Coldboot.raf

Description

dev_flash\vsh\resource\coldboot.raf is the animation when PS3 boots, introduced in firmware 2.70 with raf.sprx and raf.qrc as support.

Rich Appearance Format (RAF) belongs to a group of CXML Containers that uses zlib compression and a XML file enbedded in the container structure with the "scene" information and also works as an index to lists the contained files

Coldboot animation uses settings from the RCOXML of custom render plugin (in RCOXML setion note the animation settings for: anim_coldboot and anim_coldboot2)

Coldboot.raf is the same file in all firmware versions, doesnt contains sound, but is played with sound by using either coldboot_stereo.ac3 (2 audio channels) or coldboot_multi.ac3 (6 audio channels), this audio files has been present from firmware 1.00 but have changed (and also changed the coldboot animations settings inside the RCOXML of custom_render_plugin). See: Multimedia Formats and Tools

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Coldboot Animation (.RAF)

coldboot.raf versions

File Name	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Firmware				Notes
			1.00~2.60	2.70~2.80	3.00~3.01	3.10~4.83
coldboot.raf	51.446	FBFD819D6CD834AC2BDDA02EE3D5375F	No	Yes			Not present before 2.70, same for all other firmwares

To extract the files from coldboot.raf is needed to make a zlib decompression and then a CXML extraction (use "CXML decompiler" tool made by flatz, download link and source code is at bottom of CXML Containers page). The extracted files are:

coldboot.raf contents

Usage	File Index	Converted File		Original File		Notes
		Name	MD5	Name	MD5
Scene	metadata	coldboot.sxml	vary with compiler/extractor version	coldboot.xml	vary with coding style	The original scene coldboot.xml is converted to coldboot.sxml and then embedded inside RAF structure as metadata
Model	0	plane.edge	AC3AA7B2AE225DD1C2BB207ADDD4C2CB	plane.dae	vary with collada settings	The 3D object, composed by a simple perimetral line that will be "filled" with the textures
	1	plane.skel	67409457645F98B0066B52317BF4CB78			The skeleton of the 3D object, composed by a single joint point, needed by all the animations
Textures	2	new_logo.gtf	6BEEA65407EE1513F08F66E17BBADF61	new_logo.dds	A4AF73E19F8E07542C5FA3DA39C21967	700x350 pixels, the main logo (without the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text)
	3	new_logo_footer.gtf	5E27DFBB474A2AB5A07A91143C8C8054	new_logo_footer.dds	ABFE60993D102E39926035D9DEA4CFEC	700x350 pixels, the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text
	4	new_logo_blur.gtf	49E30C3B46BE3B822324EB373EEF5A9C	new_logo_blur.dds	DE871FB0A8ACBD92CEC267816C072C14	700x350 pixels, a blurry copy of logo+footer together
	5	new_logo_sd.gtf	ED30E47123D3D68B846DDAC1EBDBDA65	new_logo_sd.dds	2B4B56CFFA2A3E3BA868DC56A7F2917C	240x120 pixels, the main logo (without the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text)
	6	new_logo_sd_footer.gtf	4037567A9F5ED59D6E96402FA2859ABC	new_logo_sd_footer.dds	B2718D07AB4B6714240F591D00237639	240x120 pixels, the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text
	7	new_logo_sd_blur.gtf	5821260B17B0A5BDD85D0F2BEE9596D0	new_logo_sd_blur.dds	FF32C90F34FB350C34F58800F69318DB	240x120 pixels, a blurry copy of logo+footer together
Script	8	coldboot.jsx	5461466B242D81B57D872BBA95EED753	coldboot.js	vary with coding style	Animation script, written in PlayStation JavaScript format (and extracted as a VSMX file). See Pastebin (without the header)

• Note the extracted files are not the original files used to create the .raf. All them suffered a format conversion when the .raf was created

Scene

As explained on the CXML Containers page, RAF containers include embedded data inside their structure (like metadata, not a real file). This data is generated by the RAF compiler and works as a descriptor of the internal structure of the RAF container (this data about the RAF structure is not present in the original scene.xml), and also contains all the important info from the original scene.xml used to create the RAF

The XML files generated by "CXML decompiler" contain more info than the original scene.xml. This makes possible to reverse by hand the original scene.xml using a generic layout for the scene XML standards explained on the Rich Appearance Format (RAF) page

After the reversing this is the original scene file sony used to build gameboot.raf (could vary with coding style but the generated file after compilation is exactly like the original because the coding style is lost when compiled)

Coldboot.xml (original scene)

Code Sample

• Note: By looking at the XML file generated by "CXML decompiler" (not the one above), the original coldboot.raf has been built using raf compiler v1.0 (version="1.0"), this specific version of the compiler doesn't sorts the actors (zsort="" is not supported or is ignored by raf compiler v1.0). See Discussion page for a sample of the file extracted with "CXML decompiler"

