TUTORIAL: Recover Blu-Ray Playback on 256mb FAT PS3

[GaryOPA]

There still a number of PS3 out there that after downgrading via 'Factory Service Mode', had lost their Blu-Ray movie playback because the DRL files got destoried, and there been a number of ways to recover them but none of they very easy, and most tutorials never were not 100% successful on the earlier 256mb NAND FAT PS3 Consoles, but thanks to the recent QA Flag finally being disclosed a few months ago, old-time scener Mark Webber has returned to give one last good tutorial on how to recover your Blu-Ray movie playback on these Sony PS3 Consoles:

Ok, so finally....

How To Recover BD Playback On 256meg Fats

You will need to QA flag your PS3
IF you are on 3.55: Using the special 3.55 downgrade PUP by Jaicrab, then down again to 3.15 or 3.41 using stock PUP files
Follow this guide to QA flag your PS3

(EASY QA FLAG INSTALL)

NOTE BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT THIS OR ANY MOD TO PS3 FILE STRUCTURE PLEASE BACK-UP YOR dev_flash 2 FOLDER AND THE WHOLE OF dev_hdd0/home AS THIS IS WHERE YOUR PSN / DLC/ PSONE LICENCES ARE KEPT. ALSO MAKE AN EXTRA BACK-UP OF dev_hdd0/home/act.dat .

PLEASE ALSO BE AWARE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE STATING THAT THE TROPHY SYSTEM GETS MESSED UP !!!!!!!! FOOLS RUSH IN .........

Note: Only works on Otheros++ 3.55 or 3.41 CFW at the moment, so you'll have to reflash to it, then go back to your cfw's
(i.e 3.55 CFW > Otheros++ > QA Flag > 3.55 CFW )

|Requirements| instalation instructions|

• PS3 on OtherOS++ 3.55 CFW PUP http://t.co/NE2Y0PV
• rename it to PS3UPDAT.PUP
• install the firmware
• QA Auto Flag .PKG http://7track.org/~glevand/public/qa_flag.pkg
• install the qa_flag.pkg
• then run the qa_flag program
• if you hear a beep, it worked.
• restart ps3
• Go to network settings (Do not enter it) and hit or hold L1+L2+L3+R1+R2+down on the dpad
• QA auto flagging is now done
• Turn on the 'system update debug' in the debug settings

Play a BD disc with the highest MKB version you can get..Latest release from Blockbuster or whatever.
Note: It may start to play and then you get no video output to the tv.
This happened a few times to me.
Just power off, accept the "naughty boy" messgage from Sony and try again until it plays.
If it keeps doing this, you need to change to AV or component leads since your TV seems to not be 100% HDMI/BD compliant.
I have tested this on several (at least 5) PS3's with 100% success rate.

NEWS SOURCE: http://psx-scene.com/forums/f188/rec...eg-fats-96783/

[cboushell]

It would be nice if at least one of the links in the tut. worked..........

[2615863]

It would be nice if at least one of the links in the tut. worked..........

Nothing a quick google search cant fix....

[GaryOPA]

Yeah the inside quoted post is out of dated, if someone has the right links, post them here, and i will updated the first post!

[GaryOPA]

Thanks Gravox =)
Sad to see they don't want their members to actually think for themselves overe there.
But enough of that, I am working on a few other things that will be posted exclusive to my new home

Now to explore the site a little more to see where I fit in.

Great to see you around here also. -- I upgraded your membership status to 'Crunching Developers".

[Otkon]

This didn't work for me. But can this problem be any further explore in light of recent developments?

[sumolx]

This did work for me... but as the original post stated it had to be a newer release that has never been played on your PS3 and you have to be running OtherOS++ CFW. If you then switch back over to kmeaw or a different CFW you then loose playback again. Then there is another issue, if you decide to return back to a OtherOS++ CFW to re-enable Blu Ray via QA it will not work because you will need yet a newer Blu Ray to reapply the fix then the one you used prior.

The only fix that has worked consistently for me is the one I'm proposing to Deank to include in MultiMan (fingers crossed). You can get more detail from my request here.