The other day I fixed up my old chipped PSone, swapped out dead disc drive for one from another console I picked up for a dollar, and started burning a few old favorites like Descent and the exclusive Duke Nukem games, and so on, as a screw you to the PS Classic
Anyway. I've been having a blast with it and remembered that there was that one version of the console that could play VCDs in Japan, and obviously that had a whole other board on there to handle the VCD playback, but I'm wondering if a compatible video file that the PS1 can already decode, like MPEG1 in game FMVs or whatever, were to be burned to a CD as an ISO file and loaded up as a game, if it could work?
Some say PSS is one of the files the PS1 handles for video, but then some say it's a PS2 file.
Others stick with motion JPEG and MPEG1 as being handle...able, by the PS1.
I'm rambling now, but in theory, if the PS1 has the ability to decode MPEG1 or Motion JPEG files, then it stands to reason someone could make a program that would unlock that ability, that could be burned to a CD and read as a game, and on that CD you could also store video files that could be played.
It's late and I'm tired, ignore the rambling in the middle to the end, and skip to the question, rather than the theorizing;
Is there a way to play video files on a PS1?
Anyway. I've been having a blast with it and remembered that there was that one version of the console that could play VCDs in Japan, and obviously that had a whole other board on there to handle the VCD playback, but I'm wondering if a compatible video file that the PS1 can already decode, like MPEG1 in game FMVs or whatever, were to be burned to a CD as an ISO file and loaded up as a game, if it could work?
Some say PSS is one of the files the PS1 handles for video, but then some say it's a PS2 file.
Others stick with motion JPEG and MPEG1 as being handle...able, by the PS1.
I'm rambling now, but in theory, if the PS1 has the ability to decode MPEG1 or Motion JPEG files, then it stands to reason someone could make a program that would unlock that ability, that could be burned to a CD and read as a game, and on that CD you could also store video files that could be played.
It's late and I'm tired, ignore the rambling in the middle to the end, and skip to the question, rather than the theorizing;
Is there a way to play video files on a PS1?