Connect a USB drive (formatted to FAT32 or NTFS) to your PC. Create a folder named pkgi on the root of your USB drive. Move your config.txt into that pkgi folder. Plug the USB into your PS3. Open (or your preferred file manager).
This feature is useful if you have existing data in a different format or want to include additional metadata that PKGi wouldn't normally read.
: This is the actual list of games. It contains names, regions, and the encrypted URLs (usually from the NoPayStation database) that link directly to Sony's official servers. ps3 pkgi txt file
There are two main methods to get the pkgi.txt file onto your PS3 [6†L11-L13]:
Enter your PS3's IP address into the Host field and connect (leave username and password blank, port 21). Navigate to: dev_hdd0 > game > PKGI00000 > USRDIR . Drag and drop your pkgi.txt file into this folder. Method 2: Using a USB Drive and File Manager Format a USB flash drive to the file system. Connect a USB drive (formatted to FAT32 or NTFS) to your PC
He selected it. The download was tiny—2MB. It finished instantly. A warning flashed on the PKGi screen: [!] Unsigned package. Install at your own risk.
Modern forks of PKGi allow you to create a config.txt file inside the USRDIR . Instead of listing items, this file contains a single line of text pointing to a self-updating URL hosted online: url_pkgi https://your-trusted-source.com Plug the USB into your PS3
: This is the database file. It contains the list of games, their links, and their content IDs.
The package downloaded successfully, but the console lacks the corresponding activation license (RAP file).
The Last of Us | BLUS30001 | 01.00 | https://cdn.example.com/ps3/BLUS30001.pkg | 15500000000 | GAME | https://cdn.example.com/thumbs/BLUS30001.jpg Uncharted 2 | BLUS30412 | 01.02 | https://cdn.example.com/ps3/BLUS30412.pkg | 22000000000 | GAME | https://cdn.example.com/thumbs/BLUS30412.jpg Uncharted 2 DLC | BLUS30412 | 01.00 | https://cdn.example.com/ps3/BLUS30412_dlc.pkg | 500000000 | DLC | https://cdn.example.com/thumbs/BLUS30412_dlc.jpg
PKGi for PS3 does not host or store any software files natively. Instead, it acts as a lightweight download manager that reads a plain text database. When a user opens the application, PKGi parses the designated pkgi.txt file to display an interface of available items.