Editing Talk:PARAM.SFO

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This page is an index/worklog/notepad with sections refered to the "front" page that doesnt needs to have the same names but needs to be grouped in some way. All the sections in this page are things related with PARAM.SFO that are not completly documented, and the final purpose is to move the info when completed to the "front" page. This also will help to keep the "front" page free of speculation

The sections are ordered (from top to bottom) starting with the parameters that are most interesting, near completed, or more probable to support new features or content types in the future (TITLE_ID, CATEGORY and ATTRIBUTE).. Next there is a list of unknown parameters that are ordered by his difficulty from easy to hard, this list ends with the parameters related with security and continues with the data types that are very related to security, after this there are a few sections that are related with SFO but are not directly dependant of a parameter (e.g: structures activated by the presence of a folder with a reserved name, etc...)

At the end of the page there is a table of SFO parameters for other sony consoles, the only purpose of this table is to know the names of them to dont confuse with PS3... there is no plan to document all them here, only to list the different ones

==TITLE_ID (reserved, special or rare)==
Everything that "breaks" the standards explained in [[PARAM.SFO#TITLE_ID|TITLE_ID]] can be added here as an example to understand better how the ID's are assigned to each type of content

=== NPXS ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+NPXS
! Content ID (.PKG) !! TITLE_ID (.SFO) !! TITLE (.SFO) !! CATEGORY (.SFO) !! Notes
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPXS00*** (SDK Samples)" | [[#NPXS00*** (SDK Samples)]]
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00006_00-SAMPLE0000000001 || NPXS00006 || NP GAME || HG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00008_00-GAMEUPDATEPATCH[1/2] || NPXS00008 || GameUpdate Utility Sample || DG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00009_00-GAMEUPDATEPATCH[1/2] || NPXS00009 || GameUpdate Sample (By System) || DG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00018_00-SAMPLE0000000001 || NPXS00018 || Matching2 Invitation Sample || HG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00020_00-HDDBOOTSAMPLE001 || NPXS00020 || HDD Game Sample || HG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00021_00-SAMPLE0000000001 || NPXS00021 || Game Data Sample || HG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00022_00-GAMEPURCHASE000[1/2] || NPXS00022 || Game Purchase Sample || HG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00024_00-SAMPLE0000000001 || NPXS00024 || NP Basic Sample || HG ||
|-
| IV0002-NPXS00031_00-SAMPLE0000000001 || NPXS00031 || NP SNS || HG ||
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPXS01*** (FW Components)" | [[#NPXS01*** (FW Components)]]<!-- seen in vsh.self -->
|-
| IV0001-NPXS01001_00 || NPXS01001 || {{No}} || {{No}} || PSN/SEN login plugin
|-
| || NPXS01002 || {{No}} || {{No}} ||
|-
| || NPXS01003 || {{No}} || {{No}} ||
|-
| || NPXS01005 || {{No}} || {{No}} ||
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPXS03*** (FW Components)" | [[#NPXS03*** (FW Components)]]<!-- SPRX modules ? -->
|-
| || NPXS03001 || {{No}} || {{No}} || avc plugin
|-
| || NPXS03002 || {{No}} || {{No}} || audioplayer plugin
|-
| || NPXS03003 || {{No}} || {{No}} || bdp plugin
|-
| || NPXS03005 || {{No}} || {{No}} || download plugin
|-
| || NPXS03006 || {{No}} || {{No}} || edy plugin
|-
| || NPXS03007 || {{No}} || {{No}} || friendim plugin
|-
| || NPXS03010 || {{No}} || {{No}} || nas plugin + newstore plugin
|-
| || NPXS03012 || {{No}} || {{No}} || NP-signin plugin
|-
| || NPXS03013 || {{No}} || {{No}} || photoviewer plugin
|-
| || NPXS03015 || {{No}} || {{No}} || premo plugin
|-
| || NPXS03017 || {{No}} || {{No}} || ps3 savedata plugin
|-
| || NPXS03018 || {{No}} || {{No}} || sacd plugin
|-
| || NPXS03019 || {{No}} || {{No}} || software update plugin
|-
| || NPXS03020 || {{No}} || {{No}} || sysconf plugin
|-
| || NPXS03021 || {{No}} || {{No}} || thumthum plugin
|-
| || NPXS03022 || {{No}} || {{No}} || videodownloader plugin
|-
| || NPXS03023 || {{No}} || {{No}} || videoplayer plugin /videoeditor plugin
|-
| || NPXS03024 || {{No}} || {{No}} || vmc savedata plugin
|-
| || NPXS03025 || {{No}} || {{No}} || webbrowser plugin
|-
| || NPXS03026 || {{No}} || {{No}} || xai plugin
|-
| || NPXS03027 || {{No}} || {{No}} || XMB plugin
|-
| || NPXS03028 || {{No}} || {{No}} || PS3 game plugin-PS1
|-
| || NPXS03029 || {{No}} || {{No}} || PS3 game plugin-PS2
|-
| || NPXS03030 || {{No}} || {{No}} || np trophy ingame
|-
| || NPXS03031 || {{No}} || {{No}} || bgdl_available_time
|-
| || NPXS03033 || {{No}} || {{No}} || webrender plugin
|-
| || NPXS03036 || {{No}} || {{No}} || profile plugin
|-
| || NPXS03037 || {{No}} || {{No}} || friendtrophy plugin
|-
| || NPXS03038 || {{No}} || {{No}} || hknw plugin
|-
| || NPXS03040 || {{No}} || {{No}} || 
|-
| || NPXS03041 || {{No}} || {{No}} || HDD game plugin
|-
| || NPXS03042 || {{No}} || {{No}} || 
|-
| || NPXS03043 || {{No}} || {{No}} || PS3 Text Chat
|-
| || NPXS03045 || {{No}} || {{No}} || friendml plugin
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPXS04***" | [[#NPXS04***]]
|-
| || NPXS04004 || {{No}} || {{No}} || 
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPXS09***" | [[#NPXS09***]]
|-
| IP9100-NPXS09386_00 || NPXS09386 || Playstation Store || SF || Playstation Store (internal)
|-
|}

