It seems that apps such as Vitamin will not convert an unsigned app to a VPK... is that correct?
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That's not true, a vpk can be any compressed zip. The error OP is making is because of file structure. You don't need to zip "ux0:app/PCDXXXXXX", you only need to zip the contents of PCDXXXXXX.randname wrote:Though a VPK is just a zip file, you cannot do any compression to files in it, or the VPK file won't be recognized correctly. In the compression software (WinZip, WinRAR, 7-zip, etc.), There is always a setting for you to choose how much you want to compress to files. Set it to "no" or "storage" or "archive" and then compress the homebrew to a zip file and then rename it to .VPK.
No matter where you put the VPK file, the VitaShell could install it, but I don't suggest you to put it in dangerous places such as OS0:, UR0: ,though there might be places.
I got the experience that I downloaded OneMenu for PSVita and zipped it into a zip file, rename it to .vpk, and the PSVita gave me an error while installing it. For the second time, I zipped the same files, but set the compress method to "archive" and the PSVita installed it successfully.dmaskell92 wrote:That's not true, a vpk can be any compressed zip. The error OP is making is because of file structure. You don't need to zip "ux0:app/PCDXXXXXX", you only need to zip the contents of PCDXXXXXX.randname wrote:Though a VPK is just a zip file, you cannot do any compression to files in it, or the VPK file won't be recognized correctly. In the compression software (WinZip, WinRAR, 7-zip, etc.), There is always a setting for you to choose how much you want to compress to files. Set it to "no" or "storage" or "archive" and then compress the homebrew to a zip file and then rename it to .VPK.
No matter where you put the VPK file, the VitaShell could install it, but I don't suggest you to put it in dangerous places such as OS0:, UR0: ,though there might be places.
I would recommend downloading any VPK, rename the VPK to ZIP and open it to get a file structure example.