INindigodaddy·Oct 17, 2022Submission
psx-pi-smbshare: A Swiss army knife enhancing classic game consoles with Rasp Pi
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psx-pi-smbshare
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psx-pi-smbshare
A swiss army knife for enhancing classic game consoles with Raspberry Pi
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A swiss army knife for enhancing classic game consoles with Raspberry Pi
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesI use a Raspberry Pi to stream PlayStation 2 backups over SMB by networking the onboard Ethernet port of the Pi to allow access to a Samba Share service running on the Pi. This allows for seamless playback of games with heavy Full Motion Video sequences as the Ethernet transmission is faster than the max throughput of the USB2.0 ports provided on the PlayStation 2. It -also supports auto mounting and sharing of external drives to allow for seamless drive swapping if you have a large library.
Using the same technique, games can also be streamed to PlayStation 3 and original Xbox.
I added some additional support for Xlink Kai so that you can play LAN enabled games over the Pi’s WiFi connection by plugging a compatible game console into the Ethernet port of the Pi or by connecting to an access point that is auto created when a secondary Wi
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Fi dongle is attached to the Pi.
I learned that there are usually a hundred or so people in South America who play Halo 2 using Xlink Kai and this makes it very easy to connect to them for lag free multiplayer on original hardware. This feature also works on Nintendo Switch and PSP with a bit of extra work.
The project is open source and [available as a flashable SD image on Github](https://github.com/toolboc/psx-pi-smbshare).
Youtuber VersatileNinja recently published a detailed video on [how to get started with the project](https://youtu.be/Ilx5NYoUkNA) if anyone is interested in taking it for a spin.