I am trying to add a city for testing and am having no luck. There is no real url for test. Just trying to have fake static info atm with no live url needed. Is that possible with editing city_info.xml or are there further requirements such as shown hex edits? If that is so then I am at a wall. I have no idea how to edit hex. If hex is not needed then how did you add offline static info successfully?Ok so I made some progress. I think 1.21 must support both formats, which is lucky for us, and I think the offline format supports most of the same stuff if not ALL of it. I have not figured out how to do some things yet though in the offline xml format. See below.
Here is a build that can work 100% offline (Including not signed into PSN and internet disabled). It has placeholder data added from the beta xml that @marciolsf found in the 1.10 beta pkg. Its a kinda cool time capsule of news from 2007
This means it now shows 117 cities all offline, pretty cool!
I did add Dublin, Belfast and Edinburgh cos western Europe was kinda empty.
This pkg is v1.00, with v1.10 (non beta) files added on top, then v1.20 on top, then 1.21 on top. Then of course spoofed to 1.22 to block the shutdown update. This combined pkg is probably how most peoples installs will have ended up if they kept it installed, as pkg installs/updates can never delete files, only overwrite. Unless they add a clean up as part of the code in the app of course.
DOWNLOAD Life_With_PlayStation_v1.21_NPIA00002_Offline_Test1.pkg
I have not figured out how to add the thumbnails/media in the offline format yet, or add urls for the news stories, or add the little weather icons on the globe. I think they can all be added though including media links, just need to trial and error loads of different syntaxes, shouldn't be too hard though if lots of us try?
I have not really looked much into adding more stuff offline yet, wanted to get something packaged to share. This is what it looks like now.
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For debugging the app further for online, and for figuring out more offline RSS XML syntax THIS should help(I got some help with those. Massive thanks for that.
In there you will find decrypted sprx/self from 1.21 and 1.10 beta. This can tell us a lot about the responses needed. Few snippets from when I had a quick look.
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This area in particular shows all the xml elements supported in the offline xml for the Live channel, it doesnt show exactly how to use them but we can guess that with some trial and error.
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See also keep in mind, potentially as a Plan B, worst case, if we cant reverse the authentication, we could maybe have webman update the local xmls with a script on boot up, so have it update this way, bypassing all of the security, so this is why the offline format is especially important as well. It allows for loads of cool custom stuff too.
Then this below looks a lot like some of kind of key, and its right there next to the cmd challenge. Probably directly related to the authentication response.
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I think one important thing from that prx is this xml format. I don't know its used right now. It is possible it saves some data locally in that format.
Code:<aas> <accountid></accountid> <password></password> <sessionid></sessionid> <status></status> </aas>
Also I think we should all look out for dumps from consoles from before 1.22 update was installed (NPIA00002 and NPIA00007), or even after if it wasn't removed (unlikely). There might be more files in there that can help with taking it further, related to other channels other than "Live" and Folding@Home".
I was away there, didn't look again since.
<item>
<title>Dublin</title>
<live:item url="https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2025/08/28/three-dublin-restaurants-added-to-michelin-guide/">Three Dublin restaurants added to Michelin Guide - The Irish Times</live:item>
<live:item url="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/firefighters-remain-at-scene-of-large-blaze-at-balbriggan-waste-facility-as-residents-told-to-keep-windows-closed/a1966496204.html">Residents of Dublin town advised to 'stay indoors and keep windows closed' as fire breaks out at waste disposal plant - The Irish Independent</live:item>
<live:item url="https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-safety-mary-lou-mcdonald-6800788-Aug2025/">Justice Minister needs to face reality that there is a safety issue in Dublin, McDonald says - The Journal</live:item>
<live:item url="https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/kinahan-cartel-mass-murder-revenge-32364422">Kinahan Cartel 'mass murder revenge plot' foiled by Gardai - Dublin Live</live:item>
<live:item url="https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/lotto-results-ireland-mystery-winner-32364309">Mystery Lotto winner scoops staggering €17m jackpot - Dublin Live</live:item>
<georss:point>53.3498 -6.2603</georss:point>
<live:panel>
<live:name>Dublin</live:name>
<live:subname pattern="celsius">17.1°C</live:subname>
<live:subname pattern="fahrenheit">62.8°F</live:subname>
</live:panel>
</item>News feed was managed by Google, so id guess Google News
Okay, thats where I messed up. I didnt edit the default file because all seen was errors, but I see what is happening now. Thank you.
Awesome man, im going to resume work in adding comments to the layout.xml, there are some Japanese comments that I can translate [emoji106][emoji106]
translations are a good idea! im hoping to get started working on this again today/this weekend, just been super busy the last few weeks.Awesome man, im going to resume work in adding comments to the layout.xml, there are some Japanese comments that I can translate [emoji106][emoji106]
How is everyone else doing today?
That is not a bad idea. Maybe could be done locally via stored ps3 hdd/usb files (file location address) or even a working internet url will work.oo, cool. Nice work everyone
If anyone wants to try get media or thumbnails working please do.
it needs like
<live:media
<live:thumbnail
Then idk, a url to a media link included somehow, possibly with something like type=movie
Hi Devil, that's a good idea to work on!If anyone needs some non https test urls
http://173.225.107.46/test.mp4
http://173.225.107.46/test.png
http://173.225.107.46/test.jpg
All served via Apache web server with default settings. Video is 1280x720, images are 256x256. If anyone needs any other formats hosting for tests just send the files.
Exactly. See here in one of the default city xmls, it shows the images referenced at the top like this with <live:pic..., This might be required for local image loading. for online resources loaded via url I assume this can be skipped.
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Also see those live:text entries, it kinda seems like an extra security thing, that local stuff needs to be hard coded in the local xml. Makes sense.
Now those specific image paths are not valid for the latest version, but it gives some good clues as to how it works.
<live:copyright is another way to load items, i guess this is for loading this style image over on the right.
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For local "copyright" items, See how it kinda double references them here at the top, first as "pic", then as "copyright". They don't make it easy eh!
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Then there is <live:cloud too, which i assume loads the weather icon on the map. this idk how to load either. Probably needs to be loaded as <live:pic first too like copyright, as seen in the example above.
Awesome man, we are done moving out and i got more time to check the .xml files once more. Im aiming to get the thumbnails to work [emoji106][emoji106]
