Qt Resource Container (QRC)

Description

QRC files (Qt Resources Container) are located inside a QGL folder (Qt Graphics Library) in path: dev_flash/vsh/resource/qgl with names: canyon.qrc, earth.qrc, icons.qrc, icontex.qrc, lines.qrc, raf.qrc, rhm.qrc, and store.qrc. The contents of QRC files are compatible/generated with/by: Qt framework and OpenGL

The internal structure of QRC files can be clasifyed as one of the variants of a group of containers named: CXML Containers

• QRC related firmware modules in dev_flashvsh/modules/:
  • qglbase.sprx <--- generic
  • qgl_gaia_app.sprx <--- earth animation inside music player
  • qgl_canyon_app.sprx <--- abstract animation inside music player
  • custom_render_plugin.sprx

• Other stuff related with QRC:
  • http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/09/04/q-games-update-star-dust-dynamic-themes-our-favorite-little-tikiman/
  • ps3 standalone visualizer app released by "Q games" (responsibles of XMB design): http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/08/08/new-ps3-visualizer-app-from-q-games-out-tuesday/ and http://www.ps3hax.net/2013/08/q-games-releases-new-visualizer-music-app-for-ps3-high/

QRC containers

icons.qrc & icontex.qrc

• See: icons.qrc and icontex.qrc pages

icons.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents					Feature (added, removed or changed)
			FPO	VPO	MNU	DDS	BMP
1.00~1.02	1.288.734	451016CFB126C6D050EC5B19ABB93548
1.10	1.307.885	1B265A359BB59CBE8E3348A2F9B288A1
1.11~1.32	1.317.777	D434CE9BC9AA04C0CDF834DAF82D5A3D
1.50~1.54	1.317.505	C0A0FE2D84FB7A68C96A4FB07401286C
1.60~1.70	697.758	44B0B9B26FBF5FC1EB9045E5349EC58A
1.80~1.82	736.754	9877952A1CCB9A032B8706E21DF084E9
1.90	752.563	835647C1B7C921109912DA92EC557E15
1.92~1.94	752.564	7B056E396B5ECBF2B969A71D31C6EB6E
2.00~2.01	30.170	4C5F6FEAC323C9DF834C91171DB617AD						XMB Icons moved to the new container: icontex.qrc to allow Static PlayStation 3 Theme (P3T) support
2.10~2.36	30.318	BAD026CDEA08D3922A2758FC57BC04ED
2.40~2.43	29.711	6F035289BD16E3243C9049F87BF08336
2.50~2.60	29.705	848AEF795AE0A22B95398DC89D294654
2.70~2.80	29.495	8B91CD5744D56A64D26D077CF3DCED3E
3.00~3.21	32.820	EECFD7C3B62ECB2169AEC89F9ABEC3C6
3.30	32.912	3B4BD372A29B2FF36A15A0F6D0CB1482
3.40~3.42	32.229	D33497D781EAAA32A4B98B684C073E7D
3.50~3.74	32.171	97342FFE4E3B427E9C2133C1BB6A3BB4	33	3	22	1	1
4.00~4.01	32.313	653256BA53207780962A33D1E64A7758						Bug ?
4.10~4.89	32.171	97342FFE4E3B427E9C2133C1BB6A3BB4	33	3	22	1	1	Back to 3.50 version

