The Official PSN Store Update Thread

[Timstuff]

I can to get into time attacks, but I haven't figured out how to actually race against other cars.

 

[Borax]

Merry Christmas Updates

To European Gamers from SONY...


Toy Home full game (£4.99)
Warhawk "Operation Omega Dawn" expansion (£3.99)
Populous: The Beginning PS1 game (£3.49)
Timeshift multiplayer demo (free)
Sky Diving trailer (free)
Guitar Hero III "Boss Battles" add-on pack (free)
Motorstorm "Holiday Paint Job" add-on pack (free)
Devil May Cry 4 Tokyo Game Show trailer (free)
Sega Rally "Canyon" trailer (free)
Sega Rally "Arctic" trailer (free)
Kane & Lynch "Insider" videos (free)
Kane & Lynch "Fragile Alliance & Co-op" video (free)
Kane & Lynch TV Advert (free)
Kane & Lynch "Fragile Alliance" trailer (free)
Metal Gear Solid 4 Tokyo Game Show trailer (free)
Assassin's Creed TV Advert (free)
Grand Theft Auto IV trailer (free)
CJ7 movie trailer (free)



A LOAD OF CRAP!!

 

[Timstuff]

I'd hardly call the Warhawk expansion crap. Though I do agree taht there seems to be 4 items too many of Kane and Lynch on that list.

 

[KALEL114]

Merry Christmas Updates

To European Gamers from SONY...


Toy Home full game (£4.99)
Warhawk "Operation Omega Dawn" expansion (£3.99)
Populous: The Beginning PS1 game (£3.49)
Timeshift multiplayer demo (free)
Sky Diving trailer (free)
Guitar Hero III "Boss Battles" add-on pack (free)
Motorstorm "Holiday Paint Job" add-on pack (free)
Devil May Cry 4 Tokyo Game Show trailer (free)
Sega Rally "Canyon" trailer (free)
Sega Rally "Arctic" trailer (free)
Kane & Lynch "Insider" videos (free)
Kane & Lynch "Fragile Alliance & Co-op" video (free)
Kane & Lynch TV Advert (free)
Kane & Lynch "Fragile Alliance" trailer (free)
Metal Gear Solid 4 Tokyo Game Show trailer (free)
Assassin's Creed TV Advert (free)
Grand Theft Auto IV trailer (free)
CJ7 movie trailer (free)



A LOAD OF CRAP!!

December 20th 2007 - UK store update is:


Manga XMB Theme
Nature XMB Theme
Pixels XMB Theme
Retro XMB Theme

High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition Wallpaper
PAIN Wallpapers
• Jervis Bowler
• Jervis Rapper
• Jervis vs Cow
• Wallmime
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune community.eu.playstation.com Forum Member 'JaKhris' Wallpaper

 

[Borax]

12 videos that have been available elsewhere for a period of time, a game that has never been given a demo in Europe, and a few expansions is a terrible update in my opinion

 

[Borax]

December 20th 2007 - UK store update is:


Manga XMB Theme
Nature XMB Theme
Pixels XMB Theme
Retro XMB Theme

High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition Wallpaper
PAIN Wallpapers
• Jervis Bowler
• Jervis Rapper
• Jervis vs Cow
• Wallmime
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune community.eu.playstation.com Forum Member 'JaKhris' Wallpaper

I'm looking at the UK store right now and the items I posted are all that I see

Nevermind... I see the themes but including all those added it's still a useless update

 

[KALEL114]

US 12/20
Games

Toy Home ($9.99)
Snakeball ($9.99) (it's not available in store for some reason, you need to download the demo and go to purchase full game)

Trials of Topoq ($4.99)
Memerize: Distort ($1.99)
PSone Classics

Warhawk ($5.99)

Demos

BlackSite: Area 51 demo (free)
Snakeball demo (free)

Add-Ons

Warhawk: Operation Omega Dawn Expansion ($7.99)
Folklore Christmas Pack Add-On (free)
Motorstorm Holiday Skin (free)
Guitar Hero III Holiday Single "We Three Kings" (free)
High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition Add-On 1 (free)
High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition Add-On 2 (free)
Rock Band Add-Ons
"Buddy Holly" single song ($1.99)
"Brass in Pocket"* single song ($1.99)

"My Iron Lung" single song ($1.99)
Game Videos

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Sizzle Trailer (free)
Devil May Cry 4 Final Trailer (free)
Warhawk Omega Dawn Trailer (Free)
PS3 "Only On" TV Spot (free)
PS3 "Universe" TV Spot (free)
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground - Mike V's Skater Story (free)
Turok "Dino Mauling" Video (free)
PSP Feature Video (free)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune "Animation" Video (free)
Movie Trailers

Strange Wilderness Trailer (free)
Blu-Ray Disc Trailers

Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour Trailer (free)
Themes

Warhawk Theme (free)
PAIN: Santa Theme (free)

PAIN: Cookie Theme (free)
Wallpapers

High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition wallpapers (2)
PAIN wallpapers (4)

 

[Timstuff]

Warhawk ($5.99)

You're kidding us, right?

EDIT

D'oh, forgot there was a PS1 version.

 

[KALEL114]

No US update this week.

