Neuros Recorder 2 incompatible with PSP 2.7 firmware

Bad news for PSP owners: Macworld is reporting that the recent 2.7 firmware update makes it impossible for the handheld console to play content captured by the Neuros 2 Recorder. Even worse, files that you had previously recording using your Memory Stick-equipped Neuros will no longer work once you upgrade to 2.7. For now, Neuros is taking a three-pronged approach to the problem: they're working on a firmware update of their own for the Recorder 2, attempting to convince Sony to adjust their code in future upgrades, and, least helpfully, recommending that their customers avoid making the move to 2.7. Also, the company claims to be working on a solution that, at the very least, will allow those folks who insist on upgrading to convert their old recordings into a 2.7-friendly format.

[Darth Pelican @ May 3rd 2006 1:10PM]

First Post!!! Sucks to own a PSP

[JRM @ May 3rd 2006 1:24PM]

The Neuros Recorder is a great device. I sure trust Neuros way more than sony. But if it records general mp4s with AAC sound, wouldn't ALL files of this format be incompatible--including all those PSP encoders they sell on the internet?

[Spank @ May 3rd 2006 1:31PM]

The four people who bought a Neuros Recorder are gonna be pissed.

[minus_273 @ May 3rd 2006 1:33PM]

wow! removing third party support. nice one sony. PSP has so much content you dont need things like this.

[JeffNLA @ May 3rd 2006 1:40PM]

Way to go Sony! They prove again and again they only show contempt for good customers. I try to avoid buying Sony.

And yes, I own a PSP. (I travel a lot)

[Wry Cooter @ May 3rd 2006 1:51PM]

Fortunately, there hasn't been a PSP game, with its accompanying firmware upgrade trojan, worth buying of late.

I wouldn't mind a neuros firmware upgrade to allow signal to pass through cleantly when it is shut off... I don't use the neuros that often because I have to hook it up and turn it on each time (plus the fact that I might as well just watch my Tivo, if going to that trouble.

PSP for TV and Movies is only good for me in 30 minute bites (or a once a week 2 hour trip to a laundromat). A book or magazine beats it in either case, for convenience.

Sony will simply have to price their Memory Stick DVR at a better price, while providing better value, if they want Neuros out of the picture, but at least Neuros knows what that market segment wants; a company that trusts and respects the customers wishes.

[streetstealth @ May 3rd 2006 1:55PM]

Wow. At this point, it's starting to look like there's a need for some sort of guide to firmware versions, with the advantages and disadvantages of each with respect to compatibility (homebrew support, media support, commercial title support).

What an ugly, user-hostile mess. Why must such excellent hardware be devalued by awful firmware?

[MarixD @ May 3rd 2006 2:05PM]

Hey, I am an open source kind of mind.
If you give me a peice of hardware, I'm going to change it.

[Reuben @ May 3rd 2006 2:08PM]

Wow. 5th post.

This sucks.

[oshean @ May 3rd 2006 2:22PM]

As Wry Cooter said there hasn't been a PSP game lately worth buying. From experience I know that Neuros really does look after its customers and I am certain they will work this out.

Off the subject, what program do you use to edit an mp4 file, like splice and cut video editing?

[Darren Tilley @ May 3rd 2006 2:57PM]

Why is it Sony's responsibility to make sure third party devices that create unstandardized files remain compatible after an update?

Since videos created with other methods continue to function correctly, it's clear that it is actually Neuros that was doing something wrong rather than Sony.

[Damion Waltermeyer @ May 3rd 2006 3:46PM]

It's sony responsibility to not become uncompatible with preexisting formats with which they were previously compatible. It's not as though it's a Neuros only format, or an old format. Hell sony probably did it specifically to be a pain in the ass to products like Neuros.

[psp fw 1.5 @ May 3rd 2006 5:16PM]

Who upgrades their psp fw?
I am still at 1.5 fw.

[Darren Tilley @ May 3rd 2006 5:36PM]

Damion Waltermeyer, you are completely wrong. If Sony spots a vunerability, such as a potential buffer overflow, they are obligated to fix the problem, whether it breaks something else in the process.

What you are forgetting is that the videos encoded using other hardware/software continue to function as intended. It is clear that Neuros was doing something different (read: wrong) which has now came back and bit them in the ass. This is not Sony's fault in any way. Videos encoded properly continue to work on firmware 2.7.

[antaeus @ May 3rd 2006 5:51PM]

lol no good PSP games what are you on dude, Syphon Filter? Infected? Socom? katamari damacy? Luminies 2? Megaman? burnout? and the new ones tekken, mortal kombat, loco roco, monster hunter all those games are really good.

[Bill @ May 12th 2006 12:37PM]

The Storvision miniVCR is compatible with my Sony PSP V 2.7 !! :)