PS3 Multi Tools v5 By SvenGDK for Windows and OSX Arrives

Following up on his initial announcement, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has released XMBPCE v0.6.5 Beta which is a PC XMB clone with details below.

Download: http://85.31.189.150/XMBPCE/DL/XMBPCE_v0.6.5_BETA.php / http://www.xinputer.com/download/MotioninJoy_071001_signed.zip

To quote: Hi everyone! I'm proud to finally release the first Beta of XMBPCE.

What is the XMB (XrossMediaBar)?

XMB is the graphical user interface of the PS3 & PSP.

What can I do with this emulator?

With this emulator you can use the graphical user interface of the PS3/PSP on your Windows PC. You can control it with the PS3 Controller.

What has been done already?

Setup: Done
Driver installation: Not done yet (REQUIRES MOTIONJOY DRIVER!)
XMB Boot: Done
Graphical user interface: Halfway done (Animated background missing ...)
Playstation Button Menu: Halfway done (NOT STABLE!)
Controller support: Done

Category browsing: "Games", "Home/Users", "Music", "Videos" and "Pictures"

Handling Game Discs: Done
Handling Music Files: Done
Handling Movie Files: Done
Handling Image Files: Done

Starting browser: Done
Starting games: Done
Starting Music Player: Done
Starting Video Player: Done
Starting Picture Viewer: Done

Music Player: Done
Video Player: Halfway done
Picture Viewer: Halfway done

Other informations

DON'T forget to install the driver first AND click all SAVE Buttons to get no errors.

Video: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE/

Finally, from the Read Me file:

XMBPCE v0.6.5 BETA

XMBPCE is a free tool to emulate the PS3 XMB User Interface on your PC.

Developers/Testers/Other helpful people

DEV: SvenGDK
TESTERS: GregoryRasputin and harryoke
OTHER: Cromon, LoboGuara, JonahUK and DEFAULTDNB

What has been done already?

Setup: Done
Driver installation: Not done yet (Requires Motionjoy driver!)
XMB Boot: Done (Boots up like the PS3)
Graphical user interface: Halfway done (Animated background missing)
Playstation Button Menu: Halfway done
Controller support: Done

Category browsing: "Games", "Home/Users", "Music", "Videos" and "Pictures"

Handling Game Discs: Done
Handling Music Files: Done
Handling Movie Files: Done
Handling Image Files: Done

Starting browser: Done
Starting games: Done
Starting Music Player: Done
Starting Video Player: Done
Starting Picture Viewer: DOne

Music Player: Done
Video Player: Halfway done
Picture Viewer: Halfway done

There are some features missing which will be added soon ...

Video & Music Player Controls

L1 -> Volume up
L2 -> Volume down
Circle (O) -> Exit
Triangle -> Open Control Panel (NOT WORKING YET)
Cross (X) -> Execute selected control

Picture Viewer Controls

L1 -> Last picture
R1 -> Next picture
Circle (O) -> Exit
Square -> Change picture format

Note: XMBPCE will be renamed to XMBPC, and HERE are 2 new features coming in v0.7.

Updates for XMBPC v0.7: Here's a quick preview of the new feature "Theme Changer (p3t)": 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE/XMBPC_01/

Upcoming confirmed features:

• New game covers (Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, ...)
• Theme installer (Yes, p3t files compatibility)
• Background downloader (Like on the PS3 with a speed indicator feature)
• File browser for future things (You can control it with the controller and select your p3t theme from there)
• Now loading game disc cover from ".\media\Covers", improves compatibility & speed
• Other compatibility and speed improvements

Things which will come later:

• Emulators
• REAL USE of the background downloader



More PlayStation 3 News...

Following up on his previous release, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has updated PS3 Multi Tools for Windows to version 9 with the changes detailed below.

Download: http://85.31.189.150/multitools/dl/PS_Multi_Tools_v9.php

PS Multi Tools v9 Changelog:

• Added PARAM.SFO Editor
• Added 2 more themes (BlueMoon, ComicColor)
• Added MD5 Checker (Get MD5 of a file / Compare 2 files's MD5 Hash / Check MD5 Hash with aldostools MD5-Database)
• Opened PS Vita section
• New Reporter (More features added)
• New Offline Mode (Use PS Multi Tools offline - most features are disabled)
• Other fixes (Translation fixes, missing setup languages, bad coding)

What is PS Multi Tools?

