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  "added_at": "2026-10-19",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/README.md#L30-L76",
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/docs/AppInstallation.md",
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/pmca-console.py",
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/requirements.txt",
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/.github/workflows/build.yml",
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/updatershell/pack.py",
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/LICENSE.txt",
    "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/releases/tag/v0.18",
    "https://openmemories.readthedocs.io/devices.html"
  ],
  "category": "firmware",
  "description_en": "USB tool built from reverse engineering Sony digital cameras. On supported models it reads camera information and installs Android apps through the PlayMemories Camera Apps mechanism, while its firmware-updater and service-mode shells can dump firmware, run Linux commands and change settings. The repository's notes describe the app-installation exchange between the Sony app store, the browser plugin and the camera.",
  "description_zh": "基于逆向 Sony 数码相机而开发的 USB 工具。在受支持的机型上，它可读取相机信息，并借助 PlayMemories Camera Apps 机制安装 Android 应用；其固件更新模式和服务模式下的 shell 可转储固件、执行 Linux 命令并调整设置。仓库中的说明文档记录了 Sony 应用商店、浏览器插件与相机之间的应用安装交互过程。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/sony-pmca-re/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sony-pmca-re/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/blob/a82f5baaa8e9c3d9f28f94699e860fb2e48cc8e0/README.md",
  "group": "tools",
  "id": "sony-pmca-re",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/sony-pmca-re/record.json",
  "kind": "tool",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/sony-pmca-re/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sony-pmca-re/index.md",
  "name": "Sony-PMCA-RE",
  "name_zh": "Sony-PMCA-RE Sony 数码相机逆向工具",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "foundation",
  "requirements": [
    "Latest release at review: v0.18, published 2022-04-08, with Windows and macOS builds of the pmca-console command line and the more limited pmca-gui. The reviewed master commit, from 2022-08-18, is 22 commits ahead of it. On Linux the Python 3 sources run with the listed requirements and libusb; the CI builds use Python 3.6 and PyInstaller. As checked on 2026-10-20, the reviewed 2022-08-18 commit is still the master head, GitHub’s last recorded push was 2024-07-27, the repository is not archived and the README does not mark it as maintained, superseded or archived.",
    "Needs a supported Sony camera connected over USB; the README links an external OpenMemories compatibility list. App installation needs a camera with PlayMemories Camera Apps support. Firmware-updater mode uses the operating system's mass-storage driver and excludes CXD90045 and CXD90057 devices, whose firmware is cryptographically signed. Service mode is console-only and needs libusb drivers on Windows; macOS mass-storage access needs Sony's camera driver.",
    "The README calls the project an early-stage experiment based on reverse engineering and warns that it could harm the camera, with no responsibility taken. Firmware-file unpacking lives in the separate fwtool project.",
    "MIT. The repository holds no Sony firmware or apps; the prebuilt updater payloads under updatershell/fdat are packed by pack.py from the project's own sources."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "审阅时最新版本为 v0.18，发布于 2022-04-08，提供 pmca-console 命令行工具和功能较少的 pmca-gui 的 Windows 与 macOS 版本。所审阅的 master 分支提交（2022-08-18）比该版本多 22 个提交。在 Linux 上需按所列依赖和 libusb 运行 Python 3 源码；CI 构建使用 Python 3.6 和 PyInstaller。据 2026-10-20 核查，所审阅的 2022-08-18 提交仍是 master 分支最新提交，GitHub 记录的最后一次推送为 2024-07-27，仓库未归档，README 未标注其仍在维护、已被取代或已归档。",
    "需要通过 USB 连接受支持的 Sony 相机；README 链接了外部的 OpenMemories 兼容机型列表。安装应用要求相机支持 PlayMemories Camera Apps。固件更新模式使用操作系统自带的大容量存储驱动，不适用于固件经过加密签名的 CXD90045 和 CXD90057 机型。服务模式仅限命令行使用，在 Windows 上需安装 libusb 驱动；macOS 上以大容量存储模式访问相机需安装 Sony 的相机驱动。",
    "README 称该项目是基于逆向工程的早期实验，并警告可能损坏相机，开发者不承担任何责任。固件文件的解包由独立的 fwtool 项目负责。",
    "采用 MIT 许可。仓库中没有 Sony 固件或应用；updatershell/fdat 下预先构建的更新程序载荷由 pack.py 用项目自身的源码打包生成。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "firmware",
    "protocol"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-19"
}