Need help with dumping

[velocity37]

You'd open Track 2 in the hex editor, but you don't have to do this if you're uncomfortable with it.

In EAC, don't detect gaps, instead leave them undetected. Enter the offset in the drive options as you would normally, and dump the track with test & copy. This will give you track 2 without its pregap.

Use psxt001z.exe to generate your pregap using: psxt001z.exe --gen pregap.bin 352800

Use the command prompt to merge the files, like: copy /b pregap.bin+track02.bin track02good.bin

That will give you your track 2 with a 2 second pregap.

[Specialt1212]

Thanks for the help your explanation worked for dumping 2 track games

I have another question for you though.


Since EAC won't detect the pregap length we have to determine that manually in IsoBuster, so lets use Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for our test.

When I open track 2 in IsoBuster and go back 150 sectors I see two full rows of garbage, which is correct but if we pretend this game wasn't already dumped I'm suppose to go back another page to determine if the previous page is full of garbage or just header info correct?

So if I go back another page, I get the following error...

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device reported error code : 03/11/00

I ignored the error and dumped my copy of Castlevania which ended up matching the info in the database exactly.


1. Why would I be getting that error

2. Should I even be going back more than 150 sectors on 2 track discs?


I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly because I have 5 or 6 games that aren't in the database that I want to dump, but I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.

[velocity37]

1. Why would I be getting that error

2. Should I even be going back more than 150 sectors on 2 track discs?


I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly because I have 5 or 6 games that aren't in the database that I want to dump, but I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.

1. Some drives will lock up when trying to read the last data sector. My PX-760A does this, but my GH20NS15 can read them like a charm. Thus, the sector it freezes up on is a data sector. Count the sector after that as the first sector of garbage data. If you don't see a sector with garbage data after that sector, it means the combined offset is <= 0, so you can't determine it. When the drive locks up, just eject the drive tray to unfreeze it.

2. Yes, because the track 2 pregap isn't always two seconds. I've recently ran into a couple of discs where the gap was four seconds (300 sectors). If you find the garbage data, you're done, but some discs have strange gaps instead of easy peasy uniform two second gaps.

[Specialt1212]

Thanks for the help, that will allow me to dump another 10 or so PSX games!

So I just found two really cheap drives that I picked up and installed in my computer (serious about $5 each)

SAMSUNG - DVD-ROM SD-616F    with a +1182 offset
PLEXTOR - DVDR PX-708A           with a +30 offset

I tried setting them up in EAC per the guide but I'm having a problem when I get to this step

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- Open the drive options (EAC -> Drive Options or press F10);
- Select the first tab ("Extraction Method") and click on "Detect Read Features";
- EAC should now start detecting the features of your drive;

They are both installed properly and working but when I do the above step it shows this message first



Then is shows this message




Why does it keep saying that CD Not Found In Offset Database?

When I set my other two drives up it took a couple of minutes but after it was done analyzing the drive it found the offset sample and asked if I wanted to submit it to the database.

I've tried several video game & music cd's but none seem to work. I even tried two of the discs that are listed on the EAC page.

Can anyone help me set this drive up?

[Specialt1212]

I've been searching the internet and still can't seem to find a solution to the above problem....

But another

The guide here on Redump.org says I should be using ExactAudioCopy V0.99 Prebeta 4, which I am.

I noticed that V0.99 prebeta 5 is out now, so should I upgrade? Do you think this may fix the above problem?

[RiMMER]

Everything's fine, the CD doesn't have to be in the database, in fact, I don't think any CD is. (lol).
You don't have to resolve this.

[Rocknroms]

Try some well known audio CD, it should be in DB for sure.

About updating EAC, I don't know if the canged anything or if they add new features as I haven't updated it yet.

[velocity37]

I tried setting them up in EAC per the guide but I'm having a problem when I get to this step

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- Open the drive options (EAC -> Drive Options or press F10);
- Select the first tab ("Extraction Method") and click on "Detect Read Features";
- EAC should now start detecting the features of your drive;

In your screenshots, you're in the offset/speed tab, not the extraction method tab. The extraction method tab is where you set it to secure mode, and detect whether your drive has accurate stream, an audio cache, and C2 pointers.

If you're wanting to check the offset of your drive manually, just count the lines of garbage data on an disc you've already dumped.

Also, does that Plextor work with px_d8? If it does, you'll no longer have to count garbage data, and you can get the offset of data-only discs 

[Specialt1212]

Well do I feel like an idiot right about now lol, velocity37 was right I was just on the wrong tab   

Thank you all for the suggestions, that corrected the problem. All four of my drives work correctly now.

Also, does that Plextor work with px_d8? If it does, you'll no longer have to count garbage data, and you can get the offset of data-only discs 

Holy crap that is an awesome program and yes my Plextor works with it so feel free to update your post with my drive information   PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A   +30

I also tested the following drives and they do not work (an error appeared when I tried to run the file)

- Light Scribe GSA-H55L  +102
- TSSTcorp SH-S223L  +6
- SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616F  +1182


But I'm glad I have one drive that can handle this nifty little program.

Thanks again for all your help guys!