Features

Current functionality

sMAN / webMAN vanilla features

• FTP server with remote control functions (shutdown/restart)
• WWW server with remote control functions (shutdown/restart/mount/cpursx/insert/eject/setup)
• Support for loading and browsing of [local] PS3 games in ISO and folder format, DVD videos in ISO format, Blu-ray movies in ISO format, PS1/PS2/PSP games in ISO format with cover display
• NETISO support for network loading and browsing of PS3 games in ISO and folder format, DVD videos in ISO format, Blu-ray movies in ISO format, and PS1 games in ISO format.
• NTFS support for PS3 and PS1 games in ISO format, Blu-ray movies in ISO format and DVD Video in ISO format
• Manual and Dynamic Fan Control and in-game temperature monitoring
• PAD shortcuts (*open include/combos.h for a complete list of shortcuts)
• Keep external USB device alive & Reset USB Bus
• Mount last game or AUTOBOOT.ISO to system startup
• Support direct access to NTFS devices through web & ftp (1.45 / 1.45.11)
• XMB integration XMB proxy (1.46 / 1.46.00)
• Integrated prepNTFS (1.47)

webMAN MOD extended features

Installer & GUIs

• Easy installer/updater with 4 editions: full, lite, standard (rebug) & nonCobra.
• Built-in online updater from XMB menu
• New icons created by Berion & Brunolee
• VSH Menu integration (hold SELECT to show the menu)
• sLaunch GUI integration (hold START or R2 + L2 on XMB to show the game menu GUI)
• FPS Counter integration (hold L3+R3 to toggle the plugin)
• Coverflow web-GUI (/games.ps3) provides a mobile/desktop friendly GUI for fast selection of games.
• Grid web-GUI (/index.ps3) display games with resizable icons and content can be filtered by type/device/name
• web-GUI for Temperature monitoring: /cpursx.ps3, /cpursx.html & /tempc.html or /tempf.html (gauges)
• 2 GUI Themes: sMAN-like graphical interface & webMAN original theme
• LaunchPad integration (DeViL303's mod to use What's New section to mount games)
• PhotoGUI integration (DeViL303's mod to use Photo albums to mount games)
• XMBM+ integration when grouping of XMB content is disabled (v1.33.03)
• Support for custom XML menu (wm_custom.xml) integrated into webMAN Games menu
• Install packages from any folder using web command: /install.ps3<path>

Localization & Regional settings

• Translated into 23 languages + custom language
• Support for change BD/DVD region
• Game listing using localized title in PARAM.SFO

Content organization & information display

• Title ID can be displayed on XMB menu (next to the title or as "info" text) or press R2+O to show the info of the mounted game
• Covers are shown using the Title ID found in the file name of the ISO or folder name (JB game).
• Option for display original file name or title name from PARAM.SFO
• Option for display covers as discs, ICON0.PNG or covers from multiMAN, IRISMAN, ManaGunZ repository or in the same folder of the ISO
• Option for online covers display (free service provided by DeViL303)
• Optional Video subfolder to "Bluray™ and DVD" folder (Display RetroXMB videos, videos on USB devices and Data Disc icon)
• Extended system information via /cpursx.ps3 (Title ID, game icon, APP Version, IDPS/PSID, CFW version, last played game, console's run time & number of boots)
• Display of Play time & startup time to SELECT+START and /cpursx.ps3 (Use SELECT+START+R2 to display Game ID, Title, play time and more in-Game info)
• Use "home" path to define default path for /app_home/PS3_GAME on start up and for R2+START (e.g. make ★ app_home/PS3_GAME start multiMAN, IRISMAN, Rebug Toolbox, etc.)
• Set a "home" application to app_home/PS3_GAME when a game is unmounted or through a combo using the web command /app_home.ps3<path>
• Support for list & launch NPDRM games stored /dev_hdd0/game or GAMEI folder on USB FAT32 & NET host, in addition to ISOs and JB folders
• Support for exclude games by file name & Title ID using wm_ignore.txt
• Display notifications with custom icons & sound
• Monitor system information through FPS Counter notification overlay or popups using the /popup.ps3@info tags