=== NPIA ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+NPIA
! Content ID (.PKG) !! TITLE_ID (.SFO) !! TITLE (.SFO) !! CATEGORY (.SFO) !! Notes
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPIA00***" | [[#NPIA00***]]
|-
| IP9100-NPIA00001_00-PS2HDDSYSDAT0001 || NPIA00001 || PS2 System Data || 2D ||
|-
| IP9100-NPIA00002_00-0000111122223333 || NPIA00002 || Folding@home & Life with Playstation || CB ||
|-
| EP9000-NPIA00005_00-HOME000000000001 || NPIA00005 || Playstation home || HM ||
|-
| IP9100-NPIA00006_00-VSHMODULE0000029 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || Photo Gallery (doesnt have an .SFO)
|-
| IP9100-NPIA00007_00-0000111122223333 || NPIA00007 || Folding@home & Life with Playstation || CB ||
|-
| || NPIA00009 || ? || ? || <!-- seen in vsh.self -->
|-
| || NPIA00010 || Playstation home || HG || Debug Version (shipped with HDK)
|-
| || NPIA00011 || ? || ? || <!-- seen in vsh.self -->
|-
| || NPIA00012 || DigitalComics || ? || PSP App
|-
| || NPIA00013 || SenseMe || ? || PSP App
|-
| IP9100-NPIA00016_00-VSHMODULE0000001 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || Video Editor and Uploader (doesnt have an .SFO)
|-
| IP9100-NPIA00025_00-SFPROD0000000000 || NPIA00025 || Playstation Store || SF || new Playstation Store, not via webbrowser anymore
|-
| || NPIA00031 || ? || ? || IP9100-NPIA00031-00.auth.np.ac.playstation.net
|-
| || NPIA00036 || ? || ? || livearea.np.dl.playstation.net/livearea/e/info/np/NPIA00036
|-
| || NPIA00038 || ? || ? || ?
|-
| || NPIA00040 || ? || ? || ?
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPIA09***" | [[#NPIA09***]]
|-
| IP9100-NPIA09002_00-0000111122223333 || NPIA09002 || Music Unlimited || AM || Qriocity
|-
| IP9100-NPIA09008_00-TAMGENERALMARKET || NPIA09008 || Video Unlimited (Preview)|| AV || 
|-
| IS9104-NPIA09014_00-****** || NPIA09014 || ? || ? ||  Playmemories apps for sony photo cameras
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPIA90***" | [[#NPIA90***]]
|-
| IP910[1-5]-NPIA9000[5-9]_00-PLUS???????????? || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || Playstation Plus <!-- seen in vsh.self -->
|-
| IP9101-NPIA90005_00-PLUS || NPIA90005 ||  ||  || 
|-
| IP9102-NPIA90006_01-PSPLUSSUBS365DAY-E001 || NPIA90006 ||  ||  || 
|-
| IP9103-NPIA90007_00-PLUS || NPIA90007 ||  ||  || 
|-
| IP9104-NPIA90008_00-PLUS || NPIA90008 ||  ||  || 
|-
| IP9105-NPIA90009_00-PLUS || NPIA90009 ||  ||  || 
|-
|}

