View source for XMB Manuals

=In-Game Manuals for HDD games/apps=
The icon of software manual appears in {{icon category game}} column inside in-Game [[XMB|XMB]] mode by pressing {{padps}} button

Manuals can be used as a guide, changelog, readme, extra artwork, etc... and are loaded without having to quit the hdd app/game.

==PS3 Games==
Press {{padsquare}} to zoom in/zoom out, {{padcross}} or {{padps}} buttons to close it.

(not working on 3.55, working on 4.21+).

===Structure tree & infos===
 '''NP**12345/MANUAL/'''001.DDS, 002.DDS    //XMB in English (United Kingdom & United States)
 '''NP**12345/MANUAL/02/'''001.DDS, 002.DDS //XMB in French
 '''NP**12345/MANUAL/03'''/001.DDS, 002.DDS //XMB in Spanish
 ...
 '''NP**12345/MANUAL/17'''/001.DDS, 002.DDS //XMB in Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil) 
 ...

*Only for PS3 type, HDD Installed Contents
*Is not supported inside PS3 game disc structure... but is supported in the "GameData" installations made by PS3 disc games and by his game updates/patches
*To add multiple manuals for different languages use the subfolders '''02''' (for french manual), '''03''' (for spanish manual), etc..., the numbers follows the system [[Content_Information_Files#Languages| Language codes]]
*Up to 999.DDS pages ? (speculative, because the image names uses 3 digits, e,g: 123.DDS but max not tested)

===Image Formats===
*The .DDS original format (found in NPUA80543) is '''DXT1C''' (dxt1, only color), '''without''' mipmaps. See: [[Multimedia Formats and Tools]]
*The resolutions supported seems to be all that matches 16:9 aspect ratio, you can see a list of the most common here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:9#Common_resolutions
**Tested and working resolutions: 1920x1080 (found in NPUA80543), 1280x720, 960x540

{{Boxframe1|content='''Can be created with nvidia texture tool (nvdxt.exe) by using this command:'''
*Individual file:
{{Keyboard|content=nvdxt.exe -file input.png -dxt1c -nomipmap -output output.dds}}
*Individual file with cube filter rescale to 1920x1080 resolution, and highest quality compression:
{{Keyboard|content=nvdxt.exe -file input.png -dxt1c -nomipmap -prescale 1920 1080 -quality_highest -output output.dds}}
*Multiple files with cube filter rescale to 1920x1080 resolution, highest quality compression, and using folder paths for input and output (massive conversion of any supported image with any name and any resolution from CUSTOM_IMAGES folder to MANUAL folder)
{{Keyboard|content=nvdxt.exe -deep c:\CUSTOM_IMAGES -all -dxt1c -nomipmap -prescale 1920 1080 -quality_highest -outdir c:\MANUAL}}
*Nvidia Texture Tool notes:
**Supported image formats: .tga .bmp .gif .ppm .jpg .tif .cel .dds .png .psd .rgb .bw .rgba
** '''-file <filename>:''' input file to process. Accepts wild cards
** '''-dxt1c:''' DXT1 (color only)
** '''-nomipmap:''' don't generate MIP maps
** '''-output <filename>:''' filename to write to [-outfile can also be specified]
** '''-prescale <int> <int>:''' rescale image to this size first
** '''-quality_highest:''' highest quality compression (this can be very slow)
** '''-deep <directory>:''' include all subdirectories
** '''-all:''' all image files in current directory
** '''-outdir <directory>:''' output directory
}}

{{Boxframe1|content='''Can be created with gimp plugin...'''
}}

{{Boxframe1|content='''Can be created with photoshop plugin...'''
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Page size by resolution (comparison)
! rowspan="2" | DDS Format !! colspan="3" | Resolutions
|-
! 1920x1080 !! 1280x720 !! 960x540
|-
| DXT1C,  No mipmaps || 0,98 MB || 450 KB || 253 KB
|}

