Sony PlayStation Portable Dumping Guide

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This guide is for dumping PlayStation Portable games, alternately if your disc has a movie partition as well follow this guide instead (usually just for multi-demos - or Stealth movie + WipEout Pure demo disc). Note: Some test discs need the PSP to be resigned to dump them UMDT-99813, see here.

Required Hardware

• Sony PSP with the latest CFW installed. (Archived)
• Memory Stick with at least 2 GB of free space.

First Time Setup / Tools

• PSP Filer v6.6 - OR - UMD Image Creator (dumps some UMDs that PSP Filer won't).
• Start dump and upon finish move image from root folder ms0:/ISO to computer
• SFOInfo to extract info
• Hashcalc (or another program that can calculate CRC32/MD5/SHA1 of a file)
• IsoBuster for PVD data (free version is fine)
• Note: Please do not use USBSSS — it makes bad dumps!

Installing PSP Filer onto your PSP

1. Extract the PSP Filer ZIP file
2. Open the 'release\GAME' folder, select the 'Filer' folder and 'copy' it
3. Connect the PSP to the computer using a USB Cable
4. Open your memory stick, then open the 'PSP\Game' folder and select paste
5. Disconnect the PSP from the computer.

Dumping a UMD using PSP Filer

1. Enable your PSP to run homebrew / start your Custom Firmware.
2. Insert the UMD you want to dump into your PSP.
3. Select Game > Memory Stick > PSP Filer and start it.
4. When PSP Filer starts, Press the Triangle button to open a menu.
5. Press the 'Right Trigger' button to select 'UMD Ripping'.
6. Make a note of the filename the UMD will be dumped to. (Example: ULES-00135.iso)
7. Press the 'Start' button to start dumping.
8. Wait while the UMD dumps to your Memory stick. This can take a while, it depends on the size of the game.
9. When completed, Press the Cross button then exit 'PSP filer' using the Home button then Quit game.

Dumping a UMD using UMD Image Creator

1. Start either the UmdImageCreator application, or press the Note button if you're using the PRX module variant.
2. Insert the UMD you want to dump into your PSP.
3. Press 'Circle' to start dumping the UMD.
4. After it's done, press 'Triangle' to exit the application.
5. The dump logs will be located in the ISO folder on the Memory Stick.

Dumping PSP discs with two partitions

A few discs such as "Demo Disc for PSP Vol. 1" or "Stealth + WipEout Pure" contains two different partitions on the same disc, one for the game and one for the video sections. Those discs need a different process and a different tool to be dumped correctly. [1] UMDKiller requires the Note button of the console to be pressed, so this particular tool is not compatible with the PSP Street console (the button is missing). Note: UMD_DATA.BIN of each ISO has the partition number, 0001 & 0002.

1. Use UMDKiller V1.2 [2] to dump the first partition. It will be saved to ms0:/ISO/UCJB-98306.iso.
2. Connect your PSP to a PC and rename the dumped ISO as "UCJB-98306_0001.iso" and then move it onto the PC.
3. Use UMDKillerPRX V1.5 to dump the second partition. It will be saved to ms0:/ISO/UCJB-98306.iso.
4. Connect your PSP to a PC and rename the dumped ISO as "UCJB-98306_0002.iso" and then move it onto the PC.
5. Open Notepad and type the text below, make sure to modify the filenames to match your ISOs.

   copy /b UCJB-98306_0001.iso + UCJB-98306_0002.iso UCJB-98306_merged.iso

1. Save the file as Merge.bat and move it to the same location as the two ISO dumps.
2. Double-click the Merge.bat to merge the ISOs into one file, "UCJB-98306_merged.iso" is created.
3. Use clrmamepro's Dir2Dat function and uncheck everything except Add MD5+SHA1, create the .dat file to save the three ISO hashes.

Transferring the dumped ISO file to your computer

1. Connect the PSP to your computer using a USB Cable
2. Open your Memory Stick then open the ISO folder.
3. Copy/Cut the Dumped ISO from your memory stick to a folder on your computer.
4. Disconnect the PSP from the computer.

