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echo "Building payload"
ee-gcc -Ttext=0x01FFF800 payload.c -o payload.elf -nostartfiles -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Os -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1 # 2048
ee-objcopy -O binary payload.elf payload.bin -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
ENTRY=`ee-objdump -t payload.elf | grep " _start"`
echo $ENTRY
# Doesn't seem to work on MinGW toolchain, so set manually if you're using that:
#ENTRY=0x`grep -o "^\S*" <<< $ENTRY`
ENTRY=0x01fff9a8
echo $ENTRY
echo "Building crt0"
ee-gcc -Ttext=0x015FFF34 -DENTRY=$ENTRY crt0.S -o fullpayload.elf -nostartfiles -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
ee-objcopy -O binary fullpayload.elf fullpayload.bin -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
# todo make all this hex editing automatic
echo "Done. fullpayload.bin at 0x0e8c, and payload.bin at 0x3000"

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.set noreorder # If we're writing assembly, why would we want this?
.section .text.startup
.equ getBufferInternal, 0x262360
.equ payload, (0x2000000 - 0x800) # End of RAM
.global _start
_start:
#la $a0, 0x7f
#la $v1, 0x01
#syscall 0x01 # ResetEE
#la $a0, relo
la $a0, load
la $a1, 0
la $a2, 0
la $a3, 0
.global ExecPS2
ExecPS2:
la $v1, 7
syscall 7 # ExecPS2
load:
la $a0, 0
la $a1, 0 # 0 = VIDEO_TS.IFO, 1 = VTS_01_0.IFO
la $a2, 0x3000 / 0x800 # lba offset in file
la $a3, payload # Destination
la $t0, 0x800 / 0x800 # Count
la $t1, 0
la $v0, getBufferInternal
jalr $v0
nop
#relo:
# Relocate payload to end of RAM
# la $a0, (0x2000000 - 1024)
# la $a1, payload
# la $a2, 2048
# la $v0, memcpy
# jalr $v0
boot:
la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x64 # FlushCache data writeback
la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 2; syscall 0x64 # FlushCache instruction invalidate
# Point stack to end of scratchpad RAM
la $sp, 0x70004000
# Execute from relocated place
la $v0, ENTRY
j $v0
nop

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#include <stddef.h>
// Pick one
#define LOAD_FROM_VTS_02_0_IFO
//#define LOAD_FROM_SECTOR_RELATIVE_TO_VIDEO_TS_IFO (151 - 138 - 7)
#define min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
#define pointToIFO ((void (*)(unsigned int index, unsigned int lba, unsigned int offset))0x2432c8)
#define getDiscData ((void (*)(unsigned int s, void *d))0x243438)
#define SifIopReset ((int (*)(char *, int))0x291fb8)
#define SifIopSync ((int (*)(void))0x292138)
#define SifInitRpc ((void (*)(int))0x2082a0)
#define SifExitRpc ((void (*)(void))0x208440)
#define getBufferInternal ((int (*)(void *filename, int type, int currentSector, void *dest, unsigned int sectorsRemaining, int curReadPos))0x262360)
#define ELF_PT_LOAD 1
typedef unsigned char u8;
typedef unsigned short u16;
typedef unsigned int u32;
typedef struct {
u8 ident[16];
u16 type;
u16 machine;
u32 version;
u32 entry;
u32 phoff;
u32 shoff;
u32 flags;
u16 ehsize;
u16 phentsize;
u16 phnum;
u16 shentsize;
u16 shnum;
u16 shstrndx;
} elf_header_t;
typedef struct {
u32 type;
u32 offset;
void *vaddr;
u32 paddr;
u32 filesz;
u32 memsz;
u32 flags;
u32 align;
} elf_pheader_t;
__attribute__((noreturn)) void ExecPS2(void *entry, void *gp, int argc, char **argv) {
asm volatile("la $v1, 7; syscall 7");
//__builtin_unreachable();
}
void *memcpy_(void *dest, void *src, size_t n) {
int i;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) ((unsigned char *)dest)[i] = ((unsigned char *)src)[i];
return dest;
}
void *memset(void *dest, int c, size_t n) {
int i;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) ((unsigned char *)dest)[i] = c;
return dest;
}
static void readData(void *dest, unsigned int offset, size_t n) {
unsigned char buffer[0x800];
unsigned int copied = 0;
#define remaining (n - copied)
if(offset % 0x800) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, offset / 0x800, buffer, 1, 0);
memcpy_(dest, buffer + offset % 0x800, min(0x800 - (offset % 0x800), n));
