Coldboot.raf
Description
dev_flash\vsh\resource\coldboot.raf is the animation when PS3 boots, introduced in firmware 2.70 with raf.sprx and raf.qrc as support.
Rich Appearance Format (RAF) belongs to a group of CXML Containers that uses zlib compression and a XML file enbedded in the container structure with the "scene" information and also works as an index to lists the contained files
Coldboot animation uses settings from the RCOXML Structure of custom render plugin (in RCOXML setion note the animation settings for: anim_coldboot and anim_coldboot2)
Coldboot.raf is the same file in all firmware versions, doesnt contains sound, but is played with sound by using either coldboot_stereo.ac3 (2 audio channels) or coldboot_multi.ac3 (6 audio channels), this audio files has been present from firmware 1.00 but have changed (and also changed the coldboot animations settings inside the RCOXML of custom_render_plugin). See: Multimedia Formats and Tools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUb1gIKhwMU PlayStation 3 Startup Screens - pre 3.00 + 3.00 and later
http://rghost.net/58821375 the coldboot.raf compiled into a theme (Apply again to get the animation again)
Coldboot Files Versions
| File Name | Size (bytes) |
Hash (MD5) |
Firmware | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.00~2.60 | 2.70~2.80 | 3.00~3.01 | 3.10~4.65 | ||||
| coldboot_stereo.ac3 | 721.920 | 5EB0E4ECE6F221ED07D3128D416ADB44 | Yes | No | Old sound files (coldboot) | ||
| coldboot_multi.ac3 | 721.920 | 931D05254C198ED5D202ECAE9A0BC6E2 | |||||
| coldboot.raf | 51.446 | FBFD819D6CD834AC2BDDA02EE3D5375F | No | Yes | Not present before 2.70, same for all other firmwares | ||
| coldboot2_stereo.ac3 | 801.280 | 83D2B05CC85F65A1392614989F71ECFA | No | Yes | No | New sound files. Using new names (coldboot2) | |
| coldboot2_multi.ac3 | 801.280 | D837AA7B7AEC6C1A090CBA51CCA9434E | |||||
| coldboot_stereo.ac3 | 801.280 | 83D2B05CC85F65A1392614989F71ECFA | No | Yes | New sound files. Using old names (coldboot) | ||
| coldboot_multi.ac3 | 801.280 | D837AA7B7AEC6C1A090CBA51CCA9434E | |||||
- coldboot2 sounds overlap notes:
Coldboot.raf contents
To extract the files from coldboot.raf is needed to make a zlib decompression and then a CXML extraction (use "CXML decompiler" tool made by flatz, download link and source code is at bottom of CXML Containers page). The extracted files are:
| Usage | File Index | Converted File | Original File | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MD5 | Name | MD5 | |||
| Scene | metadata | coldboot.sxml | vary with compiler/extractor version/style | coldboot.xml | vary with coding style | The original scene coldboot.xml is converted to coldboot.sxml and then embedded inside RAF structure as metadata |
| Model | 0 | plane.edge | AC3AA7B2AE225DD1C2BB207ADDD4C2CB | plane.dae | vary with collada settings | The 3D object, composed by a simple perimetral line that will be "filled" with the textures |
| 1 | plane.skel | 67409457645F98B0066B52317BF4CB78 | The skeleton of the 3D object, composed by a single joint point, needed by all the animations | |||
| Textures HD | 2 | new_logo.gtf | 6BEEA65407EE1513F08F66E17BBADF61 | new_logo.dds | A4AF73E19F8E07542C5FA3DA39C21967 | 700x350 pixels, the main logo (without the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text) |
| 3 | new_logo_footer.gtf | 5E27DFBB474A2AB5A07A91143C8C8054 | new_logo_footer.dds | ABFE60993D102E39926035D9DEA4CFEC | 700x350 pixels, the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text | |
| 4 | new_logo_blur.gtf | 49E30C3B46BE3B822324EB373EEF5A9C | new_logo_blur.dds | DE871FB0A8ACBD92CEC267816C072C14 | 700x350 pixels, a blurry copy of logo+footer together | |
| Textures SD | 5 | new_logo_sd.gtf | ED30E47123D3D68B846DDAC1EBDBDA65 | new_logo_sd.dds | 2B4B56CFFA2A3E3BA868DC56A7F2917C | 240x120 pixels, the main logo (without the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text) |