Retrieving PVD

• Open IsoBuster app.
• File > Open Image File.
• In the left hand side of the app, right click on "Session 1" > Sector View.
• In the box at the top input "16".
• Scoll down and highlight lines 0320 - 0370 > click on the notepad-looking icon (when your mouse hovers over it, it says "Copy").
• Paste this info into your submission, it's the "PVD" info. Here's an example of how it should look:

0320 : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 32 30 30                200
0330 : 38 30 32 31 32 30 30 30  30 30 30 30 30 24 30 30   8021200000000$00
0340 : 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30  30 30 30 30 30 30 00 30   00000000000000.0
0350 : 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30  30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00   000000000000000.
0360 : 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30  30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30   0000000000000000
0370 : 00 02 00 55 4C 55 53 2D  31 30 33 33 39 7C 31 39   ...ULUS-10339|19

Collecting the necessary info and submitting the dump

Please review the important guidelines outlined in this forum thread regarding submission of both new discs and verifications: Redump Submissions

1. Extract SFOInfo from the ZIP file and place it in the folder as your Dumped ISO.

2. Mount the ISO image file with Daemon Tools or whatever you use normally to mount disc images on a virtual drive.

3. Get the virtual drive letter and use this command "sfoinfo s f:\ d:\PSP\myinfo.txt" where f:\ is the virtual drive and d:\PSP\myinfo.txt is the drive folder where you need to extract the data. Change the letters according to your computer configuration, and if you want you can prepare a small batch file so you don't need to open the command prompt every time. On a Windows computer, you can copy the below code to a new .txt file and then save it as "getinfo.bat" (or any other name you prefer) in a directory that also contains sfoinfo.exe :

@echo off
if not exist SFOInfo.exe echo. SFOInfo.exe not found && pause && exit
for %%a in (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q U R S T U V W X Y Z) do (
if exist %%a:\UMD_DATA.BIN sfoinfo s %%a:\ sfoinfo.txt && exit
)
echo. Mounted PSP ISO not found...
echo.
pause

This batch file will go through all drives D-Z, looking for a mounted PSP ISO. If it finds one, it will dump the information in the same directory as the batch file itself, using the name "sfoinfo.txt". If this file already exists, it will be overwritten, so make sure to run it only once and copy the result elsewhere if you are doing multiple dumps! Once you have your .bat file ready, you can just be clicking on getinfo.bat instead of running a command prompt. Note: This batch file is safe for your computer and has been tested by a Redump moderator. There are of course other ways to achieve the same results, if you know your way around batch files. This is provided as-is for those that are not really familiar with them.

4. Run Hashcalc, press the '...' button and browse for the ISO file that your dumped.

5. Tick the MD5, SHA-1 and CRC32 boxes then click 'calculate'

6. Open the text file that got created in step 3.

7. Copy the template data below and paste at the top of the text file.

8. Replace the data in <Angled Brackets> with the data from your dump and save when done.

--- Template Start ---
General Info:
Game Name:    <Name of the Game that you dumped>
Serial Number:    <The serial number printed on the disc - for Promo and pre-production discs, also add the version number following the serial, ex. UCES-01234/0.01>
Dumping PSP:  <PSP Type and Firmware Version, E.g 'PSP-1000, 6.20 PRO-B7'>
Dumping Tool: <Program used to Dump. E.g 'PSP Filer 6.6'>
Filesize:     <Go to Properties of ISO and copy 'size' NOT 'size on disk' e.g '756 MB (793,280,512 bytes)' - only the size in bytes is needed: '793280512'>
Barcode:      <The barcode on the back of box (usually in the bottom right corner)>
Edition:      <What Edition of the game is it? Original?, Demo?, Special Edition?>
Languages:    <What languages is this game in?, e.g 'English, French, German, Italian, Spanish'>
Ring Codes:   <Found on the data side near the center hub, some games may only have one ring code>
- Outer Ring Mastering Code (laser branded/etched): <code>
- Outer Ring Mastering SID Code: <code>
- Outer Ring Toolstamp (engraved/stamped): <code>
- Inner Ring Mastering Code (laser branded/etched): <code>
- Inner Ring Mastering SID Code: <code>
- Inner Ring Toolstamp (engraved/stamped): <code>
- Mould SID Code: <code> (not all the discs have it, it's really small and it can be hard to see)