copied += min(0x800 - (offset % 0x800), n);
}
if(remaining >= 0x800) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, (offset + copied) / 0x800, dest + copied, remaining / 0x800, 0);
copied += (remaining / 0x800) * 0x800;
}
if(remaining > 0) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, (offset + copied) / 0x800, buffer, 1, 0);
memcpy_(dest + copied, buffer, remaining);
}
}
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _start(void) {
//Exit(0);
//asm volatile("la $v1, 0x04; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x04");
int i;
#ifdef LOAD_FROM_VTS_02_0_IFO
// point to VTS_02_0.IFO
pointToIFO(2, 0, 0);
// Force a read from VTS_02_0.IFO
char head[64];
getDiscData(64, &head);
#define RELATIVE_SECTOR 0
#else
#define RELATIVE_SECTOR LOAD_FROM_SECTOR_RELATIVE_TO_VIDEO_TS_IFO
#endif
// Based on https://github.com/AKuHAK/uLaunchELF/blob/master/loader/loader.c
elf_header_t eh;
readData(&eh, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800, sizeof(elf_header_t));
elf_pheader_t eph[eh.phnum];
readData(&eph, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800 + eh.phoff, sizeof(elf_pheader_t) * eh.phnum);
for (i = 0; i < eh.phnum; i++) {
if (eph[i].type != ELF_PT_LOAD)
continue;
readData(eph[i].vaddr, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800 + eph[i].offset, eph[i].filesz);
if(eph[i].memsz > eph[i].filesz) memset(eph[i].vaddr + eph[i].filesz, 0, eph[i].memsz - eph[i].filesz);
}
asm volatile("la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x64"); // FlushCache data writeback
asm volatile("la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 2; syscall 0x64"); // FlushCache instruction invalidate
//while(!SifIopReset("", 0));
//while(!SifIopSync());
//while(!SifIopReset("rom0:UDNL rom0:EELOADCNF", 0));
SifIopReset("rom0:UDNL rom0:EELOADCNF", 0);
while(!SifIopSync());
SifInitRpc(0);
SifExitRpc();
ExecPS2((void *)eh.entry, 0, 0, 0);
}

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echo "Building payload"
ee-gcc -Ttext=0x01FFF800 payload.c -o payload.elf -nostartfiles -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Os -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1 # 2048
ee-objcopy -O binary payload.elf payload.bin -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
ENTRY=`ee-objdump -t payload.elf | grep " _start"`
echo $ENTRY
# Doesn't seem to work on MinGW toolchain, so set manually if you're using that:
#ENTRY=0x`grep -o "^\S*" <<< $ENTRY`
ENTRY=0x01fff9a8
echo $ENTRY
echo "Building crt0"
ee-gcc -Ttext=0x01800180 -DENTRY=$ENTRY crt0.S -o fullpayload.elf -nostartfiles -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
ee-objcopy -O binary fullpayload.elf fullpayload.bin -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
# todo make all this hex editing automatic
#echo "Done. Insert fullpayload.bin into VIDEO_TS.IFO at offset 0x2954"
echo "Done. fullpayload.bin at 0x2d00, and payload.bin at 0x3000"

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.set noreorder # If we're writing assembly, why would we want this?
.section .text.startup
.equ getBufferInternal, 0x261548
.equ payload, (0x2000000 - 0x800) # End of RAM
.global _start
_start:
#la $a0, 0x7f
#la $v1, 0x01
#syscall 0x01 # ResetEE
#la $a0, relo
la $a0, load
la $a1, 0
la $a2, 0
la $a3, 0
.global ExecPS2
ExecPS2:
la $v1, 7
syscall 7 # ExecPS2
load:
la $a0, 0
la $a1, 0 # 0 = VIDEO_TS.IFO, 1 = VTS_01_0.IFO
la $a2, 0x3000 / 0x800 # lba offset in file
la $a3, payload # Destination
la $t0, 0x800 / 0x800 # Count
la $t1, 0
la $v0, getBufferInternal
jalr $v0
nop
#relo:
# Relocate payload to end of RAM
# la $a0, (0x2000000 - 1024)
# la $a1, payload
# la $a2, 2048
# la $v0, memcpy
# jalr $v0
boot:
la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x64 # FlushCache data writeback
la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 2; syscall 0x64 # FlushCache instruction invalidate
# Point stack to end of scratchpad RAM
la $sp, 0x70004000
# Execute from relocated place
la $v0, ENTRY
j $v0
nop
.space (_start + 0x2faa - 0x2d00) - .
