PS3 Webman Mod PS3ISO recommended file naming convention

[Goon3r]

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone could point to the recommend file name convention to use in the PS3ISO directory.

My current folder/file naming convention is (for example):

/dev_hdd0/PS31SO/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179]/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179].iso
/dev_hdd0/PS31SO/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179]/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179].dkey

However sometimes in webman mod when rescanning files, these folders are presented as folders, which sounds ridiculous but it seems webman properly handles files stored in a folder of the same name. Regardless the output is inconsitent and similar to the below, I don't remember the exact output.

[Mirrors Edge (USA)]

I've also noticed that some resolution of names to actual title names doesn't happen for all titles, so for example, I've seen 'Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179]' be presented as 'Mirror's Edge™' but after rescanning content displayed as 'Mirrors Edge (USA)'.

Im wondering what is the recommended folder/file name convention to use with webman mod for proper title resolution and to avoid folders being erroneously displayed as such (when all children have the same name)?

Thanks!

 

[aldostools]

webMAN MOD by default uses the title found in PARAM.SFO to display the name of the PS3 games on XMB.
To display the file name of the ISO or the folder name instead of the title, you should uncheck the option PARAM.SFO in /setup.ps3

In regards to the file name convention, webMAN MOD supports many naming conventions. They are documented in:
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/wiki/Game-Paths-&-Covers

The subfolders are mainly recommended for PS1 games or to classify the games by genre, but can be used for other game types if you need them.

The title id is optional. However if it is included in the file name it makes the scanning faster.

Some examples:
/PS3ISO/My Game.iso
/PS3ISO/My Game [BLES12345].iso
/PS3ISO/BLES12345-[My Game].iso
/PS3ISO/Racing/My Game [BLES12345].iso

/PS2ISO/My Game (SLES12345).iso

/PSXISO/My Game 1/My Game 1 [SLUS12345].cue
/PSXISO/My Game 1/My Game 1 [SLUS12345].bin

/PSXISO/My Game 2/My Game 2 [SLUS_123.45].cue
/PSXISO/My Game 2/My Game 2 [SLUS_123.45].bin

/PSXISO/My Game 3 [SLUS-12345].cue
/PSXISO/My Game 3 [SLUS-12345].bin

 

[Goon3r]

Perfect @aldostools thank you for clairfying some of those points.

Appreciate the guidance on directory naming formats. Whilst I did read the linked wiki page from the project repo it doesn't seem to detail the directory name formats instead focusing on scan directories. Maybe this page would benefit from adding some of the recommendations you have provided?

I did however, do a bit more testing today and have confirmed a few behaviours, one of which may be a bug. To note I am using webMan MOD v1.47.47n.

Looking at title resolution, I have confirmed that the title can be read for PARAM.sfo. The reason I was seeing this functionality supposedly not workng intermittently is that (now obviously) the game needs to be started for the title to be read from PARAM.sfo. I assume after which it is cached in relevant webMan mem caches which is then consumed after refreshing the games list and XMB via webMAN settings.

There is a potential bug in folder determination for PS3ISO scans, it seems if the folder name contains a hyphen (-) then, regardless of the fact all the files within that folder are named the same as the folder, it will display as a folder in the XMB via the `[]` syntax.

Example from testing:

# With hyphen
# Result in XMB: [Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179]]
# [BLUS-30179] may be omitted from XMB output I cant remember exact output inside the []
/dev_hdd0/PS31SO/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179]/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179].iso
/dev_hdd0/PS31SO/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179]/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS-30179].dkey

# Without hyphen
# Result in XMB: Mirrors Edge (USA)
/dev_hdd0/PS31SO/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS30179]/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS30179].iso
/dev_hdd0/PS31SO/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS30179]/Mirrors Edge (USA) [BLUS30179].dkey

The key finding here is that the inclusion of the hyphen incorrectly flags the folder as a folder in the XMB whereas functionality is as expected where its not included. I did wonder if this was a character code issue caused by editing folder names on my Macbook directly and also in the filemanager homebrew on the PS3 directly - deleting all hyphens via the filemanager homebrew, and adding them back gave the same results so I don't think it is anything to do with renaming in multiple different contexts.

For now I've removed the hyphens from folder names, but one for you to be aware of.

Also, I assume the requirement launching of the game and the XMB reload is expected behaviour for titles read from PS3ISO PARAM.sfo files?

Cheers!

 

[aldostools]

Thank for the report. When I get some time I will try to reproduce this issue and fix it if I get it confirmed.

 

[Goon3r]

Not a problem! Let me know if there is anything I can do help.

Thanks again for your efforts with webMAN, it's a great little tool!

 

[aldostools]

Try updating online from XMB or downloading the latest installer again and reisntalling it from Github or brewology.

 

[Goon3r]

I've just tested this against the latest build and can confirm that the issue is no longer present.

Cheers aldostools, thanks again!