pspRSS v0.2a: RSS/XML Reader W.I.P.

FreePlay has been hard at work on our forums developing a WiFi RSS/XML retriever for the PSP in Lua and today he’s released a newer version of his project. This brings us one step closer to having an RSS reader without 2.60 firmware! FreePlay says that with any luck, this may be a reality by the New Year, but don’t hold him to that. Here’s what he had to say on our forums:

The URL for the RSS feed no longer has to be hard-coded into the Lua script. It can parse a URL, grab the IP address for the domain, connect, and download a file. Actually, it can download as many files as you want, one after the next.

There’s only one problem: it’s saving the HTTP header information into the file, which causes problems for both binary files and the XML parser. I’m sure it’ll be a simple fix once I look at it. The last line of the header is always the “Content-Type” line, followed by a blank line, so I can just search for the second new line after the Content-Type and that should be the start of the file!

Things are looking good. My next step will be to read a .CFG file with a list of web addresses and feed titles. Then I can feed these web addresses into the download program, pass in the title, and have it save each feed individually.

You can download this file from our QuickJump Download site [here].
You can download the Lua Player here: 1.0 Firmware / 1.50 Firmware

Currently, this application/game will only run on PSPs with firmware version 1.0 or 1.50. If you do not know which firmware version your PSP has, or if you need help installing this application/game on your PSP, check our Ultimate FAQ. If you have a higher firmware version than 1.50 on your PSP, pleas check the information below:

? To downgrade the firmware from a version higher than 1.50, please visit [here].
? If you want to try to run it on a 2.0 PSP, please visit our forum for the latest 2.0 eboot loader [here]. FreePlay has been hard at work on our forums developing a WiFi RSS/XML retriever for the PSP in Lua and today he’s released a newer version of his project. This brings us one step closer to having an RSS reader without 2.60 firmware! FreePlay says that with any luck, this may be a reality by the New Year, but don’t hold him to that. Here’s what he had to say on our forums:

The URL for the RSS feed no longer has to be hard-coded into the Lua script. It can parse a URL, grab the IP address for the domain, connect, and download a file. Actually, it can download as many files as you want, one after the next.

There’s only one problem: it’s saving the HTTP header information into the file, which causes problems for both binary files and the XML parser. I’m sure it’ll be a simple fix once I look at it. The last line of the header is always the “Content-Type” line, followed by a blank line, so I can just search for the second new line after the Content-Type and that should be the start of the file!

Things are looking good. My next step will be to read a .CFG file with a list of web addresses and feed titles. Then I can feed these web addresses into the download program, pass in the title, and have it save each feed individually.

You can download this file from our QuickJump Download site [here].
You can download the Lua Player here: 1.0 Firmware / 1.50 Firmware

Currently, this application/game will only run on PSPs with firmware version 1.0 or 1.50. If you do not know which firmware version your PSP has, or if you need help installing this application/game on your PSP, check our Ultimate FAQ. If you have a higher firmware version than 1.50 on your PSP, pleas check the information below:

? To downgrade the firmware from a version higher than 1.50, please visit [here].
? If you want to try to run it on a 2.0 PSP, please visit our forum for the latest 2.0 eboot loader [here].