fpIndex:
.byte 0x96
.byte 0x08
#.space (_start + 0x3000 - 0x2d00) - .
#.incbin "payload.bin"

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#include <stddef.h>
// Pick one
#define LOAD_FROM_VTS_02_0_IFO
//#define LOAD_FROM_SECTOR_RELATIVE_TO_VIDEO_TS_IFO (151 - 138 - 7)
#define min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
#define pointToIFO ((void (*)(unsigned int index, unsigned int lba, unsigned int offset))0x23dfc8)
#define getDiscData ((void (*)(unsigned int s, void *d))0x23e138)
#define SifIopReset ((int (*)(char *, int))0x291358)
#define SifIopSync ((int (*)(void))0x2914d8)
#define SifInitRpc ((void (*)(int))0x208260)
#define SifExitRpc ((void (*)(void))0x208400)
#define getBufferInternal ((int (*)(void *filename, int type, int currentSector, void *dest, unsigned int sectorsRemaining, int curReadPos))0x261548)
#define ELF_PT_LOAD 1
typedef unsigned char u8;
typedef unsigned short u16;
typedef unsigned int u32;
typedef struct {
u8 ident[16];
u16 type;
u16 machine;
u32 version;
u32 entry;
u32 phoff;
u32 shoff;
u32 flags;
u16 ehsize;
u16 phentsize;
u16 phnum;
u16 shentsize;
u16 shnum;
u16 shstrndx;
} elf_header_t;
typedef struct {
u32 type;
u32 offset;
void *vaddr;
u32 paddr;
u32 filesz;
u32 memsz;
u32 flags;
u32 align;
} elf_pheader_t;
__attribute__((noreturn)) void ExecPS2(void *entry, void *gp, int argc, char **argv) {
asm volatile("la $v1, 7; syscall 7");
//__builtin_unreachable();
}
void *memcpy_(void *dest, void *src, size_t n) {
int i;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) ((unsigned char *)dest)[i] = ((unsigned char *)src)[i];
return dest;
}
void *memset(void *dest, int c, size_t n) {
int i;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) ((unsigned char *)dest)[i] = c;
return dest;
}
static void readData(void *dest, unsigned int offset, size_t n) {
unsigned char buffer[0x800];
unsigned int copied = 0;
#define remaining (n - copied)
if(offset % 0x800) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, offset / 0x800, buffer, 1, 0);
memcpy_(dest, buffer + offset % 0x800, min(0x800 - (offset % 0x800), n));
copied += min(0x800 - (offset % 0x800), n);
}
if(remaining >= 0x800) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, (offset + copied) / 0x800, dest + copied, remaining / 0x800, 0);
copied += (remaining / 0x800) * 0x800;
}
if(remaining > 0) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, (offset + copied) / 0x800, buffer, 1, 0);
memcpy_(dest + copied, buffer, remaining);
}
}
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _start(void) {
//Exit(0);
//asm volatile("la $v1, 0x04; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x04");
int i;
#ifdef LOAD_FROM_VTS_02_0_IFO
// point to VTS_02_0.IFO
pointToIFO(2, 0, 0);
// Force a read from VTS_02_0.IFO
char head[64];
getDiscData(64, &head);
#define RELATIVE_SECTOR 0
#else
#define RELATIVE_SECTOR LOAD_FROM_SECTOR_RELATIVE_TO_VIDEO_TS_IFO
#endif
// Based on https://github.com/AKuHAK/uLaunchELF/blob/master/loader/loader.c
elf_header_t eh;
readData(&eh, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800, sizeof(elf_header_t));
elf_pheader_t eph[eh.phnum];
readData(&eph, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800 + eh.phoff, sizeof(elf_pheader_t) * eh.phnum);
for (i = 0; i < eh.phnum; i++) {
if (eph[i].type != ELF_PT_LOAD)
continue;
readData(eph[i].vaddr, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800 + eph[i].offset, eph[i].filesz);
if(eph[i].memsz > eph[i].filesz) memset(eph[i].vaddr + eph[i].filesz, 0, eph[i].memsz - eph[i].filesz);
}
asm volatile("la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x64"); // FlushCache data writeback