icontex.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents			Feature (added, removed or changed)
			DDS (m)	DDS (n)	DDS (dif)
2.00~2.01	707.152	020BA022EBBC7FA96C77FA01CE351F26	54	54	1	Static PlayStation 3 Theme (P3T) Support
2.10~2.36	740.224	29E7BBBB83E36A7F8E413ABA274BBC33	54	54	1
2.40~2.43	795.968	7F17470EC7ED46AB5582EB76D86F800F	56	56	1
2.50~2.60	908.448	A4F84C8427AA79F9A9CC9664E8D9FABB	62	62	1
2.70~2.76	901.408	9D0D0DB2DB104C661D98E2EF5E1C024E	62	62	1
2.80	903.328	7A48902A0B565931ABB1B01B39BCEE9C	62	62	1
3.00~3.01	1.361.200	3986EF9DBDFA8F134FFFA57D59C45052	No	66	1	Removed the "m" versions, added 4 new icons
3.10~3.30	1.386.352	60EC9CD4B06808C36413D66D0D389035	No	67	1
3.40~3.61	1.426.032	9FBD278929692A82D5102C12922D9B3D	No	69	1	New icon for [Video Editor & Uploader] application
3.65~3.74	1.413.264	A23FF4BA6E2E8C3E7FA1C9F10E3484CB	No	69	1
4.00~4.89	1.431.936	90146D3F374EC92EBED34535E90CD298	No	70	1

lines.qrc

• See: lines.qrc page

lines.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents						Feature (added, removed or changed)
			ELF	FPO	VPO	MNU	DDS	TGA
1.00~1.02	110.923	FCC5B919D343533737E33C2ED566EF03
1.10~1.32	111.371	36A05C991491A281147B241A1338C833
1.50~1.54	111.177	EFBAF47613D96E620329404AA890A2B9
1.60~1.70	111.108	EB6258CEC5A1448138EC02D6444C4C3D
1.80~1.82	109.685	720DB784E69BF03C26AC38B3F161C49A
1.90	131.246	D7D34772AAE942017993A56AD086E623							Wallpapers ?
1.92~1.94	131.227	15E9DFB14DA89B1887C4C96564545B48
2.00~2.01	131.433	665981A0A66C01A6C96269A24F4765E6							[Colour], [Background] and [Brightness] have been added as options under [Theme Settings].
2.10~2.17	131.602	1BD253021A2B4E3864B026670BF96E89
2.20~2.36	115.785	98DA94D76B0E125A85DF2BBF7423F4E8
2.40~2.43	99.050	80E15C5B1E70799B2B0F0D93B8180B34
2.50~2.60	98.972	9AE4A67090D078055787D195E2E1043E
2.70~2.76	98.633	64966A9E622BCB06B1F0E86D3B32FB01
2.80	98.633	5AEF33A9A6E787CE3126D0CA780DD2DA
3.00~3.01	183.383	94D935914BD2F48519799803897ABED5							XMB icons change colour with the theme depending on the time of day. Default theme changed to an updated version of Original waves theme. (original theme renamed to Classic).
3.10~3.21	183.798	A757DCE0C90559AAFAB296DE6D5A8AE5
3.30	183.980	3CDBDD7ADC3BB39D3C17B90A81EF7015
3.40~3.42	183.874	7981D59C7EF731DD0C23EB2681A79FBA
3.50	183.980	E102D35341DC27F6EE2DC975C0118C1A
3.55~3.56	183.981	A50F1DC98A9EDACBDB7C0B010B369736
3.60~3.66	183.980	D519ECFAC71AB7437AAA6E1C70BDDE4E
3.70~3.74	183.984	961BCCD9CE30D5E579F3ADB157A89EA6
4.00~4.01	185.047	93687AF9491974446D62F40A0E61BA3F
4.10~4.11	185.115	FEED5630296382AE8B7C9F811A12AB80
4.20~4.31	185.115	405F4E3F76CBD7FD2E99AACD7431DB09
4.40~4.55	185.116	D34D7E2A7DE4502E0454FD787A00A35C	2	47	11	69	24	6
4.60~4.89	185.105	261CD31A2516EF85A6D3B584C9BD02C5	2	47	11	69	24	6

