VitaWave

VitaWave
VitaWave
General
Author	Stalgix
Type	Media Players
Version	1.0
License	N/A
Last Updated	2026/03/29
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VitaWave is a music player homebrew application for the PlayStation Vita. It plays MP3, FLAC, and OGG Vorbis audio files stored in the ux0:music/ directory. The application is written in C and built using VitaSDK.

Features

File browser with directory navigation
Supports MP3 (via libmpg123), FLAC (via dr_flac), and OGG Vorbis (via libvorbisfile) playback
Now Playing screen displaying album art, title, artist, a progress bar, and scrolling text
10-band parametric equalizer with presets and custom preset storage
Spectrum visualizer (KissFFT) with bars and waveform display modes
Playlist queue with shuffle, repeat, and crossfade between tracks
Named playlists saved as M3U files
Theme system supporting color palettes, background images (PNG, JPG, GIF), and custom fonts
Animated GIF support for per-screen background images
Background audio: continues playing when the screen is off or while in LiveArea
Rebuilds the Vita system music database on startup
Rounded album art corners and custom button icon rendering
Multi-script text rendering supporting Latin, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese

Installation

Download the latest VitaWave.vpk from the releases page.
Copy the .vpk file to your Vita.
Install it using VitaShell.

The application installs with Title ID VWAV00001 to ux0:app/VWAV00001/.

Controls

Button	Action
Cross	Play / Pause / Confirm
Circle	Back
Triangle	Queue / Open submenu
Square	Visualizer
L / R	Volume / EQ adjust
Select	Settings
Start	Exit

Themes

Custom themes can be installed by placing a folder containing a theme.ini file into ux0:data/VitaWave/themes/. Full documentation for creating themes is available in the repository at docs/creating_themes.md.

Fonts

Custom fonts can be swapped at build time or on a per-theme basis. Documentation for changing fonts is available in the repository at docs/changing_fonts.md.