Cobra USB - PS3 Dongle Runs Blu-ray & PS1 iSOs and PSP Minis

[PS3 News]

There are a few guides in the main article by CaptainCPS-X but here is another from kristijan1001 as well:

Noob Tutorial to Convert PS2 Games

1. Download This: ps3tools.aldostools.org/ps2classics_GUI.rar / Aldo's PS3 Tools Collection 2.2.2

2. Install AldosTools Collection Run The Pkg View Upon Installation And Click Tools And Select "Associate .pkg Files....." And Quit It

3. After That Download A Ps2 Classic Game I Mean A Ps2 Game That Is From The PlayStation Store

4. You Can Download Ps2 Games By Downloading This: PSNStuff_ver1.8.rar (1.61 MB)

5. After You Download It Run It Then Select Filter And Pick A Ps2 Game

6. After Download Is Completed Click Save Rap

7. It Will Make 2 Different Folders "pkg" and "rap"

8. Go To The pkg Folder And There You Should See Your Game Right Click On It And Press Extract Pkg

9. Wait For The Operation To Complete After It Completes Leave It Like That

10. Download A Ps2 Game In Iso Or Bin Format

11. Run The PS2Classics_GUI Which You Have Downloaded It Before

12. On The Tab Press Encrypt Where It Says: Decrypted Image Press On The Black Folder

13. It Will Open A Window To Select Where Your Game Is

14. Find Your Downloaded Ps2 Iso Game And Press Select

15. After That Don't Close The Window,Go To The exdata Folder You Should See There Something Like This: JP0102-NPJD00015_00-0000000000000000.rap

16. Copy This:JP0102-NPJD00015_00-0000000000000000 In Your Situation It Will Be Different Number

17. Paste That Code Into The Content ID Blank Section

18. After That Press The Three Dots And It Will Open New Window

19. Now Select The File/Rap File From The exdata Folder And Press Open

20. Chose What Kind Of Image Type It Is If It Is 700mb+ Than It Is DVD If It Is Under 700mb Than It Is CD

21. Press ADD LIMG Sector And Press Yes On The Pop Up

22. Then Press Encrypt It Will Ask You Something Again Press Yes

23. Let It Finish After It Finishes It Will Create A File With The Name:ISO.BIN.ENC

24. Copy That File In To The Folder Where You Extracted The Ps2 Classic Pkg The Path Should Look Like This:\pkg\NPJD00015 Capcom Vs SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001\NPJD00015\USRDIR You Paste The File Here In This Folder USRDIR

25. Press Replace When It Asks You,If You Wanna Keep The Game Make Back Up Of The Original ISO.BIN.ENC That It Is In The USRDIR Folder And Then Delete It If You Don't Wanna Just Replace It

26. Then Go Back If You Wanna Change The Name Of The Game To You PS2 Game Because It Is Set To The Name Of The Ps2Classic And You Don't Want That Open The PARAM.SFO And Where It Says Title Change It The Way You Like It And Save It Remove The Old One And Place The New PARAM.SFO If You Don't Like You Don't Need To Do This Step

27. Go Back Again Till You Reach A Folder Named Example:NPJD00015

28. Right Click On The Folder And Press Make pkg It Will Make Pkg Wait Till It Finish It Should Make Something Like This: PP0001-SLPM65047_00-0000111122223333.pkg

29. Copy The Rap File From The exdata folder To A Usb Stick Or A Hard Drive

30. After That Copy The Pkg File On A Hard Drive Or A Stick, Plug It On Your PS3 Go To Install Package Files And Install The pkg By Pressing X

31. Now You Need To Use ReActPSN To Active The Rap:

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How To Use ReAct PSN With Raps [Noob Tutorial]

A Lot Of Members Here Are Asking Me How To Use Raps So Here Is A Tutorial:

Step 1. Download ReActPSN 2.23: reActPSN v2.23 CFW341-421.pkg (284 KB)