rhm.qrc & raf.qrc

• See: rhm.qrc and raf.qrc pages

rhm.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents		Feature (added, removed or changed)
			FPO	VPO
1.00~1.32	1.205	D1E7281246EC8A46EB6D368BD4B332BD	3	2
1.50~1.94	1.142	80951055E3973ECCC8BF7E41D6E4BFDD	3	2
2.00~2.01	1.139	98305A00173927E5D947027BFE1CA0DE	3	2	Bug ?
2.10~2.60	1.142	80951055E3973ECCC8BF7E41D6E4BFDD	3	2	Back to 1.50 version
2.70~2.80	1.141	3118E99D109DE85724C54E3C15C17129	3	2
3.00~3.74	2.489	12B8D3A7CDFB3CAF66848704027A44E7	8	3	Added glutils library
4.00~4.89	2.487	99F008FE3C2BACB937BFC925004E6E99	8	3

raf.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents			Feature (added, removed or changed)
			BIN	FPO	VPO
2.70~2.80	5.532	79B5E301CB12BB0AC53B39634FD918A8	1	20	2	coldboot.raf Support
3.00~3.01	5.565	833C5E1D22303EA35AADCC17F25F61AC	1	20	2	Dynamic PlayStation 3 Theme (P3T) Support
3.10~3.21	5.572	07BA8A61785C471242740F915056F0F5	1	20	2
3.30	5.542	FA2388076A217DAFD9A1FD123AF4C847	1	20	2
3.40~3.42	5.550	9566444DFE340CAA9B9B58AD026E9775	1	20	2	Bug ??
3.50~3.74	5.542	FA2388076A217DAFD9A1FD123AF4C847	1	20	2	Back to 3.30 version
4.00~4.01	5.479	B7490AB764B7BC0F9B71A4782C0BAAE7	1	20	2
4.10~4.89	5.457	1FCC497E937FDC6CDAD6A1707C9CD187	1	20	2

canyon.qrc & earth.qrc

• See: canyon.qrc and earth.qrc pages
• Music player visualizers (a.k.a. 'valley' and 'gaia'), the other music player visualizer available is a modification of the XMB wave/sparks animation, and is stored inside lines.qrc using specific .MNU settings in path: override/music_1/)

canyon.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents				Feature (added, removed or changed)
			FPO	VPO	MNU	DDS
1.00~1.02	72.726	0F1B5E3CD6057B71BAF18F3154CD5B8C					Music Player Visualizer (abstract)
1.10~1.32	72.912	E2C2A3374AED0964EB33FBB2CD987798
1.50~1.54	72.777	5F68DBE12F25178C3777898CCF442945
1.60~1.70	73.030	084513247EC6C3B6853C8A8DE669FF8C
1.80~1.82	73.464	3F936EDB8865DE2F8895F176496600FB
1.90	73.467	3717F76B98A3EE4C5BFDDC79E746AC53
1.92~1.94	73.459	FEB1A93499BABB48F215580B932E604C
2.00~2.01	73.438	1EAA9921CA2EC20B2B15400F585150E7
2.10~2.36	73.614	7BAAC386D22BEAF59E8818DE8B5D41BF
2.40~2.43	73.897	3F4EC983D33875CCCD3B5A21AD6AB8C2
2.50~2.60	73.884	83FDE07A293C487844306395C3258C82
2.70~2.80	73.847	8A8123CD7FC907C537EFFB346C353F5F
3.00~3.30	73.836	134EEB4B4027256C4F7C5271ED5F1BBA
3.40~3.42	73.794	D346902DC44A5E9B65C28B10D9C98C86
3.50~3.74	73.828	053DA0D0ED6B336E12665D41F0A18387	49	14	348	1
4.00~4.01	73.950	B252D14574F1B72019A1444E68C11639					Bug ?
4.10~4.31	73.840	81335553D8C52C39B84A623FAAC20416					Bugfix fail ?
4.40~4.89	73.828	053DA0D0ED6B336E12665D41F0A18387	49	14	348	1	Back to 3.50 version

