godsend-ps4

Install games and homebrew

A PS4 installs PKG files. The app hands packages to GoldHEN’s installer, which pulls the file over HTTP and registers the title.

From Downloads

  1. Open Downloads. Files already in the download folder are listed.
  2. Choose Send to PS4 on a .pkg.
  3. The job starts, the console shows its install progress, and the title appears in Library when it finishes.

From Homebrew

Homebrew, then Install on a card. The app downloads the release asset and installs it the same way. Control4Free is the one the Controller page needs.

From Convert

Pick a PKG, then Send to PS4. The same flow, for a file anywhere on disk.

What happens on the wire

GoldHEN’s installer takes a URL, not an upload. The app opens a one-shot HTTP server on the interface that reaches the console, posts {"type":"direct","packages":["http://<your-ip>:<port>/game.pkg"]}, and then streams the file. Resume requests are answered with 206 Partial Content. Nothing is written to the console’s storage twice.

If port 12800 does not answer, the app uploads the package to /user/pkg instead and says so; start the installer on the console to finish.

ZIPs

A .zip is unpacked locally first, then its contents are classified: a PKG inside is installed, a payload is sent over the bin loader, and an unpacked tree is reported as not installable (a PS4 installs packages, not folders).

USB drives

A drive formatted FAT32 cannot hold a file above 4 GiB. Use Convert, Split for FAT32 with the package selected, upload the parts, and merge them on the computer before installing. exFAT drives take the file whole.

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