Extended mount of game

• Automatic launch of game when mounted from XMB keeping pressed the X button
• Automatic focus to category column & disc icon based on content type
• Support for multiCD PSXISO games stored as ISO in HDD0 / USB FAT32. Eject/Insert a USB0 device to mount the next CD
• It can mount PSX games with CD sector sizes: 2352, 2048, 2336, 2448, 2328, 2340, 2368
• It can mount PSP games stored on exFAT/NTFS/ext2/3/4/NET devices without copy the file to the internal HDD (1.47.27) - Requires prepISO 1.27 or later
• It can mount PS2 Classics games on PS2 Classic Launcher (.BIN.ENC)
• Automatic CONFIG creation for PS2ISOs and PS2 Classic using config database from ManaGunZ or the database of PS2CONFIG created by the installer
• Automatic patching of black listed PS2 demos (SCED***** & SLED*****, PS2 SOCOM games)
• Scanning & launch of package files extracted to GAMEI folder on USB FAT32 & NET host. Folders' name can be title_id or content_id
• Support for launch SELF applications via PKG/ROM Launcher or through the XMB icon: ★ app_home/PS3_GAME
• Integrated external gameDATA allows installation of packages & game data on external USB drives
• Integrated prepNTFS allows to scan PS3ISO, PSXISO, BDISO & DVDISO on NTFS devices without need to run prepISO/prepNTFS
• Support for .ntfs[BDFILE] (fake ISO created by IRISMAN or prepISO/prepNTFS) - Used to play AVI/MP4 movies or install large packages stored on NTFS
• Support to mount exFAT/NTFS/ext2/3/4 games using raw_iso.sprx (rawseciso by Estwald) - Supports fake ISO
• Option to mount ISO also in app_home/PS3_GAME icon
• Support last_game.txt / autoboot on nonCobra edition
• Auto install PKG mounted from exFAT/NTFS/ext2/3/4 (reduce steps needed to install a PKG)
• Experimental support for mount ISOs compressed in zip & 7-zip archives.
• Gameboot per system emulator. Requires Multi Gameboot MOD by DeViL303. Supports 20 Gameboots animations.
• Artemis game patching engine is included since build 1.47.41. The codelist .ncl is auto-copied when the game is started.

Emulation features

• ROMS support through PKG/ROM Launcher and RetroArch (support internal HDD/USB/NET storage with custom icons & background images)
• Enable selection of emulator for PS1 and PS2 on B/C consoles (L2 = ps*_emu, R2 = ps*_netemu, R1 = toggle emulator during mount process)
• PS2 Launcher / PSP Launchers can be integrated into webMAN Games menu for easy access
• Auto install / auto select PSP emulator for PSP games using decrypted MINIS.EDAT / MINIS2.EDAT
• Support external ps1_bios.bin to improve PS1 games compatibility (select it through /setup.ps3)

File management & navigation

• Improvements on File Manager (file & folder icons, links to navigate faster, mount ISO, mount net0/ or net1/, preview images, file truncation, copy/paste/delete files & folders)
• Copy operations use shadow copy on hdd0 for faster copy operations
• It can rip a game from disc to hdd0 or copy from hdd0 to usb000 or from usb00x to hdd0.
• Shorter URL to access paths & files. Use "home" path in /setup.ps3 for search in a user defined folder.
• Support for MD5 hash verification of files stored on PS3 (internal HDD & USB FAT32 only)
• Support edition of small text files (up to 1,300 bytes) via web
• Folder size statistics & change permissions
• Hex File Viewer (internal HDD/FAT32/NTFS)
• Experimental support for zip & unzip (rar, 7z, bz2, tgz, tar can be extracted). Requires PKGLAUNCH & app_home/PS3_GAME icon.
• Unlock up to 8% more space on internal HDD using /unlockhdd.ps3 Thanks to 3141card (picard)

Network features

• Update to latest release from XMB
• PS3 Manager API Support (PS3MAPI) compatible with RTM tools
• FTP server includes new SITE commands to allow copy/paste files locally, unmount game, toggle external gamedata, turn on/off dev_blind, change file attributes
• Extended support up to 5 remote network servers
• Auto configure remote IP address when /setup.ps3 is accessed from a remote client
• Support navigation of remote network servers even if they are disabled for content scanning
• NETISO server on PS3 (ISO only) lets share local games with other PS3 consoles in a LAN
• Download files & install PKG remotely or with pad shortcuts
• /dev_blind and /dev_hdd1 are auto-mounted when accessed via FTP or http or from XMB
• Support for local web chat (source code only)

