XMB
Description
The PlayStation 3 version of the XrossMediaBar includes ten categories of options; two more than the PSP:
Users, Settings, Photo, Music, Video, TV/Video Services, Game, Network, PlayStation Network, and Friends.
The dynamic lines on the background are more condensed into a 'ribbon' rather than the PSP's large waves, unselected icons shrink slightly and every selectable background color has been made a shade darker. The PS3 includes the ability to store various master and secondary user profiles, manage and explore photos with Photo Gallery or an ordinary musical/non-musical slideshow, rip audio CDs, rip iTunes AAC protected files, play music and copy tracks to an attached storage device, play movies and video files from the hard disk drive, an optional USB mass storage or Flash card, or an optical disc (Blu-ray Disc or DVD-Video).
More than two disc can be emulated and appears as such on XMB. See Category at PARAM.SFO
It also has compatibility for a USB or BlueTooth keyboard & mouse which can be used for navigate on the xmb or navigate to the web browser. It can be use also for homebrew such as MultiMan (since 1.11.01) or even launch a BD game. Unreal III is the rare example of this feature.
Web browser can download multiple file types but with somes restrictions set by the type of the files or web site. The Friends menu allows email with emoticons and attached picture features and video chat which requires an optional webcam (although the PlayStation Eye and the EyeToy are official webcams, most USB webcams will work). The PlayStation Network menu allows online shopping through the PlayStation Store. Also, the PlayStation 3 adds the ability to multitask in ways such as listening to stored audio files while surfing the web or looking at pictures. The PlayStation 3 XMB supports a variety of file formats. The PS3 reserves 48 MB of RAM at all times for XMB functions.
XMB Categories
| Users |
| Settings |
| Photo |
| Music |
| Video |
| TV / Video Services |
| Game |
| Network |
| PlayStation Network |
| Friends |
XMB XML Configuration Files
- Users
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_user.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_user_login.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_user_shop.xml
- Settings
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_sysconf.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_sysconf_shop.xml
- Photo
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_photo.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_avc_photo.xml
- Music
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_music.xml
- Video
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_video.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_video_bdponly.xml
- Game
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_game.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_game_tool2.xml
- Network
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_network.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_network_tool2.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_network_shop.xml
- PlayStation Network
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_psn.xml
- Friends
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_friend.xml
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_friend_shop.xml
- TV / Video Services
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_tv.xml
- Widget
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_widget.xml
- Download List
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/download_list.xml
- Null
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/null.xml
- Playlist
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/playlist.xml
- Registry
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/registry.xml
- Savedata List
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/savedata_list.xml
- Upload List
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/upload_list.xml
- Video Downloader List
- update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/videodownloader_list.xml
Sony Documentation
http://us.playstation.com/support/manuals/ps3/index.htm