PAMFtool

PAMFtool is an open-source muxer & demuxer for PlayStation Advanced Movie Format (.PAMF/.PAM), often found in PS3 games.

The goal of this project is to provide an open-source solution for preserving PAMF videos without relying on leaked/confidential SDK tools.

Supported streams:

• AVC (H.264) video streams
• M2V (MPEG-2) video streams
• ATRAC3 Plus audio streams
• LPCM audio streams
• AC-3 audio streams (experimental)

Requirements

.NET 8.0 (or higher) - Supported platforms: Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Usage & Parameters

• -h - Print all parameters
• -info - Print information about a PAMF file and its streams
• -demux - Demux all streams from an input PAMF file and write them to a subfolder
• -mux - Mux all streams contained in a folder into a new PAMF file

Additional -mux Parameters

• -noep - Skip writing entry-point (EP) seek tables in the PAMF header
• -deblock - Force the codec-info deblock byte to 1 for AVC streams
• -nodeblock - Force the codec-info deblock byte to 0 for AVC streams
• -noatsc - Ignore any 'atsc' RIFF chunk in .at3 inputs
• -pstd <KB> - Override AVC P-STD buffer size in KB
• -mmb <n> - Override max_mean_bitrate byte in AVC codec_info
• -ps2-block <n> - Override minimum pictures between ps2/EP blocks (1..492)
• -muxrate <KBps> - Override pack_header mux_rate (48000, 24000, or 12000)
• -std-delay <ticks> - Override std_delay_bound and scheduler lead limit. See -h for values
• -initial-scr <ticks> - SCR origin

Tip

Mode is also auto-detected from the input file or folder.

Tested Games

• Disney Sing It (AVC + AT3+)
• Tears of Tiara (M2V + LPCM)
• Michael Jackson: The Experience (AVC + AT3+, Stereo + 5.1, LPCM)

Notes

• Starting with v1.3, genuine PAMF files demuxed then remuxed with PAMFtool are now byte-identical to the originals.
• Raw H.264 data does not play in most video players. Use ffmpeg to mux it back into a more conventional container format.