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| PIC2.PNG || PIC2_'''xx'''.PNG || 310x250 || Overlay picture for 4:3 screens
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*The sum of the sizes of SND0.AT3 + ICON1.PAM cant be higher than 2.4MB
 
====Game Discs====
*PS3_EXTRA
In some discs with extra content there is a specific display mode for the content that "mimics" the "PStore news" menu with largue moving icons. For more info see the disc structures under [[PARAM.SFO#CATEGORY]]
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
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! File !! Language specific files !! Size !! Description
| PARAM.HIS || PARAM_'''xx'''.HIS || ??? || Changelog (Update History, used by patches)
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| ICON2.PNG || ICON2_'''xx'''.PNG || 486x405 || Extra Content Icon
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| ICON3.SWF || ICON3_'''xx'''.SWF || 486x405 || Extra Content Icon Video
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|}
|}


*PKGDIR
*The sum of the sizes of SND0.AT3 + ICON1.PAM cant be higher than 2.4MB
PIC3.PNG Background picture will be loaded as the background of all the packages subfolders


{| class="wikitable"
===GameData and GamePatches===
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! File !! Language specific files !! Size !! Description
|-
| ICON0.PNG || ICON0_'''xx'''.PNG || 320x176 || Content Icon
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| ICON1.PAM || ICON1_'''xx'''.PAM || 320x176 and 2.4MB* || Content Icon Video
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| SND0.AT3 || SND0_'''xx'''.AT3 || 2.4MB* || Content Icon Sound
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| PIC0.PNG || PIC0_'''xx'''.PNG || 1000x560 || Overlay picture for 16:9 screens
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| PIC2.PNG || PIC2_'''xx'''.PNG || 310x250 || Overlay picture for 4:3 screens
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| PIC3.PNG || PIC3_'''xx'''.PNG || 1920x1080 || Background picture
|-
|}
 
===GameData===


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| PIC1.PNG || PIC1_'''xx'''.PNG || 1920x1080 || Background picture
| PIC1.PNG || PIC1_'''xx'''.PNG || 1920x1080 || Background picture
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| PARAM.HIS || PARAM_'''xx'''.HIS || ??? || Changelog (Update History, used by patches)
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*Overlay information (right to '''ICON0.PNG''') is displayed using text strings from [[Trophy_files#TROPCONF.SFM|TROPCONF.SFM]]
*Overlay information (right to '''ICON0.PNG''') is displayed using text strings from [[Trophy_files#TROPCONF.SFM|TROPCONF.SFM]]
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===Discs===
====PS3_EXTRA====
In some discs with extra content there is a specific display mode for the content that "mimics" the "PStore news" menu with largue moving icons. For more info see the disc structures under [[PARAM.SFO#CATEGORY]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! File !! Language specific files !! Size !! Description
|-
| ICON2.PNG || ICON2_'''xx'''.PNG || 486x405 || Extra Content Icon
|-
| ICON3.SWF || ICON3_'''xx'''.SWF || 486x405 || Extra Content Icon Video
|-
|}
====PKGDIR====
PIC3.PNG Background picture will be loaded as the background of all the packages subfolders
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! File !! Language specific files !! Size !! Description
|-
| ICON0.PNG || ICON0_'''xx'''.PNG || 320x176 || Content Icon
|-
| ICON1.PAM || ICON1_'''xx'''.PAM || 320x176 and 2.4MB* || Content Icon Video
|-
| SND0.AT3 || SND0_'''xx'''.AT3 || 2.4MB* || Content Icon Sound
|-
|
|-
| PIC0.PNG || PIC0_'''xx'''.PNG || 1000x560 || Overlay picture for 16:9 screens
|-
| PIC2.PNG || PIC2_'''xx'''.PNG || 310x250 || Overlay picture for 4:3 screens
|-
| PIC3.PNG || PIC3_'''xx'''.PNG || 1920x1080 || Background picture
|-
|}


==Languages==
==Languages==

Revision as of 06:34, 28 February 2012


Content Information Files

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 (inputs/outputs) related with the content is stored by PARAM.SFO and PARAM.HIS.

Game

File Language specific files Size Description
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG 320x176 Content Icon
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM 320x176 and 2.4MB* Content Icon Video
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 2.4MB* Content Icon Sound
PIC0.PNG PIC0_xx.PNG 1000x560 Overlay picture for 16:9 screens
PIC1.PNG PIC1_xx.PNG 1920x1080 Background picture
PIC2.PNG PIC2_xx.PNG 310x250 Overlay picture for 4:3 screens
PARAM.HIS PARAM_xx.HIS ??? Changelog (Update History, used by patches)
  • The sum of the sizes of SND0.AT3 + ICON1.PAM cant be higher than 2.4MB

GameData and GamePatches

File Language specific files Size Description
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG 320x176 GameData Icon
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM 320x176 and 2.4MB* GameData Icon Video
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 2.4MB* GameData Icon Sound
PIC1.PNG PIC1_xx.PNG 1920x1080 Background picture
PARAM.HIS PARAM_xx.HIS ??? Changelog (Update History, used by patches)
  • Overlay information (under the TITLE) is displayed using text strings from PARAM.HIS

SaveData

File Language specific files Size Description
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG 320x176 SaveData Icon
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM 320x176 and 2.4MB* SaveData Icon Video
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 2.4MB* SaveData Icon Sound
PIC1.PNG PIC1_xx.PNG 1000x560 SaveData Overlay picture
  • Overlay information (under the TITLE) is displayed using SUBTITLE and DETAIL texts strings from PARAM.SFO
  • There's no background picture in SaveData

Trophy

File Size Description
ICON0.PNG 320x176 Trophyset Icon
TROPxxx.PNG 240x240 Trophy Icon (from 000 to 999)
GRxxx.PNG 320x176 Trophyset Group Icon (from 000 to 999), used for groups of thropies related with additionall content
  • Overlay information (right to ICON0.PNG) is displayed using text strings from TROPCONF.SFM

Discs

PS3_EXTRA

In some discs with extra content there is a specific display mode for the content that "mimics" the "PStore news" menu with largue moving icons. For more info see the disc structures under PARAM.SFO#CATEGORY

File Language specific files Size Description
ICON2.PNG ICON2_xx.PNG 486x405 Extra Content Icon
ICON3.SWF ICON3_xx.SWF 486x405 Extra Content Icon Video

PKGDIR

PIC3.PNG Background picture will be loaded as the background of all the packages subfolders

File Language specific files Size Description
ICON0.PNG ICON0_xx.PNG 320x176 Content Icon
ICON1.PAM ICON1_xx.PAM 320x176 and 2.4MB* Content Icon Video
SND0.AT3 SND0_xx.AT3 2.4MB* Content Icon Sound
PIC0.PNG PIC0_xx.PNG 1000x560 Overlay picture for 16:9 screens
PIC2.PNG PIC2_xx.PNG 310x250 Overlay picture for 4:3 screens
PIC3.PNG PIC3_xx.PNG 1920x1080 Background picture

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 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)
  • Trophy installers contains several files for several languages used as "source files", only one is installed
Number Language
00 Japanese
01 English
02 French
03 Spanish
04 German
05 Italian
06 Dutch
07 Portuguese
08 Russian
09 Korean
10 Trad.Chinese
11 Simp.Chinese
12 Finnish
13 Swedish
14 Danish
15 Norwegian
16 Polish

File Formats

Images

  • 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.

Audios

  • 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

Videos

  • PAM

There is no "copyrighted-free" PAMF codec/decoder tools :(

  • SWF

Shockwave Flash

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