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 AAhead Music 0.1.0
 A local-first music player for the PlayStation Portable
 https://aahead.site/music/
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WHAT IT DOES
  - Browses a local library by Artist, Album, Song, Genre, Playlist, and
    Folder - XMB-era clarity, no scanning wait once indexed.
  - Plays with the physical buttons and resumes where you left off.
  - Shows album art (embedded ID3, folder cover, or cached).
  - Shuffle, repeat (off/one/all), seek, and volume.
  - Audiobook mode with per-track resume.
  - Sleep timer.
  - Pocket mode: start playback, enable Hold, then close the PSP Go panel
    (or let the screen sleep) and audio keeps playing while rendering stops.
  - Local-first: nothing leaves the device.

PLAYS
  MP3 (44.1 kHz), M4A / AAC-LC, WAV (PCM), and FLAC.
  OGG and WMA are recognised but not played in this release.

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

INSTALL (from a computer)
  1. Download AAhead-Music-v0.1.0.zip and unzip it.
  2. Copy the PSP folder to the ROOT of your Memory Stick (ms0:) or the
     PSP Go internal storage (ef0:), merging with the PSP folder there.
  3. On the PSP, launch from Game > Memory Stick.

  The ZIP contains a ready-to-copy tree:
     PSP/GAME/AAheadMusic/EBOOT.PBP

INSTALL (straight from the PSP)
  AAhead Music is a single self-contained EBOOT.PBP, so you can install it
  without a computer:
  1. Open the PSP internet browser and go to  aahead.site/psp/
  2. Download EBOOT.PBP.
  3. Move it to  PSP/GAME/AAheadMusic/EBOOT.PBP  on your Memory Stick.

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 the library
  Cross (X) ........ play / pause / confirm
  Circle (O) ....... back
  Square ([]) ...... shuffle
  L / R ............ previous / next track  (seek in Now Playing)
  Triangle (^) ..... options
  Start ............ play / pause

KNOWN ISSUES
  - Gapless playback is not implemented yet; a short gap falls between tracks.
  - MP3 must be 44.1 kHz; 48 kHz MP3 is skipped.
  - OGG and WMA are not played.

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 Quiet software for loud times.  -  aahead.site
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