asm volatile("la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 2; syscall 0x64"); // FlushCache instruction invalidate
//while(!SifIopReset("", 0));
//while(!SifIopSync());
//while(!SifIopReset("rom0:UDNL rom0:EELOADCNF", 0));
SifIopReset("rom0:UDNL rom0:EELOADCNF", 0);
while(!SifIopSync());
SifInitRpc(0);
SifExitRpc();
ExecPS2((void *)eh.entry, 0, 0, 0);
}

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echo "Building payload"
ee-gcc -Ttext=0x01FFF800 payload.c -o payload.elf -nostartfiles -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Os -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1 # 2048
ee-objcopy -O binary payload.elf payload.bin -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
ENTRY=`ee-objdump -t payload.elf | grep " _start"`
echo $ENTRY
# Doesn't seem to work on MinGW toolchain, so set manually if you're using that:
#ENTRY=0x`grep -o "^\S*" <<< $ENTRY`
ENTRY=0x01fff99c
echo $ENTRY
echo "Building crt0 (3.10)"
ee-gcc -Ttext=0x01500014 -DENTRY=$ENTRY -DGETBUFFERINTERNAL=0x2986a0 crt0.S -o crt0_3.10.elf -nostartfiles -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
ee-objcopy -O binary crt0_3.10.elf crt0_3.10.bin -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
echo "Building crt0 (3.11)"
ee-gcc -Ttext=0x01500014 -DENTRY=$ENTRY -DGETBUFFERINTERNAL=0x2952f0 crt0.S -o crt0_3.11.elf -nostartfiles -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
ee-objcopy -O binary crt0_3.11.elf crt0_3.11.bin -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1
echo "Done."
echo "Insert crt0_3.10.bin into VIDEO_TS.IFO at offset 0x2bb4"
echo "Insert crt0_3.11.bin into VIDEO_TS.IFO at offset 0x2954"
echo "Insert payload.bin into VIDEO_TS.IFO at offset 0x3000"

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.set noreorder # If we're writing assembly, why would we want this?
.section .text.startup
.equ getBufferInternal, GETBUFFERINTERNAL
.equ payload, (0x2000000 - 0x800) # End of RAM
.global _start
_start:
la $a0, load
la $a1, 0
la $a2, 0
la $a3, 0
.global ExecPS2
ExecPS2:
la $v1, 7
syscall 7 # ExecPS2
load:
la $a0, 0
la $a1, 0 # 0 = VIDEO_TS.IFO, 1 = VTS_01_0.IFO
la $a2, 0x3000 / 0x800 # lba offset in file
la $a3, payload # Destination
la $t0, 0x800 / 0x800 # Count
la $t1, 0
la $v0, getBufferInternal
jalr $v0
nop
boot:
la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x64 # FlushCache data writeback
la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 2; syscall 0x64 # FlushCache instruction invalidate
# Point stack to end of scratchpad RAM
la $sp, 0x70004000
# Execute from relocated place
la $v0, ENTRY
j $v0
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#include <stddef.h>
// Pick one
#define LOAD_FROM_VTS_02_0_IFO
//#define LOAD_FROM_SECTOR_RELATIVE_TO_VIDEO_TS_IFO (151 - 138 - 7)
#define min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
void (*pointToIFO)(unsigned int index, unsigned int lba, unsigned int offset);
void (*getDiscData)(unsigned int s, void *d);
int (*getBufferInternal)(void *filename, int type, int currentSector, void *dest, unsigned int sectorsRemaining, int curReadPos);
int (*SifIopReset)(char *, int);
int (*SifIopSync)(void);
void (*SifInitRpc)(int);
void (*SifExitRpc)(void);
#define ELF_PT_LOAD 1
typedef unsigned char u8;
typedef unsigned short u16;
typedef unsigned int u32;
typedef struct {
u8 ident[16];
u16 type;
u16 machine;
u32 version;
u32 entry;
u32 phoff;
u32 shoff;
u32 flags;
u16 ehsize;
u16 phentsize;
u16 phnum;
u16 shentsize;
u16 shnum;
u16 shstrndx;
} elf_header_t;
typedef struct {
u32 type;
u32 offset;
void *vaddr;
u32 paddr;
u32 filesz;
u32 memsz;
u32 flags;
u32 align;