earth.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents											Feature (added, removed or changed)
			ELF	BIN	FPO	VPO	MNU	DUMP	PATH	INI	TXT	DDS	JPG
2.00	400.569	0CF5F811709875C7513EB7EF3D6A4093												Music Player Visualizer (earth) beta/disabled ?
2.01	400.582	F12DBB64403808908A0682CF0CEFEF15												beta/disabled ?
2.10~2.17	2.155.425	F652752780B5C3567872A2540C7E9471												A new visualisation in music playback (Earth Visualization) has been added.
2.20~2.36	2.156.458	CE3FE6DDEE6126CA6EE07E65DA82ADA0
2.40~2.43	2.152.811	CA48FE2B62473602808154B132684922
2.50~2.60	2.152.637	3C289F94B5601135DE9A1E288EB0F30D
2.70~2.76	2.144.961	7953F2CF91EDD2BB6409F6DE7B48B704
2.80	2.145.029	EAFDAC5D044796B22606E06B86E85638
3.00~3.01	2.148.260	C6E70369FA95B0CA107989524C30BF6E
3.10~3.21	2.148.378	6CDF7D52C5ADAC9B048E9D0C45A19AA7
3.30	2.148.553	7B09A088BF169AB486FEDB6C569BACFB
3.40~3.42	2.148.711	43475D5E4B7E8FB223061A3BAFFC8213
3.50	2.148.512	0DB0C5118B06F7D3C8B4C73AD7B0E443
3.55~3.56	2.148.509	136A3DFDE7C60A34CFF3D4A7BBDCCDE4
3.60~3.66	2.148.514	AA7A02DFCA99E167DA347933B95B7DF4
3.70~3.74	2.148.514	5CF1F3694ECDBB75A6461FD6C85A5971
4.00~4.01	2.147.749	0A7C4A327CCD63614E55686FBE6FCCBA
4.10~4.11	2.147.272	A05BCDD9504D7111FBD9810D25217D3F
4.20~4.31	2.147.272	30002327D89E49CE2760881444A522C1
4.40~4.89	2.147.218	BEDFE56680ED40807C53E61603C76E1D	1	11	49	16	381	3	33	60	3	2	72

store.qrc

• See: store.qrc page

store.qrc

Version (firmware)	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Contents					Feature (added, removed or changed)
			DDS	FPO	GTF	MNU	VPO
2.50~2.53	195.383	5E7AF90288C53BEBF729FF8182471C7F	3	16	No	6	8	The PlayStation Network Sign-Up and Account Management utilities have been redesigned. ?
2.60	291.798	0E2298E39927AE2C632B7544E99262FD	5	41	1	20	13
2.70~2.80	291.369	301B589E1D330FC6148A9C50F1763A39
3.00~3.21	291.386	B105F15C8C7A4337F80C3AA52469581C
3.30	291.393	20E92F5465AD6FC2AADF7D04BDBA668F
3.40~3.42	291.254	929D93182B08E41ED01AC45E59513DEC						Bug ?
3.50~3.56	291.393	20E92F5465AD6FC2AADF7D04BDBA668F						Back to 3.30 version
3.60~3.74	291.241	63D551B86EC752837E9824A2E4E4FECF
4.00~4.01	291.317	F7322AEC80109A0B79F2691B0049E561
4.10~4.26	291.210	F89887A9CEF9B8ED942DF6D8C5AC313D
4.30~4.31	291.238	BD559BD848D4116EF073B49FF0C2DF4F
4.40~4.89	291.224	5E551FE46DCA11258A29031128E8D998	5	41	1	20	13

QRC contents

See Multimedia Formats and Tools page for a general description of DDS, GTF, BMP, TGA, FPO, VPO and JPEG image formats)

• ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) See Specifications here: ELF Header and ELF-64 Object File Format
• BIN (Binary)
• MNU ?
• PATH (Camera path)
• DUMP ?
• TXT ?
• INI ?
• DDS (Direct Draw Surface)
• GTF (Graphics Texture Format)
• BMP (Bitmap)
• TGA (Targa)
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
• FPO (Fragment Program Objects)
• VPO (Vertex Program Objects)

• QRC files from firmware version 1.00 up and including 4.50 : http://mir.cr/TSR5E8PM (32078 KB RAR / unpacked size 243425713 bytes)
  • MD5 hashes generated with quickSFV http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=ATvKyMRC
  • CRC32 hashes generated with quickSFV http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=40h6iMCA

