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PS3 CFW Guides: Alphabetize your XMB Easily

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  1. I've always thought that one of the biggest failings in the way that the ps3 handles content is the fact that you can't sort items alphabetically. With the advent of Team Duplex releases and ReActPSN there are hundreds of available PSN titles. I have found a method for sorting your items alphabetically so you can find what you're looking for instead of sifting through dozens or even hundreds of other titles.
  2.  
  3. Warning: make a backup of your original file before modifying. I will also include 2 copies of this file so others can see what I've done. I highly suggest that you edit your own file. Using the one that I provide may cause unintended results and has only been tested on 2 consoles.
  4.  
  5. If your account is the first one on the ps3 then in the folder dev_hdd0/home/00000001/etc is a file called explore_view.txt
  6. If your account is not the first one, then just find the corresponding 0000000? in your home folder and use that instead of 00000001
  7. Open that file with a text editor and search for the following string (Note: the search string is one continuous line):
  8.  
  9. [code]&root.sort_selected.game_format=sort_game.time_created_descend&root.sort_selected.game_tags=sort_game.time_created_ascend&root.sort_selected.game_all=sort_game.time_created_descend[/code]
  10.  
  11. [code]&root.sort_selected.game_format=sort_game.title_descend&root.sort_selected.game_tags=sort_game.title_ascend&root.sort_selected.game_all=sort_game.title_descend[/code]
  12.  
  13. Restart your PS3
  14. You're going to have to assign each game into a category. Some suggested ones are PSX, PSN, minis, NEOGEO OR Action, Adventure, RPG, Puzzle, etc but feel free to use any name that you wish. After assigning each item into a category and hitting your SQUARE button until you get into category view, when you go into your previously created categories your list will be sorted ALPHABETICALLY!!! See Sony - it wasn't that hard
  15.  
  16. Also it should be noted that if you wish to further edit this file you can do the same for your photos, videos, music, savedata, game data and trophies but I didn't have a use for that so I kept it simple with only modifying the game list. The key is to replace the "time_created" string with "title"
  17.  
  18. Here are the files from my PS3.
  19. Again if you decide to use mine instead of editing your own file then you are doing so at your own risk!! There is a possibility of stability issues when using other user created files
  20.  
  21. This is my original unmodified file:
  22. http://psx-scene.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=218
  23.  
  24. This is the corrected file:
  25. http://psx-scene.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=217
  26.  
  27. PDATE BuhumatLord has some further information he wished to add to the article.
  28.  
  29. I've gotten great feedback from you guys out there about sorting your psn content. I didn't include the other categories because I didn't need them, but you guys have been so great, I thought I'd update my guide to give you more options
  30.  
  31. The following are just the set ups for your categories and should not be modified unless you know exactly what you're doing:
  32.  
  33. [code]Code:
  34. root.view_selected.photo=view_photo.month
  35. &root.view_selected.music=view_music.album
  36. &root.view_selected.video=view_video.all
  37. &root.view_selected.vmc=view_vmc.all
  38. &root.view_selected.savedata_ps2=view_savedata_ps2.all
  39. &root.view_selected.savedata_ps3=view_savedata_ps3.all
  40. &root.view_selected.game=view_game.tags
  41. &root.view_selected.friend=view_friend.all
  42. &root.view_selected.trophy_title=view_trophy_title.all
  43. &root.view_selected.trophy=view_trophy.all
  44. &root.view_selected.trophy_ex=view_trophy_ex.all
  45. &root.view_selected.friendtrophy_title=view_friendtrophy_title.all
  46. &root.view_selected.friendtrophy=view_friendtrophy.all
  47. &root.view_selected.savedata_psp=view_savedata_psp.all
  48. These are the search strings for your photos:
  49.  
  50. Code:
  51. &root.sort_selected.photo_month=sort_photo.time_created_ascend
  52. &root.sort_selected.photo_year=sort_photo.time_created_ascend
  53. &root.sort_selected.photo_album=sort_photo.time_created_ascend
  54. &root.sort_selected.photo_all=sort_photo.time_created_ascend
  55. These are the search strings for your music:
  56.  
  57. Code:
  58. &root.sort_selected.music_album=sort_music.track_number_ascend
  59. &root.sort_selected.music_artist=sort_music.list_title_ascend
  60. &root.sort_selected.music_genre=sort_music.player_ascend
  61. &root.sort_selected.music_track_initial=sort_music.title_ascend
  62. &root.sort_selected.music_year=sort_music.player_ascend
  63. &root.sort_selected.music_all=sort_music.player_ascend
  64. These are the search strings for your videos:
  65.  
