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). It also has compatibility for a USB keyboard and mouse and a full web browser supporting downloading of multiple file types. 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

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

update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_friend_shop.xml

update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_network_shop.xml

update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_sysconf_shop.xml

update_files/dev_flash/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_user_shop.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

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

manuals.playstation.net

About the XMB (XrossMediaBar) menu

Users Category

Settings Category

Photo Category

Music Category

Video Category

Game Category

Network Category

PlayStation Network Category

Friends Category