} elf_pheader_t;
__attribute__((noreturn)) void ExecPS2(void *entry, void *gp, int argc, char **argv) {
asm volatile("la $v1, 7; syscall 7");
//__builtin_unreachable();
}
static void *memcpy_(void *dest, void *src, size_t n) {
int i;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) ((unsigned char *)dest)[i] = ((unsigned char *)src)[i];
return dest;
}
// Todo: maybe cache last sector to save 1 or 2 reads
static void *memset(void *dest, int c, size_t n) {
int i;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) ((unsigned char *)dest)[i] = c;
return dest;
}
static void readData(void *dest, unsigned int offset, size_t n) {
unsigned char buffer[0x800];
unsigned int copied = 0;
#define remaining (n - copied)
if(offset % 0x800) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, offset / 0x800, buffer, 1, 0);
memcpy_(dest, buffer + offset % 0x800, min(0x800 - (offset % 0x800), n));
copied += min(0x800 - (offset % 0x800), n);
}
if(remaining >= 0x800) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, (offset + copied) / 0x800, dest + copied, remaining / 0x800, 0);
copied += (remaining / 0x800) * 0x800;
}
if(remaining > 0) {
getBufferInternal("", 1, (offset + copied) / 0x800, buffer, 1, 0);
memcpy_(dest + copied, buffer, remaining);
}
}
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _start(void) {
int i;
// Identify version based on jump target location
if((*(void **)0x5f1f38) == (void *)0x1500014) {
// 3.10
pointToIFO = (void *)0x25c880;
getDiscData = (void *)0x25c9f0;
getBufferInternal = (void *)0x002986a0;
SifIopReset = (void *)0x84fe0;
SifIopSync = (void *)0x85110;
SifInitRpc = (void *)0x84180;
SifExitRpc = (void *)0x84310;
}
else if((*(void **)0x3EA438) == (void *)0x1500014) {
// 3.11
pointToIFO = (void *)0x258a28;
getDiscData = (void *) 0x258b98;
getBufferInternal = (void *)0x2952f0;
SifIopReset = (void *)0x20e7d8;
SifIopSync = (void *)0x20e958;
SifInitRpc = (void *)0x208d80;
SifExitRpc = (void *)0x208f20;
}
#ifdef LOAD_FROM_VTS_02_0_IFO
// point to VTS_02_0.IFO
pointToIFO(2, 0, 0);
// Force a read from VTS_02_0.IFO
char head[64];
getDiscData(64, &head);
#define RELATIVE_SECTOR 0
#else
#define RELATIVE_SECTOR LOAD_FROM_SECTOR_RELATIVE_TO_VIDEO_TS_IFO
#endif
// Based on https://github.com/AKuHAK/uLaunchELF/blob/master/loader/loader.c
elf_header_t eh;
readData(&eh, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800, sizeof(elf_header_t));
elf_pheader_t eph[eh.phnum];
readData(&eph, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800 + eh.phoff, sizeof(elf_pheader_t) * eh.phnum);
for (i = 0; i < eh.phnum; i++) {
if (eph[i].type != ELF_PT_LOAD)
continue;
readData(eph[i].vaddr, RELATIVE_SECTOR * 0x800 + eph[i].offset, eph[i].filesz);
if(eph[i].memsz > eph[i].filesz) memset(eph[i].vaddr + eph[i].filesz, 0, eph[i].memsz - eph[i].filesz);
}
asm volatile("la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 0; syscall 0x64"); // FlushCache data writeback
asm volatile("la $v1, 0x64; la $a0, 2; syscall 0x64"); // FlushCache instruction invalidate
//while(!SifIopReset("", 0));
//while(!SifIopSync());
//while(!SifIopReset("rom0:UDNL rom0:EELOADCNF", 0));
SifIopReset("rom0:UDNL rom0:EELOADCNF", 0);
while(!SifIopSync());
SifInitRpc(0);
SifExitRpc();
ExecPS2((void *)eh.entry, 0, 0, 0);
}

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# FreeDVDBoot
PlayStation 2 DVD Player Exploit. This allows you to burn your own PlayStation 2 homebrew discs and play them on an unmodified console as seen in the [demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez0y-hz3VuM). With uLaunchELF as the initial program, users can include multiple homebrew programs on the same disc.
