The PSP Video 9 development team has informed us that a new version of Red Kawa's PS3 Video 9 program is now available for download. PS3 Video 9 is a video conversion application that lets users convert video files like avi, divx, mpeg, and others into formats that are playable on the Sony PS3.

If you already have an earlier version of PS3 Video 9, you'll have to download this new full installer as there's no upgrade available. The full installer will overwrite all of your old settings and profiles, and since an additional setting was added to the settings, you also can't import your old settings.

Here's a short changelog as well as the release notes:

v2.15 Changelog:

• Fixed: Decimal in MP4Box Framerate
• Updated: FFmpeg rev8435
• Fixed: Audio Bitrate Units

Release Notes:
There was a localization bug present in the last version causing an incorrect framerate to be encoded for some European users. This bug should now be fixed. We have also updated the conversion core.

Click on via link below to get PS3 Video 9.

 

The folks at Red Kawa recently informed us that PS3 Video 9 is now on version 2.13, fixing some rather problematic issues with their previous build that made video conversions fail if done on PS3 Video 9's default settings.

Unfortunately, this PS3 Video 9 v2.13 isn't an upgrade but an overwrite of the previous version. They note that all your old settings and profiles will be lost in the process, and advise that you start from scratch, seeing as your previous settings and profiles were buggy as a result of using the previous version.

In any case, here's the changelog. You'd best read their notes on the source link as well, just in case you want to know what's up. Their new feature, called QuickTime HD Input Profile boasts conversion at 100 times the normal rate without any loss in quality, seems very exciting, and now seems to be a mainstay of PS3 Video 9. Enjoy!

Changes:

• Added - QuickTime HD Input Profile
• Added - Sort profile names in combo boxes
• Fixed - Short Duration Times in PS3 Profiles
• Fixed - Creating PS3 Video Ouput Directories

Download: PS3 Video 9 v2.13

Wow, Red Kawa's been doing a lot of stuff lately, and they've got some new programs and updates that PS3 and Wii owners may want to try out.

First off is SofaTube. SofaTube works with the Wii to let owners watch YouTube and Revver videos on the television rather than on the PC. While using the PC is nice and all, watching streaming versions of your favorite YouTube videos seems so much more worthwhile when you're lounging around on your couch, and you don't have to squint at your TV screen to see the vids since the program resizes them for you.

Their next set of programs are PS3 Media Center X and Wii Media Center X. These apps let you stream specific video, image, and music files from your computer to the respective console. Combined with the PS3 Video 9 and Wii Video 9 video formatting apps, these should open up some more options for people hoping to make the most out of their console. They're still in alpha stage, however, so input on how they work on your computer and console would probably help them in making a full-fledged 1.0 build.

Speaking of the Wii Video 9, they've also come out with version 1.93, which adds Wii and PS3 FLV Support to the program. However, it's a full install rather than an upgrade, so you have to install it over the version you currently have. It'll also overwrite your profiles or settings so you might want to backup the proper XML files before installing. Enjoy!

Sony's piece of next-gen hardware isn't even formally out in the US yet, but already we have companies making apps for the PlayStation 3. One such company was Red Kawa, which made video conversion software to make your movies compatible with the PlayStation 3. Now, Fire International is stepping into the ring with its own new app: the Xploder PS3 Movie Player.

Dubbing itself the iTunes for the PS3, the Xploder PS3 Movie Player acts as a media manager for both your console and your PSP. It converts your videos for the best playback on both PS3 and PSP, as well as letting you choose what format it will convert your videos into. It also allows you to export your iTunes lists from handheld to console and vice-versa and converts your CDs to mp3s. It even manages your photo galleries.

Perhaps of more use to gamers is how it can inform the user of gamesaves. As their press release states,

Access, download and manage the latest gamesaves for PS3 and PSP from the Xploder database. The in-application RSS feed sends alerts as new gamesaves become available for download to keep you ahead of the game.

It definitely sounds like a handy app just for the power to get the most out of your gaming fun.

Of course, since we haven't all seen what the PS3's current interface can do, we might as well wait to see if its a worthwhile purchase once we get our hands on and understand the limitations of the PS3's existing systems. Unlike Red Kawa's PS3 Video 9, Xploder isn't free, so better to make an informed decision than to rush in blindly, right? The Xploder PS3 Movie Player will be available for download on November 17, with an in-store release on December 1.

For PS3-loving gamers without any technical knowledge of video formats, this is some rather good news. Simply put, there's now an app that will let you change the format of videos into the ones used by Sony's PlayStation 3.

Red Kawa is a new company that just opened up shop this month, but they're offering an app meant for something a lot of people don't have yet. That's a lot of preparation right there. This new video formatting programmed is called the PS3 Video 9, and it turns the videos you have, whether they be WMV or AVI or whatnot, into your choice of the following PS3-playable formats:

• MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
• H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile(AAC LC)
• MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
• MPEG-2 PS(MPEG2 Audio Layer 2)
• MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2)

If the name of the program sounds familiar to PSP users, then your assumption is also quite right. The PS3 Video 9 was also developed by the developers of the PSP Video 9 app. In fact, they also made the beloved email program known as PSPoste. Now that they've made a company though, you're sure to hear more from these programmers in the coming months.

Perhaps the best news of all about PS3 Video 9? It's free. Just visit their site for a download, and send them some love, alright?