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2.4. Burning Preparation and Image Formats
After you unpack the files, you will probably have one of the following
formats:
.CDI (may contain UNPACK.EXE/INJECT.EXE) (Padus Discjuggler 2/3 image)
CDI's are exclusive to DiscJuggler and are the defacto standard for
Dreamcast games. CDI's, as a rule, are almost always selfbooting games,
meaning that no Dreamcast Boot CD is necessary to play the game.
DiscJuggler was the first program discovered that could easily backup
the DC game's specialized CD layout information, and thus making the
copied games able to selfboot. Nero can also burn selfbooting games from
an image, but DiscJuggler was favored by the ripping community and
became the standard.
Click here for DiscJuggler burning instructions.
.CUE/.BIN with UNPACK.EXE (FireBurner -
GoldenHawk CDRWin/generic
image)
CUE/BIN packed games are a generic format and require a Boot CD to play.
CUE/BINs and the programs that support them lack the ability to
duplicate the special cd layout needed to make a game selfbooting. CUE/BINs,
however, are more versatile in that you can burn them with many
different programs (CDRWin, Fireburner) and also able to unarchive them
to view/hack/patch the files within the game. The CUE file is plaintext
and can be viewed with Notepad or any other text editor, and contains
the layout information for the BIN binary image.
Sometimes when CUE files are loaded, the burning program will error and
ask the path/where to find certain files, such as game data, or mp3/wav
files for audio tracks. Whoever packed or repacked the game may have
screwed up and not bothered removing their personal path information out
of the .CUE. You must exit out and manually edit the .CUE file with
Notepad or another text editor. When you view it, you'll see that some
of the entries have directory paths before the filename. Directory paths
are NOT necessary in this case... delete them, leaving only the
filenames, save the CUE and reopen it in the burning program.
.ISO (generic image)
ISO files are also generic formats much like CUE/BIN, and can be burnt
from CDRWIN, Adaptec Easy CD Creator, Fireburner, and many other
programs. While the community would probably never release a DC game in
ISO format, knowing what an ISO file is is helpful when it comes to
manually dummying files, patching and manually burning games.
Formats can sometimes can converted to other formats, which can be
helpful if you run into problems burning a game, or need to patch a
game. CDI2Nero, available from
http://cdirip.cjb.net will convert a DiscJuggler image to a Nero
image. Please note that image size does NOT matter. MANY game images are
over 700MB, and can be burnt to 80min/700MB CDRs with NO problems. At
the time of this writing, no game has been released that requires larger
than a 80min/700MB CDR, although 90Min/800MB and larger DO exist. Images
much smaller than 700MB, like 100-200MB or so and usually in CUE/BIN
format are games that have NOT been dummied.
3. Burning
Please note: The DC CANNOT read CD-RW's without hardware adjustment.
Don't bother trying to test burning games out on them.
3.1. Burning CDIs with Discjuggler 2/3
'Auto Insert Notification' should be switched off (unchecked) in your
burner's settings:
Go To Start :: Settings :: Control Panel :: System :: Device Manager tab
:: CD-ROM :: select your burner :: Settings :: uncheck The 'Auto Insert
Notification'. The help file for DiscJuggler also recommends checking
the following drive settings: 'Disconnect', 'Sync data transfer' And 'DMA'.
Also ensure DiscJuggler is set to take 80Min CDR's (in DJ's Options).
If the CDI came with a UNPACK.EXE and INJECT.EXE, then run the UNPACK
program first to unpack the mp3/wav audio files. UNPACK should close
itself when it's finished. Then run INJECT to inject the audio files
into the CDI image. You may delete the mp3/wav files when INJECT is
finished.
Run DiscJuggler
Go to 'File' and then 'New'
Choose 'CD Image to CD Recorder'
Now click the 'Source' button (it's the icon) and locate the .CDI file
and press 'OK'
In the 'Action' box choose 'Write'
Click 'Start'
If you find that your burner isn't supported by DiscJuggler or it seems
like you can burn but get errors, check the CDI2Nero section.
Note: Some CDI images created in DJ3 will NOT work in DJ2. After
selecting the source CDI, DJ should automatically display the number of
sessions (should be 2) and the image's volume label. If you get an error
in the log window saying "session information could not be found, using
user defined settings", do NOT burn the cd as it will NOT work.
Modifying the user settings will not help either as you cannot specify
the settings for each session. Selfboot Dreamcast images usually have 2
sessions, the 1st being a Audio/Mode1 session with multiple CDDA tracks,
and the 2nd being a CD-XA/Mode 2 session with one track containing the
game data.
Sometimes converting to Nero using CDI2Nero will allow you to burn the
image.
3.2. Burning CUE/BINs with Fireburner
If there was an UNPACK.EXE included with the CUE/BIN files, run the
UNPACK to unpack the mp3/wav files needed for the CDDA.
Run Fireburner.
Click on Visual Cue Burner/Binchunker (should be the leftmost button.)
In the Visual Cue/CD Track Layout, rightclick and select Load Tracks
from *.CUE.
Select the .CUE file. The tracks will load in the window.
Rightclick on the Track Layout again, and select Burn/Test Burn.
Uncheck Test Burn.
Click Burn/OK.
3.3. Burning CUE/BINs with CDRWin
If there was an UNPACK.EXE included with the CUE/BIN files, run the
UNPACK to unpack the mp3/wav files needed for the CDDA.
Run CDRWin.
This section incomplete.
3.4. Burning CUE/BINs and CDDA with Nero
Once you've used 'IsoBuster' on the .BIN and patched it if needed, if
there was an UNPACK.EXE included with the CUE/BIN files, run the UNPACK
to unpack the mp3/wav files needed for the CDDA.
