PS3 [Update v1.4.3 ] PS3 PKG Ripper v1.4.2 - Critical Bug Fixed (All user's are advise to update)

After a critical bug was unfortunately found by some user's of this popular utility that makes quick work of extracting your PKG files the dev arrives with a fix. The bug would occur if the process of extracting was aborted and would delete the output directory, depending on the output directory it could erase and cause the user's a giant headache. Developer Rudi Rastelli acknowledge the issue and took care of it with this update of version 1.4.2. Anyone using Any previous versions of this utility are advised to update, this will ensure you do not experience this bug that could potentially wipe your drive or important folders clean.
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UPDATE Release Notes Changelog History Read Me

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  UPDATE >>> PS3P PKG Ripper v1.4.3
  
  Changelog V1.4.3
  
  • [GUI] "Extract Selected Items"-button is greyed out if no pkg is loaded
  • [GUI] If you've select no item it tells you to do so before the output-dir selector comes up (it was the other way around in previous versions)
  • [Readme] Added some short instructions
  
  Regards
  Rudi
  
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  PS3P PKG Ripper V1.4.2​
  
  V1.4.2
  
  • [GUI] Fixed a critcal bug where output directory is deleted on abort even if it's not empty
  
  Now extraction will be done in a [TitleID]-folder which is created in the selected output folder
  (default extraction path is: "[path_of_pkg]\[ContentID]\[TitleID]\").
  
  On abort the [TitleID]-folder will be deleted first and only if the selected output folder is empty it will be deleted as well.
  
  Regards
  Rudi​
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  PS3P PKG Ripper - Changelog​
  
  V1.4.2
  - [GUI] Fixed a critcal bug where output directory is deleted on abort even if it's not empty
  
  V1.4.1
  - [CLI] Fixed a bug which causes PSP-directories been interpreted as files
  - [CLI] Now i shouldn't be deteced as virus/trojan from some antivir software
  - [GUI] Little bug fixing
  
  V1.3
  - [CLI] Fixed a bug which caused crashes or incorrect extracted files on some systems
  - [CLI] Added and changed a few switches (use -h to check it out)
  - [GUI] Adapted GUI to the changed switches
  
  V1.21
  - [GUI] Check if 'PS3P_PKG_Ripper.exe' exists
  - [CLI] Fixed a bug that caused multiple extraction of a single file
  
  V1.2
  - [GUI] Changed short select buttons to option-checkboxes
  - [GUI] Added config file to save and restore selected options and window size
  
  V1.1
  - [GUI] Added Buttons to short select 'PARAM.SFO', 'EBOOT.BIN' and all '*.self', '*.sprx', '*.edat', '*.sdat'
  
  
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  PS3P PKG Ripper V1.4.2
  by Rudi Rastelli​
  
  Features:
  
  • Supports PS3-, PSP-, PS1/PS2-Classic-, DLC-, Minis-, Avatar-, Theme-PKGs
  • Supports Retail- and Debug-PKGs
  • Supports PKGs of any size
  • Extracts whole PKG
  • Extracts selectable single files and/or directorys
  • Options to short select 'All files', 'System files', 'EBOOT.BIN' and all '*.self', '*.sprx', '*.edat', '*.sdat'
  • Options and window size are saved and restored
  • Progress Output (Overall/File)
  • Lists contents of a PKG with size of files
  • Changeable output directory
  • Optimized for speed
  • Optional GUI included
  • Source code included
  • Doesn't need any DLL's or any installed runtimes
  
  Wanna say THX to
  @mathieulh, @mysis - I've learned a lot from their sources
  @Ifcaro - From his 'PKGView' I've learned how to handle Debug-PKGs
  @No0bZiLLa - For testing
  
  Regards
  Rudi
  

Download: [URL='http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/v6pDS9YW/file.html']PS3P PKG Ripper v1.4.3
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awesome fix thank you

 

Thanks @Rudi Rastelli (great utility, especially for large pkgs )

 

how to use this? any video tutorial than i can look into?

 

sorry if my question is too noob but what is this for?

 

sorry if my question is too noob but what is this for?

Features:

• Supports PS3-, PSP-, PS1/PS2-Classic-, DLC-, Minis-, Avatar-, Theme-PKGs
• Supports Retail- and Debug-PKGs
• Supports PKGs of any size
• Extracts whole PKG
• Extracts selectable single files and/or directorys
• Options to short select 'All files', 'System files', 'EBOOT.BIN' and all '*.self', '*.sprx', '*.edat', '*.sdat'
• Options and window size are saved and restored
• Progress Output (Overall/File)
• Lists contents of a PKG with size of files
• Changeable output directory
• Optimized for speed
• Optional GUI included
• Source code included
• Doesn't need any DLL's or any installed runtimes

 

believe me when I say this is fast.

