It takes just a minute to get the sectors and submit the log here. Why wouldn't you do it?
1 2012-10-11 09:18:00
Re: Do I have to add Lybcript data on my Verifies? (1 replies, posted in General discussion)
2 2012-05-03 20:04:51
Re: How to dump blu-ray discs? (4 replies, posted in General discussion)
iR0b0t wrote:
You will probably have to unlock the video first, before dumping it with isobuster and the method Nakian used to dump his ps3 game discs! It is the same way he used to dump dvd-videos, just in this case he has to use the bluray drive he used to dump the ps3 games. Follow the link i posted in the first reply.
Should be very easy to follow. I'll try it, hehe.
3 2012-05-03 19:24:08
Re: How to dump blu-ray discs? (4 replies, posted in General discussion)
Well, it's a BD-Video. I can see the first entry has been added just recently. Maybe FatArnold could tell us how he dumped his disc?
4 2012-05-03 10:20:47
Topic: How to dump blu-ray discs? (4 replies, posted in General discussion)
How do I dump a blu-ray disc properly so that it can be submitted to the database?
5 2011-08-28 00:16:48
Re: can i download ps1 isos from your site (3 replies, posted in General discussion)
No, because it's illegal.
6 2011-07-06 04:14:13
Re: Problem decrypting DVD Videos smaller than 700 MB (2 replies, posted in General discussion)
Didn't think it would be so easy. Thanks, iR0b0t!
7 2011-07-05 18:53:06
Topic: Problem decrypting DVD Videos smaller than 700 MB (2 replies, posted in General discussion)
Hello,
I was trying to decrypt the DVD-Video DVDs for my own personal use and I got to a few problems.
I'd like you to look at what I've found.
I have tried decrypting the encrypted images by doing the following:
1) Mounting the image in the latest Alcohol 120%
2) Loading up DVD Decrypter and dumping the disc from the virtual DVD as mounted in Alcohol
Here are the results:
Discs that aren't encrypted at all (playable directly from redump images):
Biohazard 5 (Japan) (Disc B) (The Others)
Resident Evil - Collector's Edition (Europe)
Play Zone DVD 06-2001 (Germany) (Resident Evil - Code - Veronica & Devil May Cry)
Resident Evil Zero Non-Interactive Demo (USA)
Capcom Secret DVD (Japan) (En,Ja)
Discs that are encrypted, but could be found in DVD Decrypter and successfully decrypted:
Dino Crisis 5th Anniversary - CG Movie Collection (Japan) (En,Ja)
Making of Resident Evil 5, The (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl)
Resident Evil 5th Anniversary - Wesker's Report (Europe)
Tokyo Game Show 2008 Capcom Special DVD (Japan)
Discs that are encrypted and CANNOT be found in DVD Decrypter:
Biohazard 4 - Wii Edition (Japan) (En,Ja)
Biohazard 4 (Japan) (En,Ja)
Biohazard Zero (Japan) (En,Ja)
Making of Resident Evil 4, The (USA)
The aforementioned dumps cannot be detected in DVD Decrypter. It says that "disc is not DVD". This was riddling me for hours, until I came to an epic realization. I have noticed that all of them are smaller than 700 MB, which may mean they are considered by DVD Decrypter as CDs, not DVDs.
I have also noticed that when I open any of those smaller than 700 MB in IsoBuster, I can actually choose the option "extract raw data (2532)", which leads me to believe that software simply detects them as CDs, not DVDs, right? And that's probably the reason why DVD Decrypter considers them CDs, instead of DVDs, but their size is divisible by 2048, therefore they are DVDs, not CDs.
So the only thing that we'd need to do is to "force-mount" them as DVDs and then DVD Decrypter should detect them correctly, I think.
Any idea how to proceed from this point on?
Thanks for looking at this!
EDIT: So are those CDs, or DVDs? Maybe we even have the dumps incorrect? Maybe they are CDs and the original dumpers should have dumped them in RAW data 2352 instead of USER data 2048 ?
8 2011-04-23 02:12:41
Re: Are you taking PS3 submissions? (17 replies, posted in General discussion)
Clutz450 wrote:
Since this thead has gotten off topic from the original question of do you or do you not take PS3 submissions, I was wondering if there is a thread on what drives work and what ones don't work. Also, is there an active thread discussing whether or not to accept decrypted dumps from Gaia Manager. Because if it is ever decided that they will be accepted, then I would like to know right away so I can start contributing.
These are some difficult questions, because:
PS3 games are still rather "new" - they are not "endangered' and need no preservation
Not many people have BluRay drives or PS3 consoles with linux and required knowledge to dump games
The easiest answer is that "yes, redump accepts PS3 dumps which are 1:1 copies of the original media, therefore the encryption must be intact."
Unfortunatelly, the fact whether such dumps are useful or not isn't really important right now. If this community is about preserving data, nobody cares you won't be able to use that data to play the game. Sounds strange, but that's what you'll get answered every time you ask.