For technical details please refer to my [blog post](https://cturt.github.io/freedvdboot.html).
## Easy setup for all PS2 Slim consoles / Bravia TV
All you need is:
- A compatible console (all PS2 Slim / Sony Bravia TV units are supported),
- A DVD (not a CD), preferably a DVD-R as other types such as DVD+RW put more strain on the PS2 laser,
- A computer with a built-in disc burner / external USB disc burner,
### Step 1: Download the ISO
Download [`PREBUILT ISOs/All PS2 Slims - English language.iso`](https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/raw/master/PREBUILT%20ISOs/All%20PS2%20Slims%20-%20English%20language.iso)
### Step 2: Burn the ISO
Please check following to ensure a good burn which the PS2 will be able to read:
- Clean off any dust from the disc,
- Select lowest burning speed option,
- Select finalise disc option,
### Step 3: Set console language to English
Your console must be set to **English language** for the exploit to work (other languages cause memory contents to change).
To do this, boot without a disc inserted, press **Circle** to enter **System Configuration** and set your system language to **English**.
### Step 4: Boot!
Insert the disc into your console, and wait. It should boot into **uLaunchELF** within a few seconds.
From **uLaunchELF**, you have the ability to run any homebrew you want over USB **mass** storage! Many people choose to run **FreeMCBoot** or **Fortuna** installer, as they find booting from a memory card more convenient.
If you want to add additional homebrew to your DVD / replace uLaunchELF, please read from [Custom disc setup](#custom-disc-setup).
## Troubleshooting - please read if the above didn't work
| Problem | Solution |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Disc doesn't spin on slim console | Press the lid down hard to ensure the sensors detect that the lid is closed. If still not working try placing some weight such as a book on the top of the console. |
| PS2 detects the disc as "PlayStation 2 disc" instead of "DVD Video" in the browser | Your PS2 has a modchip which is incorrectly preventing the DVD player from launching. You do not need this exploit for a console with a modchip, but if you really want to try it some modchips offer the ability to temporarily disable themselves (by holding start when booting for example). |
| PS2 displays "unable to read disc" | Please try playing a real DVD movie disc to verify that your console's DVD laser works; doing this can also recalibrate the laser which might solve the issue, as [commented here](https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/issues/27). |
| PS2 freezes at black/red/green screen | If your PS2 DVD laser is really worn out, or you are using something difficult to read like a dusty DVD+RW burned on high speed, it might take some time before uLaunchELF actually starts. Please try waiting 3 minutes or so, per [this comment](https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/issues/3#issuecomment-651337741) |
Other suggestions that worked for others:
- Try unplugging your controller, and plugging it back in. Apparently [that solved the issue for this user](https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/issues/103).
- Try removing all memory cards. Apparently [that solved the issue for this user](https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/issues/3#issuecomment-651970564).
- Try burning with different software. Apparently [for this user](https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/issues/108) ImgBurn didn't work, but CDBurnerXP with 1x speed, compatibility settings, and finalize option worked.
- Check that your console's language is set to English.
**Please, only open a GitHub issue if you have read and tried all of the above. If you do open an issue, please confirm that you tried a real DVD movie and it worked on your system so that we know it's not just a laser failure; also include your DVD player version, the name of the ISO you tried, the type of DVD, and what happens when you launch the disc.**
## Phat consoles
Phat consoles have many different firmware version revisions, which makes them harder to add support for. It also means you will need to identify your firmware version, and burn the matching ISO file.
It's still early in terms of support for different versions, check back here later. Hopefully over time other developers from the scene will also contribute support for additional DVD Player versions.
### Step 1: Identify your DVD Player Version
Boot your PlayStation 2 without any disc inserted, and press Triangle to identify which DVD Player version your console has.
