denzilla Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 I have a couple of DC games that I would like to backup. Does imgburn have the ability to rip them?
mmalves Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 Nope, because Dreamcast uses GD-ROM discs, which can't be read by a normal drive
denzilla Posted August 23, 2008 Author Posted August 23, 2008 (edited) Seems like I read somewhere that GD-ROM was like a precursor to DVD technology and that GD-ROMs could be read in a DVD drive, but I guess I was wrong How do people rip those DC ISOs then? EDIT: According to that Wiki, you need special firmware to pick up the second TOC on a GD-ROM: "A normal CD-reader will not read beyond the first track because, according to the CD table of contents (TOC), there is no data there. With modified firmware that looks for a second TOC in the high-density region it is possible to read data from the high-density region even on a normal CD-reader. One can also utilize a "swap-trick" by first letting the CD-reader read the TOC from a normal CD with a large track and then swapping that disc with a GD-ROM in a way that avoids alerting the CD-reader that a new disc has been inserted. It is then possible to read as much data from the high-density region as indicated by the TOC from the first disc." Wonder where you can obtain that modified firmware from? Edited August 23, 2008 by denzilla
mmalves Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 It's probably for very specific drives, much like ripping Xbox 360 games
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