  66. Code:
  67. &root.sort_selected.video_title_initial=sort_video.title_ascend
  68. &root.sort_selected.video_imported_month=sort_video.time_imported_descend
  69. &root.sort_selected.video_album=sort_video.time_imported_descend
  70. &root.sort_selected.video_all=sort_video.time_imported_descend
  71. This is the search string for your Virtual Memory Cards (PS1):
  72.  
  73. Code:
  74. &root.sort_selected.vmc_all=sort_vmc.time_created_descend
  75. This is the search string for your PS2 Save Data:
  76.  
  77. Code:
  78. &root.sort_selected.savedata_ps2_all=sort_savedata_ps2.time_modified_descend
  79. These are the search strings for your PS3 Save Data:
  80.  
  81. Code:
  82. &root.sort_selected.savedata_ps3_title=sort_savedata_ps3.time_modified_descend
  83. &root.sort_selected.savedata_ps3_all=sort_savedata_ps3.time_modified_descend
  84. These are the search strings for your PSN games (already discussed):
  85.  
  86. Code:
  87. &root.sort_selected.game_format=sort_game.time_created_descend
  88. &root.sort_selected.game_tags=sort_game.time_created_ascend
  89. &root.sort_selected.game_all=sort_game.time_created_descend
  90. This is the string for your friend list:
  91.  
  92. Code:
  93. &root.sort_selected.friend_all=sort_friend.presence_descend
  94. These are the strings for your trophy collection:
  95.  
  96. Code:
  97. &root.sort_selected.trophy_title_all=sort_trophy_title.time_last_updated_descend
  98. &root.sort_selected.trophy_group=sort_trophy_group.default
  99. &root.sort_selected.trophy_all=sort_trophy.default
  100. These are the strings for your friend's trophy lists:
  101.  
  102. Code:
  103. &root.sort_selected.friendtrophy_title_all=sort_friendtrophy_title.all
  104. &root.sort_selected.friendtrophy_all=sort_friendtrophy.all
  105. &root.sort_selected.friendtrophy_group_all=sort_friendtrophy_group.all
  106. These are the strings for your PSP Save Data:
  107.  
  108. Code:
  109. &root.sort_selected.savedata_psp_title=sort_savedata_psp.time_modified_descend
  110. &root.sort_selected.savedata_psp_all=sort_savedata_psp.time_modified_descend
  111. These are more strings for your photos (sorted by month/year):
  112.  
  113. Code:
  114. &root.view_sort_selected.photo_month=sort_photo_month.list_title_ascend
  115. &root.view_sort_selected.photo_year=sort_photo_year.list_title_ascend
  116. These are more strings for your music (sorted by albums):
  117.  
  118. Code:
  119. &root.view_sort_selected.music_album=sort_music_album.list_title_ascend
  120. &root.view_sort_selected.music_year=sort_music_year.list_title_descend
  121. This appears to be the string for your active friend list on PSN (unneeded unless you've managed to get back on PSN)
  122.  
  123. Code:
  124. &xs_root.sort_selected.friend_presence=sort_friend.title_ascend_only
  125.  
  126. If you wish to modify any other category, look for the last "." in each string and modify the characters afterwards all the way to the end of the string.Known values include (but not limited to - I'm open to input from others):
  127.  
  128. all
  129. default
  130. list_title_ascend
  131. list_title_ascend_only
  132. list_title_descend
  133. list_title_descend_only
  134. player_ascend
  135. player_ascend_only
  136. player_descend
  137. player_descend_only
  138. presence_ascend
  139. presence_ascend_only
  140. presence_descend
  141. presence_descend_only
  142. time_created_ascend
  143. time_created_ascend_only
  144. time_created_descend
  145. time_created_descend_only
  146. time_last_updated_ascend
  147. time_last_updated_ascend_only
  148. time_last_updated_descend
  149. time_last_updated_descend_only
  150. time_modified_ascend
  151. time_modified_ascend_only
  152. time_modified_descend
  153. time_modified_descend_only
  154. title
  155. title_ascend
  156. title_ascend_only
  157. title_descend
  158. title_descend_only
  159. track_number_ascend
  160. track_number_ascend_only
  161. track_number_descend
  162. track_number_descend_only[/code]
  163.  
  164. lease don't modify your file if you don't understand what you're doing and what the results will be ahead of time. This is a system file and should be backed up before modifying it just in case you need to restore it. Also use a little common sense when applying changes. For example don't use track_number_ascend (designed for music) on your trophy list. If you do you will probably get negative results.
  165.  
  166. I'd like to take a moment to thank Jay-Jay for taking a look at this and giving suggestions. I hope this is useful to you guys out there.
  167.  
  168. BahumatLord.
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