1 Reply by rhynec

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sadikyo wrote:

I will do my best to remove or change the e-mail address to something invalid.  Please note, that you wouldn't be able to reset your password or perhaps do other functions with your account.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  You can PM me if you'd like.

Hello! Sorry for the (very) late reply. I'm fine with not being able to access my account and/or being able to change my password in the future. Thank you for the help!

[Edit: Resolved, sorry for the msg!]

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2 Topic by rhynec

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While it's ok to keep my username on the website to not mess up threads, could someone wipe my email address from the records? I can't really change it on my own without providing a new valid one.

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3 Reply by rhynec

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Hi, sorry for the late reply. Most IRDs are hosted by aldostools on this link: https://ps3.aldostools.org/ird.html. If you go to the bottom of the page, you'll see some mediafire links with a somewhat complete sets of IRDs, mostly from Jonnysp's library before it went down.

There's also ManaGunZ's IRD library here: http://ps3ird.free.fr/. It's not as big as aldo's but it is set up to accept new IRDs made when dumping discs with ManaGunZ on the PS3, so you might be able to find some niche ones not available anywhere.

I don't think a complete set exists out there in the wild. A huge problem is that even if you have a library of encrypted PS3 ISOs archived, there aren't any convenient CLI tools to generate the IRD files. For a good reason though; there used to be a huge problem with fake IRD files being generated in the past.

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4 Reply by rhynec

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user7 wrote:

PS3 4.8.8 firmware could very well be the final. Anyone know if Evilnat 4.8.8 is compatible with redump? It would be nice to have a "final" dumping guide update so. Rebug CFW seems to be extinct afterall.

ManaGunZ is compatible with all 4.8X firmware. So both latest Rebug (lite or DEX) and Evilnat should generate proper dumps for redump. Even Ferrox firmware should be compatible. Though, if dumps need to use a specfic FW (for reproducibility or to reduce variables), perhaps only Rebug REX 4.84.2 and Evilnat 4.88 should be "allowed".

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5 Reply by rhynec

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The developer of ManaGunZ just released a test build of v1.41 which adds a check for disc reading errors (It will notify the user if a disc error is encountered while dumping, if no action is taken (e.g. cancel operation), the dumping procedure will continue). It'd be great if Bigmanjapan could test this build with his scratched copy of LittleBigPlanet: https://github.com/Zarh/ManaGunZ/issues/62

Version 1.41 has also apparently integrated the GetKeys package into MGZ. Switching from NTFS to FAT-32 should no longer required in the dumping procedure. Dumping 3Dump.bin should also now be unnecessary while using MGZ. I believe these changes are also in the test build, but it'd be worth to wait until the final v1.41 is released.

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6 Reply by rhynec

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1. Huh, I didn't know MGZ had trouble handling read errors. All my discs are in very good condition, so that's probably why I never experienced anything like it. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to contribute any dumps to Redump, so I don't have dumper status and thus can't access the PS3 section to compare hashes with my own dumps (I have seen some PS3 Redump hashes posted elsewhere online, and my dumps hashes do match those, but since they are not exactly official I can't use them for testing). I'll report the problems to the developer on GitHub (or perhaps it would be better if Bigmanjapan did so since he was the one who initially encountered the problem). Thankfully, MGZ is open source and the developer is fairly active (unlike MultiMAN), so any problems we encounter can be fixed.

2. Technically speaking, MGZ already dumps the disc keys to NTFS. BUT, they are embedded in an IRD file or a .disc.key file: https://github.com/Zarh/ManaGunZ/issues/57. Though, since you need the logs from GetKeys to submit your dump to Redump, you can't really stop using GetKeys until it is integrated into MGZ. For FTP, it might be better to use webMAN-MOD since it is being actively developed and can be used even while on XMB (it might be worth adding a section about that for those with damaged USB ports).

3. Pretty cool that MGZ may be able to bypass certain problems with Japanese titles. Let's see if someone is willing to test one of those problematic discs.

4. Tools:

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7 Reply by rhynec

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Sorry for that, what I meant was that the instructions should be the same as the ones in the metadata section about GetKey, Here they are (a bit modified):

  • GetKeys should create two files on the root of the USB drive: disc.pic & getkey.log

  • The getkey.log file will contain the disc_key, disc_id and PIC. If anything went wrong creating the 3Dump.bin or extracting the data, the "getkey.log" will contain a WARNING message saying the process failed.

  • Make sure that you provide the complete and correct metadata for each dump.

Hopefully, with this added to the wiki, more people will try out dumping with MGZ and comment on it.

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8 Reply by rhynec

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iR0b0t wrote:

Changed smile

Thanks!

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9 Reply by rhynec

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Rough Draft of a Step-by-Step Guide:

Dumping ISO using ManaGunZ

Note: You need to have up-to-date ManaGunZ installed on your PS3 (version 1.39 or higher strictly required).