9 2011-04-16 18:51:02
Re: GD-Rom dumping by Broadband and Dreamcast ! 25Min max by GD-Rom (4 replies, posted in General discussion)
It works only on discs with 3 tracks. Anything with more tracks will be messed up because of the offset correction, or its lack, thereof.
10 2011-04-16 13:59:26
Re: Are you taking PS3 submissions? (17 replies, posted in General discussion)
Jackal wrote:
VLC should be able to circumvent the analog protection
Well, you answered your own question, I guess. Those discs are encrypted and you cannot really convert them to anything else, only play using VLC, as it can go around the encryption. In the future, the same may happen to PS3 discs, so if you agree with encrypted DVD videos, you should agree with encrypted PS3 games. Either both, or none.
11 2011-04-16 11:49:32
Re: Are you taking PS3 submissions? (17 replies, posted in General discussion)
Jackal wrote:
It's no use preserving the encrypted images unless we have a way to decrypt them (without needing the disc again).
So why are we submitting the DVD-Videos to the database? Those are encrypted and useless too.
12 2011-04-16 02:55:02
Re: Are you taking PS3 submissions? (17 replies, posted in General discussion)
Yes, as you properly figured out, encryption must be intact, so Gaia Manager won't really help in any way.
As far as I know, the PC blu-ray drives either work, or not. So just put the game disc inside the drive, boot up the latest IsoBuster and check out whether the disc is present, or not. If it is, try dumping it easily as any other DVD, for example.
If it works, your dump should be good, but it still would be nice if you could find at least 1 disc which is already present in the database and compare your results to make sure the drive reads as it should.
Good luck!
13 2011-04-15 23:37:55
Re: Are you taking PS3 submissions? (17 replies, posted in General discussion)
Yes, PS3 submissions are accepted. Even though not a guide, but you can try reading this thread to get some insight.
14 2011-03-24 00:15:14
Re: Resident Evil 5 [XBOX 360] (5 replies, posted in General discussion)
As long as I remember properly, it's enough to just play the disc in VLC, then it gets unlocked. After that, just dump it in isobuster.
15 2011-03-17 22:17:04
Re: Why dont' preserve TOC's? (2 replies, posted in General discussion)
Interesting. This discussion is going to be almost as intense as the time when I forgot how to sit down.
16 2011-03-10 20:28:05
Re: so how was some ECC games redumped? (2 replies, posted in General discussion)
cool, pretty useful. thanks for public clarification!
17 2011-03-10 19:45:20
Topic: so how was some ECC games redumped? (2 replies, posted in General discussion)
I have a rather simple question,
there were many resident evil dumps in the database (biohazard 3 promo disc, french/spanish/italian resident evil 2 discs, etc), which were YELLOW as of the ECC rules change. Now all of them are blue/green (depending on the number of dumpers).
So how did this happen? A database error? Or aren't we verifying them anymore?
I'm just asking, I don't want to create a debate fight here. If anyone can clarify this for me, I'll be grateful.
18 2011-03-03 11:59:46
Topic: should I dump my AVGN DVDs ? (1 replies, posted in General discussion)
I'm wondering whether I should dump my Angry Video Game Nerd DVDs. I've got 4 of them, out of 5. I could buy the 5th one with no problems too.
I think these are perfectly game related and all the gaming nerds know what they're all about 
Looking forward to hearing from you!
19 2011-01-09 15:21:15
Re: 13000+ dumps (15 replies, posted in News)
themabus wrote:
no, in current db structure matching CDs wouldn't be counted separately, even when from different releases
That has nothing to do with the db, you can still have a script to count them separately, if you'd need such a result 
20 2010-12-02 20:25:43
Re: What to do? (6 replies, posted in General discussion)
I'd say the drive is either damaged, or has some bad firmware if rawdump doesn't recognize it. My 8164 works perfectly with rawdump.
21 2010-11-26 11:38:39
Re: A poll to screen resolution (2 replies, posted in General discussion)
Voted for 1920px as I use it most of the time, but I also visit redump from my netbook, which has only 1024px.
TIP: Make the width to 100% using css, thus letting it resize according to the screen resolution, instead of setting a static value in px.
22 2010-11-15 14:50:02
Re: Do you accept VG-related discs without any playable game or demo? (4 replies, posted in General discussion)
Yes, 1 and 3 will be accepted. I will personally love the third one.
But I think mods won't want to accept 2 if it has nothing to do with the game and is just an anime.
23 2010-11-02 14:19:45
Re: Pregap question (8 replies, posted in General discussion)
It's an EAC bug. EAC can't detect pregaps on an audio track IF the disc has only 2 tracks. Just dump the audio track without detecting the pregap and THEN append the pregap manually.
24 2010-10-23 23:48:22
Re: Help needed with dumping issues (5 replies, posted in General discussion)
Yes, it doesn't affect an ability to copy data tracks.
As for how common they are, I have never had such a drive, I don't know where other people get them
25 2010-10-23 23:18:26
Re: Help needed with dumping issues (5 replies, posted in General discussion)
The error means that your drive cannot over-read into lead-out and read the end of the audio track.
Your only option as of now, without buying a new drive, is trying the hotswap method.