QRC related tools

ZLIB

QRC files uses ZLIB compression level 9, there are 2 types of QRC files that can be recognized by reading the first 4 bytes either QRCC or QRCF, the next 4 bytes indicates the decompressed size. The first step to extract QRC contents is to remove this 8 bytes at the start of the file. After removed the resulting file is in zlib format

• QGL converter - This code can decompress a QRCC to QRCF and compress a QRCF to QRCC (it crops/generates the first 8 bytes and manages the zlib decompression/compression) QGL.c
• Zlib GUI v1.0 - Nice GUI to work with the zlib dll. Download: official link, or alternative link

QRC Extractors

After the ZLIB decompression (needed for all .qrc files except icontex.qrc) the contents can be extracted individually using different tools

• P3Textractor - Is posible to use a theme extractor to extract the contents from .qrc files, but first is needed to replace the characters / by _ of the text strings inside the Name table with a hexeditor (e.g: the string override/black/ICONS.mnu needs to be replaced by override_black_ICONS.mnu). Dont use this method, is too much innacurate and obsolete, is kept here only for historical purposes
• CXML decompiler v4 alpha - Is a python script to extract the contents of CXML containers (CXML, QRCF, P3TF, RAFO, etc...), and also generates an .xml that represents the original CXML structure. To use it copy the script at bottom of CXML Containers page and save it to your PC as script.py. Then run it from the command line and follow the instructions, it requires python 2

QRC Compilers

There are no .qrc compilers, the usual method to modify qrc files is by patching the text strings of the .MNU settings or to inject the custom files with a hexeditor overriting the original .qrc file structure

The patches should never exceeed the size of the original data, incase of patching an predefined area with an smaller patch is recommended to "blank" the original data with zeroes before writing the new data

The format allows also to "remap" the contained files by modifying the entries in the index to make them point to the offset/size of a different file

• Patching strings in hexeditor
  • Mostly used with the settings inside .mnu files
  • First extract the files with the CXML decompiler script, look at the main .xml to identify the file names, open the .mnu file you want to modify in notepad++ to be able to read the settings in a easy way
  • Select the string you want to modify and copy it
  • Open the .qrc file in a hexeditor (after ZLIB decompression if needed) and use the search funtion to locate the string you copyed in the previous step
  • Notes
    • Most of the settings from .mnu files are repeated several times inside the .qrc file. Be sure to patch the correct .mnu file by comparing the data before or/and after

• Injecting files in hexeditor
  • Similar than patching a text string but with a bigger chunk of data

External Links

• QRC modding by eustolio: http://www.scenespain.net/foro/tutoriales-ps3/tutorial-xmb-custom-cambia-el-color-e-iconos-base-del-xmb/ (2011 may 29)
  • Corrections: None :)
• XMB wave modding by glowball: http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=25618 (2011 july 1) and http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=58673 (2013 july 4)
  • Corrections:
    • The concept of PAL/NTSC wave is wrong. The wave is common for all PS3 models, resolutions, aspect ratios, and regions. The 8 bytes at the start of the file doesnt has any relationship with PAL/NTSC
    • There is no javascript inside the QRC container, the supposed .js file used in glowball method is a chunk of data containing several .mnu files (included the padding between them)
    • The idea of an "imaginary" javascript hides the real explain of the structure or what you are patching, making users to dont understand a word and promoting the "blind testing"
    • In the case you want to patch 1 byte... you are patching a huge area instead
    • Using hardcoded offsets is a safe way to break compatility when the files changes in with newer firmwares and good for softbricking, there is no advise of incompatibility problems

• Qt Framework
  • http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/rcc.html
  • http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/resources.html
  • https://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qtbase/source/fb20f9c2da369b07fc50857a90b596ae63f943da:src/tools/rcc
  • https://qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator/source/1154a8c6c2bfb223f4239d7902c3755e8a9a1213:src/plugins/resourceeditor/qrceditor