Hacking Transfer PS1 save file from PSP eboot to PS1 memory card?

[CaseyDog]

Google turns up nothing on how to convert PSP saves to .MCR. I want to get a PC memory card adapter and move my save over to there so I can play it on my sensor-modded PS2. Why? Even on the recommended POPS I'm getting glitches which is causing a stuttering noise in a really important cut scene (FFVII with the Beacause retranslation mod).

 

[CaseyDog]

Actually, I figured it out (program called VMP to MCR converter), but do memory cards use MCR files?

 

[godreborn]

ps one saves are in raw format (with no extension), but they're easy to convert to other formats. you may have to back pedal it. I've gone from the ps2 (ps1 and 2 saves) but not back. you should be able to extract the save data manually. each save block is 8KBs. and, in hex, ps1 saves start with SC in the text field.

 

[CaseyDog]

I'm sorry but I barely understand what you're saying. Backpedal? Extract from the memory card? I want to turn VMP files into something a PS1 memory card can use, why do I need to convert the PS1 save files to something else? Will I be changing them back?

 

[godreborn]

playstation 1 saves are not in mcr format. they have no extension. just extract it from the mcr file. here's what one of mine looks like. I can't recall exactly, but mcr may only add a header to the file, so the entire save may be from SC all the way down to the end of the file:

 

[CaseyDog]

Oh I see what you mean now. I couldn't get that program to work though, instead of turning my VMP file into an MCR the extension was just "0".

 

[CaseyDog]

Figured it out, the MCR needed a specific name. Now how do I extract the save? I found it but I don't know how to use hex.

 

[godreborn]

use HxD and copy and paste. it should be 8,192 bytes/block, but I suspect it will be from the SC part all the way down to the end of the file.

 

[CaseyDog]

where do i paste it to?

 

[godreborn]

paste it to a new file with the correct title.

 

[CaseyDog]

what would the correct filename for a save of ff7 disc 1 be, and how do i make a file with no extension?

 

[godreborn]

I don't know. you might have to create a new save on the ps1 to see what it's named. the file name itself doesn't appear to be in the save.

 

[CaseyDog]

finally, how do i create a file without an extension?

 

[godreborn]

creating a file with HxD doesn't require an extension as part of the file name. you can name it anything you want.

 

[CaseyDog]

Gotcha, thanks for all that. Thankfully we have a memory card PC adapter around here somewhere so I should be good to go soon. Hopefully this thread will appear on Google so there's SOMETHING about this in search results.

 

[godreborn]

if you can use ulaunch.elf, you can put the saves on a flash drive and transfer them over that way. that's how I backed up all ps1 and ps2 saves on my system.

 

[CaseyDog]

Sorry, there's something else. How do I browse the PS3 memory card adapter on PC? The only video I can find on that has a defunct link.

 

[godreborn]

that I don't know. I've never owned one. however, it's not needed if you want to get ps1/2 saves off or on the ps3.