This is a small utility to make decrypted copies of the PS3 game discs, suitable for use in emulators.

It does require a compatible blu-ray drive and a matching IRD file to work.

There are different versions available on the download page for releases, so here's a list:

• Recommended:
  • ps3-disc-dumper.net472.gui.exe - this is .NET GUI version that requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 to run
  • running from sources requires .NET Core SDK 2.1 or newer:
    • $ git clone https://github.com/13xforever/ps3-disc-dumper.git
    • $ cd UI.Console
    • $ dotnet run
• Older versions that proved to be problematic in some ways:
  • ps3-disc-dumper.net472.exe - this is .NET CLI version that requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 to run
  • ps3-disc-dumper.exe - native x64 Windows binary, only requires VC++ 2017 Redistributable to run
  • ps3-disc-dumper or ps3-disc-dumper.elf - native Linux binary, only requires setting the executable bit to run
  • ps3-disc-dumper.gz or ps3-disc-dumper.elf.gz - the same native Linux binary, but gzipped to save on download size, requires unzipping and setting the execution bit afterwards

1. Put ps3-disc-dumper executable in the folder you want your dumps to be in (GUI version has configurable settings)
2. Insert a PS3 disc in the compatible drive
3. On Linux open terminal in the folder where you put the binary 2. $ chmod +x ps3-disc-dumper to make it executable 3. Mount the disc (either through file manager or manually $ mount it to /media/...)
4. Start the dumper
5. Wait for it to complete

By default all files will be copied in the folder where the dumper was started from (.\[BLUS12345] Game Title\).

You can pass an optional parameter with the path if you want to dump in a custom location. This is mostly useful when ran from sources with $ dotnet run.

If you have custom IRD file that is not available in the IRD Library, you can put it in local cache (.\ird\ on Windows, ~/.config/ps3-disc-dumper/ird/ on Linux).

Logs can be found in /logs/ on Windows or in ~/.config/ps3-disc-dumper/logs/ on Linux.

• Compatible blu-ray drive
• Disc must have a matching IRD file
• For binary release you might need to install .NET Core prerequisites
  • See Supported OS versions and .NET Core dependencies sections in documentation
• For source release you will need to have .NET Core 2.1 SDK installed on your machine