PSX XMB Manager

A tool that helps to install PS1 & PS2 games and PS2 homebrew on the internal HDD of the PSX DVR (DESR).
The installed game or homebrew will show up on the XMB where you can start it like on the PS3.

Features

• Install PS2 homebrew and games on the internal PSX HDD
• Install PS1 games on the internal PSX HDD
• Backup manager for PS2 games on PC & installed games on the PSX HDD (Game Library)
  • A right click on a (local) game will give you the possibility to quickly create a PS2 game project for the PSX.
• Backup manager for PS1 games on PC (Game Library)
  • A right click on a game will give you the possibility to quickly create a PS1 game project for the PSX.
• Mount PS2 games from PSX HDD and modify/update the partition header
  • Change game properties / Update OPL-Launcher
• HDD Partition Manager (Create partition, Remove partition (destructive), Change partition visibility, Mount/Unmount partition)
• PS2 Game Partition Manager (Dump partition header, Change game title, flags, DMA)
• XMB Files Explorer (XMB Tools)
  • Open a _system or xosd folder to load, view and edit its content
  • Text Editor for .xml & .dic files with syntax highlighting
  • Translate .dic & .xml files automatically in most languages
• Utilities
  • HDD Utilities
    • Create & Restore full raw HDD backups
    • Install POPStarter on the connected PSX HDD
  • Converters
    • Convert CUE backups to POPS (VCD) format
    • Convert BIN/CUE backups to ISO format (PS1 & PS2)
  • Extractors
    • Extract STAR files using stargazer
    • Extract PAK files using PAKerUtility
  • Decryptors
    • Decrypt KELF files using kelftool
    • Decrypt REL files
  • Decompressors/Unpackers
    • Decompress a decrypted xosdmain file
    • Unpack a PS2/PSX BIOS file

Notes

• Requires FMCB installed on your memory card and Open PS2 Loader (to load PS2 games)
  • Installation Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SU594F0pYc
  • Modified Open PS2 Loader: https://github.com/SvenGDK/Open-PS2-Loader
  • Do not forget to place/replace OPNPS2LD.ELF in the OPL+ partition
• Requires POPStarter installed for PS1 games
  • Installation Guide: https://bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/quickstart-hdd
• It is not recommended to abort an installation within the first 3%, this could corrupt your HDD. The same goes for the last percentages of the installation.
• Only connect your PSX's HDD locally if you know how to and never initialize it on Windows !

Required Drivers

• https://github.com/SvenGDK/PSX-XMB-Manager/wiki/Required-Drivers

Create & Install Projects

• https://github.com/SvenGDK/PSX-XMB-Manager/wiki/Manage-Projects

Used tools from other developers

Tool	Developer
dd	http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
hdl_dump	https://github.com/ps2homebrew/hdl-dump
kelftool	https://github.com/xfwcfw/kelftool
PAKerUtility	El_isra
pfsshell & pfsfuse	https://github.com/ps2homebrew/pfsshell
SCEDoormat_NoME	krHACKen
stargazer	Brawl345

Other used code

Tool	Gist
PSX_rel.cpp	https://gist.github.com/balika011/220dd4147ddc2a32efbaedfb8ebcd387#file-psx_rel-cpp
xosdmain_decomp.cpp	https://gist.github.com/balika011/336b348b43fe1d10140513d02dba3442#file-xosdmain_decomp-cpp