HashCalc Info:
MD5:   <Paste the MD5 of your ISO from Hashcalc here>
SHA1:  <Paste the SHA1 of your ISO from Hashcalc here>
CRC32: <Paste the CRC32 of your ISO from Hashcalc here>
 --- Template End ---
Note: Your SFOInfo data should be here.
For new disc submissions, you need to use the 'DISC_VERSION' value for the version number, NOT 'PSP_SYSTEM_VER', 'APP_VER', or 'SFO version'!

9. Go to Dumps section of the Redump forum, Click 'Post New Topic'

• In 'Topic Subject' type in: "[PSP] <Name of Game> (Region)"
• E.g "[PSP] Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex (Europe)"
• In the 'Write Message' box, paste the info from the text file.

10. Check that you have posted all the required information:

• General Info
• Hashcalc Info
• SFO Info

11. Press the 'Submit' button ONCE and wait for the information to be submitted.

Example of a Complete Dump Info:

General Info:
Game Name:    Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex
Serial Number:    <The serial number printed on the disc - for Promo and pre-production discs, also add the version number following the serial, ex. UCES-01234/0.01>
Dumping PSP:  PSP-1000, 6.20 PRO-B7
Dumping Tool: PSP Filer 6.6
Filesize:     793280512
Barcode:      3 296580 802487
Edition:      Original
Languages:    English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Ring Codes:   
- Outer Ring Mastering Code (laser branded/etched): Sony DADC   A0100633844-A511   17 
- Outer Ring Mastering SID Code: IFPI L557
- Outer Ring Toolstamp (engraved/stamped): A1
- Inner Ring Mastering Code (laser branded/etched): Sony DADC   A0600666666-B511   96 
- Inner Ring Mastering SID Code: IFPI L556
- Inner Ring Toolstamp (engraved/stamped): C10
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 942X

HashCalc Info:
MD5:   e52a046153932917584007e415405dc2
SHA1:  7aed3fa5538c53b79a38ef21aac9d01cd506c557
CRC32: a7190995


SFO file: ULES-00135\PSP_GAME\PARAM.SFO
SFO Version: 1.1
BOOTABLE: 1
CATEGORY: UG 
DISC_ID: ULES00135 
DISC_NUMBER: 1
DISC_TOTAL: 1
DISC_VERSION: 1.00 
PARENTAL_LEVEL: 5
PSP_SYSTEM_VER: 1.52 
REGION: 32768
TITLE: GHOST IN THE SHELL STAND ALONE COMPLEX 

SFO file: ULES-00135\PSP_GAME\SYSDIR\UPDATE\PARAM.SFO
SFO Version: 1.1
BOOTABLE: 1
CATEGORY: MG 
DISC_ID: MSTKUPDATE 
DISC_VERSION: 1.00 
PARENTAL_LEVEL: 1
REGION: 32768
TITLE: PSP™ Update ver 2.00 
TITLE_0: PSP™ アップデート ver 2.00 
TITLE_2: Mise à jour PSP™ ver. 2.00 
TITLE_3: Actualización de PSP™ ver. 2.00 
TITLE_4: PSP™-Aktualisierung Ver. 2.00 
TITLE_5: Aggiornamento della PSP™ ver. 2.00 
TITLE_6: PSP™-update versie 2.00 
TITLE_7: Actualização PSP™ ver 2.00 
TITLE_8: Обновление PSP™ вер. 2.00 
TITLE_9: PSP™ 업데이트 버전 2.00 
UPDATER_VER: 2.00