Cobra ODE User Manual v2.0
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The second sector of the iso must contain the string “PlayStation3” padded with zeroes to
16 bytes total, followed by the game id padded with spaces to 32 bytes total, then 16 bytes
of zeroes then 448 bytes of random data.
For example:
00000800 50 6c 61 79 53 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 33 00 00 00 00 |PlayStation3....|
00000810 42 43 45 53 2d 30 30 39 30 38 20 20 20 20 20 20 |BCES-00908
|
00000820 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |
|
00000830 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000840 c9 27 db 82 7c 18 b5 c5 7e 39 4e cb ba f0 ec 2e |.'..|...~9N.....|
...
000009f0 38 f3 59 1d 97 42 7d 17 35 aa c7 f5 ec cc 08 5b |8.Y..B}.5......[|
Configuration excerpt 5.9: Second ISO sector.
5.4
Specifications for third party manager compatibility
On loading the manager iso, the Cobra ODE will automatically and dynamically add a
/COBRA directory to the disc structure and populate it with files. Since firmware version
1.2, a COBRA.NFO file will be available with information about the ODE firmware and
other data the ODE needs to communicate. See below for more information. Each valid
ISO found on the HDD will appear as a file with its game id as the respective filename.
The generated file will have a size of 2048 bytes and will contain information about the iso
file. See below for more information. Each title will also have a file with .PNG, .SFO and
.RUN extensions, where the base filename will be the game id. The .PNG and .SFO files
respectively represent the ICON0.PNG and PARAM.SFO files inside the .iso and the
.RUN file, if read, will tell the COBRA ODE that that game must be selected. For a PS3
game, an iso file must provide a .SFO file, but some discs do not have the ICON0.PNG
file, such as install discs, so the .PNG file may not be available. For PS1 games, PS2
games, DVD and BD movies, the .SFO and .PNG files will be missing.
A DISC.ISO file will also be made available which will be a direct access to the real disc
in the drive of the PS3.
This can be useful for dumping games. Note that the COBRA ODE will trick the PS3 into
automatically decrypting the DISC.ISO, however, the decryption will not be perfect due to