=== Other TITLE_IDs ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Content ID (.PKG) !! TITLE_ID (.SFO) !! TITLE (.SFO) !! CATEGORY (.SFO) !! Notes
|-
! colspan="5" id="NP(A,E,K,J,U)A*****" | [[#NP(A,E,K,J,U)A*****]]
|-
| || NPEA00001 || Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection || HG || 
|-
| || NPEA00007 || Operation Creature Feature ||  || Playstation Eye cam features
|-
| EP9000-NPEA00008_00-AQUAVITAPS300000 || NPEA00008 || Aqua Vita || HG || [http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/08/28/aqua-vita-the-ps3-gets-all-fishy/ Interactive aquarium]. Playstation Eye cam features
|-
| || NPEA00011 || The Trials of Topoq ||  || Playstation Eye cam features
|-
| EP9000-NPEA00013_00-HOME000000000001 || NPEA00013 || Playstation Home Beta || HG ||
|-
| EP9000-NPEA00022_00-EYECREATE0000000 || NPEA00022 || Eye Create || HG || Playstation Eye cam features (create photos, videos, etc...)
|-
| EP9000-NPEA00030_00-MESMERIZEPACK001 || NPEA00030 || Mesmerize || HG || Interactive wallpapers. Playstation Eye cam features
|-
| JP9002-NPJA00040_00-ADHOCPARTY000000 || NPJA00040 || Ad-Hoc Party || HG || (used by "PSP remasters" games to play online in PSP network)
|-
| || NPEA00041 || Tori Emaki ||  || Playstation Eye cam features
|-
| || NPUA80083 || Flower ||  || 
|-
! colspan="5" id="NP(A,E,K,J,U)B*****" | [[#NP(A,E,K,J,U)B*****]]
|-
| EP4183-NPEB00344_00-LOVEFILMFULL0100 || NPEB00034 || LOVEFiLM || AV ||
|-
| EP2058-NPEB00894_00-HDDBOOTPINBALL01 || NPEB00894 || Pinball Arcade || HG || "game purchase" enabled in ATTRIBUTE (C00 folder), TROPDIR included
|-
| EP4381-NPEB01229_00-YOUTUBE000000001 || NPEB01229 || Youtube || AT || NPUP10028 for usa region
|-
| EP4288-NPEB00468_00-HDDBOOTDEMO00001 || NPEB00468 || Filmy || AV || [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfoz_hc_YhY youtube video]
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPHA*****" | [[#NPHA*****]]
|-
| || NPHA0**** || First Party PSP PSN/SEN Games || ? ||
|-
| HP9009-NPHA80082_00-0000000000000100 || NPHA80082 || now TV || AT ||
|-
| HP9000-NPHA70006_00-0000000000000100 || NPHA70006 || QOOK TV || AT ||
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPHB*****" | [[#NPHB*****]]
|-
| || NPHB0**** || Licensed PSP PSN/SEN Games || ? ||
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPHI*****" | [[#NPHI*****]]
|-
| ? || NPHI00020 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPHI00021 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPHI00026 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPHI00028 || ? || ? ||
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPHJ*****" | [[#NPHJ*****]]
|-
| ? || NPHJ00046 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPHJ00049 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPHJ00066 || ? || ? ||
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPJI*****" | [[#NPJI*****]]
|-
| ? || NPJI00018 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPJI00027 || ? || ? ||  MediEvil	(JP PS1 SEN)
|-
| ? || NPJI00031 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPJI00032 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPJI00052 || ? || ? || Arc the Lad: Monster Game with Casino Game (JP PS1 SEN)
|-
! colspan="5" id="NPJJ*****" | [[#NPJJ*****]]
|-
| ? || NPJJ00068 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPJJ00089 || ? || ? ||
|-
| ? || NPJJ00105 || ? || ? ||
|-
! colspan="5" id="Others" | [[#Others]]
|-
| EP4061-NPED00026_00-GSKYSCRAPE000ENG || SLES55152 || Skyscraper || 2P || Is a "PS2 Classic" note the TITLE_ID inside SFO is the original of the PS2 game and is different than the CONTENT_ID of the .pkg
|-
| EP1004-ULES00151_00-GPCGRANDTH000001 || ULES00151 || Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories || PP ||
|-
| AA0001-HOGE00000_00-PLAYGOGAMESAMPLE || HOGE00000 || PlayGo game sample || HG || PS4 test sample
|-
| UP0001-FSYN00001_00-0000111122223333 || FSYN00001 || FaceSync || HG ||
|-
| XXYYYY-MCPD12345_00-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX || MCPD12345 || Motion Controller Playground Demo || HG ||
|-
| UP9000-NPUO00007_00-AVAPS15ANVSYCOLR || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || Avatar 15 anyversary (doesnt have an .SFO)
|-
| UP9002-NPUO00008_00-NHLGAMECENTERPS3 || NPUO00008 || NHL GameCenter || AV || 
|-
| UT0016-NPUO00013_00-SAMPLE0000000229 || NPUO00013 || Video Unlimited - preview || AV ||
|-
| UP9002-NPUO00014_00-MOVEMESERVER0000 || NPUO00014 || Move.Me || HG ||
|-
| UT0007-NPUP00030_00-NETFLIXRIGEL01NA || NPUP00030 || Netflix || AV ||
|-
| {{No}} || PBPX95208 || DVD Player Version 2.10 || {{No}} || PS2 DVD Player Update 2.10 <br/> ps2emu refuses to load this CD
|-
| {{No}} || PBXC0020[1-4] || PSX-Update 1.10/1.20/1.31/2.11 || {{No}} || PSX Updates <br/> ps2emu refuses to load this CD
|-
| {{No}} || SLED01340 || NET YAROZE COLLECTION || {{No}} || PS1 NET YAROZE demo disc <br/> ps1emu + ps3 crashes <!-- main loader is encrypted for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Yaroze NET YAROZE] -->
|-
| UP0001-TEST00000_00-0000111122223333 || TEST00000 || Debugging Station Launcher || HG ||
|-
| ? || SCEAPPS01 || ? || ? || Related with "shop/kiosk" PS3 models (only visible in "unlocked mode" ?)
|-
| ? || SCEAPPS02 || ? || ? || Related with "shop/kiosk" PS3 models (only visible in "unlocked mode" ?)
|-
| ? || SCEAPPS03 || ? || ? || Related with "shop/kiosk" PS3 models (only visible in "unlocked mode" ?)
|-
|}

*SCEAPPS01, SCEAPPS02, SCEAPPS03
**blocked in [[XMB-Game | category_game.xml]] specifically in shop firmwares using tag [[XMB#XMB_Configuration_Files | <View id="shop_guest_root">]] (not allowed for "guest" users in shop PS3's)

*PlayView: PS3: NPJB60*** & NPJA60*** , for PSP: NPJH60***

*NPEO12345 & NPUO12345 : Others items also as theme, digital manual.

