26 Reply by Madroms

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bengerd wrote:

http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title= … _(DIC_CLI)
Be aware that the PX-716 series (possibly other DVD drives) is unsuitable for dumping some SafeDisc versions (Illegal MSF).

Could this be a bug only found in the latest firmware of 716 ?
DIC may let us dump with previous firmware to test this, if it was not already tested.

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27 Reply by Madroms

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There are also some characters that you can't use in the search, for example: .#?&:/\+
this is probably due to how the is coded: mix of url encoding, forbidden characters and apache config.
But this is another topic.

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28 Reply by Madroms

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F1ReB4LL wrote:

Talking about search issues - some symbols in search requests should be modified instead of passing them "as is" to the URL. Like, you can't search for "120%", because any browser treats it as a broken command.

This is a problem with apache config. .htaccess or the script needs to be tweaked for this.

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29 Reply by Madroms

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I will repeat myself as I didn't give too much details:
I am asking for a light, well optimized query with only a few data returned, like the results on the main page:
20 to 50 results max
with only 4 columns: Date/time added (so you know easily the new dumps added since your last visit), flag, hardware, title
But with PC/MAC excluded.
The query is already written, only an additional where clause has to be added to it. This query is light and well optimized for the server, and very fast. The page served is also very light with only few kb to download.

I don't want to:
- use the RSS feed with 500 results, full of data I am not interested in at first, with a heavy query that takes seconds to finish. + the need to use another software to filter the results.
- have 50+ pages to browse, with 500 results, full of data I am not interested in at first and without the most important data: the date/time added, with 50 queries that take seconds to finish.
These solutions give bad UX, are 20-100 times heavier for the server and give a lot more data to download uselessly.

Yes, IR0b0t has some other tasks to do, I know and I understand. But my request is easy to implement and could give the users of the site a good/better experience.

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30 Reply by Madroms

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iR0b0t wrote:

I think it will be too much, because i have to add another list for recent changed discs as well.

A list of recent changed discs is also interested, but less than any new dump lists. Also, it will have too much entries everyday so not really useful and easy to look at (when you see the RSS feed for it with 500 results: less than 1 week of entries as there are too much changes made).

F1ReB4LL wrote:

But you can add the single system filters by yourself. Like, http://redump.org/discs/sort/added/dir/desc/system/ss/

You can also use the RSS feed and filter out the unneeded systems in your news reader.

This is not what I wanted to do. I am interesting to get all the new dumps EXCEPT PC/MAC, without the need to browse each platforms separately (SS, MCD, PSX, 3DO, PS2, etc.).
And I don't want to use an extra piece of software just for this purpose.
I really find the tiny list on the main page really useful, and I think there could be 3 different lists, or some tabs to switch from one to the others.

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31 Topic by Madroms

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Is it possible to have 2 recent dump lists on the main page ?
One for consoles, one for PC/MAC ? (audio CD and DVD-video on one or another list).
As there are a lot of PC dumps lately and I am not interested in them, it will be easier to see easily the new dumps.
I am sure it will also have some interests to others.

To add on the Todo list ? wink

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32 Reply by Madroms

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sarami wrote:
Madroms wrote:

I have the exact same error message

Weird... 

lpCmd: a8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00

This command is clearly correct.

could the error be due to the OS used ?
I am on Win7 64bit. It could depend on a command called.

[F:ExecReadDisc][L:150] GetLastError: 87, The parameter is incorrect.
=> Which parameter is incorrect ? My C++ skills are too limited to well understand the source code as I didn't code for years.
Is there a way to help you to ID the problem ? (having a compiled CSS.exe that logs everything, etc.)

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33 Reply by Madroms

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sarami wrote:
Maddog wrote:

I have an LG USB DVD (GP65NB60 model)
When I run it I get this message:

How about other drive and other DVD?

I have the exact same error message, using 20190531, 20190610 and 20190612 versions.
with PX-716SA and SH-222AB drives, tested with 2 DVD (NAMJ-00002 and Gpara DVD Magazine vol. 0, both pending submissions).

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34 Topic by Madroms

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As the title says.

for example, searching for "vol."
http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol./
=> 1114 results.

click on "System" (column header) to sort by system:
http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol./sort/system/

the link for the page 2 is:
http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol./?page=2
and not http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol … em/?page=2
so the following pages are not accessible with a specific sort order.

Also, the links on the column headers do not keep the page number:
when you are on http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol … em/?page=2
Link on column header "version" is http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol./sort/version/
and not http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol … on/?page=2
so you are back on page 1 with the new sort order.
This behavior could be wanted. This is a choice. But I report it also, just in case.

Another little bug, the end of the link for asc - desc is duplicated:
http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/vol … d/dir/asc/
Is it wanted ?
but no impact on the result pages.




And a little request: is it possible to add arrows next to the column header to know the sort order that is in used ? (for reference, I did that on the search engine at satakore.com)

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35 Reply by Madroms

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F1ReB4LL wrote:

I'd like to remind you the entire outer protection ring can be burned with fully readable SEGA text without any tricks smile The text is formed by the data patterns on the sector level, you can even open the ring dump in the notepad and align the data properly to see the same text.

