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PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:43 am
by amarok
Hi, I know this is kind of a noob question but I can't seem to figure it out myself

I'm trying to dump a PC game for the first time. Before, I've only done console games (PSX, PS2, GCN, WII), where you could easily enter the various checksums into the fields at the bottom of the page. For PC games, however, there are no such fields, so where am I supposed to put the checksums?
I think I've read all the relevant guides but I still don't know how to do this

That "ClrMamePro data" field must be what I'm looking for, it's just that I don't know what to do in ClrMamePro, hence I have no idea what to enter there. Please shed some light on this.
TIA, amarok

Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:35 am
by themabus
hello amarok
to fill this field you don't need ClrMamePro.
database will parse specifically formatted strings there (eg CMP output),
but it's enought by such pattern:
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size 388790304 crc 94ef1ff8 md5 3b6932e4d5f49ba1b9f16e71f7e3509a sha1 3dd27e476804e2623a7a51e219808d0e1d7f499b
size 10678080 crc 7c51bb00 md5 1101f4e0338390301ddc9f9778b9fe19 sha1 0939872cc375a6457326ac9a478265dc59220cc0
size 7328832 crc 9529a93f md5 f9fda92f05c530b1bb6ddd04a6057b66 sha1 eae19bf80275fc84a66888582dd362395da1816c
size 33167904 crc 337d3287 md5 d461826ca0da4791f660b4ec54e6080c sha1 4b55f5f2d026d08fb55af9de2ad462fa8b8abd0a
Track 01 is 1st entry; Track 02 - next ..and so on
number of entries must match to nr. of tracks in cue-sheet
Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:40 am
by amarok
Ah, thank you

And I won't need to create a cuesheet if the disc only contains a single data track, will I?
Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:50 am
by iR0b0t
CUE sheets are indeed needed !!!
They contain information to data type
Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:57 am
by amarok
But aren't they only created by EAC for CDs containing audio tracks? How do I get them for CDs with only a data track? IsoBuster has never put out any cue sheets for me

Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:21 am
by amarok
Need moar help... I have a PC game here (Warcraft 2) with 1 data track and 16 audio tracks. I tried to detect the gaps with EAC on 3 different drives with all 3 gap extraction methods and got different gaps for every drive and extraction mode! Method A wouldn't work on most drives, but B and C always did. I could try even more drives but I guess I'd only end up with more alternative gaps. What am I supposed to do?
Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:50 am
by iR0b0t
>But aren't they only created by EAC for CDs containing audio tracks?
sure, EAC is useless for data track images only
>How do I get them for CDs with only a data track?
If you wanna use IsoBuster, then do right click on "
CD" -> "
Extract CD <image>" and after extraction it will ask you for CUE creation, or you can look for DATA TYPE in:
Track01 ->
Properties ->
Advanced -> there you will see Mode1 or Mode2
>and got different gaps for every drive and extraction mode!
Use:
- Gap detection Method
A only, nothing else, other methods are in most cases inaccurate !!!
- Detection accuracy:
secure, before gap detection set drive read speed to slowest speed !!!
Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:09 am
by amarok
Thanks for your kind help, iR0b0t. I already have another question

I want to remove the pregap from Track 1 as described in
the guide. I downloaded resize, but it keeps telling me that it's incompatible with my 64 bit Windows. Is there anything I can do about that?
Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:44 am
by iR0b0t
use IsoBuster "extract from ... to" function

Re: PC dumping, where to enter CRCs?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:51 am
by Rocknroms
It's better to use reMove (
http://www.mediafire.com/?q1mbksntoje) like this:
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remove -size=150sec "Track 01.bin" temp.bin
150sec if pregap is 2.00 seconds / 150 sectors (you can use also bytes or samples).
Then delete temp.bin if everything is ok.