*PSP remaster: BLJM-8500*

*Converted edition: BLJM-6100*? (use NP_COMMUNICATION_ID with DG)

*FVGK-00** used only on PS3/PSP/PS2? game box but not on disc?(FVGK-0075 Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse, FVGK-0077 Memories Off 6 Limited Edition (Complete), FVGK-0078 Memories Off Yubikiri Limited Edition)

*ps2emu refuses to load CD's, that would crash, but ps1emu does this not

*Music apps "Visualizer" by Q-Games: NPUB31187 (NPEB01864, NPJB00290, NPHB00518, NPHB00166)

*NPMA & NPVA (M for TV series, V for video) : Homeland UV0010-NPMA40309_CN-0000000000179825

*MRTC***** (disc based)
**MRTC00001 STAR OCEAN THE LAST HOPE INTERNATIONAL
**MRTC00002 LOST PLANET 2
**MRTC00003 FINAL FANTASY XIII
**MRTC00005 Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes
**MRTC00011 Blood Drive-R
**MRTC00014 MINDJACK
**MRTC00016 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011

*BC*X***** (disc based with demos). Install Disc
**BCAX90003 http://www.crimson-ceremony.net/lostreleases/item.php?id=redemo_ps3-asi-bighit
**BCAX90004 http://store.sony.com.tw/product/BCAX-90004A

*List of TITLE_ID's requests made by worldwide users to multiman gamecovers server: http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/threads/270272-multiMAN-Crunching-Support-amp-Releases?p=1590282#post1590282 (note some are rare)

==CATEGORY and new content formats==
*CATEGORY '''AS''' goes to playstation network column (since 4.46+?). 

*CATEGORY '''VF''' - (HDD content, NOT in game column) ---> '''unknown name''', used as a valid category filter in the XML configuration file for [[XMB-Game | XMB game column]] in path: dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_game.xml in key="gameDir"
**key="gameDir" is an XMB item that allows to order the contents by "rating" or "timeCreated" the command used contains a list of categories that are excluded using the [[XMB_modding#Operators| operator "An" = An not equal]] (VF is at the end of the list excluded with '''An+Game:Game.category VF''')
**Similar than MN, 1P?

*CATEGORY '''XI''' - '''Confirmed''' ---> '''System File for Extra Content Item''' (or '''eXtra Item''' in short form) Used on blu ray structure?

*'''Indie games''' New category on PSvita and PSN http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/06/25/ps-vita-indie-games-category-now-live-on-psn/
Indi games has a specific license, if XMB differences it it will be using ATTRIBUTE flags (similar identification than neogeo and pcengine because has a special license)

*'''PlayStation Mobile''' Implemented around 4.21 firmware, asociated with a text string in explore_plugin_full\Text\English.xml (inside explore_plugin_full.rco). See [PS3 and PSVita Cross Functions]
 <Text name="msg_applications_psm">Applications (PlayStation®Mobile)</Text>

==ATTRIBUTE (unknown flags brainstorming)==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Examples
!  Little Endian !! Big Endian !! Decimal !! Flags (Binary) !! Description || Flag Nº || Notes
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDDDDD;" | '''Discs'''
|-
| 05 17 80 00 || 00 80 17 05 || 8394501 || 00000000 10000000 00010111 00000101 || killzone 3 || 01+03+09+10+11+13+24 || all flags identifyed
|-
| 20 00 02 00 || 00 02 00 20 || 131104 || 00000000 00000010 00000000 00100000 || Dead Space 2 || 06+18 || all flags identifyed
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDDDDD;" | '''Patches'''
|-
| 85 00 00 00 || 00 00 00 85 || 133 || 00000000 00000000 00000000 10000101 || Torne v3.52 || 01+03+08 || all flags identifyed (doesnt use any "overwrite" flag)
|}

'''XMB In-Game System Chat Voice Disable''' (Flag Nº7)　： Value and name description are related to this flag but need to be confirmed from PS3 side / not used on bootable but as patches?.

Function to disable system chat voice utility (xmb/friend/start new chat appear when PSN connected) (implemented directly on FW or game or as flag into param.sfo for short period?) e.g. of this function: PlayStation Home 1.4 after people reported chat voice disturbance(?) , LittleBigPlanet 2.

Kept as flag for convenience (to disable per game through update game and not FW) but can be "system reminiscent" and not working anymore from param.sfo?

Boot logo Disable ? <-- <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">this is the "license text hidden" flag</span> ? FW max: 2.80 for ps3 fat? on patches?

Some flags may only be effective with some hardwares (PSP/PSVITA/[[Torne| Torne ]]/[[Nasne |Nasne]]...), FW, Games, or Category and/or in a cumulative way and others conditions.  

===subcategories from X0 to X7===

X category appear as HG (sub cat)but with different parameters and need cumulative flag (n22 at least+ 4th byte: half byte)
The 4th byte is not used as binary (only?) but as Hex value for half byte (right nibble, left nibble is ignored?) to set X category. If the value is 0 or end up with 0, and the X maker flag is set under right SFO X parameters, X0 (PCEngine) is read by the system.

