The Folding@Home client on the PS3 got an update yesterday, bringing it to v1.3. The new features in this update include a shutdown timer and background music player. Both are fairly nice.
The shutdown timer is great if you want to let your PS3 fold overnight, but don’t want to leave it on a really long time. Go to Settings, select Automatic Shutdown, and select After Current. Once your folding is done, it’s off to bed for your PS3.
The music player is someone gimped in that you have to select a music channel to play instead of individual artists, tracks or albums. Your choices here are Recommended, Shuffle All, Energetic, Calm, Dramatic, Upbeat, or Electronic. You can change tracks by holding X and hitting left or right on the d-pad. If you want to change channels, hold X and hit up or down on the d-pad. The channels are automatically populated by music you have stored on your PS3 hard drive. How it determines what goes in what channel is some kind of voodoo.
Make sure to join the Loot Ninja Folding@Home team while you’re at it. We’re team #84275.