 

THANKYOU

 

Features:

• Supports PS3-, PSP-, PS1/PS2-Classic-, DLC-, Minis-, Avatar-, Theme-PKGs
• Supports Retail- and Debug-PKGs
• Supports PKGs of any size
• Extracts whole PKG
• Extracts selectable single files and/or directorys
• Options to short select 'All files', 'System files', 'EBOOT.BIN' and all '*.self', '*.sprx', '*.edat', '*.sdat'
• Options and window size are saved and restored
• Progress Output (Overall/File)
• Lists contents of a PKG with size of files
• Changeable output directory
• Optimized for speed
• Optional GUI included
• Source code included
• Doesn't need any DLL's or any installed runtimes

sorry for asking, but "extracts whole pkg" for what?

 

@Rudi Rastelli does your tool support psp remasters?
Pkgview doesn't support it it leaves out the important big files
An example is mh3 remastered
If you need help adding it's support, I can help you

 

sorry for asking, but "extracts whole pkg" for what?

PKG ist a encrypted file format from Sony, you need to extract it or you can`t use it. If you install a game from the PSN on your console it does the same.

 

sorry for asking, but "extracts whole pkg" for what?

PKG ist a encrypted file format from Sony, you need to extract it or you can`t use it. If you install a game from the PSN on your console it does the same.

Yes, but this app is for extracting it on your PC, for example if you wanted to mod the pkg or just pull some files from it, for example icons, or if you wanted to get info from param.sfo about the app. The pkgs we use on CFW are considered "debug" pkgs, with no encryption, but we can still install untouched retail too.

@dedark05 think of a pkg like a self extracting zip file, that extracts to the dev_hdd/game/ folder. If you want to access the content on PC you can use this. You can also install ps3tools by aldostools, and then you can right click on pkgs to extract them, also works sprx and self etc, so that is another handy way to look inside pkg files on ps3..

 

does your tool support psp remasters?

Sry but i don't have any of these psp remasters to check it out... why don't u try yourself ?

 

Sry but i don't have any of these psp remasters to check it out... why don't u try yourself ?

Will try it today and report back

 

it does work
your tool is officially better then pkgview in terms of everything

debug pkgs take quite a bit of time. it can be dropped to ~36 seconds where your tool took 64 seconds
the key is to use sse instruction set to do 128 bit xor so you use alot less cycles

 

What language is this written in? Will it compile for Linux?

Nevermind: I figured out it's purebasic and it won't compile on linux for me.

 

it does work
your tool is officially better then pkgview in terms of everything

True... only the official GUI is not very fancy. In my ps3tools I included a nice GUI with neat features, like image preview and more.

EDIT: Here is the GUI https://www.sendspace.com/file/cu5a6y

 

I ran this in a windows 7 virtual machine with a shared folder attached, I selected a pkg from the shared folder and when I clicked make new folder on the desktop, this tool proceeded to delete EVERYTHING on the desktop and in the shared folder from my host machine instead of making a new folder. I lost my original act.dat and idps.hex file... What the F%$# how do i get my act.dat and idps.hex back now? It even deleted C:\user\Desktop folder. Unbelievable.

Edit: Luckily I saved act.dat and idps.hex elsewhere, but still this thing deletes massive amounts of data wildly as it crashes after selecting make new folder, so that is pretty uncool.

 

@st00pid
Really sry 2 hear that but i can't repoduce this problem... creating a new folder works just fine 4 me without any crashing or deleting anything.
So currently i can not tell what could cause the problem.
So maybe u should better use @aldostools gui or the cli version

Have to say my intention for making "PS3P PKG Ripper" was to have a fexible cli tool for "PSN Liberator". I've made the Gui only for the release and the ease of use and it's 4 sure very basic... i thought "someone will may be make a better one... but for now it's better than only having the cli version"

 

@st00pid
Really sry 2 hear that but i can't repoduce this problem... creating a new folder works just fine 4 me without any crashing or deleting anything.
So currently i can not tell what could cause the problem.
So maybe u should better use @aldostools gui or the cli version

Have to say my intention for making "PS3P PKG Ripper" was to have a fexible cli tool for "PSN Liberator". I've made the Gui only for the release and the ease of use and it's 4 sure very basic... i thought "someone will may be make a better one... but for now it's better than only having the cli version"

No worries, i didn't lose anything critical luckily. I will just further isolate the tool by making the shared folder read only from the guest from now on.