Here are dumping methods for Nintendo Gamecube / Wii optical discs according to Redump.org quality standards.
Before dumping anything take care about infos you need to submit:
1. Checksum (crc32, md5, sha1, ed2k): use Hashcalc (mirror) to get these infos quickly
2. Image size: it must be always as follows:
- Gamecube: 1.459.978.240 bytes (712.880 sectors)
- Wii: 4.699.979.776 bytes (2.294.912 sectors)
- Wii DL: 8.511.160.320 bytes (4.155.840 sectors)
3. Disc ID / Serial: DL-DOL-Gxxx-yyy for Gamecube and RVL-Rxxx-yyy for Wii, the one written on upper side of disc (if you cannot read it find the right light angle).
4. Ring Code: you can find it on bottom side on disc in the inner inside ring (if you cannot read it find the right light angle). If you cannot read Ring Code at all, please post Barcode instead.
5. Region: Japan, Europe, USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, etc. (if not sure check yyy of Serial).
6. Version: open your dumped image with HxD (or another Hex editor) and look at offset 0x07:
if value is 0x00 => v1.00 ; if value is 0x01 => v1.01 ; if value is 0x02 => v1.02 and so on.
Version can be also retrieved via Ring Code. Take for example this "1080° Avalanche (E)" GC ring code
"IFPI LQ11 103J3008 DOL-GTEP-0-00 JPN S0"
or Wii "2K Sports: NBA 2K10"
"IFPI LL89 E09J1512 RVL-R76E-0A-0 USA M1S7"
the bold numbers are the same as the hex value:
For GC: if value is -00 => v1.00 ; if value is -01 => v1.01 ; if value is -02 => v1.02 and so on.
For Wii: if value is -0 => v1.00 ; if value is -1 => v1.01 ; if value is -2 => v1.02 and so on.
Please take care to check Version with the standard Hex viewer method because numbers in GC/Wii ring codes are smaller than any other media around and it's so easy to write down the wrong number or letter.
7. Edition: Original, Player's Choice, Bundle, Promo, Demo etc.
8. Languages: English, Japanese, French, Spanish, German, Italian and so on
- Some games have language selection at game loading or inside game options.
- Some games have language detection by bios configuration, change it to see if the game has more languages.
- Please take care that if a game has for example "En,Fr" as spoken languages and "En,Fr,De,Sp,It" as subtitles, it's better to submit "En,Fr" as languages and add subtitles languages in the notes (if you use wip form).
9. Tools used to dump your disc (see below).
Notes:
1. Optional infos are ---> Dol-MD5 (only for Gamecube use dolmd to get checksum - mirror), Barcode.
2. Header is not required and it has no reason to be archived because every usefull data is still avaible (unless Streaming that is not archived and it has to be clearified). Header can be necessary for alternative dumps when it's the only info to identify a dump.
3. Please post also Layer Break for Dual Layer Wii discs.
4. Gamecube/Wii discs has no clear EXE date. The date you find in Gamecube images header is not an EXE date as we mean; that date is probably the EXE date of boot application which is common to many games, like autoexec for old dos games (if you play something around with some vintage cpu like MSX you'll know better what I mean).
Here is a sample template anyone can use to post needed infos:
Title:
Region:
Languages:
Serial:
Ring Code:
Version:
Edition:
Image Size:
CRC32:
MD5:
SHA-1:
ed2k:
DUMPING METHODS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
DUMPING disc from your PC
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You need one of the following LG DVD drives:
LG-8164B
LG-8163B
LG-8162B
LG-8161B
A. Dumping with Rawdump (mirror - you may need to install .NET framework 2.0)
Simply insert disc in your LG drive, check "Dual Layer" box if disc is dual layer and click "Start Dump".
It will take around 45min for Gamecube and 2h 30min for Wii, when the dump is finished a popup will show.
B. Dumping with Friidump (mirror - this package contain a batch file to automate the process, edit it if needed)
Use the batch file in the archive (edit it if needed, I have set it to typical drive D:) or start a command prompt, move to friidump directory and type:
friidump -d D: -aIf your LG drive letter is different, type the right letter instead of D
Let program dump disc, it will take a little more than Rawdump.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
DUMPING disc from your softmodded Wii to SD card
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Softmod your Wii with one of the guides around (gbatemp or wiihacks websites for example and take care not to brick it with stupid IOS or Sysmenu patches).
Tools needed: SD card (8GB is best choise) + Superdump + IOS249 (cIOS38) v1.3b
2. Copy the content of this package (mirror) to your SD card, it contains Superdump v.1.2 and v1.3, cIOS38 v1.3b and cIOS uninstaller.
3. If you have cIOS v1.4 or v1.5 uninstall it with the unistaller and then install v1.3b to have a clean system. Don't use IOS249 v1.4 or v1.5 because it has a bug which cannot read last sector of first layer of Wii dvds (not confirmed: please beware some modchips cannot retrieve right dumps of Wii dvds even with v1.3b or lower)
4. Insert your disc and your SD card in your Wii, lauch HBC (HomeBrew Channel) and load Superdump. The screen will switch to a command line with the following options to choose with your Wiimote:
B = changes DVD type (Gamecube, Wii Single Layer, Wii Double Layer).
1 = changes image chunks size
2 = changes #n of chunks to dump *
A = starts dumping
* please remember to move to next chunk -- 0,1,2 -- after you dump first one otherwise you'll continue to dump the same chunk. Gamecube discs can be dumped in one chunk, Wii games have to be dumped at least in 2 chunks because a chunk cannot be bigger than 3GB because of FAT limitation.
It will take around 10min for GC and 30min for Wii discs, if you got "error reading sector data" message your dump is wrong (last sector, or more for DL discs, has not been dumped. See above).
5. Once you have dumped one chunk (if you have a 8GB SD or bigger you can wait and dump all the chunks), move it on your PC and delete it from SD. Remount SD in your Wii, dump next chunk and repeat the process untill you have finished.
6. Once finished you'll have all your chunks on PC (Ex: RZDJ01_0.bin, RZDJ01_1.bin, etc. if dumped with Superdump 1.3, 1.bin,2.bin, etc. if dumped with Superdump 1.2) and you have to join them to a single file; to do this simply open a command promp and join files with copy command *:
copy /b RZDJ01_0.bin+RZDJ01_1.bin RZDJ01.binor
copy /b 1.bin+2.bin dump.binNotes:
1. Superdump v1.3 has a problem with multiple disc Gamecube games, you have to dump and move to PC the first disc dump before dumping the second disc because of same name in the header. To avoid this loss of time dump first disc with v1.3 and second disc with v1.2 (this is mainly why I put both apps in the package).
2. * If you have problems with copy command you can join chunks with HxD: on menu select "Extras ---> File tools ---> Concatenate...". On the new window open all chunk files, order them right and save the joined file as output with your preferred name in your preferred directory.
3. Don't dump anything via wifi tools becuase it's confirmed it will return a bad dump!!!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
DUMPING GC disc from your Gamecube
----------------------------------------------------------------------
...to do (see here)