PBPCat

[gibbocool]

Update: Flatmush has just updated to v1.1


Quote from Flatmush:


Here is my update to pbpcat, it includes more instructions with the download as well as a much improved pbpcat and improved functions for dealing with pbpPlus files. Among the improvements are that pbpcat can now add files in seperate passes, extract files, do a listing of all files contained within the pbp and some other things.

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Flatmush has just released what he calls PBPCat - a useful tool that lets you store files within the eboot and allows you to read them back from within the program. This is an alternative for bin2o - a way to improve the way homebrew is packaged, meaning fewer files are cluttered around and making it very slightly harder for people to steal sprites and sounds, etc.

Quote from Flatmush:

There is a small sample included, and the packer was compiled with mingw and only comes with a windows makefile. You should use the header files included with the sample to extract files.

This is a really simple program using the PBP file description found in YAPSPDoc.

An EBOOT.PBP can have a maximum size approaching 24mb, I assume that this is because at some point in the loading process the whole pbp is loaded into memory, however as you will see in the sample the additional data is not loaded into memory until you load it.

Download v 1.1
Release Thread

[A_Nub]

UPDATED (&Improved)
HERE IT IZ!!!
(includes a *nix makefile) (RTFM!!)

[Filiph]

nice link a_nub just kidding u know i love you <3 (L) lol

Code:

http://%22http//a-nub.pspsc.com/stuff/PbpCat.zip%22

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this is the real link from a_nubs site: http://a-nub.pspsc.com/stuff/PbpCat.zip

[Flatmush]

Uh, it's been updated on the release thread anyway, and the new copy comes with a_nubs makefiles.

[SPITF1R3]

Flatmush, how exactly do we say extract an embedded file to memory stick I've tried a few things but keep getting a 1k file, I can print the files size to screen but don't seem to extract to memory stick.

This seems to be a much better way of extracting files then the bin2c or bin2o.

Regards

[A_Nub]

SPITF1R3 Did you look at the included sample ? Its quite easy, flatmush wrote all the code, all you need to do is specify what the file is.

[SPITF1R3]

SPITF1R3 Did you look at the included sample ? Its quite easy, flatmush wrote all the code, all you need to do is specify what the file is.

Hi A_Nub, yep done that, if I use a text file I can read that in as the example to display it's contents on screen, but I need to write the file to memory stick, and this is where it not working, I only get a 1k file instead of a 345k file. Any other Ideas, I'll keep trying though in the mean time.

Regards

[A_Nub]

Paste the code?

[SPITF1R3]

It's ok, got it sorted out now, I can install to any directory now, thanks for your time with this I do like to try and sort things out for myself if I can.

Regards