Knutwurst
01464ae88a
Standalone PS5 payload with an embedded web UI on :12880, no etaHEN. - Scans installed titles and classifies the source (genuine install, ShadowMountPlus mount, preinstall, unknown) from the on-disk layout. - Reads name, installed version and the Sony version.xml URL from the PS5 app database (vendored SQLite). - Resolves version.xml past nanoDNS via a raw DNS query, TLS pinned to the SCEI DNAS root. - Filters patches to the newest one compatible with the current firmware. - Downloads the patch and installs it through AppInstUtil (sysmodule loaded at runtime), gated to genuine installs with a package title-id match guard. - Action-based UI filters and an on-screen startup notification with the URL.
3.0 KiB
PatchDL
A standalone PlayStation 5 ELF payload that downloads and installs official game patches on your terms. It serves its own web UI and runs without etaHEN.
PatchDL is built for setups where nanoDNS blocks Sony's servers for the whole console. It resolves the Sony patch CDN on its own path, so the rest of the system stays offline and only the patches you pick get fetched.
by Knutwurst
What it does
- Scans installed titles and classifies each one: genuine install, ShadowMountPlus mount, preinstall, or unknown.
- Reads the title name, installed version, and the Sony
version.xmlURL from the PS5 app database. - Fetches each title's
version.xmlfrom Sony's CDN past nanoDNS (a raw DNS query to 1.1.1.1) and verifies TLS against the pinned SCEI DNAS root. - Picks the newest patch compatible with the current firmware
(
system_ver <= firmware), so an update never forces a firmware upgrade. - Downloads the patch package and installs it through Sony's AppInstUtil service.
Safety model
Deny-by-default. A patch is installed only for a genuine install, and only when the package's title id matches the installed game:
| Source | Check | Download | Install |
|---|---|---|---|
| official | yes | yes | yes |
| shadowmount | yes | yes | no |
| preinstall / unknown | yes | no | no |
Two independent guards stop the wrong package being installed: the patch's title
id (read from its download URL) must match the game, and just before install the
real title id is read back from the package
(sceAppInstUtilGetTitleIdFromPkg) and checked again. A cross-region or
cross-title package is refused instead of installed as a phantom title.
Build
Requires ps5-payload-dev/sdk. The network and install features also need the
prebuilt libcurl + OpenSSL from ps5-payload-dev/pacbrew-repo placed in the SDK
sysroot (target/user/homebrew); scripts/build_ps5.sh enables them
automatically when present. libmicrohttpd is vendored under vendor/etahen, and
SQLite is vendored under vendor/sqlite.
scripts/build_ps5.sh # produces patchdl-ps5.elf
Deploy
This console uses the BD-JB autoloader with itsPLK's Payload Manager on port
8084 (not a 9021 elfldr). scripts/deploy_ps5.sh uploads the ELF named with its
version and launches it; the payload replaces any running instance itself.
PS5_HOST=<console-ip> scripts/deploy_ps5.sh
On start it shows an on-screen notification with the URL. Open the web UI at:
http://<console-ip>:12880/
Status
0.0.1, early. Title scan, version resolution, firmware-compatibility filtering, download, and install work and have been verified on firmware 11.60. Open items: the web UI marks a title "Installing…" but reads progress from the PS5's own notifications rather than a percentage; config persistence and a download queue are not built yet; disc-based games need the disc inserted for their patch to apply (a normal Sony requirement).