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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).
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).
## Identify your DVD Player Version
Boot your PlayStation 2 without any disc inserted, and press Triangle.
## 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.
For initial release only DVD Player version 3.10E is supported (as that's the console I have). Over time I hope other developers from the scene will add support for additional DVD Player versions.
For initial release only DVD Player version 3.10E is supported (as that's the console I have). In the future I may look at other firmware versions, and hopefully over time other developers from the scene will also contribute support for additional DVD Player versions.
Pre-built ISO files for supported DVD Players containing just uLaunchELF are provided in this repository for ease of use (which can be used to boot homebrew over USB storage), such as `3.10E.iso`. If you intend to make your own image containing additional homebrew / modified initial loader, please read on.
## Copy your homebrew
## Step 2: 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 (EG: `3.10E/`).
## Step 3: Make an image
Once you've placed all the homebrew files you'd like into the directory, generate a UDF image of the directory. The easiest way is probably to install `genisoimage` and run the following (where `exploit.iso` is the output and `3.10E` is the directory containing `VIDEO_TS` and any homebrew):
genisoimage -udf -o exploit.iso 3.10E
## Step 4: 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.
## OPTIONAL: Replace 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).
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## Make an image
Once you've placed all the homebrew files you'd like into the directory, generate a UDF image of the directory. The easiest way is probably to install `genisoimage` and run the following (where `exploit.iso` is the output and `3.10E` is the directory containing `VIDEO_TS` and any homebrew):
genisoimage -udf -o exploit.iso 3.10E
## 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.
## 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.