Step 2. Put The File reActPSN v2.23 CFW341-421.pkg To USB Or Hard Drive

Step 3. Plug The Usb Into The PS3 Then Go To Install Package[Under The Game Selection In XMB]

Step 4. Install reActPSN v2.23 CFW341-421.pkg

Step 5. Make New User

Step 6. Download The Rap Of The Game You Like To Download And Put It In An "exdata" Named Folder On A USB Or Hard Drive

Here Is Some Collection Of Raps: 3544 Raps,223 Edat,92 Rifs(Uploaded And Collected By kristijan1001).rar (8.41 MB)

Step 7. Plug Your USB To The Ps3 To The USB Port Which Is Closer To The Blu-ray Drive And Go To The User You Created Earlier In Step 5

Step 8. Rename The User Like This "aa"

Step 9. Go To The ReActPSN Application Which Is Under Game Selection In XMB And Press X

Step 10. Wait Until It Restarts The Ps3 Don't Take The USB Out Of The Ps3 Because In There There Are The Files Called Raps

Step 11. When It Finishes It Will Restart And It Will Show A Warning Massage On The First Press OK On The Second Cancel

Step 12. Enjoy

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33. After You Active The Rap File With ReActPSN Just Go Under The Game Section And Your Game Will Be There It Might Different Picture And Name If You Didn't Change It Before Press X On It

34. Enjoy Playing All Ps2 Games On Any Ps3

From geokhentix: Try using PSNstuff to get an actual PS2 Classic, and see if it even runs; some of the official ones don't run even for some people. If that's the case, generally swapping firmwares or using a different base PS2 Classic seems to be the first things to try.

I would also try using a different region of the game. That's solved a lot of my problems. As for the klicensee, use the one instructed.

To pack your own .pkg's:

0. Install Ps3tools and make sure you associate .pkg files on install(Pretty sure it does this by default)
1. Download a PS2Classic pkg / .rap from PSNstuff.
2. Right click the .pkg and click "Extract to current path..." and wait until it's done.
3. Go into USRDIR and delete everything except for the 1KB ISO.BIN and the SAVEDATA folder
4. Place the .rap file into C:/User/yourname/ps3tools/scetools/RAPS, also copy/paste the filename(excluding .rap), then go into ps3toolsGUI, and go to Encrypt tab. Select the ISO, and paste the name of the RAP file we copied into the ContentID box. (ex: if the .rap file is "EP0000-NPED12345_00-AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD.rap ||||| the ContentID should be EP0000-NPED12345_00-AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD); the klicensee should generate automatically.
5. Add LIMG Sector, and click Encrypt, and select Yes on the following window.
6. After it's done encrypting, put the resulting ISO.BIN.ENC into /USRDIR of the extracted folder you made in step 2.
7. From here, click back twice, and right click the folder that will be named after the contentID of the game you're using as a shell. (NOTE: if the ContentID is EP0000-NPED12345_00-AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD, the folder will be named "NPED12345") Right click the folder, and click "Make Pkg"
8. Rename to package to match the .rap file. (ex. EP0000-NPED12345_00-AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD.PKG //// EP0000-NPED12345_00-AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD.RAP)

The ICON0 / PIC0 / PIC1 can be changed as long as they're formatted correctly. If you want the game to be named after the PS2 game and not the game you used for a shell, open ps3tools and use the SFO Editor, and edit the PARAM.SFO Title to whatever you want. Just make sure you do this before step 7.

On the event you don't, you can replace the PARAM.SFO post install with an FTP, but do note that you have to boot the game once before the new PARAM.SFO is loaded, so it'll still be named after the shell the first time you boot it if you change the PARAM.SFO post install.

Then run ReactPSN and install the pkg. It seems that some games will work only on certain base games. Try a few before you give up.

Finally, from sorrowxiii: How to Run Multiple PS2 Classics from the XMB (Different Method)

How to run multiple PS2 Classics from the XMB. With this method you will have to use reActPSN just once to activate the PS2 Classics Placeholder. Then you can make as many PS2 Classics as you want without having to run reActPSN again.

