sceutils

Utilities for working with PlayStation Vita SCE / SELF / PUP files.

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• pycryptodomex

Installation

pip install .

Usage

As a command line tool

sceutils --help
sceutils selfinfo file.self
sceutils self2elf -i eboot.bin -o eboot.elf -K keys_external.py
sceutils pup_fiction PSP2UPDATE.pup output keys_external.py

The ARZL helper is also available directly:

unarzl kernel_boot_loader.self.seg03 nsbl.bin

As a library

from sceutils import self2elf, read_self_info, scedecrypt, unarzl, keys

keys.use_keys("keys_external.py")

with open("eboot.bin", "rb") as inf, open("eboot.elf", "wb") as outf:
    self2elf(inf, outf)

with open("eboot.bin", "rb") as inf:
    info = read_self_info(inf)

with open("kernel_boot_loader.self.seg03", "rb") as f:
    nsbl = unarzl(f.read())

Modules

pup_fiction

usage:

• sceutils pup_fiction PUP_filename output_folder keys_file

examples:

• sceutils pup_fiction PSP2UPDATE.pup 368 keys_external.py

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self2elf

usage:

• sceutils self2elf -i [input self] -o [output elf] -k [RIF file] [-K keys_external.py]
• sceutils self2elf -i [input self] -o [output elf] -z [zRIF]

examples:

• sceutils self2elf -i eboot.bin -o eboot.elf -z [zRIF here] [-K keys_external.py]
• sceutils self2elf -i eboot.bin -o eboot.elf -k [RIF] [-K keys_external.py]

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selfinfo

usage:

• sceutils selfinfo [input self] [-K keys_external.py]

Prints the SCE header, SELF header, app info, control info, ELF headers, segment metadata and (when possible) module imports/exports.

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axfs

usage:

• sceutils axfs [list|tar] image_name [output_name]

examples:

• sceutils axfs list fsimage.img
• sceutils axfs tar fsimage.img [fsimage.tar]