===Links & Tutorials===

*[http://rghost.net/48647164 Here is a example of MANUAL] in game, for PS Seismograph [http://store.brewology.com/get/homebrew.php?id=177&fid=963 all] / [http://store.brewology.com/get/homebrew.php?id=177&fid=964 unsigned] (7 pages not official version). 
*[http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?p=668763 here is a example of MANUAL] in game, for FB Alpha Retro Loader by '''CaptainCPS-X''' (24 pages).
*[https://github.com/CaptainCPS/FBAlphaRL/commit/d876617722270acf9161afd83e6cd73014210dc5 git of CaptainCPS-X with infos for pkg.py to create propers pkg including MANUAL]
*[http://psx-scene.com/forums/content/retroxmb-icon1-pam-manuals-dds-redemp-4365 retroXMB MANUAL] by '''Redemp'''
*[https://anonfiles.com/file/942ee38bcf72321b05a11c76233b768b True Ancestor PKG Creator patched for MANUAL]
*[http://psx-scene.com/forums/content/redemp-s-xmb-video-icon-icon1-pam-dds-manuals-collection-retroxmb-4550/ PSX SCENE thread resource by '''Redemp''']

===Gallery===
Note: images has been converted to jpg for wikify purpose.
<GALLERY>
File:PS_Seismograph_page002.jpg | PS Seismograph page 002
File:PS_Seismograph_page003.jpg | PS Seismograph page 003
File:PS_Seismograph_page004.jpg | PS Seismograph page 004
File:MANUAL_FB_Alpha_Retro_Loader_001.jpg | FBAlphaRL page 001
File:MANUAL_FB_Alpha_Retro_Loader_003.jpg | FBAlphaRL page 003
File:MANUAL_FB_Alpha_Retro_Loader_017.jpg | FBAlphaRL page 017
</GALLERY>

==PS2 Classics==
*0xx.dxt files: [[Multimedia Formats and Tools|textures files]]
*manual.idx: index of the .dxt files

==PS1 Classics==

==PSP Minis and Remasters==

=Standalone Manuals=
==PS3 PlayView==
See [[PlayView|PlayView]] for other PS3 standalone digital manual

==PSP Digital Comic==
[[Talk:Eboot.PBP#Misc:_Digital_Comic_PSP|Digital Comic for PSP]]

==PS3 DigiManual==
Named as Digimanual or Manual (Digital), they are stand alone pkg PS3 hdd games included in disc (PKGDIR for example) or available online.

Seems to be a standard utility (the eboot) specific to display this kind of manuals, so should be considered an app, not a feature of the firmware

===Structure tree===

<div style="height:300px; overflow:auto">
 NPUO30***/ (only from few US example)
     |
     |-ICON0.PNG (See[[Content_Information_Files#HDD_Game| Content Information files for HDD Game]])
     |
     |-PARAM.SFO (SFO category HG)
     |
     |-PS3LOGO.DAT
     |
     |-USRDIR/
           |
           |-digiman.sdat
           |
           |-digiman_content.sdat
           |
           |-digiman_content_en.sdat (can also have others languages as digiman_content_es.sdat..)
           |
           |-EBOOT.BIN
           |
           |-assets/
                 |
                 |-image/ (can contain sub-directory such "screenshots", "modals"...)
                 |    |
                 |    |-.jpg and .png
                 |
                 |-sound/
                 |    |
                 |    |-.wav
                 |    
                 |-video/
                      |
                      |-.usm
</div>

=Web Manuals=
==Online Manuals==
Online instruction Manuals on [[XMB-Network|XMB Network column.]] accesses the manuals hosted at (click in the table below to go to a specific manual page):

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Read [http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/ manuals.playstation.net/document] and [http://us.playstation.com/support/manuals/ps3/index.htm us.playstation.com/support/manuals]
! {{icon category users}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/users/index.html Users] !! {{icon category settings}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/index.html Settings] !! {{icon category photo}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/photo/index.html Photo] !! {{icon category music}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/music/index.html Music] !! {{icon category video}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/index.html Video] !! {{icon category tv}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/tv/tvvideoservices.html TV/Video Services] !! {{icon category game}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/game/index.html Game] !! {{icon category network}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/network/index.html Network] !! {{icon category psn}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/psn/index.html PlayStation Network] !! {{icon category friends}}<BR />[http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/friends/index.html Friends]
|-
|}

==Game Options Menu Manuals==
Some games has an online manual that can be accessed from the "options menu" in main XMB (by pressing triangle over the game icon)

=Manuals Multilingual Support=
{{XMB languages}}
*Notes:
**Portugues (Portugal), and Portugues (Brazil) can share the same manual ingame
**English (United States), and English (United Kingdom) can share the same manual ingame

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