playing backed up DL games
 

i have backed up a dual layered disc of mine, the game is champions of norrath, it works fine when i play the original disc it doesnt stuff up or jam or anything...but when i play the copied version it starts up fine and plays fine until i reach about halfway through the game and then on loading a new level it jams...i checked that it actually burnt all the info from the original to the blank media and it did...im using a sony dru 700A DL burner use verbatim DL media my ps2 version is 30002 (think means version 2) and i dont know what mod chip i have...is anyone able to help me out and tell me what is the problem

Is this the first DL disc that you've burn using the Writer? I believe that the first record is always not the best, as the drive need to auto calibrate itself after a few successful burn in order to get it 100% right. Anyway it could be a protection or not, I cannot say, as I'm facing the same problem myself (first burn too...too expensive to keep buying DL Disc)

no its not the first...ive burnt a few other things using the burner before i tried this...i was thinking maybe some sort of protection thing with the playstation as you said...have no idea what to do to get around it

sounds to me like the ps2 read the first layer ok but its having probs reading the second layer

i think ur laser is too weak to read second layer

I agree, i think alot of PS2's are going to have this problem considering how crappy there lasers are from the start.

Yep. Lets face it, a lot of machines struggle reading single layer so I think expecting it to read a dual layer burnt disc is a lot. Maybe ps3 will read em ok???