This is something I could easily forgot wink

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36 Reply by Madroms

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iR0b0t wrote:

Yeah. This function should be similar across different scripts and is very fast in execution, this is why i chose on-the-fly calculation vs. storage. Of course it has the disadvantage that one cannot quick search for total crc32 values.

Even though it could be usable in some situations to have an extra table of "total crc32" values, like the quick search function, I am still not sure if we need that, just because one won't be able to compare the "total crc32" values of foreign images due to offset from uncorrected audio tracks.

I am also interested to see total crc32 to be stored in the db as it is an easy way to quick search this data when you make new dumps.
It is really useful to check already dumped discs with this crc32 as sometimes the serial of the disc is not already added to the db and the title is not correct (or you don't know how to write it if it is from a foreign language), and the crc is the most relevant data to search for, to know if a dump already exist.
Then you could compare crc32 of all the tracks to know if you need to submit a new dump or just a verification.

So I think it could be a good feature, and useful.

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37 Reply by Madroms

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iR0b0t wrote:

I think its a holographical effect due to those tracks having some specific byte pattern.

It makes sense, but i never thought it could be seen like that on the cd.

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38 Reply by Madroms

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I don't think it is the same type of ring. On yours, it is clearly a weird ring in the non-data part of the disc.
On the bootleg II (total size of data = 619716720), it is inside the data part of the disc (or this is how I see them): data part, then tiny gap, then tiny data part, then tiny gap, then the end of the data. And after, there is the non-data part before the Sega ring.

Better explanation on the picture attached.

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39 Topic by Madroms

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As you can see in the pictures attached, this disc has some weird reflection on the data side, like there are 2 gaps/rings in the middle of the data.
This is this disc: http://redump.org/disc/14130/

any idea ? Gap with no data ? data with different reflection ?

I am not an expert, and I just want to know wink

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40 Reply by Madroms

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Ok thanks for the reply.
I will think of it for my next dumps.

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41 Topic by Madroms

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Is psxt001z still maintained ?

I found 2 PSX demo discs on which this great tool hangs:
SLED-01194
SLED-01439

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42 Reply by Madroms

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sarami wrote:
Madroms wrote:

why DIC does not create a submission txt file ? Or does anyone create a script for windows (batch file) ? I think I saw one for Linux (?) made by a member, but none for windows.

You can use DICUI.

I know DICUI create such file, but I don't use it as I use my own batch file to do multiple tasks. Ok, so it is not implemented atm.

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43 Reply by Madroms

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sarami wrote:

Plz try and report.

Tried and reported:

========== LBA[000004, 0x00004]: Main Channel ==========
       +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7  +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
0000 : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 4C 69 63 65 6E 73             Licens
0010 : 65 64 20 20 62 79 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20   ed  by          
0020 : 53 6F 6E 79 20 43 6F 6D  70 75 74 65 72 20 45 6E   Sony Computer En
0030 : 74 65 72 74 61 69 6E 6D  65 6E 74 28 45 75 72 6F   tertainment(Euro
0040 : 70 65 29 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   pe).............
========== LBA[000016, 0x00010]: Main Channel ==========
       +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7  +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
0000 : 01 43 44 30 30 31 01 00  50 4C 41 59 53 54 41 54   .CD001..PLAYSTAT
0010 : 49 4F 4E 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20   ION             
0020 : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  44 45 4D 4F 5F 4F 4E 45           DEMO_ONE
0030 : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20                   
0040 : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00           ........

It works.

Another question, probably already replied: why DIC does not create a submission txt file ? Or does anyone create a script for windows (batch file) ? I think I saw one for Linux (?) made by a member, but none for windows.

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44 Reply by Madroms

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sarami wrote:

Plz try and report.

Ok will do.

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45 Reply by Madroms

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sarami wrote:
Madroms wrote:

Another topic: is it normal that for some PSX PAL demo discs, DIC reports: [INFO] This disc isn't PSX PAL. /nl is ignored.

dic checks this string of LBA: 4.

LBA: 4

0000 : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 4C 69 63 65 6E 73             Licens
0010 : 65 64 20 20 62 79 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20   ed  by          
0020 : 53 6F 6E 79 20 43 6F 6D  70 75 74 65 72 20 45 6E   Sony Computer En
0030 : 74 65 72 74 61 69 6E 6D  65 6E 74 20 45 75 72 6F   tertainment Euro
0040 : 20 70 65 20 20 20 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    pe   ..........

You can also check LBA:4.

So they have a different LBA:4

24D8h: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4C 69 63 65 6E 73            Licens 
24E8h: 65 64 20 20 62 79 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  ed  by           
24F8h: 53 6F 6E 79 20 43 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 45 6E  Sony Computer En 
2508h: 74 65 72 74 61 69 6E 6D 65 6E 74 28 45 75 72 6F  tertainment(Euro 
2518h: 70 65 29 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  pe).............

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46 Reply by Madroms

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Another topic: is it normal that for some PSX PAL demo discs, DIC reports: [INFO] This disc isn't PSX PAL. /nl is ignored.

Demo discs that I dumped which have this info reported by DIC:
http://redump.org/disc/531/
http://redump.org/disc/52732/

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