Here is a video of my PS2 Classics on PS3 XMB - Multiple PS2 Classics on PS3 XMB

You don't need to install the PS2 Classics Placeholder if running games from the XMB. So skip steps 3 and 6. Thanks to Logi for the information.

1 - Download the file below and extract it.

http://www.4shared.com/rar/vYuv2v1N/...sic_Files.html

2 - Copy the rap file in the "exdata" folder to the "exdata" folder in your USB drive.

3 - Copy "[PS2U10000]_PS2_Classics_Placeholder_R3.pkg" to the root of your USB drive.

4 - If you don't have reActPsn installed then copy the "reActPSN_v2.23_CFW_340_4XX.pkg" to the root of your USB drive too.

5 - Now plug in the USB drive to the right most USB port in the PS3

6 - Install "[PS2U10000]_PS2_Classics_Placeholder_R3.pkg"

7 - Install "reActPSN_v2.23_CFW_340_4XX.pkg" if you don't have it installed

8 - Create a new User with the name "aa" and login to the "aa" user account

9 - Run reActPSN (just press X), the PS3 should do a soft reboot of sort and if everything went good, the "aa" user should be renamed to something like "reActPSN v2.0 7rif0edat". It wouldn't be exacty like that but something along those lines.

Also from now on, you would never have to use reActPSN for your PS2 Classics ever again.

Now we are ready to make the PS2 Classic PKG.

10 - Install the "install_ps3tools_2.2.4.exe" file. It's in the folder "2-TOOLS [PC]/ps3tools224/"

11 - Next there should be a folder called "PS2_Template" in file I have attached. Open "PS2_Template" folder and you will see another folder "PS2U10000". Rename this folder to what ever you want. Example: "PS2GAME01"

12 - Open the "PS2GAME01" folder and you will see some files. Open "PARAM.SFO" using "PARAM SFO Editor" from Aldostools.

13 - Enter the name of the folder you renamed at step 11 in the 'Title ID' field. In my case it's "PS2GAME01"

14 - Enter the name of the game in the 'TITLE' field. Example: "Final Fantasy XII"

15 - Click save and replace the PARAM.SFO file.

16 - You could also customize the ICON0.PNG and PIC1.PNG files for your game.

17 - Now go back and open the 'PS2Classics_GUI.exe'

18 - From the 'Encrypt' tab choose the 'folder icon' below the 'Options' button. And load the ISO file you want to encrypt.

19 - Now click 'Add LIMG Sector', click 'Yes' and click the 'Encrypt' button below. Again a message will appear, click 'Yes' on that message too.

20 - When it finishes encrypting the ISO to "ISO.BIN.ENC". Cut that file and move it to "PS2_Template/PS2GAME01/USRDIR/" path. so it would look like "PS2_Template/PS2GAME01/USRDIR/ISO.BIN.ENC"

21 - Go back to the "PS2_Template" folder and right-click on the "PS2GAME01" folder and click 'Make PKG...'

22 - Now copy the newly created PKG file to the root of your USB drive. Don't worry about it's name. You could just rename the PKG if you want.

23 - Insert the USB drive into one of those USB ports on the PS3 and install the PKG. Now it will show up in the Games column in the PS3 XMB.

24 - Run the PS2 Classic and it should play.

So each time you want to make a new PS2 Classic just follow the Steps from 11. It's easy and quick!

Happy PS2 Gaming!

[StanSmith]

StanSmith: are you using Rebug 4.21.1? Because this one have a bug with PS2 software (Backwards Compatibilty and PS2 Classics)

Nope, I'm running Rebug 4.21.2 REX. I updated and its still got the same bug.

I just reinstalled Rebug 4.21.2 REX and PS2 games now work. I'm guessing I was on 4.21.1 but I'm sure I updated when 4.21.2 came out???

Anyway, PS2 games are working. Next is getting the converted ISOs to work. I did one and it does the usual lockup.

[sguerrini97]

Anyone managed to boot swap magic and/or open PS2 loader?

