I noted that some games were removed from the database, gran turismo 2 (U) disc 2, star wars dark forces (U), etc.. I was curious what is the reason of this removal?
51 2008-01-23 21:53:42
Topic: Just a question about PSX db (3 replies, posted in General discussion)
52 2007-12-29 11:17:50
Re: optical drive suggestion (13 replies, posted in General discussion)
In my experience, all laptop drives I have tried sucks, at least for dumping CD, If I were you, I would get and external enclosure (firewire or USB interface) a put as many as I can desktop drives on it, connect it and have fun 
53 2007-12-18 07:00:43
Re: Question about PC protection (1 replies, posted in General discussion)
Maybe, what ProtectionID informs you here it's that the main executable is compressed using UPX (an executable files packer).
If the game is protected, maybe it's just only CD-Check or Oversize, I don't remember any game protected with unreadable sectors based protections (SafeDisc, LasekLok) were the main executable was compressed, also in safedisc protections there's always some 00000001.tmp files on the root of the disc, sometimes theres a secdrv.sys file, and some 0000XXXX.XXX files where XXXX are numbers, also when you try to dump the game, the dumping program start to report unreadable sector on the first 2-3% of the disc.
On laserlok the dumping program reports a consecutive area of mass destruction (unreadable sectors) corresponding to some kind of ring pressed on the disc.
On protections bases on sub-channel data, like SecureROM, at least in the newest one, there's always one unreadable sector and the end of the disc, and again I haven't seen any game with securom and main executable compressed.
Almost all other protections are beated with a full raw copy (2352 bytes per sector) and it will be OK.
PS. The definitive way to know is to try the game running from a copy 
54 2007-09-21 17:06:00
Re: optical drive suggestion (13 replies, posted in General discussion)
p_star wrote:
offset which needs to be inserted in EAC in case of with GTA:
[Write offset of SLUS-00106: +2 (EAC)] + [+6 (for TS-L632D)] or [+12 (for SOHW-1633S)] = +8 (for TS-L632D) or +14 (for SOHW-1633S).
Accuraterip offsets = EAC Offsets.
Oh, I was confused, then I actually had a CD from the AccurateRip database, one from the KEY DISC section at http://www.accuraterip.com/keydiscs.htm, but not from the ones mentioned on http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/eac3.html.
Well, I'm a little bit confused here.. when you say
p_star wrote:
[Write offset of SLUS-00106: +2 (EAC)]
Where did this +2(EAC) come from? Is it the same for all Data/Audio discs? or is it specific to GTA.. How it can be calculated?
p_star wrote:
= +8 (for TS-L632D) or +14 (for SOHW-1633S).
So, this is the value that I should use?? Do I have to substract 30 to this value or leave alone when I try the dump??
Also, I got a problem, any of my two drives shows me data on the sector where the pregap on the second track should being... the two of them show me just zeroes....
I just bought an LG GDR-8164B, it has a bigger offset and it can be used for GC and Wii games.. hope it helps me out with this...
I got some games with audio tracks and I would like to contribute to the database....
55 2007-09-18 07:02:52
Re: optical drive suggestion (13 replies, posted in General discussion)
pepsidrinker wrote:
I'm sorry I don't understand fully. Does displacement mean the offset? The drive I have now is a LG DVD-ROM GDR8164b I can't get the offset with EAC as I don't have a music cd it can get it off of. Accuraterip gives it an offset of +102. Are we still supposed to -30 to it? If so it would be +72. I would not be able to rip the -542 and -617 correctly right? How would I know if I can copy the audio correctly? How would I know if my drive can copy the data track correctly because it gives the same md5, etc. with each dump?
Hi, I have a TSSTcorp TS-L632D, I dont have CD from the EAC internal DB, so I have to use the Accuraterip method gives me a offset of +6, so I enter -24 in the field, also with and LITE-ON SOHW-1633S my entered value is -18 because Accuraterip suggest me +12.
I dumped Grand Theft Auto - Greatest Hits (U) [SLUS-00106GH], and the data track checksum is the identical to http://psxdb.com/disc/523/, but the audio tracks are totally diferent, I checked with the two drives and the results were the same on both for the all the tracks (data and audio).
Could I consider this a good dump and submit it??