 

[Havok83]

No US update this week.

well that sucks. Couldnt at least throw in a PS1 game

 

[KALEL114]

UK 12/27

Super Stardust HD demo "and upgrade (Rumble)" (free)
The Club demo (free)
Snakeball demo (free)

 

[Green Goblin 1964]

Still waiting for TDK trailer in PSN

 

[Havok83]

UK 12/27

Super Stardust HD demo "and upgrade (Rumble)" (free)
The Club demo (free)
Snakeball demo (free)

installing The Club as I type

 

[Havok83]

Still waiting for TDK trailer in PSN

its already up and nothing to brag about

 

[BatMatt]

not the teaser trailer, the new one

 

[Timstuff]

well that sucks. Couldnt at least throw in a PS1 game

I'm PO'd that there's no new Rock Band content this week!

 

[Green Goblin 1964]

its already up and nothing to brag about

I know, the new trailer.....

 

[Borax]

Still waiting for TDK trailer in PSN

This is what I do...

Using the Quicktime Pro software and its movie export feature, you can remove the .mov file name and save the files as standard mp4 files.
1) The first step is to make sure you have Quicktime Pro installed on your PC. You can download this program from the apple website either on its own or as part of itunes. The basic version is free, but the upgrade to pro costs $20 or $30 if you don't already have a registration code.

2) Visit the website www.apple.com/trailers to download quicktime format movie trailers. Choose your movie trailer from those available on the site and choose the resolution. The video file will automatically open in Quicktime player and will begin to download. This process can take longer on larger files. When it has downloaded, click on the file menu and click "Export..".

3) In the "Save exported file as:" dialog box, write a filename for the clip, and in the "Export" drop down box select "Movie to MPEG-4", and then click the "Options..." button.

4) In the file format drop down options, select "MP4" [not "MP4 (ISMA)"], and under Video Format select "Pass through". If the video resolution shown at the bottom of the dialog box is EXACTLY 1920x1080 or 1280x720, then you can skip step 5. Unfortunately most of the trailer files tend to have strange resolutions like 1920x804.

5) If the file you downloaded needs to be resized then under the Video Format option change the selection to "H.264".

There are now more options available. For Image Size select either 1920x1080 or 1280x720, then click next to "preserve aspect ratio", and make sure "Letterbox" is selected. This process enables your video to be reencoded to add the black letterbox bars to create an HD resolution image.

Under framerate, select "current", and change the default bitrate option in the region of 8000-10000 will be fine. For a better quality video you can do a multipass reencode for higher quality but will take you longer to encode. If this is for you then, select the "Video options" button, and change the encoding mode to "Best Quality (Multi-pass)"

6) Select the "Audio" option in the main dropdown box and make sure that the audio is set to "pass through". If the pass-through option is greyed out then use the default values.
Click OK to be returned to the main screen where you chose the file name. Click OK again to begin exporting. If the video does not need to be re-encoded then this process will inly take a couple of seconds, if it does then it will take several minutes.

7) To watch this on your PS3 you can either burn to CD/DVD or put the file onto a memory card.


When this process is completed you will have a PS3 compatible HD video file to show off on your large LCD or Plasma TV.


If you dont have Quicktime Pro you can do this with the standard free Quicktime player and the Red Kawa PS3 Video 9 software. (http://www.redkawa.com/)


1. Browse to www.apple.com/trailers
2. Select the HD 1080p trailer you want to download (n.b. for a quick conversion select 1080p)
3. When the Quicktime player starts, from the menu option select View/Loop from the menu. Once this has completed downloading.
4. Close the Quicktime player and you will be prompted to save the changes you ave made.
5. Select save as a self-contained movie.
6. Now load the Red Kawa PS3 Video 9 software
7. Under Convert Menu/Current Conversion (TAB) Select Convert Video
8. On the right, under "New Video to Convert" select QuickTime HD MOV input
9. Click the start option and this will then convert to AVC.

Then just use PSMedia Tunnel (http://www.di.co.nz/PSMediaTunnel/index.htm) to transfer it over and voila you have The Dark Knight trailer or any other trailer you want in HD without waiting for SONY to update the store

As an alternative you can also use http://movies.yahoo.com/trailers/ and select the HD option under the trailer

 

[KALEL114]

This is what I do...





Then just use PSMedia Tunnel (http://www.di.co.nz/PSMediaTunnel/index.htm) to transfer it over and voila you have The Dark Knight trailer or any other trailer you want in HD without waiting for SONY to update the store

As an alternative you can also use http://movies.yahoo.com/trailers/ and select the HD option under the trailer

Thanks Borax! These are great alternatives.

 

[Havok83]

Why is it that they add so much mroe extra content on the EU PSN store? They have a ton more themes and wallpapers than the US store, not to mention that its organized alot better

 

[Borax]

That's all we get in the EU store though... when the US gets something good, we get a Wallpaper

 

[Downhere]

I think Sony needs to work on the PSN store. It can't be to hard to add new features at a faster rate. Trailers for both games and movies should be put up almost immediately from when they debut. Wallpaper and other features can't be hard to upload at a faster rate either.

 

[Havok83]

That's all we get in the EU store though... when the US gets something good, we get a Wallpaper

I guess I shouldnt be complaining. I went on my UK account yesterday and was amazed at how much extra content was available

 

[JTStarkiller]

So are we gettin' an update today? Better be a good one.

 

[Green Goblin 1964]

I'd be happy with TDK trailer...