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mike62g

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1. January 2006 @ 17:34

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Very new to this, but am tring to shrink a PS 2 game with DVD Shrink 3.2. Comes up with an error message saying invalid DVD navigation structure. Is there away around this - have down loaded another version of DVD shrink 3.2 and the same ewrror message appears ? Should I be using another program to shrink this game ? Appreciate any help with this.
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gtnheimer

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1. January 2006 @ 18:51

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DVD Shrink 3.2 is only for dvd movies; it reconfigures the dvd files to have lower bit rate, etc. for a smaller size.

I don't know of a program that can do this for ps2 games, and after a bit of research I don't think one exists but i could be wrong.

You could try manually deleting certain aspects of the game like superflous movies, but this could have undesirable results if the game tries to access them.

I suppose the only other way would be to somehow lessen graphic quality which would take major reprogramming and is likely impossible.

My advice: Fork over the dough and buy whichever media size you need (I assume a dvd-9).

(By the way, if you are trying to compress a dvd to a mini-dvd, ps2 won't read it so don't bother. Also, if you didn't know, you can't just play burnt ps2 games, you need a modchip or swapping tool)

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dhs58

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1. January 2006 @ 20:14

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It's just easier to buy the game.

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mike62g

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1. January 2006 @ 23:24

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Thanks for the help, but when I search around the net i come up with other advice that implies that it can be done, even with a dual layer PS such as this game. However,when I try I am not having a good time. I provide the folowing info:

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B A102 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-ROM

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 4,161,600
Size: 8,522,956,800 bytes
Time: 924:50:00 (MM:SS:FF)

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-ROM
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: 10.08Mbps
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,273,839
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

Layer Information:
Layer 0 Sectors: 2,077,232 (49.91%)
Layer 1 Sectors: 2,084,368 (50.09%)

Error warning comes up at the 30% mark, the following is listed:
I/O error
Device 1.0 HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B A102 (E:) (ATA)
ScsiStatus: 0X02
Interpretation: Check Condition
CDB: 28 00 00 13 66 C0 00 01 00
Interpretation: Read (10) - sector: 1271488
Sense Area: F0 00 03 00 13 66 C0 10 00 00 00 09 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Interpretation: Unrecovered error

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tml2

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2. January 2006 @ 03:02

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i found a good way to shrink ps2 games down, i put a guide in ps2 discussion board, i hope it works for you, it involves using a few programs but all my back ups work perfectly

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d3fau1t

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2. January 2006 @ 05:32

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Why don't you just by a Dual Layer disc?

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2. January 2006 @ 07:10

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What kind of game is it? How big is the ISO? If it's somewhere over 4.5GB then I would definitely rebuild them. Go here http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/275350 for more info.

Good luck!!

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