Model

The model files extracted by "CXML decompiler" from coldboot.raf (plane.edge and plane.skel) are the coverted files that was generated by the raf compiler from the original model plane.dae

There is no known way to rebuild the original plane.dae via the generated plane.edge and plane.skel file(s). If there is a way it is probably very complex because there is a lot of information omitted from the original .dae when processed by the raf compiler)

For coldboot.raf the plane model seems to be a rectangle that covers the entire screen. A possible way to get the original plane.dae used to create coldboot.raf is by taking a background.dae from one of the unofficial dynamic themes published... then process it with raf compiler and extract with "CXML decompiler", if the extracted files plane.edge and plane.skel from the unofficial theme and coldboot.raf match then you have found the original plane.dae used to create coldboot.raf (if found please post it here, the .dae files are xml based)

Textures

The GTF textures extracted by "CXML decompiler" was originally .DDS images (see: Multimedia Formats and Tools page)

The DDS original format is L8 (8 bits luminance) and can be created with nvidia command line tool (nvdxt.exe) by using this command:

Individual files:

nvdxt.exe -file input.png -L8 -output output.dds

Batch conversion:

nvdxt.exe -file c:\textures_in_png\*.png -L8 -outdir c:\textures_out_dds

• Notes:
  • nvidia tool allows a lot of other image formats as input (instead of .png you can use other image formats).
  • All original colboot images are composed of black/red colors only. Red colors are treated as luminance levels (works like a "light mask") and black colors are transparent.

Script

The extracted coldboot.jsx (from coldboot.raf) by "CXML decompiler" is the file generated by the raf compiler with the original coldboot.js

It is now possible to manually decompile the coldboot.jsx. The process to decompile coldboot.jsx is explained at the bottom of the VSMX page.

The code below is the original coldboot.js (in PlayStation JavaScript format)... after compiling to coldboot.jsx (in VSMX format) the file should have MD5: 5461466B242D81B57D872BBA95EED753

Code Sample

Coldboot animation timeline

PS3 Coldboot.raf animation timeline

Total time	1.50"	2.55"	2.80"	3.05"	3.30"	3.80"	4.30"	5.50"
Parallel execution threads	appear_start_time = 1.5 logo.setColor
	appear_start_time = 1.5 System.timer[0]	appear_duration = 1.3 light.setPosition light.setAttenuation light.setColor
	blur_start_time = 2.55 System.timer[1]		blur_duration = 0.5 blur.setColor
	whole_start_time = 3.3 System.timer[2]					whole_duration = 0.5 blur.setColor footer.setColor
	fade_start_time = 4.3 System.timer[3]							fade_duration = 1.2 footer.setColor logo.setColor light.setPosition light.setColor light.setAttenuation
Time frames	1.50"	1.05"	0.25"	0.25"	0.25"	0.50"	0.50"	1.20"

Coldboot Sounds (.AC3)

Coldboot Sounds versions

File Name	Size (bytes)	Hash (MD5)	Firmware				Notes
			1.00~2.60	2.70~2.80	3.00~3.01	3.10~4.83
coldboot_stereo.ac3	721.920	5EB0E4ECE6F221ED07D3128D416ADB44	Yes		No		Old coldboot sound files
coldboot_multi.ac3	721.920	931D05254C198ED5D202ECAE9A0BC6E2
coldboot2_stereo.ac3	801.280	83D2B05CC85F65A1392614989F71ECFA	No	Yes		No	New coldboot2 sound files (Using new names)
coldboot2_multi.ac3	801.280	D837AA7B7AEC6C1A090CBA51CCA9434E
coldboot_stereo.ac3	801.280	83D2B05CC85F65A1392614989F71ECFA	No		Yes		New coldboot sound files (Using old names)
coldboot_multi.ac3	801.280	D837AA7B7AEC6C1A090CBA51CCA9434E

• coldboot2 sounds overlap notes:
  • In 2.70~2.80, coldboot2_multi.ac3 differs from coldboot_multi.ac3 and coldboot2_stereo.ac3 differs from coldboot_stereo.ac3
  • In 3.00~3.01, coldboot2_multi.ac3 is same as coldboot_multi.ac3 and coldboot2_stereo.ac3 is same as coldboot_stereo.ac3

Audio files	Channels	Mode Extension	File Size	Duration	Format	Bit Rate	Sampling Rate	Bit depth
old stereo	2 Front: L R	CM (complete main)	721.920 bytes	9s 24ms	AC-3 (Audio Coding 3)	640 Kbps Constant	48.0 KHz	16 bits
old multi	6 Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE	CM (complete main)
new stereo	2 Front: L R	ME (music and effects)	801.280 bytes	10s 16ms
new multi	6 Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE	CM (complete main)