  • Connect an NTFS-formatted external device to your PS3, with a PS3ISO folder on the root of the device (a preexisting PS3ISO folder won't be needed in version 1.41 of ManaGunZ; it'll be created automatically and won't fail)

  • Launch ManaGunZ with the your game disc already inserted into the console (as of version 1.40 of ManaGunZ, inserting disc while the program is open works, but is a bit buggy and requires extra steps).

  • Hover over you game's icon on the PS3 section of the user interface. Make sure that there is a Blu-Ray tag on the lower right side of your screen while hovering over your game, to make sure it is an disc game and not a game dump.

  • Press triangle while hovering over your game. On the menu that pops up, click on "Build Encrypted Blu-Ray Disc" and choose a destination for your dump (in this case, it should be /ntfs0:/PS3ISO if you already connected your NTFS device and it was detected correctly). Wait for it to finish dumping.

  • After the dump is finished, an encrypted ISO (a .iso.enc file) should be present in the PS3ISO folder of your NTFS partition.

Dumping metadata using Getkey (updated for ManaGunZ)

Note: You need to have installed the GetKeys v2 package, and up-to-date ManaGunZ (version 1.39 or higher strictly required).

  • Connect a FAT-32 formatted usb into your PS3

  • Open ManaGunZ, press start to enter settings, and navigate to System Tools.

  • Click on "Dump 3Dump.bin." (a 'Done' notification should appear once the process is finished).

  • Exit ManaGunZ settings by pressing the back button (circle).

  • Press select to enter ManaGunZ file manager.

  • Navigate to /dev_hdd0/tmp/; a file named 3Dump.bin should be present in the directory. Select it by pressing square over it, press triangle to open options, and click on copy.

  • Navigate to the root of your inserted usb device (should be named /dev_usbXXX/), open options and click on paste.

  • Exit ManaGunZ, insert your game disc, and run GetKeys (with your USB still attached to the console).

  • (The rest of the instructions should be the same).

Feel free to edit this post as you see fit in order to include it in the wiki (It may be overly descriptive).

Note: The developer of ManaGunZ may integrate the GetKeys package into ManaGunZ, so 3Dump.bin generation may not be necessary in the future: https://github.com/Zarh/ManaGunZ/issues/57

Edit: Inserting a disc into the PS3 while ManaGunZ is open only causes a bug when there are no other items/games to be scanned in your console/drive/etc. The bug in question is that the icon+UI won't be automatically refreshed when the disc is inserted, which can be fixed by changing UI styles to Coverflow and back to XMB. (or opening the program again). The issue has already been reported: https://github.com/Zarh/ManaGunZ/issues/59

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10 Topic by rhynec

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[Not sure if this is the right place to post this]

I would like to change my username from "Jonathan Marcus" to "rhynec". My current username is a generic name I used to ask for an account, with the intention of changing it later. Thank you in advance.

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11 Topic by rhynec

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With the newer releases of ManaGunZ, disc dumping for the PS3 has become much easier. The 3Dump.bin file can be directly generated inside the PS3, only needing to be copied to your external USB drive (The option is found in System Settings, and the 3Dump.bin file will be generated in the tmp folder of hdd0; using ManaGunZ filemanager it should be easy to copy it to your usb of choice). Technically, it should also be possible to skip using the GetKeys package and get the decryption keys from ManaGunZ. Right now ManaGunz is able to generate what it calls a bluray disc key, which if I understand correctly can be also used for decrypting a PS3 bluray, though I have no idea how it relates to Redump's decyption keys.

ManaGunZ also supports dumping encrypted PS3 discs like MultiMan, and it doesn't require one to enable direct disc access every time a dump is attempted. ManaGunZ is also better at detecting when a BluRay is inside the console, whereas MultiMan (on some systems) require one to insert the disc only after launching the program.

Better yet, with ManaGunZ you can dump the encrypted ISO straight to NTFS without requiring to first generate it inside the console. This should avoid needing to split the ISO after generating it (btw, PrepISO isn't needed for ManaGunZ to detect the NTFS device, it is built into the program).

Using ManaGunZ should make it much easier for new dumpers to acquire the information they need to submit to Redump. We should consider updating the wiki to recommend using this new method, though I would prefer more people to try it out before submitting any changes. Your thoughts?

P.S. I think I should mention a few bugs I encountered using ManaGunZ:
a) The PS3 (sometimes?) freezes when a PS3ISO folder doesn't exist in your NTFS device and you try to dump an ISO.
b) Dumping the so-called bluray disc keys to NTFS appears to not work at all: it freezes when no PS3ISO folder exists, and it fails other times.
I have reported these bugs to the developer, and I'm still waiting to hear back from him; I'm hoping they are fixed soon.

Edit: Forgot to mention, ManaGunZ is also able to generate IRD files from bluray discs. They are generated automatically when dumping a decrypted ISO, and for now they can't be generated manually. Perhaps, if Redump begins to accept IRD files, the developer might add an option to do it manually, b/c as of now it isn't really a necessary feature.

Edit 2: The bugs I mentioned have been fixed in pre-release version 1.41. They should be included in the next official release of ManaGunZ.

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