XMB GUI for PS2

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user112
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XMB GUI for PS2

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Here is a copy of my post on SMS Player forum (http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?p=335883):
Here is a little demonstration: http://rapidshare.de/files/23727289/Argon.zip.html
Make sure that you have the Square 721 BT font installed (it's in the archive), otherwise it will load some ugly default font.

It's written with portability in mind. The only parts that need porting - OpenGL (just a couple of calls, to display a bitmap at a given location), JPEG stuff and some directory and XML parsing.

Keys: directional buttons, A - confirm, S - cancel.
It looks for files in My Documents folders and drive D:.
Video thumbnails aren't implemented.
For album thumbnails it looks for folder.jpg.
Radio categories load from the internet.
Games and weather menus are just some crap for demonstration purposes.

The idea is to port that to PS2 and add parts from SMS Player and MyPS2. So I'm looking for some support to help me port it to PS2. The main problem here is that my PS2 is still unmodded.
I'll make the sourcecode available shortly, just have to clear up some crap.
It looks like due to some VS2005 crappiness it isn't working on all configurations, but there is a screenshot in the mentioned thread.
So, is anybody interested in porting it?
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