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 AAhead Music 0.2.1
 A local-first music player for the PlayStation Portable
 https://aahead.site/music/
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WHAT IT DOES
  - Scans PSP Go internal storage and Memory Stick together.
  - Browses by Artist, Album, Song, Genre, Playlist, Folder, Recently
    Played, Most Played, and Recently Added.
  - Uses Album Artist and normalized album identity so featured performers
    do not split hip-hop albums into dozens of artists and albums.
  - Shows embedded MP3/M4A art, folder covers, or cached covers.
  - Supports shuffle, repeat, seek, sleep timer, M3U/M3U8 playlists, and
    per-track audiobook resume.
  - Supports pocket playback, the PSP Go slider, software button lock,
    the Note button, and compatible EarPods remotes.
  - Works fully offline. The optional cover proxy is the only network feature.

PLAYS
  MP3: 44.1 kHz mono or stereo.
  M4A / AAC-LC: 44.1 or 48 kHz stereo.
  M4A / ALAC: 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo, 4096-sample frames.
  WAV: 16-bit PCM; 44.1 kHz mono/stereo or 48 kHz stereo.
  FLAC: 16-bit; 44.1 kHz mono/stereo or 48 kHz stereo. Maximum block size is
  8192 samples at 44.1 kHz and 4096 samples at 48 kHz.
  OGG / Vorbis: one seekable 44.1 kHz mono/stereo logical stream.
  WMA Standard: unprotected 44.1 or 48 kHz mono/stereo through the PSP
  firmware decoder. WMA v1, DRM WMA, WMA Pro, and WMA Lossless are unsupported.

REQUIREMENTS
  PSP-1000 / 2000 / 3000 or PSP Go running custom firmware
  (6.61 PRO-C or ARK-4).

INSTALL
  1. Verify the ZIP SHA-256 and unzip it.
  2. Copy the PSP folder to the root of the Memory Stick or PSP Go internal
     storage, merging with the PSP folder already there.
  3. Launch AAhead Music from Game > Memory Stick or Game > System Storage.

  Ready-to-copy payload:
     PSP/GAME/AAheadMusic/EBOOT.PBP
     PSP/GAME/AAheadMusic/AAHEADGUARD.PRX

  Plain HTTP page for the PSP browser: http://psp.aahead.site/

WHERE IT LOOKS FOR MUSIC
  Music:       ef0:/MUSIC       ef0:/PSP/MUSIC
               ms0:/MUSIC       ms0:/PSP/MUSIC
  Audiobooks:  ef0:/AUDIOBOOKS  ef0:/PSP/AUDIOBOOKS
               ms0:/AUDIOBOOKS  ms0:/PSP/AUDIOBOOKS

CONTROLS
  D-pad ............ browse
  Confirm / Back ... Cross or Circle according to the selected convention
  Start ............ play / pause
  Note hold ........ play / pause without firmware mute
  L / R tap ........ previous / next track
  L / R hold ....... seek backward / forward
  L + R hold ....... lock / unlock body controls
  Display .......... screen on / off
  PSP Go close ..... lock controls and turn off the display without suspend
  PSP Go open ...... turn on the display and unlock controls
  EarPods click .... play/pause; double next; triple previous

POWER
  Playback runs at the hardware-qualified 222/111 MHz clock and returns to
  111/55 MHz while idle. Keep the ARK clock policy on Auto if AAhead Music
  should manage those clocks.

KNOWN LIMITS
  - No gapless playback or arbitrary-rate resampler.
  - Encrypted Apple Music .movpkg packages are not local ALAC files and cannot
    be played.
  - Remote cover fetching needs the optional computer-side proxy.

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 Quiet software for loud times.  -  aahead.site
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