what drive should I buy for xbox360 dumping ?

[iR0b0t]

ahh, firmware limitations (and chip set differences)

[r09]

I'd like to know the dumping method with the SH-D162D, too. I tried it on my own but I couldn't get a match with the existing dumps, I must have been doing something wrong.

[amarok]

You probably haven't replaced the garbage sectors... Try to extract the game again and replace the byte range from 223182848 to 231571456 with 00s in a hex editor for WAVE2/3/4 and WAVE1 (108976-113071) dumps (see the Comments section of the dump to find out which WAVE the disc is). In case of WAVE1 (18128-22223) dumps, replace 37126144 to 45514752. You should get a match then.

If you have further questions or want to dump games that aren't in the DB already I can send you further instructions.

[iR0b0t]

amarok, are you going the non-isobuster way? i guess you are using XBC (?)

[amarok]

No, always IsoBuster. You should know, 95% of my knowledge of 360 dumping comes from you

Is the XBC method better?

[r09]

You probably haven't replaced the garbage sectors... Try to extract the game again and replace the byte range from 223182848 to 231571456 with 00s in a hex editor for WAVE2/3/4 and WAVE1 (108976-113071) dumps (see the Comments section of the dump to find out which WAVE the disc is). In case of WAVE1 (18128-22223) dumps, replace 37126144 to 45514752. You should get a match then.

Thanks, I'll try it later.

If you have further questions or want to dump games that aren't in the DB already I can send you further instructions.

Please do. I have quite a few games that aren't in the database and I'll probably sell some of them in the near future, so I want to get them dumped before that.

[iR0b0t]

Is the XBC method better?

not really, better use isobuster method.

EDIT:
if you want to write a dumping guide please do so, i have no time for that, i may correct or put some additional info afterward.

[amarok]

I actually have written a "guide" (or rather some crude instructions ) and sent it to several people via PM. I'm reluctant to put it here publicly... You know how much trouble this can cause in our beautiful country -.-

One question that remains is how to distinguish WAVE3 from WAVE4. Supposedly there's also a WAVE5 (with Left4Dead 2 being the first game to use it). Do you by chance have any further information?

[iR0b0t]

I've put the old description online again topic/5887/xbox360-dumping/

But we need a better layout for that, if you can, post your guide inside, we will then try to find a way for a nice description together 

EDIT:
i have no info now about WAVE5, but i may download L4D2 and get it from there.

EDIT2:

One question that remains is how to distinguish WAVE3 from WAVE4

I think there is a way how to do that if you still have some discs with WAVE3 & 4 ? We would need to check the visible partition sizes, they may be slowly different in size !?

[amarok]

Again, I don't really want to post the guide publicly. Maybe I'm a bit paranoid but this is Xbox 360, not some 20 years old console. It's nothing personal but posting such info in a public forum can cause serious trouble.