Homebrew developer Pirata Nervo returns with an update to NervOS, a featured-filled XMB shell replacement for the PSP that aims to provide a user friendly and feature rich interface.

Notable additions in version 2.1 include a built-in unpacker with support for extracting standard ZIP files, the ability to mount various PSP devices and file system locations through USB connection, and a “Network Update” function which allows users to easily update when a later version of the shell is released. For the rather extensive list of changes and tweaks — 105 in all, look past the jump.

* Recovery: Added flash1 mounting
* Recovery: Added configuration backup tool
* Recovery: Added configuration restorer tool
* Recovery: Added themes backup tool
* Recovery: Added themes restorer tool
* Recovery: Added documents backup tool
* Recovery: Added documents restorer tool
* Recovery: Added NervOS backup tool
* Recovery: Added NervOS restorer tool
* Recovery: Added Erase Backups option
* Recovery: Added the ability to start the Installer by pressing the R button
* Recovery: Added “Press X to start or O to cancel” question to re-create configuration
* Recovery: Added “Press X to start or O to cancel” question to “Fix Automatically”
* Added Circular GUI
* Added another GUI
* Added USB Mounting window which allows you to mount MS, FLASH0, FLASH1, FLASH2, FLASH3 amd UMD.
* USBHostFS: Fixed 2 bugs
* Improved extension checker and fixed some bugs regarding extensions.
* Music Player: you can press L&R to skip songs (it reads the songs from MUSIC and PSP/MUSIC)
* Picture Viewer: you can press L&R to skip pictures (it reads the images from PICTURE and PSP/PHOTO)
* Picture Viewer: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size, image size(width*height) and modification date
* Picture Viewer: Added slide show
* Picture Viewer: shows current picture/total pictures on the top of the screen
* Added Task Bar
* Task Manager: Fixed 2 bugs and simplified code
* Added a real music player which shows album name, music title, album picture (same name as the album name .jpg or .png)
* Music Player: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size and modification date
* Music Player: Added Shuffle
* Added click sound
* Added boot sound
* Added switch sound
* Added shut down sound
* You can customize the splash screen from now on. If splashscreen.png exists inside the theme folder, it uses that one.
* Added splash.txt to themename/info (it contains a message to be displayed over the splashscreen.png)
* Added ISO Browser
* Added Homebrew Browser
* USBHostFS: Added ISO support (with UMD inside)
* Added bridge.pbp and patchexit_driver.prx (this is used to patch sceKernelExitGame to return to NervOS after running a homebrew, iso, psx or umd)
* Changed nosautoboot.prx, it has a screen now. (there are 2 autoboot prx, just read the readme inside system/extra_autoboot)
* Added Welcome Screen
* Added Good Bye screen
* Added user image which is displayed on Welcome Screen
* Control Panel: Added system information option
* Control Panel: Added launch recovery option
* Control Panel: Removed PSX Launcher option
* Added PSX Icon under applications
* Added System Information
* NervOS Installer: asks you if you want to backup your documents when uninstalling
* NervOS Installer: Added patch feature, so it patches only the files you want to update
* Fixed lots of memory issues
* Theme Browser: Shows preview.png if it exists inside the current highlighted theme folder
* Theme Browser: Press start to view theme information
* Theme Browser: Added theme.txt to themename/info/theme.txt which has the Author information, theme name information and theme version
* NervOS Configurator: Added GUI type (so you can swtich between the 3 available GUI’s)
* NervOS Configurator: Added scrollbar
* NervOS Configurator: Changed “Login Editor” to “Login Settings”
* NervOS Configurator: Added Random Theme option so you can turn it on or off while in NervOS
* NervOS Configurator: Added Media Engine option, lets you turn it on or off
* NervOS Configurator: Added “NervOS Sounds” option.(you can turn them on or off)
* NervOS Configurator: Added “Sounds while playing music” option. Yes or No.
* Added theme randomizer at startup.
* Music Player: Uses Media Engine (if you want) which makes it faster with no lag.
* Music Player: Added wav(uses pgeWav lib by IWN, I only added 3 functions) aa3 and flac streaming support (aa3, flac, mp3 and ogg uses sakya’s code(PROPS TO HIM) I added the ability to change the sound (when ME is enabled)))
* NervOS Configurator: Added “User Image” option. The user image MUST be inside the documents folder (can be .jpg or .png)
* File Browser: fixed 2 bug
* File Browser: Added “root” screen which shows 3 options to browse: ms, flash0 and flash1
* File Browser: You can now browse flash0
* File Browser: You can now browse flash1
* File Browser: Changed the highlight type (from arrow to a different text colour)
* Text Editor: fixed 2 bugs
* Text Editor: Changed the keyboard to QWERTY
* You can take screenshots from anywhere inside NervOS as the “check SELECT” function is run in a separated thread.
* Fixed alpha of reset icon.
* Task Manager and Task Bar: Improved the way the pictures are “minimized”
* Tasks: /\ is now used to “Minimize”
* Fixed bug regarding the configuration files
* Added new config setting: GUI type
* Added new config setting: Random Theme at startup
* Added new config setting: Use media engine
* Added new config setting: Sounds while playing music
* Picture Viewer: Fixed 1 bug
* File Browser: Changed window (when you press start), it shows 2 options now: “File/Folder Information” and “Tools”
* File Browser: Added information window
* File Browser: Tools window works like the control panel window
* File Browser: Now when you are copying a file, it shows Paste file instead of Copy file. If you are not copying a file it shows Copy file (the same happens for moving file)
* Theme List: Themes are sorted alphabetically now
* Theme List: shows current theme/total themes under window title.«
* Text Editor: if you press RIGHT at the end of the line it skips the next line. It only worked with the LEFT button
* Recovery: fix automatically searches for new images and sounds too (not fonts as it was causing problems)
* Recovery: fixed one bug
* Recovery: if you press O it does not exit anymore (only from the log in part), there was no need for it as you have an exit option.
* If an image or sound does not exist, NervOS asks you if you want to use the one from the Original theme or if you prefer to launch the recovery.
* NervOS Installer: If you press O it does not exit anymore
* Added an extra nosautoboot.prx which can be found in system/extra_autoboot
* Fixed bug regarding the clock
* NervOS Installer: added new background
* Fixed a bug when viewing an ISO (it was not displaying its ICON0)
* Improved ICON0 loading
* Task Manager/Task Bar: You can now “continue” (Press X) your music player process
* NervOS Installer: Added Network Updater
* Changed the original theme (thanks CO_ol)
* Unpacker (only unzips for now)
* Control Panel: Added option which launches Unpacker.
* File Browser: if you select a .zip file, it opens the unpacker
* Fixed a bug which can be found when taking screenshots (more than 15)

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