| 6 | new_logo_sd_footer.gtf | 4037567A9F5ED59D6E96402FA2859ABC | new_logo_sd_footer.dds | B2718D07AB4B6714240F591D00237639 | 240x120 pixels, the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text | |
| 7 | new_logo_sd_blur.gtf | 5821260B17B0A5BDD85D0F2BEE9596D0 | new_logo_sd_blur.dds | FF32C90F34FB350C34F58800F69318DB | 240x120 pixels, a blurry copy of logo+footer together | |
| Script | 8 | coldboot.jsx | 5461466B242D81B57D872BBA95EED753 | coldboot.js | vary with coding style | Animation script, written in PlayStation JavaScript format (and extracted as a VSMX file). See Pastebin (without the header) |
- Note the extracted files are not the original files used to create the .raf. All them suffered a format conversion when the .raf was created
Scene
As explained in CXML Containers page, RAF containers includes embedded data inside his structure (like metadata, not a real file). This data is generated by the RAF compiler, is based in the original scene.xml used to create the RAF, and also is based on the internal structure of the RAF container (this data about the RAF structure is not present in the original scene.xml)
The XML files generated by "CXML decompiler" contains more info than the original scene.xml. This makes posible to rebuild by hand the orginal scene.xml using as a layout the XML standards explained in Rich Appearance Format (RAF) page
Note (by looking at the xml file generated by "cxml decompiler") the original coldboot.raf has been build using raf format v1.0 (is version="1.0" and doesnt uses zsort="" for the actors)
Coldboot.xml (original scene)
Code Sample
Model
The model files extracted by "CXML decompiler" from coldboot.raf (plane.edge and plane.skel) are the coverted files that was generated by the raf compiler from the original model plane.dae
There is no known way to rebuild the original plane.dae by using as the source the files plane.edge and plane.skel (and if there is some way probably is very complex because there is lot of info from the original .dae that is lost when processed by the raf compiler)
For coldboot.raf the plane model seems to be a rectangle that covers all the screen, the better chance to get the original plane.dae used to create coldboot.raf is by taking a background.dae from some of the unnofficial dynamic themes published... then process it with raf compiler and extract with "CXML decompiler"... if the extracted files plane.edge and plane.skel matches with the ones extracted by "CXML decompiler" from coldboot.raf then you have found the original plane.dae used to create coldboot.raf (if so... please post it here .dae files are xml based)
Textures
The GTF textures extracted by "CXML decompiler" was originally .DDS images (see: Multimedia Formats and Tools page)
The DDS original format is L8 (8 bits luminance) and can be created with nvidia command line tool (nvdxt.exe) by using this command:
Individual files:
nvdxt.exe -file input.png -L8 -output output.dds
Batch conversion:
nvdxt.exe -file c:\textures_in_png\*.png -L8 -outdir c:\textures_out_dds
- Notes:
- nvidia tool admits lot of other image formats as input (instead of .png you can use other image formats)
- The image is composed by black/red colors only, red colors are treated as luminance levels (red colors works like a "light mask"), black colors are transparent
Script
The script extracted by "CXML decompiler" from coldboot.raf (coldboot.jsx) is the converted file that was generatd by the raf compiler from the original coldboot.js
Is posible to decompile the coldboot.jsx (manually by now), the complete process that was made to decompile coldboot.jsx script is explained at the bottom of VSMX page
The code below is the original coldboot.js (in PlayStation JavaScript format)... after compilation/conversion to coldboot.jsx (in VSMX format) the file should have MD5: 5461466B242D81B57D872BBA95EED753
Code Sample
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