, 2008 at 12:23 am
@darwin v.: It works on the PSP Phat if you have 3.71 M33 or higher. Have you activated it inside the recovery menu?
January 29th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
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.
January 29th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
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
January 27th, 2008 at 1:00 am
wow.. thanks.. this will be of great help…
January 24th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Nice. I was actually looking for this but could find the right plugin