**Currently only support:**
- 3.03 (tested only region E in emulator as other BIOS versions aren't available to me, but guess other regions will work - with English language set in settings),
- 3.04 (tested only region M in emulator so far, but guess most other regions EUMACDG, except for J will work - with English language set in settings),
### Step 2: Download the ISO
Download the ISO that corresponds to your firmware version.
**Please don't bother trying on a non-supported firmware/language configuration, it won't work...**
For example, if your DVD Player version is 3.04M, you would want to burn `PREBUILT ISOs/3.04 only - M+maybe other regions except J - English language.iso`.
### Step 3, 4, 5 - Burn the ISO, set console language to English, and boot!
These steps are the same as described for slim above.
## Custom disc setup
If you intend to make your own image containing additional homebrew / modified initial loader, please read on.
### Step 1: Copy your homebrew
Once you've identified your console's DVD Player version, copy all of the homebrew you would like to include on the disc into that directory in the `Filesystems` (EG: `Filesystems/All PS2 slims (3.10 + 3.11) - English language/` is the one that supports all slim consoles).
### Step 2: Make an image
Once you've placed all the homebrew files you'd like into the directory, generate a UDF (ISO9960/UDF hybrid also works) image of the directory (so `VIDEO_TS` is in the root).
On Windows, you can use a GUI like ImgBurn to make an disc image. It will give a warning that `VIDEO_TS.BUP` is missing, but just click continue anyway (PS2 doesn't require this file).
On Linux the easiest way is probably to use `genisoimage` as it comes pre-installed on many Linux distributions like Ubuntu. Run the following on terminal (where `exploit.iso` is the output and `Filesystem/All PS2 slims (3.10 + 3.11) - English language` is the directory containing `VIDEO_TS` and any homebrew):
genisoimage -udf -o exploit.iso "Filesystems/All PS2 slims (3.10 + 3.11) - English language"
### Step 3: Test and burn
I would recommend you test in PCSX2 first, but since [PCSX2 doesn't support loading the DVD Player](https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/1981), you have to decrypt and repack it yourself, which is beyond the scope of this README. With that said, if you aren't touching anything in `VIDEO_TS`, there shouldn't really be any reason for the exploit to fail.
## Replacing the initial program
I've included uLaunchELF recompiled with [DVD support](https://github.com/ps2dev/ps2sdk/pull/130) as the default initial program. It presents a menu which allows you to select any of the homebrew programs you chose to include on the disc (and also allows booting from USB).
Alternatively, if you would rather just boot into a single homebrew application, the initial program the exploit attempts to boot is located at `VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.IFO`, replace it with your desired `ELF` file, with the below caveat that compatibility might be lower than if you booted a program through uLaunchELF:
For the initial release, I didn't bother to reimplement a couple of functions used by the loader, so it requires that the ELF you load doesn't overwrite those functions I use (those are around `0x84000 - 0x85fff` and `0x250000 - 0x29ffff`). I will probably remove this limitation in the future, but all ELFs I could find were fine with this limitation.
You can run `readelf -l` to verify your executable satisfies this requirement. For example, this Tetris homebrew just uses `0x00100000 - 0x0017a940`:
$ readelf -l VTS_02_0.IFO
Elf file type is EXEC (Executable file)
Entry point 0x104490
There is 1 program header, starting at offset 52
Program Headers:
Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr FileSiz MemSiz Flg Align
LOAD 0x001000 0x00100000 0x00100000 0x72ef4 0x7a940 RWE 0x1000
Section to Segment mapping:
Segment Sections...
00 .text .ctors .dtors .rodata .data .jcr .sdata .sbss .bss
## Loading backups
It's possible to patch backup images of commercial games to make them bootable using this exploit. I didn't want to maintain this tool, so it's not included in this repository, but can be found by searching for something like FreeDVDBoot ESR auto patcher.
## DEVELOPMENT: Replacing the loader payload
The default payload will boot `VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.IFO` as an ELF file, but tweaks might be desired to improve compatibility, or maybe changing the behaviour to boot `BOOT.ELF` instead for instance.
If you wish to update the loader payload, run `build.sh` inside `PAYLOAD` directory, and copy the output `.bin` files into `VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO` at the offsets displayed by the output of the command.
## PORTING:
Please read my technical writeup, to understand how the exploit works. I've also provided some notes about porting in the `porting notes.txt` file.

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