242w ago - PSP Developer Poison has updated both his PlayStation Portable HostCore Plug-In (allows users to access media content located on their PC via PSP) and also his CXMB Plug-In today to include 5.00 M33 Firmware compatibility.

Download: PSP CXMB v3.3 Plug-In / PSP HostCore v1.2 Plug-In

v3.3 Changelog:

+Add 5.0 capability.

v1.2 Changelog:

+Add 5.00m33 support.

According to the author, it's important to note that PSP themes built for previous system software revisions will need to be updated for the new firmware.

259w ago - Poisonhzkj has issued a minor maintenance update to CXMB. Version 3.2.1 fixes a bug that caused the plug-in to crash at times when applying a new XMB theme.

Additionally, the issue of theme settings reverting back to default after exiting from a UMD title has been solved.

On a side note, the author mentioned that a 4.01 M33 compatible version of HostCore, which allows users to access media content and files on their PC from the PSP, is due out soon.

Download: PSP CXMB v2.3.1 / PSP HostCore v1.2 Preview

An unfinished "preview" build of the upcoming release was provided for testing purposes. While not all features are working properly yet, the preview release does support network video playback.

Changes in 3.2.1:

-Fix bug (freeze while applying theme)
-Fix bug (restore to original official XMB when returns from game)
+make official XMB NOT a choice of random.

259w ago - Poisonhzkj has returned with an official update to the theme-changing plug-in, adding full support for 4.01 M33 series custom firmware. And that's not all, this version of CXMB is cross-compatible with earlier CFW revisions, including 3.71, 3.80, and 3.90 M33.

The author notes that users who built themes for the unofficial build will either need to re-package their CTF file or hex edit it at the offset 0Ã--10, replacing DEAD0400 with DEAD0401.

Included in the archive below is both the "full" and "lite" edition of CXMB. If you are simply using CTF format themes created by others, it is recommended to install the latter.

Download: Official CXMB v3.2 for 4.01 M33 PSP Custom Firmware

Changelog:

1. Add 4.01 capability.
2. Select the random.ctf, then cxmb will randomly apply your themes in /PSP/THEME/
3. Compile universal binary, cxmb.prx should work on 3.71/3.80/3.90/4.01
4. Fix some wrong io opration (I wrote some sceIoClose where there should be sceIoDclose)
5. Clean up sources (yea... I think I did it..)

259w ago - Miriam has updated the popular CXMB plug-in, originally written by Poisonhzkj, with full support for the recently released 4.01 M33 Custom Firmware.

For those interested, CXMB allows users to safely load non-PTF custom made XMB themes from memory stick, rather than by replacing files on the PSP's flash memory.

Download: PSP CXMB for 4.01 M33

According to the author, no other significant changes were made in this release, aside from compatibility with 4.01 M33.

276w ago - Poisonhzkj has updated CXMB today, a Custom Firmware plug-in that allows users to install custom made XMB themes from the memory stick rather than by copying files to the PSP's flash memory.

Now compatible with 3.71 and 3.90 M33 series Firmware, the plug-in introduces a file format called CTF (short for CXMB theme file).

Download: CXMB for 3.90 M33 with Theme Creator / CXMB for 3.90 M33 / CXMB for 3.71 M33

When installing a new theme to the memory stick, CXMB automatically creates a Default.ctf file on bootup which contains the contents of the installed theme.

Finally, pre-made themes in CTF format are available from the author's site HERE.