PS Multi Tools (previously PS3 Multi Tools) was designed to manage your PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups. It is able to load your PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups from a folder/memory stick (like GAMEZ, GAMES, ...) and reading the PARAM.SFO/SYSTEM.CNF file. You are also able to copy the PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups into an other HDD/Memory Stick.

With PS Multi Tools you can:

• Load PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups
• Copy PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups to a HDD/Memory Stick
• Format a HDD to FAT32 (any HDD size)
• Sign PKG files
• Patch LV2 for 4.21
• Edit PARAM.SFO files
• Decrypt/Sign EBOOTs up to 4.XX
• Check the MD5 Hash of the downloaded file with aldostools MD5 database to see if it's the original file or a modified one
• Browse the Sony Entertainment Store
• Download the latest PC / PS3 Homebrew Applications, Official / Custom Firmwares, Emulators, Backup Managers, Downgrader Files ...
• Customize PS Multi Tools via MyPS Multi Tools (Themes, Choose Language, Get BETA or RELEASE Updates, ...)
• It has also a built-in PKG File Manager and FTP Manager.

Latest PS Live Menu Changes:

v7.5 to v7.6

• PlayStation Live Stream will popup on PS Multi Tools start for the next 15 hours

v7.0 to v7.5

• PS Live Menu general improvements
• All downloads will be organized into a subfolder called "DOWNLOADS"
• Sign PKG File improved
• EBOOT Kit improvements
• EBOOT Database now available under Homebrews
• multiMAN 04.20.00 BASE available
• PS Multi Tools will now popup the official PlayStation Live Stream for the presentation of the PS4.

On the bottom right you can change the language to:

• English
• German
• Japanese
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• Mandarin
• French
• Korean
• Italian

Update: XMBPCE: An XMB Emulator by SvenGDK has also been announced today. To quote:

Hey, I want to show you a new project from me called XMBPCE which I started yesterday.

What is the XMB (XrossMediaBar)?

XMB is the graphical user interface of the PS3 & PSP.

What can I do with this emulator?

With this emulator you can use the graphical user interface of the PS3/PSP on your Windows PC. You can control it with the PS3 Controller.

What has been done already?

• XMB Boot: Done (Boots up like the PS3)
• Graphical user interface: Halfway done (Animated background missing)
• Controller support: Done
• Category browsing: Only "Games"
• Starting games: Done
• PlayStation Button Menu: Halfway done

There are MANY features missing which will be added soon, this is only the first Alpha version

Here are some short videos about it:

• Video Link: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE_4/ (New video, the game switch system isn't improved yet)
• Video Link: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE_3/ (Of course it will be full screen on first beta release)
• Video Link: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE_2/
• Video Link: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE_5/
• Video Link: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE_6/
• Video Link: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE_7/
• Video Link: 85.31.189.150/XMBPCE_8/

I hope I was able to wake your interest.

Gallery

• Pic #1: 85.31.189.150/xmbpce_setup.png
• Pic #2: 85.31.189.150/xmbpce_setup_2.png

From JonahUK: Extracted using RCOMage: https://cdn.anonfiles.com/1362321170877.zip

All the RCO files are stored in \dev_flash\vsh\resource

These were from a 3.55 backup I had on my PC, if you need anymore (any XMB cat etc.) just let me know.




More PlayStation 3 News...

Following up on his previous release, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has updated PS3 Multi Tools for Windows to version 8.5 with the changes outlined below.

Download: http://85.31.189.150/multitools/dl/PS_Multi_Tools_v8.5.php

Hi, I got finally time to release a new version of PS Multi Tools. The new version contains not really new functions but lets you customize and use it like you want.