Run Nero 5.0
Choose 'Mixed Mode CD'
In the 'Multisession' Tab select 'No Multisession'
In the 'File Options' Tab select 'ISO Level 2 (Max of 31 chars)', 'Mode
1', 'ISO 9660' And 'Joliet'. Leave the others unchecked.
Leave the 'Volume Descripter' and 'Dates' tabs alone.
In the 'Burn' tab select 'Write', 'Finalize CD (No further writing
possible!), 'Write Speed' as you choose and 'Number of Copies' as 1.
Leave the others unchecked.
Select 'New'
Find the folder with the files extracted using IsoBuster (if necessary),
and highlight all the contents of that folder and drag them across to
the top box in Nero.
Make sure that all files including the ones in folders have their 'File
Priority' set as 'High' except the dummy file which needs to be set as
'Low'. To do this, highlight the files, rightclick on them and choose
'Properties' and set the 'File Priority' as 'High'.
Find the folder where the .WAV Files were UNPACKed, and drag them across
to the bottom box in Nero, make sure there in the correct order.
Select 'File' and then 'Write CD...' and then 'Write' again.
3.5. Patching and Burning with Nero
For the latest patches -
Click Here
Patching
Make a folder and put the .bin, .cue, .ppf and applyppf.exe in
Open MS-DOS Prompt
Type 'cd\whatever' you called the folder (eg. cd oyal rumble)
Now type 'dir' to make sure all the files you need are there
And Type applyppf <binfile> <ppf file> eg. applyppf kal-wwfr.bin
wwfr.ppf
Burning
Run Nero 5.0
Choose CD-ROM (ISO)
In the 'Multisession' tab select 'No Multisession'
In the 'File Options' tab select 'ISO Level 2 (Max of 31 chars)', 'Mode
1', 'ISO 9660' And 'Joliet'. Leave the others unchecked.
Leave the 'Volume Descriptor' and 'Dates' tabs alone
In the 'Burn' tab select 'Write', 'Finalize CD (No further writing
possible!), 'Write Speed' as you choose and 'Number of Copies' as 1.
Leave the others unchecked.
Select 'New'
Find the folder with the files extracted using IsoBuster, and highlight
all the contents of that folder and drag them across to the 'ISO 1' box.
Ensure that all files including the ones in folders have their 'File
Priority' set as 'High' except the dummy file which needs to be set as
'Low'. To do this, highlight the files and rightclick on them and choose
'Properties' and set the 'File Priority' as 'High'.
Now select 'File' and then 'Write CD...' and then 'Write' again.
3.6. Converting and Fixing Images
3.6.1. CDI2Nero
DiscJuggler will just not work with some burners. CDR drive
manufacturers try to stick to the industry standards but sometimes leave
out certain features... burners will support write methods such as
Session-At-Once, Disc-At-Once, and Track-At-Once, or maybe one or two of
these methods, but not the crucial ones needed for DiscJuggler. Or
perhaps you're having problems with a DJ3 image and DJ3 won't work
properly on your machine, but DJ2 works fine. CDI2Nero may help.
CDI2Nero comes in 2 flavors, DAO (Disc-At-Once) and TAO (Track-At-Once),
if one version doesn't work properly for you, try the other. Usually
you'll be able to convert those pesky images over to a usable format.
Download CDI2Nero here.
If you have an Unpack.exe and Inject.exe with the .CDI, run the
Unpack.exe and then the Inject.exe, you must do this before using
CDI2Nero.
Also some games need to have the small track removed from the beginning
for which you need 'Trackmerge'.
Run CDI2Nero and a box will appear asking you to select the .CDI.
You'll be prompted to rename the new .NRG
You can double-click on the new .NRG file to open it in Nero (and skip
to Step 8) or...
Run Nero and in 'CD-ROM (ISO)' Mode select 'No Multisession'.
Press 'Open' at the bottom right.
In the next box that appears change the filetype to 'CD-Image (*.nrg)'
and select the .NRG you just created from CDI2Nero.
On the next screen uncheck 'Simulation', select the Write Speed you
wish.
Press 'Write'
You may get a message that says something like 'Really use Disc-At-Once
instead of Track-At-Once to produce a more accurate but less compatible
disc?', Select 'Yes'
Burning will start.
3.6.2 CDIRip
(text taken from DeXT's CDIRip website, edited lightly for english and
grammar.)
CDIrip is a small tool which will scan and extract the contents of a
DiscJuggler (both v2.0 and v3.0 versions) image. These images end with
extension .CDI, hence the name.
Many people have trouble with these images because of the lack of
recorder support DiscJuggler has, so the purpose of this tool is to
allow people to burn these images with another recording program, such
as CDRWin. I would recommend this program because of its good support
for ISO and WAV track images. CDIrip will automatically generate a
cuesheet ready for this program. Anyways, other software can be used,
such as Fireburner, WinOnCD and cdrecord.
3.6.3 CDIFix
See also 5.4. DiscJuggler: Illegal Field errors
(text taken from DeXT's CDIRip website, edited lightly for english and
grammar.)
This is a small tool which fixes multiple audio track images containing
"short" tracks (i.e. those below 302 sectors in size) so all recorders
are able to burn them properly. It has been found that some burners out
there cannot burn tracks smaller than 302 sectors. Please note that only
multiple audio track images are supported!
This is a new version which now supports any number of contiguous short
tracks and also 150 sector tracks, and adds some Windows dialogs so it's
easier to use.
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