Dreamcast Rip DB
 

The original Dreamcast Rip Database is back online! :D

http://www.bucanero.com.ar/dreamcast/ripdb/

Note: I found the original ripdb.dat at web.archive.org and I converted it to MySQL+PHP. I don't remember who was the original author of the Ripdb website, but I belive that he/she won't mind that I've taken it back online.

In the Ripdb you'll find info on specific DC game rips, how to patch/hack them and if they work or not.

If i get my hands on a dc serial cable this will be very useful, thanks

Are you going to add posting to it?

I also got the data file from web.archive.org and converted it to a plain text for my personal reference.

I can surely add the "post a new rip entry" function. I didn't do it before because I tought that DC ripping was R.I.P. :(

But if you want to add new entries or u think that other people would want to add new entries, then I'll add a post form. :D

c ya

adding rips now available!
 

I've just finished the code to add new rip info's to the Dreamcast Rip Database. :cool:

Just go to http://www.bucanero.com.ar/ripdb.php and look at the bottom, you'll see the form to add new rips.

I hope it's useful for those out there still on the DC rip business! :D

Great to see the site again
 

thanks Bucanero ive missed this site nice work on rebuilding it

DCP, nice to see you here! I'm glad that my little recycling work is useful for the DC community. :)

Btw, you're more than welcome to add info to the database with all your PAL rips, your info would be very useful for sure.

c ya @EFnet!

Dreamcast Rip Tools for download
 

Just a small update:

I've added a whole bunch of Dreamcast tools available to download at my site. Very useful for ripping, self booting and patching Dreamcast discs.

URL: http://www.bucanero.com.ar/descargas...ria_descarga=2

c ya!

Thanks for isorip tool / DCF staff have better tool for audio tracks in iso but they dont like to relase it to public :/

I've tried ISORip and it works very nice, you can select the quality of the MP3 tracks (128, 192, etc) and it builds a nice INJECT.EXE . The only drawback is that it does not support DiscJuggler 4.x CDI images, so you have to build the .CDI with an older version, any 3.x or 2.x works fine.

I didn't knew about a private tool from DCF... I did knew about Megalex tools and they're good too (WavInject, etc).

bucanero I notice some of my tools on your page (which is great!) can you link my webpage from my name that you mention.

Hello! I had a link to your website in my dreamcast links page, but I'll add a link in the download descriptions if you want, no prob.

c ya

I noticed it today, thanks. It's fine as is. :D

By the way, is VMU Tool ever going to get to the point that it will simply be able to load/save DCI files via the serial cable Vorlem style? Because that's really what I've been waiting a long time to be able to do.

Vorlem is good but it has a few limitations, VMI/VMS instead of DCI, doesn't support things like "read only" settings, and occasionally just crashes on certain saves... it's a shame it never got a second release. I have been waiting years now for a replacement :-) Doing it the cumbersome way with vmload/vmsave and vmurip and the ulgy, dodgy HKS DC Linker program...

There is a way to upload save using modem cable and pc-dc configuration?

There are a few tools by a guy named "Kikachu" that can be used via BBA/serial cable and dcload

vmsave.bin - dumps every entire VM to a DCM file
vmload.bin - uploads DCM back to VM cards
vmurip.bin - rips all saves in first VM to DCI files

You then use DC Linker 2.3 to manage DCM/DCI files.

So it's rather clumsy, and when writing back, you need to write back the whole card at once, but it can be done.

Vorlem can also be used as a more "elegant" solution, but as mentioned before it has bugs.

I dont have a bba or serial cable. My question was about standard dc modem.

With the DC modem you can always use a web browser like PlanetWeb or DreamPassport and then download saves from the net.

If you have your own save and want to transfer it to a VMU, you upload the save from your computer to some web hosting, and then use the DC browser to download the save. (using the URL www.yourhost.com/yourdir/save.vmi)

I mean modem and offline method :D

I wish there was dialup emulation software, so I could dial into my own computer (broadband) for internet access via my Dreamcast.

Either way, there's still no good way to simply upload/download saves via dc-load (ie. serial cable or BBA). If I want to write one save, I have to write the whole card again, using the kikuchan tools.

We're still waiting bucanero ;)

Yes, I agree with you, right now there's no perfect dc-load vmu saves transfers. You've Vorlem, my VMU Backup Tool, and Speud's VMU Tool, but none is 100% perfect. :(

I have to re-start my VMU tool from scratch, but I'm really overloaded with homework and examns in my university right now. (it's my last semester so in december I'll hopefully get my engineering degree :D )

In any case, I'll do it sooner or later, just stay tuned. ;)

I hope so! Vorlem would be okay, except it just crashes on some saves, doesn't support time stamps/read only files etc. properly (Uses vmi/vms instead of DCI) and other things. It's such a shame it never got an update.

I haven't tried lately, but would yours work for simply saving DCI files, via dc-tool CDFS redirection/iso mounting? Then I can use vmurip for ripping the files...

We really do just need a barebones save/load with nothing fancy... maybe you can do that first, then add all the fancy GUI elements and so on.

Also, what about a standalone command line tool to convert between DCI and VMI/VMS? The existing tools for doing so are extremely cumbersome (and don't preserve all attributes).

AFAIK, none of the available vmu app's support DCI files, you've to convert .DCI to vmi/vms before you can use 'em.

Actually the .DCI format it's pretty simple, although it has the data byte-swapped and has to be correctly swap-back before saving to the VMU.
For my future VMU Tool I'll work first on good save/load routines that support .dci, .vmi, .bin/.dcm dumps, etc. After I've that working fine, I'll work on the "neat" GUI. :D

About the command line tool for DCI <-> VMI/VMS, that should be quickly doable. I can't guarantee it, but I might work on it this week if I get some free time.

btw, if you want, add your Resident Evil 2 rip to the Dreamcast Rip Database! :cool:

Write to me and I explain you everything

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Bucanero if you can do new version of VMU Tool with browser like speud's vmutool, without save list's. Loading time will be longer but a lot of ppl like to have only few save from your LARGE database. For egzample I have only 124 saves on my CD and I dont need more :) You can always make two versions with all (list edition) and without saves (browser edition).

btw do you know what i must (can?) to change in dc movie player test 2 by bero to off auto-scanning for files. I have it on my dream inducer and it always resets (to many files). There is a way - just open lid in good moment but i like to hex edit it to remove it. What string i must to search in bin file?

DCI4VMI v0.9 Released!
 

About a week ago I began working on the barebones for the hopefully next-gen VMU CD app... and to test the C++ classes I coded I decided to do the DCI <-> VMI/VMS command line tool I promised you long ago. ;)

I know there are other tools to do this same job, but I think this is the first tool to handle both-way conversions (DCI <-> VMI/VMS) without any other parameter than source file (a DCI or VMI file) and destination file (for .DCI target) or resource name (for .VMI/VMS target).

Check this page http://www.bucanero.com.ar/verpost.php?id_noticia=181 for more info and download links.

Right now there's just a Win32 binary, but I´ll release the source code and a Linux version as soon as I clean up the code.

Please test this tool and post your comments.

Merry Xmas & happy hollidays! :D

Well no need to convert between formats for me (actually, might not be such a bad idea since Vorlem can upload them now?) but I've actually packed away my PC DC and serial cable, I just got a couple of 800 block memory cards and that's what I'm going to use instead. :)