PS Multi Tools v8.5 Changelog:

• Removed the PS Multi Tools Mainmenu to replace it completely with the PS Live Menu.
• Complete cleanup (Removing unused things, cleaned unused code, ...)
• Full PS Multi Tools and PS Live Menu translations for German, French, Luxembourgish, Português brasileiro*, Spanish* and Nederlands, other languages still need to be manually translated.
• MyPS Advanced (Customize PS Multi Tools - Themes ... )
• Realtime notifications (If I just updated something, I will let you know )
• Replaced the black box on the console selection form to a new PS Multi Tools Quick-Setup

*To use this language, please select it under MyPS->Additional PS Multi Tools Languages

PS. Please report all errors via the Reporter in MyPS. Live Menu v6.5 released!

Changelog v6.3 to v6.5:

• New Updater released!
• You can use the new updater under 'My Account' in MyPS Multi Tools
• PS Multi Tools BETA v8.6 released! - Fixes graphical issues on Linux & OS X - Added Nederlands in MyPS Setup
• You can fix missing translations under 'MyPS Multi Tools'



More PlayStation 3 News...

Following up on his previous release, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has updated PS3 Multi Tools for Windows to version 8.0 with the changes outlined below.

Download: http://85.31.189.150/multitools/dl/PS_Multi_Tools_v8.php

PS Multi Tools v8 Changelog:

Hi people, it’s time for the first PS Multi Tools release in 2013

The new version comes with these new features:

• FTP Features (Browse, upload, download...)
• PKG Features (Pack, unpack, sign, decrypt...) via PS PKG File Manager
• New EBOOT Database (Can be opened on NormalMenu->Multi Tools->EBOOT Database)
• DOStoPS3 is reavailable (Can be opened on NormalMenu->Multi Tools->DOS Game to PS3 Game Converter)
• Added 58 more EBOOTs (More EBOOTS will be added auto.)
• Updated: Selector
• Fixed: The “games” should now work perfectly, now loading unpacked PKGs too
• Removed: CheckPSMT, Unused configs

PS Live Menu 4.5 Update

• MyPS -> Register and login to your own PS Multi Tools Account
• MyPS -> Download additional (not included) languages
• Detailed information of MyPS will follow

PS Live Menu v5.0 - to - v5.7 Changelogs:
v5.6 to v5.7

• Added Cobra CFW 4.30
• Added PSN Stuff v1.2
• Added PS Vibe v1.01

v5.5 to v5.6

• Some MyPS fixes
• Added dev_blind for 3.55
• Comegenie Awesome Filemanager download fix
• Added Comegenie Awesome Filemanager v0.6 for 3.55
• Added OpenPS3FTP v3
• Added Showtime 4.1.422 for normal CFW and Geohot
• Updated Irismanager to 1.50

v5.3 to v5.5

• MyPS improved
• MyPS disabled for PS PKG File Manager
• MyPS Control Panel is no longer resizable
• Update available for "DE - Deutsch/German" language
• Added "Spanish/Espanol" language file
• Added "Portuguese brasileiro" language file
• You can now press the key "ENTER" to login after you entered the password

v5.2 to v5.3

• Reporter temporary fix: PLEASE USE THE REPORTER FROM MyPS->Reporter NOT Settings->Reporter

v5.1 to v5.2

• Added Sixaxis Pair Tool for Windows
• Added Sixaxis Controller App for Android
• Added Video Guide: Setup Sixaxis Controller on Android

v5.0 to v5.1

• MyPS: See who's online

Current PS Multi Tools v8.5 Changelogs:

• Removing the PS Multi Tools Mainmenu to replace it completely with the PS Live Menu.
• Complete cleanup (Removing unused things, cleaning unused code, ...)
• Full PS Multi Tools and PS Live Menu translations for German, French, Luxembourgish, Portugues brasileiro and Spanish, other languages still need to be manually translated.
• MyPS Advanced (Customize your PS Multi Tools) [Animated BG]
• Realtime notifications
• Replaced the black box on the console selection form to something new
• More soon.

PS Live Menu v5.8 released - The live menu is now translated for German, French and Lux.

Other still require manual translation: pastebin.com/cCxfM6ja

Everything will be installed automatically




More PlayStation 3 News...

interesting, but what new???