LiveShell v1.6.0 by ZiZc3
Animated video wallpapers for the home screen, with a catalogue to download from and a video per game
Install on your PS5
Payload: start an ELF loader on the PS5 first, such as elfldr, which listens on port 9021. Then open this address in a browser on a computer or phone on the same network, with your PS5's address in place of PS5. elfldr downloads the payload and runs it.
http://PS5:9021/?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.brewology.com%2Fdl%2F3986%2Fliveshell-fast.elf
Files
| File | Size | SHA-256 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| liveshell-fast.elf | 1.4 MB | 877a72d2…1f5b | Download |
| liveshell.elf | 1.4 MB | 99335e75…0ac3 | Download |
Screenshots
About LiveShell
Playlists change the wallpaper by themselves, or it can pick a random video at each start. The Library tab gives each game or app its own video, which the developer marks experimental, and there's a mode that shows a video only on the PlayStation Store tile. Dim, Vignette and Haze can be stacked. The video pauses while a game runs, Settings can keep the normal background, and it comes back after rest mode.
LiveShell Engine in the Media section is where you choose and manage videos. A page for your phone or PC uploads, plays and deletes them. Settings are in /data/LiveShell/config.txt.
Release notes
v1.6.0 · LiveShell Engine v1.6.0 · Oct 26, 2026
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<img src="https://github.com/ZiZc3/LiveShell/blob/main/assets/icon0.png?raw=true" width="120" alt="LiveShell Engine">
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<h2 align="center">LiveShell Engine v1.6.0</h2>
<p align="center">Animated avatars.</p>
What's new
- Animated avatars 🎞️
- Give every PS5 user a moving profile picture: an APNG (animated PNG) or a GIF.
- It shows everywhere the avatar appears: the home screen, your profile, the user switch, and the login screen, also after rest mode.
- Choose it in the new Avatar panel or in Settings → Users.
- Put your files in
/data/LiveShell/avatar/or on a USB drive inliveshell/avatar/Or upload one from the phone/PC page. - Every pick is prepared on the PS5 so it plays cleanly: GIFs become APNGs because its what ps5 only support.
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<img src="https://github.com/ZiZc3/LiveShell/blob/main/assets/avatar-showcase.gif?raw=true" width="720" alt="Animated avatars on the PS5">
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- Discover: download counts: Popular shows how often each wallpaper was downloaded.
- Discover: over 3,190 wallpapers: 582 new wallpapers and 244 wallpapers with sound.
- Now on Payload Manager: Install it from there and you can update payload easily.
How to use
- Put .mp4 files in /data/LiveShell/video or in a liveshell folder on USB.
- Load liveshell.elf.
- Open the LiveShell Engine (Media).
4.Avatar: put GIF or APNG in /data/LiveShell/avatar/, then open the Avatar panel and pick one.
Supported: H.264 and HEVC up to 4K.
If your video doesn't play, drag it onto convert_for_ps5.bat from LiveShell-Converter.zip and wait until its done.
liveshell.elf : Waits for the PS5 to finish starting up (2 min after power-on) before the wallpaper starts. Safer with autoload right after power-on.liveshell-fast.elf : No wait. liveshell runs faster.