Automation

• Support for user defined combos (pad shortcuts)
• Virtual pad allows send button events remotely via http://pad.aldostools.org on web browser or with webPAD software (Windows only)
• Several shortcuts to toggle Cobra, swap Rebug files, mount net0/ or net1/, show IDPS/PSID, etc.
• Automatic remap to /dev_hdd0/packages on unmount (SELECT+O) allows to use Install All Packages on pkg files stored on HDD0
• Support for auto-play on startup any supported ISO, game folder or auto-open an URL link. webMAN vanilla only can mount AUTOBOOT.ISO
• Support for auto-fix games that require higher FW version (4.20 and later)
• Support batch script automation at startup (dev_hdd0/boot_init.txt or dev_hdd0/autoexec.bat), when XMB is loaded (/dev_hdd0/onxmb.bat) or played at any time (/play.ps3/.bat)
• Launch mounted games with /play.ps3 command. Once a game is mounted via html, click on the displayed icon to launch the game on the PS3.
• Execute XMB functions with /play.ps3 command. (e.g: /play.ps3?col=network&seg=seg_premo) <- this will start Remote Play server from XMB.
• Multiple Web Commands interfaces via HTTP, FTP, PS3MAPI, file polling (dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_request)
• Option for auto-play music or video when the system starts or through a combo that calls /browser.ps3$music or /browser.ps3$video
• Combo L3+R3+L2 allows to set the XMB multimedia player as background/dynamic theme.
• Combo L3+R3+L2+R2 allows to browse the XMB during packages installation.
• Support for auto-map libsound.sprx from /dev_hdd0/tmp
• Support for enable/disable noBD patch needed to remarry BD drive
• Support for relink identical files in /dev_hdd0/GAMES and /dev_hdd0/game using /stat.ps3<path>&id=<title_id>?fast
• Support for auto-change of random or specific wallpaper and VSH resources like backgrounds, themes, impose, coldboot_*.ac3, lines.qrc, canyon.qrc, earth.qrc when system starts.
• A comprehensive set of web commands and features for customization. Link in Web Commands Documentation

Stealth features

• Support for dumping and spoofing IDPS/PSID/act.dat
• Support for automatic or manual removal of CFW syscalls and spoof console id (IDPS/PSID)
• "Offline" mode (blocks some PSN/tracking servers) and automatic restore when CFW syscalls are removed. Game updates still work in this mode. (v1.33.03)
• Scan for games on the stealth folder "/video"

Safety & security features

• Improved temperature monitoring (max & min fan speed, auto#2 mode, improved algorithm for dynamic fan control)
• Increased security: ADMIN mode blocks access to critical functions like /setup.ps3, /delete.ps3; Password for FTP server access; limit remote access to specific IP
• /dev_bdvd/PS3_UPDATE is redirected to prevent an accidental update if a game disc is inserted in the drive
• Extended Content Profile Grouping (v1.33.07) - common files + individual content (4 profiles)
• Safe upload mode prevents a brick/semi-brick if power fails during ftp uploads to /dev_blind.
• System update redirected to /dev_hdd0/ps3-updatelist.txt using internal proxy (allows to bypass FW version check on PSN login)

Memory & debugging

• Use L1+R1+△ to switch between Full/Standard and Lite editions to get a balance between memory usage & features
• All LV2 peek/pokes are done through syscalls 8/9 (CFW only) - syscalls 6/7 used only by PS3HEN
• Web Debugger (remote peek/poke/find bytes, dump lv1 & lv2 memory)
• PS3MAPI web GUI debuger (process view, memory browse/change, attach/unload plugins to the process, syscall managament)
• MIN+ memory profile (same as MIN but uses 512K and 2.5X more buffer for PS3 games)
• MAX+ memory profile (same as MAX 1280K for PS3 games, others buffer is reduced, eg: 2X less buffer for ftp and 4X for DVD etc...)
• Support for up to 3MB from 4 available VSH memory containers [MC] (bg, fg, debug, app)
• Search for text or binary strings and wildcard patterns in LV1, LV2, process memory range or binary files
• Patch LV1, LV2, process memory or in binary files. Can be chained with search for text or binary strings and patterns.
• Dump full RAM, LV1, LV2, VSH, RSX or a process memory range.
• Support for remote view & update XRegistry settings
• Apply payload from file to game process using /payload.ps3mapi
• Remote syscalls calls

Screen & video capture

• Capture XMB screen in BMP format
• XMB screen control using /xmb.html (experimental feature)
• Enable in-game screen capture on CFW that don't has the feature.
• Integrated Mysis video_rec plugin and get klicensee used by NPDRM content