SFO TEST Tool from Deroad can boot and return to XMB even under X category (when MINIS don t and are stuck after being X categorized, error occurred during the start operation (80010006))

'''Folder position in XMB ordered by format (in fw 3.55 with hand-made PARAM.SFO's):'''

Bootable contents installed in game column: [triangle]>[group by]: (works with square too in any item of game column)
 *from dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/registory.xml

 -format <------------- GameList:GameList.type %xCB_LIST_TYPE_GAME_FORMAT
 -tag/album <--------- GameList:GameList.type %xCB_LIST_TYPE_GAME_TAGS
 -all <---------------- long list of "conditionals" excluding CATEGORY's that doesnt belongs to XMB game column in the format: '''An+Game:Game.category **'''

By pressing square, group content format position (the 8 X category folders can be displayed at the same time in XMB):
 
*Mini icon: {{icon content ps3}} Playstation 3

*Mini icon: {{icon content pspremaster}} PSP Remaster, on 3.55, Mini icon: not present (-) ,not accessible (with titles inside).
*Mini icon: {{icon content pspminis}} minis

*Mini icon: {{icon content ps2}} Playstation 2

*mini icon: {{icon content ps1}}Playstation

*'''X1''' Mini icon: not present (-)
Attribute used (01 00 60 01)on EBOOT.PBP SFO for Minis (group content format on PSP: minis)
*'''X2''' Mini icon: not present (-)
When Attribute used on EBOOT.PBP SFO on PSP: NEOGEO
*'''X0''' Mini icon:{{icon content pcengine}} '''PCEngine'''
Enables X category. Introduced initially as PCEngine.

Jul 15, 2009
Works alone and can be used with any "HG" category content, its not clear what does this flag other than the content has his own "tiny grey icon" with a "PCE" logo and are placed inside his own sub-folder when ordering contents (with square button) in the XMB (3.55, 3.41?).
Same attributes on PSP

*'''X3''' Mini icon: not present (-) ?

*'''X4''' Mini icon:{{icon content neogeo}} '''NEOGEO'''

Dec 21, 2010 (Few days after 3.55)
Can be used with any "HG" category content. It has his own "tiny grey icon" with a "NEOGEO" logo and are placed inside his own subfolder when ordering contents (with square button) in the XMB (3.55, 3.41?).

*'''X5 (same for X6 and X7)''' Mini icon: not present (-)

(X3 might have been used already, X5,X6 and X7 not used yet?)

Group content order is similar on PSP for the available icons (PS3 folder being PSP and no "PS2"). See [[Talk:Eboot.PBP#Others:_PARAM.SFO_attribut_.28PSP.29]]

Other app with category not implemented yet on 3.55 FW such WT or unknown as VF on 4.21 can also just not "appear" on XMB and not being on the "Unknown" folder as Corrupted/Unsupported data. To access/delete from 3.55 XMB your PSP remaster folder s titles, group content it (not by format).

==APP_VER, TARGET_APP_VER, PATCH_FILE, PS3_SYSTEM_VER, VERSION (Patches)==
Lot of things to add here, maybe needs another page, but im not the best one to document how patches works

==CONTENT_ID, NP_COMMUNICATION_ID, NPCOMMID (Purchase content, network features)==
Needs to be explained in another page

==ACCOUNT_ID, PARAMS, PARAMS2, SAVEDATA_FILE_LIST, SAVEDATA_PARAMS, PADDING (security, integer special type)==

'''Example of SAVEDATA_LIST_PARAM containing the "folder size in sectors" in the gamesaves generated by the game "The Orange Box: BLES00153, BLES00171, BLES00172, BLUS30055"'''
{{Boxframe1|content='''Game Selector Boot Process'''
When the disc boots, the EBOOT.BIN loads APP_CHOOSER.SELF, is a "game selector" and contains 5 games: half life 2, half life 2ep1, half life 2ep2, Portal, and Team fortress 2

Each of this games has his own .SELF and his own SAVECONTENTPS3 folder (each game uses different [[Content_Information_Files#Saved_Data_Utility_.28PS3.29 | Content Information Files]] when generating his savedata). There is another savedata folder generated/loaded by the selector that is common. In some games (e.g: portal 1) there are several savedata folders to store: the "game settings", "autosave", and "manual save"

All the PARAM.SFO's generated in this savedata folders contains SAVEDATA_LIST_PARAM with a '''param_len''' of 7 bytes, and his values are strings of 6 numbers + a zero (NULL terminated)
}}

The value stored by this game in SAVEDATA_LIST_PARAM is the "size of the folder on disk". This size is dependant of the filesystem (512 bytes cluster size in UFS2), and how many clusters are taken as the "minimun chunk" (that seems to be 2 clusters)

Because the writing process standards (and from the point of view of available clusters for the next writing operation) when a single byte is used in a cluster, this whole cluster is considered "not available for next writing process of a new file". This means e.g: that a file with a size 513 bytes uses 2 complete clusters (512 bytes in the first cluster and 1 byte in the second cluster, both clusters are reserved for this file)

To calculate the number of clusters used by a folder... is needed to calculate the number of clusters used by each file inside the folder, this includes the files that uses a number of clusters that is not even and needs to be "rounded-up". e.g: a file with size 1 byte (that is supposed to fit in 1 cluster) uses 2 clusters because the number "1" is not even. In few words, the number of clusters used by a file needs to be "rounded-up to next even number"

