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This language codes are used in several places when talking about the content in a PS3 (and PSP) e.g:
This language codes are used in several places when talking about the content in a PS3 (and PSP) e.g:
*Some parameters inside .SFO contains language specific names (e.g. TITLE_'''xx''')
*Some parameters inside .SFO contains language specific names (e.g. TITLE_'''xx''')
*Audio tracks of .BIK video files (.BIK format supports 1 video track + severall audio tracks, the system decides wich ones to play)
*Audio tracks of .BIK video files (.BIK format supports 1 video track + severall audio tracks, the system decides wich ones to play). Note this number can be changed by the game
*Trophy installers contains several files for several languages used as "source files", only one is installed
*Trophy installers contains several files for several languages used as "source files", only one is installed
*Information in themes translated in several languages, e.g: "theme name" "genre" "comment", etc...


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Revision as of 07:10, 12 February 2013


Content Information Files are multimedia files used to display the content in the XMB.

Only ICON0.PNG is mandatory, the rest are optionall and there is no security over them, so can be removed, replaced or added without problems, the system doesn't needs them to load the content.

The rest of the information related with the content (inputs/outputs) is stored in PARAM.SFO.

GAME Column in XMB

Game Data Utility

Refered to the content displayed at the top of the "Game" column in XMB inside "Game Data Utility" folder (categories: GD, 2D). Note that the same (category: GD) is refered to two different contents ("additionall content for games" and "game patches").

File Language specific files Description Pixels Size File Size Time Size Notes
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG GameData Icon 320x176
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM GameData Icon Video 320x176 2.4MB* ??? Video with sound supported
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 GameData Icon Sound 2.4MB* ??? When the file is present the sound from ICON1.PAM is ignored
PIC1.PNG PIC1_xx.PNG Background picture 1920x1080
PARAM.HIS PARAM_xx.HIS Update History ??? Used as a changelog by patches

Saved Data Utility (minis)

File Language specific files Description Pixels Size File Size Time Size Notes
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG??? Minis SaveData Icon 80x80
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3??? Minis SaveData Icon Sound ??? ???
PIC1.PNG PIC1_xx.PNG??? ??? 480x272

Saved Data Utility (PS3)

File Language specific files Description Pixels Size File Size Time Size Notes
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG SaveData Icon 320x176
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM SaveData Icon Video 320x176 2.4MB* ??? Video with sound supported
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 SaveData Icon Sound 2.4MB* ??? When the file is present the sound from ICON1.PAM is ignored
PIC1.PNG PIC1_xx.PNG Overlay picture 1000x560 For both 4:3 and 16:9 screens
  • Overlay texts (under TITLE text row, and over PIC1.PNG) are displayed using SUBTITLE (one text row) and DETAIL (severall text rows) from PARAM.SFO

Trophy Collection

File Description Pixels Size File Size Notes
ICON0.PNG Trophyset Icon 320x176
TROPxxx.PNG Trophy Icon 240x240 "xxx" is the trophy number (from 000 to 999), platinum trophy is indexed as nº 000 when present
GRxxx.PNG Trophyset Group Icon 320x176 "xxx" is the group number (from 000 to 999), used to index trophies as subgroups unlocked/installed with expansion packs
  • Trophy information texts (right to each GRxxx.PNG and TROPxxx.PNG) is displayed using text strings from TROPCONF.SFM

Games

HDD Game

All the "bootable" HDD content displayed in "Game" column in XMB (categories: HG, 1P, 2P, MN) uses this "Content Information Files", also the main "bootable" content of a "standard" disc (category: DG).

File Language specific files Description Pixels Size File Size Time Size Notes
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG Content Icon 320x176
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM Content Icon Video 320x176 2.4MB* ??? Video with sound supported
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 Content Icon Sound 2.4MB* ??? When the file is present the sound from ICON1.PAM is ignored
PIC0.PNG PIC0_xx.PNG Overlay picture 1000x560 Only visible in 16:9 screens (PIC2.PNG is ignored)
PIC1.PNG PIC1_xx.PNG Background picture 1920x1080
PIC2.PNG PIC2_xx.PNG Overlay picture 310x250 Only visible in 4:3 screens (PIC0.PNG is ignored)
PARAM.HIS PARAM_xx.HIS Update History ??? Used as a changelog by patches
  • The sum of the sizes of SND0.AT3 + ICON1.PAM cant be higher than 2.4MB

Disc Game

There are speciall Disc structures that uses specific Content Information Files for different display modes.

PS3_EXTRA

This display mode "mimics" the "PStore news" menu with largue square icons that can be animated, and fills the screen with a 3x3 icon pattern.

File Language specific files Description Pixels Size File Size Time Size Notes
ICON2.PNG ICON2_xx.PNG Extra Content Icon 486x405
ICON3.SWF ICON3_xx.SWF Extra Content Icon Video 486x405 ??? ???
PKGDIR

This display mode resizes the icons and displays them inside bubbles (one bubble for each package). All the bubbles subfolders shares the same background image.

File Language specific files Description Pixels Size File Size Time Size Notes
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG Package Icon 320x176
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM Package Icon Video 320x176 2.4MB* ??? Video with sound supported
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 Package Icon Sound 2.4MB* ??? When the file is present the sound from ICON1.PAM is ignored
PIC0.PNG PIC0_xx.PNG Overlay picture 1000x560 Only visible in 16:9 screens (PIC2.PNG is ignored)
PIC2.PNG PIC2_xx.PNG Overlay picture 310x250 Only visible in 4:3 screens (PIC0.PNG is ignored)
PIC3.PNG PIC3_xx.PNG Background picture 1920x1080 Used as the background of all the other subfolders with packages

Languages

Its possible to create "language specific files" by adding a number to the end of the file name, this files will be loaded by the PS3 only if the user has configured their profile with the same language.

This language codes are used in several places when talking about the content in a PS3 (and PSP) e.g:

  • Some parameters inside .SFO contains language specific names (e.g. TITLE_xx)
  • Audio tracks of .BIK video files (.BIK format supports 1 video track + severall audio tracks, the system decides wich ones to play). Note this number can be changed by the game
  • Trophy installers contains several files for several languages used as "source files", only one is installed
  • Information in themes translated in several languages, e.g: "theme name" "genre" "comment", etc...
Number Letter Code Language Notes
00 jp Japanese
01 en English (United States)
02 fr French
03 es Spanish
04 de German
05 it Italian
06 nl Dutch
07 pt Portuguese
08 ru Russian
09 ko Korean
10 zh_t Chinese (Traditional)
11 zh_s Chinese (Simplified)
12 fi Finnish Not available on PSP FW 6.60
13 sv Swedish Not available on PSP FW 6.60
14 da Danish Not available on PSP FW 6.60
15 no Norwegian Not available on PSP FW 6.60
16 pl Polski Since PS3 FW 3.15, not available on PSP FW 6.60
17 pt-br Portuguese (Brazil) Since PS3 FW 4.00, not available on PSP FW 6.60
18 en-gb English (United Kingdom) Since PS3 FW 4.00, not available on PSP FW 6.60

File Formats

PNG

Background images supports 24 bits (for RGB channels). Other images suppports 32 bits with transparency (24 bits for RGB channels + 8 bits for an alpha layer).

"PNG Interlaced" and "APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics)" formats are not supported by the PS3.

AT3

Can be created by saving the file as a .WAV container using the ATRAC3 Codec @ 66Kbps.

Mono and stereo channels are supported

PAM

Pam files can contain audio

SWF

Shockwave Flash

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