How to capture screenshots on your PSP

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Now that you’ve installed custom firmware on your PSP, you’re probably wondering what you can do with it right? How about taking screenshots on your PSP? Interested? Keep on reading :D

Requirements:

How to install Screen Capture on your PSP

  • Extract the Screencapture pack anywhere on your computer
  • Connect your PSP to your PC and check if there is a seplugins folder on the root of your memory stick.
  • If you don’t have a seplugins folder, copy the seplugins folder to the root of your memory stick as shown below

    • screenshot psp

  • If you don’t have a seplugins folder, check if you have these 3 files inside it:
    • Copy screenshotbmp.prx from the seplugins from the folder you’ve extracted to the seplugins folder on the root of your memory stick
    • Go to the seplugins folder and open these files:
      • game.txt
pops.txt
vsh.txt
    • On each file add the line:
      • ms0:/seplugins/screenshotbmp.prx
    • If you don’t have any of those 3 files mentioned above, just copy the ones from the seplugins folder you’ve just extracted
  • Turn off your PSP (Off, not standby, if you’re running custom firmware via chickHen, DO NOT do this)
  • Enter the recovery menu (if you’ve not on chickHen, hold the R button when turning on your PSP
  • Go to plugins and enable the screenshotbmp.prx where you want to use it
    • game = inside a PSP game
pops = inside a POPS loader game/ PSX game
vsh = on your XMB
  • Press the note button and you should see your PSP’s screen inverting it’s colors (you’ll know it when you see it). This is the screenshot plugin working.
  • Go to Photos on your XMB and you should see your screenshot

The images below were taken with this plugin. It’s my character on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite :D
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  • Allen on 05 Jul 09 at 01:34:18 said:

    great guide. I always wondered how they make those screenshots.

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    • sylv3rblade on 05 Jul 09 at 03:14:52 said:

      Thanks. For me though, I was wondering why I didn’t post this quite a while back :D

      Reply
  • RevengerX on 05 Jul 09 at 03:11:27 said:

    thnxx alotttt for this tut it workk greatt on my psp 5.00m33-6
    tytytytyty

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    • sylv3rblade on 05 Jul 09 at 03:13:51 said:

      Glad to be of help :D I’ll be posting some more of the useful homebrew apps so be sure to subscribe via RSS :D

      Reply
  • pumice on 06 Jul 09 at 18:06:47 said:

    so how can I capture screenshot if I’m running chickHEN on my PSP?
    or should I try it first before loading the chickHEN?

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    • sylv3rblade on 08 Jul 09 at 21:56:30 said:

      for ChickHen you need to press L + the note key

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  • Ron on 08 Jul 09 at 16:08:04 said:

    Woot, longsword user! :D Just upgraded to unite din. :D

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    • sylv3rblade on 09 Jul 09 at 00:52:04 said:

      Meet tayo para sa adhoc session minsan :D

      Reply
  • Flare Star on 20 Jul 09 at 16:10:48 said:

    Hmm… This’ll be even more interesting when a video recorder for PSP appears.

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  • Zeidrich on 26 Jul 09 at 02:54:53 said:

    Ui sylv3rblade!!!! Mas maganda ba ang quality nito kaysa sa Freecheat na screenshot???

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    • sylv3rblade on 26 Jul 09 at 03:28:21 said:

      di ko pa nagagamit un pero simple lang kasi to :D I’ve been using the plugin since I got my first PSP.

      Reply
  • Zeidrich on 27 Jul 09 at 03:35:58 said:

    ahh ok salamat!

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  • iLearnEvrySec on 02 Aug 09 at 02:26:15 said:

    now i fkin understand what it means by “adding the line” to vsh.. i was so confused about this untill now,, thank you very much for this..r u a girl? if u are then u must be smart..

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  • che on 12 Sep 09 at 02:01:29 said:

    hi, just would like to clarify :) so if im on chickHen running 5.00m33-6, i follow everything and just skip the turn off and recovery menu steps? i can go straight to L+note key?

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  • pein, on 16 Oct 09 at 12:54:44 said:

    uhmm, panu po kumuha ng screenshot??

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  • slisjack on 19 Nov 09 at 03:05:22 said:

    Let’s say I want to change the sub folder that the pics end up in, how do I go about doing that?

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  • zythe on 24 Nov 09 at 05:57:24 said:

    i have chikhen an cfwenabler on my psp3000. it doesnt seem to work. i did everything in the instructions except the turning it off part. help please.

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  • Shivansh on 06 Jan 10 at 11:23:41 said:

    if sumoe has 5.xx via chickHEN: THEN DO the FOLLOWING:–

    1. Create a file named – CXMB – on the root of ur memory stick and place just the .prx file in it.

    2. create or copy the seplugins folder on the root of ur memory stick.

    3. create .txt document’sss named- game, vsh and pops

    4. write the following in those 3 folders-ms0:/seplugins/screenshotbmp.prx 1

    5. 1 means that they have been enabled

    6. ensure that that the .prx file is also in the seplugins folder.

    7. when done press the note key and u will see that the picture is being saved.

    8. Note key is on the left side of select key…….

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    • kathy_rollo on 09 Feb 10 at 15:47:27 said:

      Thanks for the useful post! Works like a charm in 5.03 GEN-C via ChickHEN R2. :)

      For you guys out there, download this easy screencapture pack:

      http://depositfiles.com/files/hq1siby9n

      Everything has already been set. Simply copy the contents of the folder to the root of your memory stick (MS:\) and snap away!

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