Hi everyone!

I’m using Retrodeck on my Steam Deck and I’m now in the process of getting copies of all my ps3 games, after doing the same with all my ps1, ps2 and dreamcast games.

I’ve managed to download around 10 unencrypted games on https://romsfun.com/ and they can be launched on rpcs3. For the 10 games that I have left, the problem is that the download is always failing after a while (If someone knows how to avoid this, I’m listening).

So, after spending hours trying different websites for roms which were unreliable or just too slow , I found this Megathread https://r-roms.github.io/Sony/sony-playstation-3 which directs you to archive.org redump stuff.

The download are faster and reliable.

The problem is these games can’t be booted from rpcs3 and they show “Booting failed: The selected file or folder is invalid or corrupted”. I guess it’s probably because the isos are encrypted.

People were talking about using https://github.com/13xforever/ps3-disc-dumper/releases, so I tried it without much success because I get disk access errors that I can’t solve even using the command line or with connecting a disc drive.

People were also talking about https://pypi.org/project/libray/ which I managed to get working, but is too complicated for me as I don’t understand how to tell it where my isos are and decrypt them.

So after trying all of these things on Steam OS, PopOS and Fedora Silverblue , I’m looking for the help of more knowledgeable people. Thanks in advance!

Edit:

Here is the solution found thanks to MML!

  1. Download PS3QDD https://github.com/ElektroStudios/PS3-Quick-Disc-Decryptor/releases/download/v1.3.2/PS3QDD.v1.3.2.with.keys.zip

  2. sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

  3. sudo apt install wine32

  4. sudo apt udate

  5. open terminal in the folder where the game and PS3QDD are

  6. wine PS3Dec.exe d key KEY ENCRYPTED GAME NAME.iso DECRYPTED GAME NAME.iso (for instance with Uncharted: wine PS3Dec.exe d key 9253D026918378B3120CBB9F71CD67A9 uncharted.iso uncharted1.iso)

I hope one day it helps someone!

      • Auster@thebrainbin.org
        1·
        5 days ago

        Windows VM? Was able to convert files for the PS3 through that already, though never tried decrypting specifically.

      • MML@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        9 days ago

        I use wine not bottles, but I’ll see if I can get it to work in there, you use the flatpak?

        • MML@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          9 days ago

          So I downloaded Adventure time CD to folder

          For wine

          wine PS3Dec.exe d key D0EDC4A8BD2C97322B175B72536E8AB6 test.iso output.iso

          Flatpak

          flatpak run --command=bottles-cli com.usebottles.bottles run -b “MyBottle” -e “$PWD/PS3Dec.exe” – d key D0EDC4A8BD2C97322B175B72536E8AB6 “$PWD/test.iso” “$PWD/output.iso”

          Can probably be cleaned up, I consulted ai for the bottles/flatpak issues but it works

          • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
            1·
            5 days ago

            Could you please walk me through what you’re doing with Wine step by step? I know it’s a lot, but you would be a life saver in a way 😇

            • MML@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              4 days ago

              wine PS3Dec.exe d key D0EDC4A8BD2C97322B175B72536E8AB6 test.iso output.iso

              I’m running wine from terminal that I opened from the directory I extracted the ps3qdd zip into and added renamed game iso (test.iso) d key part is needed then the string is game specific, you can find them on the page you were downloading from before, just open key in text editor and copy. Then the file you want to decrypt then whatever you want to name.

              Running from terminal should either work or spit out an error that should help solve things.

              Try sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

              Sudo apt update

              Sudo apt install wine32

              • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
                2·
                4 days ago

                I tested your solution on Uncharted 1 (before crashing) and Gran Turismo 5 and it worked! Thank you so much!

                I’m gonna update the original post in case someone is also looking for a solution!

                I’m so relieved!

          • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
            1·
            9 days ago

            I feel kind of stupid but I’ve installed Wine and Winetricks and I can’t get the program you proposed to work.

            I’ve also tried with WineCharm, Winezgui and Play On Linux 4…

            At one point it kind of told me that it was because off a missing .net 6.0.32 library but I struggle to do anything with it after downloading it…

            If I really have to, I’ll just create a Windows 10 virtual machine in Gnome boxes, but I’d want to avoid it😇