Inviato dal mio LG-P760 con Tapatalk 2.

[Tidusnake666]

An uncommon question - has anyone tried PSP/Vita remoteplay ot PS2 titles converted this way?

[darckcast]

mandatory list of games to try:

Fatal frame 1,2,3
Final Fantasy (X, X-2, XII) Confirmed Working
Grandia III
Valkirie profile 2
Xenosaga (1,2,3)
Resident Evil outbreak (1,2)
Kingdom hearts 2
Dragon Quest
Silent Hill games (due to the original HD collection sucks)
Trapt
Shadow hearts
star ocean
onimusha
ar Toelico

Damm there are so many..

[PS3 News]

multiMAN v04.20.04 Update (20130321) is now available from deank with the changes outlined below, as follows:

The online version of mM is updated to support 4.40CFW. Rogero/Rebug can use it to test their upcoming firmwares. It doesn't have lv2 mem protection patched in LV1, but other than that all the stuff is there: BD Movie region change, DYNAREC, payload, PSX backups, PS3 backups, etc.

LV1 patches are added, too. Now direct-disc-access should work too, ps1 disc-backups should work, along with everything else.

mM online version is now fully compatible with 4.40CFW. All tested on 4.40CFW and everything works. Here it is for those who want to test or to be prepared and ready:

Download: multiMAN v04.20.04 Update (20130321).pkg (8.30 MB) / multiMAN v04.20.04 Update (20130323).pkg (8.31 MB) / Johnny the Homicidal Maniac multiMAN Theme by Piratan
Changelog:

• Added full support for 4.40CFW

[ConsoleDev]

I have tried to boot SwapMagic DVD 3.6 and of course it didn't work, it just kick me back to XMB. It would be great if someone can port the OSDSYS environment to the ps2_netemu (as was done for TN-V on PSVita). Instead games like Dark Cloud (PAL version) works perfectly.

[BerserkLeon]

Tried FFXII IZJS patched english iso and it didn't work, though it does in PCSX2... that was one of the main games Ive been wanting to play, oh well.

Guess I'll go through the gundam games next and see how/if they work.

[moja]

Hey guys, been gone for a while. Just wanted to say I ripped my copy of The Bouncer (PS2), used Odin Sphere PSN release as a base, and using this guide, and am now playing it on my Rebug 4.30.2 slim! Thanks for the guide!

Will test with my Fatal Frame 2 backup and update...

Well, Fatal Frame 2 works as well. This is exciting! I might test a couple more games from my PS2 library, but this is pretty cool so far. Definitely will extend the life of my phat, although the emulation doesn't seem perfect - does anyone know how to brighten up the screen a bit?

[PS3 News]

Following up on his previous release, this weekend PlayStation 3 developer IngPereira has made available PS2Classic Final with source code for playing PS2 Classic games on the PS3 entertainment system.

Download: ps2classic_final.rar / ps2classic-latest-src.rar / expert_103.rar (3.1 Expert with PS2 CDVD plugin) / http://ps3tools.aldostools.org/ps2classics_GUI.rar / http://gitorious.ps3dev.net/ps2classic / ps2ctool_v1.zip by CrUmp / ps2classic-bccb879.zip by u$er / PS2 Classics Template PSDs by DEREKTROTTER

Now it doesn't need root key to vmc stuff and now vmc decryption and encryption is working great, added ISO9660 checks and LIMG check and creation. Thanks to flatz, aldo and many others.

Usage:

iso:

ps2classic d [cex/dex] [klicensee] [encrypted image] [out data] [out meta]
ps2classic e [cex/dex] [klicensee] [iso] [out data] [real out name] [CID]

vmc:

ps2classic vd [cex/dex] [vme file] [out vmc]
ps2classic ve [cex/dex] [vmc file] [out vme]

To quote, roughly translated: Good friends here I leave the last revision PS2Classic with the new changes and additions by me with the help of Flatz and aldo.