*This save game is a good example because always contains the same values in SAVEDATA_LIST_PARAM (the second one from euro region): BLES00153-PORCONF-0 [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/934385-the-orange-box/saves Link 1]] [[http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps3/save/the_orange_box_eu.zip Link 2]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! File name !! real file size (in bytes) !! theorical disk size (in clusters) !! cluster round-up to even number !! real disk size (in bytes)
|-
| ICON0.PNG || 12.461 || 12461/512=24,3... = 25 || 25+1= 26 || 26*512= 13.312
|-
| PARAM.PFD || 32.768 || 32768/512= 64 || || 64*512= 32.768
|-
| PARAM.SFO || 2.736 || 2736/512=5,3... = 6 || || 6*512= 3.072
|-
| PIC1.PNG || 89.268 || 89268/512=174,3... = 175 || 175+1= 176 || 176*512= 90.112
|-
| POR-0.CFG || 893 || 893/512=1,7... = 2 || || 2*512= 1.024
|-
| POR-0.CHK || 16 || 16/512=0,03... = 1 || 1+1= 2 || 2*512= 1.024
|-
!! colspan="5" | Folder contents total
|-
| || 138.142 || 273 clusters || 276 clusters || '''141312''' (SAVEDATA_LIST_PARAM)
|-
|}
*The process is:
**1.- Divide by the cluster size
**2.- Round-up cluster number (if needed)
**3.- Multiply by the same cluster size (to know the amount of bytes reserved for this clusters)

This can be simplifyed by using 1024 (2 clusters)... because this way there is no need of step 2 (the "round-up")... but i have no idea if naming this "chunk" of 2 clusters a "page"... or why UFS2 filesystem takes them 2 by 2... i prefer to left this example as is, feel free to correct me

Also, there is a simple "trick" that can be used to display the files divided in clusters of the size you want (maybe are others but this is the faster way i found). By formatting a usb pendrive in advanced mode, using the cluster size your need, then moving the folder there (by using FAT32 with 1024 bytes cluster the value reported by your operative system is the same one stored inside SAVE_DATA_LIST)

*PARAM.PFD relationship

==Others==

===DATA types===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Data_Type !! Description !! Used in
|-
| 04 00 || style="background-color:#00DDDD;" | utf-8 Special Mode || Data generated by the system: '''Game Saves''' (ACCOUNT_ID, PARAMS, PARAMS2, SAVEDATA_FILE_LIST, SAVEDATA_PARAMS)... and '''Trophies''' (PADDING)
|-
|}

The '''Data_Type''' = '''0400''' marked as "utf-8 Special Mode" has the particularity of return a "right" or "wrong" when comparing the string with a reference value, so it can be said that the difference between the simple "utf-8" and "utf-8 Special Mode" is only from the point of view of how the system manipulate this data. For more info read the section [[#ACCOUNT_ID|ACCOUNT_ID]].

If the "scale" used for the second byte follows the proportion of 2^X (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc...) then we are missing a "04 01" valid data type in the list

===System Folders used in contents (reserved names)===
C00, DRMDIR, HTMLDIR, INSDIR, Lxx, LICDIR, MANUAL, PKGDIR, SHOPDIR:

====C00====
Demo

====DRMDIR====
**http://www.skfu.xxx/2009/07/sony-surfs-on-ps3-patch-wave.html
**http://www.ps3news.com/ps3-hacks-jailbreak/homebrewed-ps3-system-file-editor-v0-80-arrives/page-2#ixzz2epkc1n4a
**Used in netflix update 2.13 http://psx-scene.com/forums/f177/netflix-2-13-a-113247/#post1055068

Contains file name extension: PKG_DIGEST.DAT, length 0x14
(Note: No code available in kiosk firmware)

====HTMLDIR====
Empty?

====INSDIR====
See bluray structure

====L00, L01, L02, L03, L04, L05 (License Area subfolders with optional .SFO's)====

*Path:

 /dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/PARAM.SFO
 /setting/system/licenseArea
 /dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/L00/PARAM.SFO
 /dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/L01/PARAM.SFO
  ...
 /dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/L05/PARAM.SFO

 /dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/C00/L00/PARAM.SFO
 /dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/C00/L01/PARAM.SFO
  ...
 /dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/C00/L05/PARAM.SFO

*From HDD0:

 /dev_hdd0/game/ABCD12345/Lxx/PARAM.SFO

 /dev_hdd0/game/ABCD12345/C01/Lxx/PARAM.SFO ---only working if region setting is L03 country (only other tested: L00 not working)


Speculation: Path used to restrict/use different License in the same region (L03?).


You can quickly check your region area with this sub folder (and inserting content file informations such ICON0). L** path can avoid error some code related to param.sfo/disc.sfo.


{| class="wikitable"
! Folder name !! License Area !! Regions
|-
| L00 || SCEJ || Japan
|-
| L01 || SCEA || US (L01), Canada (North America), Mexico (L01), Central America, South America 
|-
| L02 || SCEE || Europe/Middle East/Africa, U.K./Ireland, Australia/New Zealand (Oceania: L02), Russia, Ukraine, India, Central Asia ,
|-
| L03 || SCEH || Singapore/Malaysia (Southeast Asia)?, Taiwan (L03), Hong Kong (L03)
|-
| L04 || SCEK || Korea (South Korea)
|-
| L05 || SCH  || China
|-
|}

(Unlinked Note: Button Behavior: for L05 is also O , Oceania is X. Path Pioneer with significant idea about it: Deroad)

You can load different Lxx folder by using [[QA_Flagging#Debug_Menu_settings_not_in_Retail.2FCEX_QA | Debug Menu Setting Region]] but be alert about your TV setting display video (NTSC/PAL).

