Hi guys, I've read the stickies, but they're missing one type: how to copy a small DVD to a CD.
I'm trying to copy Ninja Assault from DVD to CD. The game is about 670 Mb, so it perfectly fits on a CD, but I can't make it boot.
I have a PS2 PAL v7000 with DMS3. The game is PAL and works from both DVD and DVD-R. The CD brands I've tried are Verbatim, TDK and Fuji, all burned at 8x with a Pioneer 105.
All the backups I've made on DVD-R run flawlassly. This one won't boot. It hangs after the PS2 logo.
I've tried direct copy with RecordNow MAX, Alcohol, CDRWin and Nero. Some of these simply refuse to copy a DVD to a CD-R, others do copy it, but it does not work.

So I've tried both KitBuilder2 and CDGenPS2, setting the LBA of system.cnf at 12231, with and without dummy, but the game won't run anyway, same hanging after PS2 logo. I've made tens of Dreamcast selboots, so I'm not a total newbye with this kind of tools, but it seems I'm ignoring some important information..

What am I doing wrong?

You have to remove the DVD checks in it. Either with hex editor or a dvd check removal tool. If that doesnt work then you may have other types of checks that wont let you put it to cdr without their removal as well. Too bad there are no check removals for everything.




Tyler!

Thanks!
I've found DVD Check Remover v0.11ß, I'll try with this one.

Goodie! Let us know what happens.




Tyler!

Failed :(

DVDCheck Remover has found 9 possible media checks.
I've patched them all, and rebuilt the ISO with CDGenPS2,
but the game won't run as before.

I thought media check on PS2 was standard like on XBOX, but
it's not. Bah, I've wasted too many CDs on this, I'll stay with DVD-R.

Thanks for the tips anyway TylerDurden.

WeeZee

The dvd checks were a problem. But like I said earlier nowadays there are other types of checks that wont allow the play of dvd games when put onto cdrs. You can check out the alucard forums to see if there is a ripkit or tutorial that may have already fixed all these problems.



Tyler!