PS2Classic Final Changelog:

• ISO9660 Check
• LIMG Support (Check / Creation)
• VMC Decryption / Encryption fixed with the help of flatz by making new py script to rehash stuff so i can port it and now without. the need to use a root key to encrypt or decrypt your vmc's, thanks to aldo too by helping me in the process.
• Now you see the progress being maded by decryption or encryption, so is more easy to wait.

Deciphering virtual memory card

vd ps2classic cex my_vmc.vme my_vmc_decrypted.vmc

Encrypting virtual memory card

ps2classic see cex my_vmc.vme my_new_vmc.vme

It will rehash every change in the blocks and now it should work. About encrypting and decrypting ISO.BIN.ENC or CONFIG nothing changes about user commands because all the change was internal, so is the same.

If you don't want to use this cmd version is better to wait to the new version of Aldo Gui tool because it will have this added and some better gui improvements. Thanks to flatz, aldo and many others helping in the process.

Here also included something for those who want to modify or ripearlas isos more easily and are functional in the PS3. The process is very easy and simple using Expert 1.3 since the 2.0 version tends to have flaws with these images ISO9660 corrupting and ends.

Ripping or modification of any PS2 game

1. Crack the ps2classic ISO.BIN.ENC with great command line or GUI aldo.
2. Expert Runs 1.03 and continues to work the following order:

• Extract LBA
• Extract files (It will extract every file from the game in a folder with the iso name)

Now you can make your changes to the game(But obviusly you cannot just delete stuff because the LBA has an order you need to make some dummy file and rename it to the file you want to delete for example), you can mod everything too if the game have some modding tools for sure like gta sa, vc, etc.

• Rebuild files (Now it will make a ISO with the game folder extracted previusly modified)
• Rebuild LBA

3. Just encrypt that Game ISO modified with new tools like this new ps2classic command line tool or with new Aldo gui Ps2classic tool with new changes (Because this tools will now remake the LIMG section too). Now use the new ISO.BIN.ENC on the PS3 and check your changes.

Greetings

From CrUmp comes a PS2 ISO Renaming Tool called PS3CTool v1 (linked above) for PS2Classic v 1.0 with details below, as follows:

I only test with my mac. if you install python 2.7 on windows this should work too. i don't know if it's ok to put key file in this, so I didn't include it. put your ps2.key file in the same location, and include this folder in your $PATH like:

PATH=$PATH:/path_to_this_folder.
export PATH

PS2 ISO Renaming Tool for PS2classic v 1.0 - PS3Classic: To encrypt PS2 ISO to PS2Classic image.

The best way to play your PS2 games on your PS3 console is to convert them into PS2 Classic Games. With Multiman and PS2Classic container, you can have unlimited PS2ISOs loaded into your PS3. With [gameID] Game Title naming convention, Multiman will download the game cover if avaliable.

This tool finds gameID from within PS2ISO, and compare with online database to rename the ISO file names

This script works with ps2classic command line tool to make it more convenience to convert mass ISOs.

usage:

ps2ctool.py {option} isofile

example:

ps2ctool.py isofile
ps2ctool.py netrename isofile
ps2ctool.py ALL ps2classic

options:

ps2ctool.py isofile:
to rename an ISO file, adding [XXXX-00000] to the filename.

netrename:

To rename ISO file with sonyindex.com database entry, in '[DISCID] FILENAME' format

ALL: in a folder to process every ISO under that folder, including subfolders. It will move ISO files to current folder, and re-name iso filenames against the database entries.

Finally, from u$er comes some proper PS2Classic Tool binaries (linked above) who states the following:

Hey there, i've compiled a set of PS2Classic binaries for you based on the latest changes. if you don't like using cmd-line apps, you can replace the one in PS2Classic GUI with this one.

ps2classic (bccb879)
GPLv3
gitorious.ps3dev.net/ps2classic

written by user
algo by flatz

both linux and windows binaries shouldn't have any dependencies. cywin-1.dll is NOT needed which should speed up the file operations :)

NOTE: please remember to release source code if you distribute binaries. if you made any changes to the source code you have to provide the modified source code ofc.

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