Here is a collection of folders (from L00 to L10) with icons displaying the different numbers, this way is easy to know which one is used by XMB, to make the test just copy the folders next to USRDIR folder inside the installation folder of any app: '''region subfolders tests.zip (430.22KB)''' http://www.sendspace.com/file/ikvult

See also: "license area" restrictions used in combination with "parental level" http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Talk:PARAM.SFO#Lxx:_License_Area

====LICDIR====
See [[LIC.DAT]], no SF0.

====MANUAL====
See [[XMB_Manuals#MANUAL_in_Game|MANUAL]], no .SFO

====PKGDIR====
See Bluray structure

====SHOPDIR====
/dev_hdd0/game/NPJA90001/SHOPDIR

====dev_bdvd/PS3_GM01/====
PS3_GM01 is a folder at the same level than PS3_GAME, it looks like is used for multi-boot game discs (the only disc structure that supports '''direct''' multi-boot)

The name PS3_GM01 keeps the same number of characters than PS3_GAME... the characters "GM" means game, and the numbers "01" looks like a counter (for a max of 100 bootable games)

*Notes
**When talking about "direct booting" it means the eboots contained in each of the PS3_**** folders can be booted directly (doesn't exist a "main eboot" that makes the function of "game selector")
**It looks like backup managers cant mount this folders correctly
**Metal Gear Solid The Legacy Collection (BLJM91001 on PS3_DISC.SFB) seems to be the first game using this disc structure
**source: http://www.ps3ita.it/ps3ita-manager-1-20-ora-supporta-anche-il-cfw-4-46/ (the message wrote by Liqianyu)
**LIC.DAT's of this disc: 
***dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/LICDIR/LIC.DAT: ending (beginning of chunks + chunk amounts * chunk size ) at 0x0A00, chunk amounts: 2, title id (BLJM61001) of PS3_GAME at 0x800, title id (BLJM60351)of PS3_GM01 at 0x900.
***dev_bdvd/PS3_GM01/LICDIR/LIC.DAT: debug flag, ending at 0x0A00, title id of PS3_GAME at 0x800, title id of PS3_GM01 at 0x900.

====Unknown====
*Folders EX_GAME & EX_VIDEO belongs to PS3_CONTENT disc substructure (same than THEMEDIR & VIDEODIR) :)
**StorageMedia:Common.fileName EX_GAME <--- Mounted by XMB in game column using key="seg_add_content_device" see: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/XMB-Game
**StorageMedia:Common.fileName EX_VIDEO <--- Mounted by XMB in video column using key="seg_add_content_device" see: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/XMB-Video
**Note: PS3_CONTENT/THEMEDIR & VIDEODIR need "T" & "V" flags on [[PS3_DISC.SFB| PS3_DISC.SFB]], "M" flag expect to have also PS3_CONTENT/
** EX_GAME & EX_VIDEO requires SFO Category 'XR' and are emerged into PS3_EXTRA! (EX_GAME/EX_VIDEO are actually leftovers?)
*/dev_hdd0/savedata/vmc/__SCE_ALLPROMOTE

*SHOPINSTALL
**A video recorded in a "demo/shop PS3" in a walmart after using the "unlock code" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsfG1be_3K0
**Related to XMB -> System Settings -> Backup Utility (Restore?); Maybe needs XMB unlocked.

===DISC contents temporal installations (in dev_hdd0/tmp)===
'''/dev_hdd0/tmp/disc_install/'''

=Other .SFO  parameters not only used in PS3 (from other sony consoles, PSP, PSvita, PS4)=
The only purpose of this table is to know if they can be confused with PS3

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Parameter !! colspan=3 | Console !! rowspan=2 | Notes
|-
! PSP !! PSV !! PS4
|-
| ATTRIBUTE2 ||  || {{Yes}} || || 
|-
| CATEGORY ||  || {{Yes}} || || "gd" = PS Vita Application <br> "gp" = PS Vita Application Patch <br> "ac" = PS Vita Additional Content.
See [http://www.vitadevwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:System_File_Object_%28SFO%29_%28PSF%29 others here] 
|-
| CONTENT_URL ||  || || || URL of content (not parameter but related to link.xml?)
|-
| DISC_ID || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| DISC_NUMBER || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| DISC_TOTAL || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| DISC_VERSION || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| DRIVER_PATH || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| GAMEDATA_ID || {{Yes}} || || || length max should be 32 (0x20) also for PS3 (DG)?
|-
| HRKGMP_VER || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| REGION || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| USE_USB || {{Yes}} || || || 
|-
| GC_RO_SIZE || || {{Yes}} || || GameCache ReadOnly Size ?
|-
| GC_RW_SIZE || || {{Yes}} || || GameCache ReadWrite Size ?
|-
| INSTALL_DIR_ADDCONT ||  || {{Yes}} || || Shared Additional Content, utf-8, maximum len: 12
|-
| INSTALL_DIR_SAVEDATA ||  || {{Yes}} || || Shared Save Data, utf-8, maximum len: 12
|-
| PSP2_DISP_VER ||  || {{Yes}} || || utf-8, maximum len: 8, example: "00.000"
|-
| PSP2_SYSTEM_VER ||  || {{Yes}} || || int32
|-
| SAVEDATA_MAX_SIZE || || {{Yes}} || || int32
|-
| SUB_TITLE_ID || || || ||
|-
| STITLE ||  || {{Yes}} || || App Short Title, utf-8, len:52
|-
| _PARAM.SFO || ? || || || PSP inside .iso ?
|-
| __PARAM.SFO || ? || || || PSP inside .iso ?
|-
| FOLDERNAME || || || || 
|-
| FOLDERNAME_00 || || || || 
|-
|}

