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ABOUT

Webman Classics Maker is tool for the PS3 that makes PKG shortcuts for ISO files straight to the home menu. It is using web commands through webMAN-mod to mount and launch the ISOs automatically: http://www.psx-place.com/threads/webman-mod-web-commands.1508/

This software is under GPLv2 license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html, not to be confused with the GPLv3 license.

BUILDS

Get the latest build from releases: https://github.com/Roet-Ivar/Webman-Classics-Maker/releases/

TOOLS/BINARIES USED

Credits goes to all of you guys!


HOW TO USE

  1. PS3: Dump your disc-based games (multiman is great for this)
  2. PS3: Make sure webMan-mod from aldostools is installed
  3. PC: Start Webman Classics Maker application
  4. PC: Fetch games-list over FTP
  5. PC: Build PKG forwarder for the game you like
  6. PS3: Install PKG on PS3 and enjoy disc-images straight from XMB

TROUBLESHOOTING

  • If you hear three fast beeps: Probably a misspelled path to the ISO, double check it (case sensitive)!
  • Games only mounts but doesn't automatically start: the timings on the webcommand are not enough for your HDD read speeds, see the forum thread for mor info.

Dev environment setup

Building the executable

  • Run the pyinstaller-scipts located in: /Webman-Classics-Maker/resources/tools/util_scripts/_pyinstaller_and_release_scripts/
  • Run your new webman-classics-maker.exe based on your new changes

Linux dev environment setup

  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install python3.9
  • sudo apt-get install python3-tk
  • sudo apt-get install python-pip
  • sudo apt-get install python3.9-dev
  • pip install Pillow
  • pip install pyinstaller
  • pip install tqdm