Anyone want to create an app to load games over ethernet ?

[sorrowuk]

Ethernet will be fast enough to load games over it with no stuttering.

If we can load games over ethernet it means we sort of have NTFS as we can have all our games on a networked hdd or computer and stream from them. Even if files are over 4gb.

If anyone wants to try it , a good place to start is PS3LOAD

Source - https://github.com/HACKERCHANNEL/PSL.../source/main.c

PS3LOAD allows you to load self's over the network, so you put need to make a few modifications.

Then you would just need to have a backup manager read the networked path and set it to dev_bdvd

For example:

Instead of the backup manager redirecting dev_bdvd to ----> dev_hdd0/GAMES/BLESXXXXX and playing.

You would just need to get the network initialized and then set the path for the game folder and do the same thing:

dev_bdvd -----> network/GAMES/BLESXXXXX and it should work fine.

[chesh]

I believe deank started working with this and nethost (much like how you'd load .iso files off your computer in the PSP days). I know you can stream pictures and music to your PS3 via multiman and it.

[Wutangrza]

NFS support would be nice

[Da_JoJo]

using ps3 native filesystem on a ext drive would be better and have more chance of succeeding.

[idem01]

To my understanding, in case of BD => HDD hack, only the "open file" call is patched. In case of "over ethernet" you also need to hook read requests. If that is achieved, it should be possible to access split files on fat32 as if there were one, there is nothing magical about it.

[reldas]

i would love this, lol just i stored a second backup of my games on my server, loading them of over a gigabit network would be awesome. please someone do this lol

[JEB101]

To my understanding, in case of BD => HDD hack, only the "open file" call is patched. In case of "over ethernet" you also need to hook read requests. If that is achieved, it should be possible to access split files on fat32 as if there were one, there is nothing magical about it.

If true network boot would be implemented there would be no need for 4GB files / splitting because the file system on your computer does the work, your PS3 just asks for the info and off it goes..

I'm not sure, but if we would want to be able to load things like this from the network, wouldn't be need full access to the network stack? Isn't that encrypted?

[jawgee]

I would like to see this feature as well.

Thanks,
jawgee

[reldas]

If true network boot would be implemented there would be no need for 4GB files / splitting because the file system on your computer does the work, your PS3 just asks for the info and off it goes..

I'm not sure, but if we would want to be able to load things like this from the network, wouldn't be need full access to the network stack? Isn't that encrypted?

but now that the ps3 is open, surely all it would take it some smart person to unencrypt it or patch it some how.

( i have no idea what i am talking about lol)

like seeing what people have done with the ps3 so far, i am thinking its not a massive task to do, its a big task but not a massive one

[reldas]

bump

just wondering if anyone thought to try and get this going, i think it would be awesome for the people that have dead bluray drives and people like me that have a server and keep backups on it.