----

=To Do=
*'''Param_keys table''' has lot of "yes" that should be "opt" (optional). The "yes" means the value is mandatory, so the table is not fully correct.Also... this table represents the values needed for each content ordered by CATEGORY, but there are different contents that shares the same CATEGORY (like the different types of patches, DLC's, and game installations... alll them uses "'''GD'''". The "parameter table" cant contain all this different variations, by now i dont see a way to do it--[[User:Sandungas|Sandungas]] ([[User talk:Sandungas|talk]]) 12:25, 29 January 2014 (EST)
*'''Bluray Discs structure table''' needed to decide if using the new table format that is extremilly complicated internally (very hard to add cells, and even to edit them, it will be a pain to mantain) but very usefull, or the old "folder tree text format" that is ugly and doesnt allows to add all the info needed to represent the structure... I cant decide, i dont like them so i would like to find a new way... maybe nesting tables... maybe with a wiki plugin that doesnt exist ? dunno by now --[[User:Sandungas|Sandungas]] ([[User talk:Sandungas|talk]]) 12:25, 29 January 2014 (EST)
*'''Attribute tables''' needs to be colapsed in a single massive table (relativelly easy to do, but hard to decide how because is not explained how patches works)--[[User:Sandungas|Sandungas]] ([[User talk:Sandungas|talk]]) 12:25, 29 January 2014 (EST)
*'''Description of attribute flags under attribute table''' needs some eyecandy with "boxframe" templates nested in grey tones, and the descriptions needs to be updated because are very old, there is also needed to update the links to remote play page (and the info in remote play page about resolution, and codecs in a pretty table)... there is also needed to remove the concept of "xmb ingame 1" and "xmb ingame 2" because are different sprx not different versions of the same one... some more clean up in this area
*'''Overall page cleanup''' of the obsolete or wrong info
* Find a way to make a table similar than bluray disc structure contents, but for pkg file/folders contents. This needs the same format than bluray structure and will solve the problem of finding a place to list all the reserved fodler names that doesnt belongs to discs

=Suggestions=
* Link each ID to a subpage, so they can be centrally managed (some are also listed here: [[IDs_%2B_labels | ID's and labels]]
**The affected sections in front page are: [[PARAM.SFO#CONTENT_ID|CONTENT_ID]], [[PARAM.SFO#NP_COMMUNICATION_ID|NP_COMMUNICATION_ID]], [[PARAM.SFO#NPCOMMID|NPCOMMID]], and [[PARAM.SFO#TITLE_ID|TITLE_ID]], explaining them in the .SFO page (as i did initially) doesnt looks the best solution, but is needed at least a short description of each, now there are specific pages for them (without much descriptions) and the decission of separating all the IDs in pages makes hard to have a overall view of them... the best solution i see is to use the [[IDs_%2B_labels | ID's and labels]] converted to a template an use it repeatedly in SFO page, but the names are not the same used in SFO, also this doesnt solves the short description needed in SFO page (that should be duplicated, and expanded in his specific pages)--[[User:Sandungas|Sandungas]] ([[User talk:Sandungas|talk]]) 12:25, 29 January 2014 (EST)
* Sure NP Communication refers to '''Network Platform''' and not '''Playstation Network'''(sdk) ?
** The name comes from: '''NPMT''' (Network Platform Management Tools) --[[User:Sandungas|Sandungas]] 06:06, 18 January 2013 (MSK)
*** Dont remember where i found the name but now trying to google it all i found was "Network Program Management Tools" so maybe is not "Network Platform" ? this affected the column at the left of the TITLE_ID table that later was moved to a template here: [[Template:TITLE_ID_for_Digital_Media|TITLE ID for Digital Media]] if is wrong im fime with changing it, by now i moved the dscussion to http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Talk:Environments#Name_acronyms (and later erased from here)--[[User:Sandungas|Sandungas]] ([[User talk:Sandungas|talk]]) 12:25, 29 January 2014 (EST)
*On main page someone can "explain" than sometime the id is different. e.g. Last of US sound track is NPEA when it "should be " an other NPE'''N''' because similar app.
**The TITLE_ID's table on top of this talk page has been a bit messed up before, after realizing some TITLE_ID's belongs to sprx and NPIA was a very special class of apps i decided  to split the table to be ready to mess with the "other NP" table... some are not usefull, other doesnt adds much info and overall is a bit pointless, but is the only thing we have to identify the fourth letter from the TITLE_ID here: [[Template:TITLE_ID_for_Digital_Media|TITLE ID for Digital Media]]--[[User:Sandungas|Sandungas]]. ([[User talk:Sandungas|talk]]) 12:25, 29 January 2014 (EST)