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🎮 Testing Your USB Camera Implementation

✅ Build Successful!

Your custom PPSSPP with USB Camera still image capture is ready!

Location: /Users/lazycoder/WorkSpace/OpenSource/PPSSPP/build/PPSSPPSDL.app

🚀 How to Test

Option 1: Run from Terminal (Best for Debugging)

# Run PPSSPP from terminal to see logs
cd /Users/lazycoder/WorkSpace/OpenSource/PPSSPP/build
open PPSSPPSDL.app

# OR run directly to see console output:
./PPSSPPSDL.app/Contents/MacOS/PPSSPPSDL

Option 2: Open with Finder

  1. Navigate to: /Users/lazycoder/WorkSpace/OpenSource/PPSSPP/build/

  2. Double-click PPSSPPSDL.app

  3. Load your PSP game ROM

🎮 Testing with Your Game

  1. Launch PPSSPP

    • The app should open showing the game browser

  2. Load Your Game

    • Click "Load"

    • Navigate to your Downloads folder

    • Select your PSP game file (.iso, .cso, .pbp)

  3. Play the Game

    • If it's a camera game (like Invizimals), try using camera features

    • The game should no longer crash when calling camera functions!

📊 Check if Our Functions Are Being Called

View Live Logs (Terminal Method):

# Run with full logging
cd /Users/lazycoder/WorkSpace/OpenSource/PPSSPP/build
./PPSSPPSDL.app/Contents/MacOS/PPSSPPSDL 2>&1 | grep -i "usbcam"

Look for These Messages:

✅ Success indicators:

sceUsbCamStillInputBlocking(...)
sceUsbCamStillInput(...)
sceUsbCamStillWaitInputEnd()
sceUsbCamStillPollInputEnd()

❌ Old behavior (would have been):

UNIMPL sceUsbCamStill...   (This won't appear anymore!)

🎯 What Games to Test

Best for Testing:

  • Invizimals series - Uses camera heavily

  • EyePet - Camera pet interaction

  • Go! Cam - Camera application

Note:

Most camera games won't have perfect camera functionality (since we're using dummy images), but they should NOT crash anymore when calling still image functions!

📝 Expected Results

✅ Success:

  • Game loads without crashing

  • No "UNIMPL" errors for our functions

  • Our function names appear in logs

  • Game can proceed past camera screens

❌ If Issues:

  • Check log files in: ~/Library/Application Support/PPSSPP/

  • Look for error messages

  • Share logs in Discord for help

🐛 Debugging Tips

Enable Verbose Logging:

  1. Open PPSSPP

  2. Go to Settings → System

  3. Enable "Developer Tools"

  4. Change Log Level to "Verbose" or "Debug"

Check Log File:

cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/PPSSPP/PSP/SYSTEM/ppsspp.log | grep -i "usbcam"

🎉 Success Criteria

Your implementation is working if:

  • PPSSPP builds successfully ✅

  • Game loads without crashing

  • Our functions appear in logs (not "UNIMPL")

  • Game progresses past camera screens

  • No errors related to sceUsbCamStill* functions

📸 Take a Screenshot!

If it works, take a screenshot of:

  1. The game running

  2. The terminal showing our function calls

  3. Share your success! 🎉

💡 Next Steps After Testing

  1. If it works: Submit a pull request!

  2. If there are issues: We'll debug together

  3. Share results: Discord community will be interested!

🔗 Useful Commands

# Run PPSSPP with verbose logging
./PPSSPPSDL.app/Contents/MacOS/PPSSPPSDL --loglevel verbose

# Monitor logs in real-time
tail -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/PPSSPP/PSP/SYSTEM/ppsspp.log

# Check what functions are being called
cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/PPSSPP/PSP/SYSTEM/ppsspp.log | grep "sceUsbCam"

Have fun testing! 🎮 Let me know how it goes!