Talk:/shared2/wc24/mbox
theorbtwo may be working on a vff extractor. vff is used for the wc24(recv|sent).mbx files. Apparently it's like a FAT filesystem, minus a table at the beginning, and some extra stuff -- just far enough from a normal FAT to make it annoying. CarstenK 03:12, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Recent developments:
The following is heavily paraphrased information gleaned from #wiidev, (please feel to update or correct):
Messages arriving in the mbox are marked deleted and then copied to title/00000001/00000002/data/cdb.vff. This may be where the "Today's Accomplishments" (Today's Play History) Wii Message board messages are kept.
There is still much work to be done:
- Decoding the various picture and thumbnail formats.
- How to interpret non-contiguous blocks of data in the VFF data store.
This is good news, but don't get all of your hopes up just yet:
The capability for any future Homebrew software to send emails with custom templates, like the ones you receive from N about MK tournaments with the fancy envelopes; picture attachments with thumbnails and so on, is a very long way off.
First it needs to be understood how these messages are decoded, writing them is another matter altogether. It is fairly certain at this point there are considerable concerns in writing any future software which could output such "rich" email messages for the Wii, the very-same danger as designing banners for Wii channels... one small mistake results in a brick.
A stable method of unbricking a Wii must be established before any significant discoveries in mbox/cdb can be realized, be patient.
P.S. I would like to point out what little I have documented here so far is just scratching the surface of a giant iceberg with a toothpick. At least until we have a nice level road to iceland paved for the bulldozers. :P CarstenK 04:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Sample base64 decoded x-wii-picture: Media:X-wii-picture-sample1.zip
I don't think this is a quasi-jpeg with a simple transformation like GC THP Video.
Some repeating 7-nybbles in a base64 decoded x-wii-picture, nothing exciting yet. --CarstenK 05:16, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
$ xxd -c7 -g7 b0000268a.wii
0000000: 414a5047460e42 AJPGF.B
...
0000069: bf47ed3c78f1e3 .G.<x..
0000070: c78f1e3c78f1e3 ...<x..
0000077: c78f1e3c78f1e3 ...<x..
000007e: c78f1e3c78f1e3 ...<x..
0000085: c78f1e3c78f1e3 ...<x..
000008c: c78f1e3c78f1e3 ...<x..
0000093: c78f4e552a1317 ..NU*..
...
0000157: bed05ecc62f37c ..^.b.|
000015e: fcbc78f1e3c78f ..x....
0000165: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
000016c: 1e3c78f1e3c794 .<x....
0000173: 68d1470ae413c7 h.G....
...
00001ce: 3cdc85e4abc838 <.....8
00001d5: 60a35ebe3c79be `.^.<y.
00001dc: 3c78f1e3c78f1e <x.....
00001e3: 3c78f1e3c78f1e <x.....
00001ea: 3c78f1e3c78f1e <x.....
00001f1: 5e5e708288209e ^^p.. .
00001f8: 3c2af28be05e5e <*...^^
...
00002ca: 4846404a4c395a HF@JL9Z
00002d1: 46463878a2c882 FF8x...
00002d8: 08abe828b24912 ...(.I.
00002df: b286abcbca4e56 .....NV
00002e6: 262b0f10613918 &+..a9.
00002ed: e231c288aaa838 .1....8
00002f4: 45417c8ccd0834 EA|...4
00002fb: 12b206ac5e7e8b ....^~.
0000302: da78f1e3c78f1e .x.....
0000309: 3c78f1e3c78f1e <x.....
0000310: 3c78f1e3c78f1e <x.....
0000317: 3c78f1e3c78f1e <x.....
000031e: 3c78f1e9488b44 <x..H.D
0000325: c4022a118f1468 ..*...h
...
0000690: 5f76fbc6284a86 _v..(J.
0000697: 3f47e3d3e3c78f ?G.....
000069e: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
00006a5: 1e3c78f1e3c7bb .<x....
...
00006f9: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
0000700: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
0000707: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
000070e: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
0000715: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
000071c: 1e3c78f1e3c78f .<x....
...
00007b6: 9f1e3c78f1e3c7 ..<x...
00007bd: 8f1e3c78f6b186 ..<x...
00007c4: 63139ae5b1a404 c......
...
0000a6b: e47a7bf37c79f8 .z{.|y.
0000a72: f1e3c78f1e3c78 .....<x
0000a79: f1e3c78f1e3c79 .....<y
0000a80: 7978f3f3f1e3c7 yx.....
0000a87: 8f1e3c78f1e3c7 ..<x...
0000a8e: 8f1e3c78f1e3c7 ..<x...
0000a95: 8f1e3c78f1e3c7 ..<x...
0000a9c: 8f1e3c78f1ede3 ..<x...
0000aa3: 00c6338d7183c8 ..3.q..
xxd -c7 -b -g7 b0000268a.wii
Another base-64 decoded email from N containing a (nested?) U8 archive with what looks like a compressed text message and photo thumbnail:
- letter_LZ.bin
- thumbnail_LZ.bin
$ xxd a0000268.wii
0000000: 55aa 382d 0000 0020 0000 0044 0000 0080 U.8-... ...D....
0000010: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
0000020: 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0003 0000 0001 ................
0000030: 0000 0080 0000 5d80 0000 000f 0000 5e00 ......].......^.
0000040: 0000 08dc 006c 6574 7465 725f 4c5a 2e62 .....letter_LZ.b
0000050: 696e 0074 6875 6d62 6e61 696c 5f4c 5a2e in.thumbnail_LZ.
0000060: 6269 6e00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 bin.............
0000070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
0000080: 1080 7b01 0055 aa38 2d00 0000 200b 0000 ..{..U.8-... ...
0000090: 0119 0003 4000 0ba0 025a 0170 100b 000b ....@....Z.p....
00000a0: 500e 0b00 3305 a030 2f12 1033 1500 0013 P...3..0/..3....
00000b0: 8010 0000 6c10 3f25 0000 7f43 c040 1735 ....l.?%...C.@.5
00000c0: 0000 9210 1e10 570a 4500 00a7 005f 7e10 ......W.E...._~.
00000d0: 6355 1800 0125 002f 2017 6500 0150 3a00 cU...%./ .e..P:.
00000e0: 2f08 107b 7500 0143 a100 8e30 1087 8500 /..{u..C...0....
00000f0: 0173 008f 8000 1769 6d67 006d 795f 004c .s.....img.my_.L
0000100: 6574 7465 725f 610a 2e74 706c 800f 62c0 etter_a..tpl..b.