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@sarami: Just thinking outside the box here...and if this feature is already in place and I missed it feel FREE to correct me...but rather than exporting all of the data dumps into a flat, text file...it seems like it would be more beneficial if the data were also exported in a supplemental CSV format. This way we could eventually use the CSV format to streamline disc uploads by auto-populating the data fields by uploading the CSV directly.

Again, just an idea. And if it already exists...awesome!

Cheers!
-MrTikki-

BOOYAH.

What you're debating is how to properly format a Trademark, and the problem is that everyone's opinion is sort of right.

Trademarks generally come in two different formats: (1) Logo mark and (2) Word mark.

"SoulCalibur" and "SoulCalibuR" and "SoulcalibuR" are simply stylized uses of the word "SOULCALIBUR" that appear in the Logo, whereas the Word mark "SOULCALIBUR" is generally more clear cut as to how the copyright holder originally intended it to look in TEXT format.

However, Word marks can be misleading as well, since a Word mark that is registered secures all rights to use that word (regardless of the styling). In other words: "APPLE" and "Apple" and "apple" = the same Word mark, but they would yield three different logo marks.

So with that said...it's really a matter of looking to see how the copyright holder set it as and determine which style is the most accurate. Clear as mud, right? Hope that helps!

Cheers!
-MrTikki-

Thanks for the info, GreyFox. Any thoughts as to why NEC chose to call it CD-ROM²? Was it just a marketing ploy, or is there a unique TOC structure behind the scene?

I'm mostly asking for because I can't seem to find anything the difference online...which is unusually odd. 

Thanks!
-MrTikki-

Hmm. I must be missing something here. There seem to be several H+ / BD matches on this image... (at least from what I see). And sector 21 on this image is empty. In fact, it's 00s all the way up to sector 1025 (begging at sector 5).

Thanks for the tools, Pablo. I ran both edccchk.exe and chkraw.exe on the images, and they're reporting 0 errors (which is exactly what I expected for a 1994 game disc). And thanks for confirming the PVD issue--I didn't realize it was an ISO9660 thing.

My only other question is regarding the CUE file. The following CUE information was generated by DIC:

CATALOG 0000000000000
FILE "CarmenWorldMAC.bin" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

If this were an IBM/PC CD-ROM disc I would say everything looks just fine. However, I wasn't sure if the MODE information was correct given that it's a Macintosh CD-ROM. Furthermore, everytime I tried to use this CUE to open the image it would not recognize the image, and in the case of edccchk.exe...it even crashed it!

So I mostly want to confirm that the CUE data being generated by DIC is accurate and valid for submission purposes. I don't have any reason to doubt this; I mostly need it for sanity purposes.

Cheers!
-MrTikki-

And while I'm on the subject, I feel that the "Add-Ons" category is painfully inaccurate and [EDIT] *perhaps should be considered for removal.*

If redump wants to retain this information, I would propose the option of appending it to the title description [e.g. Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome (USA) (Add-On)]. There are several expansions-as-games and games-as-expansions that make it difficult to draw such a distinct line via the category class, and it causes unnecessary confusion during the dump submission process (as demonstrated below). Furthermore, I would wager that 90% of the "Add-Ons" technically qualify as "Games" and could be dumped into the "Games" category without any further correction necessary.

However, if redump wishes to keep this category, then I feel we simply need to be more diligent about maintaining this category and using it correctly during the dump creation process.

Here are some examples to prove my point from the IBM-PC section that (under the current model), which are listed as "Games" and should be listed as "Add-Ons":

• Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome (USA)

• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (USA) (Collector's Edition - Limited Edition)

• Age of Mythology: The Titans (Expansion) (USA) (Pre-Release)

• Aliens Versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt (USA)

• Diablo - Hellfire (USA)

Cheers!
-MrTikki-

Thanks to Nexy's help, I was able to perofrm a sector-scan using ProtectionID...and sure enough: SecuROM Signature v4 or lower was detected.

Thanks for the help!
-MrTikki-

Here's the complete readout of ProtectionID's error for those who haven't seen it before:

Protection ID v0.6.4.0 JULY has crashed...
Build 07/08/10-17:57:05

Welcome to the scene of the crash.... take me to the hospital

EAX = 000000030h, EBX = 00000000Ah, ECX = 000000030h, EDX = 000000000h
ESI = 0004F8510h, EDI = 000000031h, ESP = 00028BF4Ch, EBP = 00028BF94h

DS  = 0002Bh, ES  = 0002Bh, FS  = 00053h, GS  = 0002Bh, SS  = 0002Bh
DR0 = 000000000h, DR1 = 000000000h, DR2 = 000000000h, DR3 = 000000000h
DR6 = 000000000h, DR7 = 000000000h

CCW = 00000037Fh, CSW = 000004020h, CTW = 00000FFFFh, CEO = 000000002h
CES = 0FFFF0000h, CDO = 000000000h, CDS = 000000000h, CR0NPX = 001147CB3h

Crash @ CS:EIP -> 00023h:075D5990Bh, EFlags : 000010206h
Stack @ SS:ESP -> 0002Bh:00028BF4Ch

Crash Code : 0C0000005h
Crash Report : In Page Error

ThreadID : 01F3DCh / 0127964
ThreadName : PiD Core Thread (thread 1)
Crash Happened in Scan File -> Unknown :(
Procedure Name : N/A
Crash File Line Range (low) -> 00

Okay. Any reason BurnOut didn't detect it? It's an older game. I would have double-checked it with ProtectionID if I could get have gotten it to run, but it's currently incompatible with Win7 x64.

I'll go ahead and post it all the same, but I'll note that it uses SecuROM unless instructed to otherwise. Also, where it indicates Error Count (CDMage), should I put "1" and identify the erroring sector? Or should I just put "1" and leave it at that?

Cheers!
-MrTikki-

Thanks, Pablo. But is the lack of response here meaning to suggest that this is the ONLY acceptable method for dumping audio?