If you have a broken Bluray drive in your PS3, or just don't like using it, you're going to love Estwald's latest version of Iris Manager. By leveraging the same Mamba payload that allows users on CEX custom firmwares to boot ISO files, you can now also play DVD, BD, and MKV movie images too. There's a brand new Films category in the manager as well, where all those Hollywood clips are stored. In each folder for the designated file type, you can even drop in a cover image as long as it has the same file name as your movie. Secondarily, improvements have been made to make the update utility better simulate a PC. There's lots of ground to cover, so read it all in the changelog below!

- Updated the ISO tools ( PC_ps3iso_utilities_with_src_v1.8.zip ) to patch ISO games
with required FW version up to 4.60 in patchps3iso

- By request of Lustar ( GameTDB ) I have introduced a new system to update the covers (covers):
Iris Manager now use the User Agent "IrisManager - v2.93" to access that server.

- In the game updates, the User Agent was changed also to simulate a PC

- Added support ( for Cobra / Mamba ) for Bluray movies, DVD Video and MKV (using "BluRay Drive"
on Showtime).
In the "Homebrew" category the homebrews/PSN are listed first and in the new "Films" category
(only the movies are listed)

NOTE 1: As a reminder, pressing R3 / L3 you access the various categories.

* Supports internal (hdd0) and external hard drives in NTFS, EXTx or FAT format.

* The bluray movies should be in the root folder /BDISO, the DVD movies in /DVDISO (as in multiMAN).
Subfolders are allowed and a JPG with the same name as the ISO is supported as cover
(e.g. my_film.iso -> my_film.jpg as cover).
The display name is taken from the file itself, so it is recommended to edit it if it is too long
or non descriptive.

* The MKV should go in the root folder /MKV.
Subfolders are allowed and a JPG with the same name as the ISO is supported as cover
(e.g. my_film.mkv -> my_film.jpg as cover).
The display name is taken from the file itself, so it is recommended to edit it if it is too long
or non descriptive.
After selecting a movie, an ISO is created dynamically to associate with the BDVD unit,
then Showtime is launched to play it.

NOTE 2: For films the Options menu (accessed with SELECT) is not available.

NOTE 3: We have also made a€<a€<other changes to the code level, such as the inclusion in main.h
of the tags that define the internal flags for the games / movies.
I hope that I have not screwed it up in the translation of the code.

NOTE 4: In principle, the support for /BDISO and /DVDISO was included thinking on those who have
a broken the Bluray drive. Since we were doing this, MKV support was added (creating
a dynamically ISO) if someone wants to use such films using covers.
Showtime can play perfectly these movies with its NTFS support and it also allows you
to navigate freely between directories: this option is mainly for geeks.

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