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smokyrain

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26. January 2009 @ 10:07

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It shouldn't have took 40 minutes. That seems way too long.
I would use imgburn, its the successor of DVD decrypter.
When installing just leave it at its default settings.

Then burn at 4x, I never verify my discs, just test them on the PS2.

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cv65user

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26. January 2009 @ 15:19

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na the read speed its about right considering its external usb dvdrom onto an acer aspire one atom cpu laptop . as well i restricted it to 4x read speed. but ripping normal vob video dvd will take about 12/15 mins so its all kool .

i guess you are right, although a dvd may pass verification ,it may cause freezing problem half way through a game which you can never emulate at time of disc verification after burning - is that right as i read on other forums?

can you confirm if la - true streets of crime is compatible with cogswap as it doesnt work for me (causes ps2 to reboot ), but works perfect with sm 38 coder . or i mite try asking in console exploits .lol.

oh by the way , i made max payne esr version . when loading it shows differet colour screens, then loads trailer , rainbow colours , then company logo . ie ea sports etc , then rainbow colours , then the game . i read this normal but should it happen like i described as the other forum only said it will flash different colours at start?
- i now see how amazing this method is , its like real copy of ps2 game . i will be backing up all my ps2 games with this method

i only have 8mb card at moment , i could do with compressing codebreker elf (2mb) and sm 33 elf (4mb) - used to laod ps2 cd games. but my mc now has no space ; how can i compress these elf files myself ?

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smokyrain

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26. January 2009 @ 20:05

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Oh ok, I thought you meant burn speed took that long.

Cogswap is older so may not work with all games. That's just how it is.

I guess as long as it works with SM 3.8 elf that is ok too.

Your right most games only show the 2 colors, then the game starts but there could be exceptions perhaps.

If your PS2 is under V14, you can load Codebreaker.elf from usb drive.
V14 and higher, codebreaker is not compatible with usb devices.

Using fmcb you can also load elf files from the USB drive also.

Just check the configurator part of the fmcb 1.8 tutorial.
IT explains how to do that.

I have SM 3.8 elf at 242kb: link
And SM 3.8 DVD at 694kb: link
CDloader.elf if you ever needing it: link
Zoneloader.elf : link

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cv65user

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27. January 2009 @ 04:09

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hey mny thx foir them elf versions , i been looking every where for them elfs . as i didnt want to waste burning iso images for testing . but esr game play is fantastic . yeah i had to run my extra elfs from a usb drive as discovered . my ps2 is sph 5xxxx3 .

i have used img burn and all games burnt from imgburn worked flawlessly much better then dvd decrpyter but maybe its because i am using esr method so i cant really tell . i think resident evil outbreak esr takes 3 extra seconds to load but laser is not thrashing itself .

by the way , the esr patched games worked striaght away from the fmcb v1.8 noobies packjage, i only put dvdelf and never touched any of the dvd direct elf files from the esr package.

oh just 2 different colours??, i think mine flahses about 5 different colours in between trailer then another 5 different colours loading company logo , then aonther 5 different colours when loading osd game menu . lol . but game seems to work perfectly fine .

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cv65user

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27. January 2009 @ 05:29

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i there a howto for god of war to play in esr method? i heard it needs pathcing as its a dvd9 dual layer . so first i must convert to dvd5 then esr patch ?

right i found many tuts , but very long process even via sonix tool which is a shorter method. some say delete all the bonus scences. but this what i want to keep so the only way to keep the vids/bonus scenees it to use the long winded way . i guess we will see when i get down to it . even so with the delete scenes/vids method some report game freezing unless pps2 is stood up ?

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smokyrain

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27. January 2009 @ 09:21

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Your welcome for the elfs. It could just be different games too have more flashing colors than others.

God of War plays fine from DVD9 on ESR, so do other DVD9 games that I have burned.

Just patch it with Toxic dl patcher first, then ESR disc patcher.

Burn on Verbatim DL DVD+R using imgburn at 2.4x speed.
The slower speed is just for Dual layer games.

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cv65user

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27. January 2009 @ 10:34

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oh id like to keep my ps2 collectoin consistant as dvd5 , so would need to convert it to dvd5 as i dont have any blank dvd9 or they wold be very expensive ..

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cv65user

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28. January 2009 @ 10:52

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i am following this thread to convert gow 1 to dvd 5 . http://www.console-exploits.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9499 but when i so sfv check , i have 161 files missing ?

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smokyrain

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28. January 2009 @ 11:29

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That tutorial is for GOW 2

Is that what you want or you want just GOW

If it is GOW, here is a thread I posted awhile ago that should help.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/738603

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cv65user

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29. January 2009 @ 05:01

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ah you can read my mind . lol. yes i was using god of war 2 tut when i got god of war 1 pal uk game .lol

and yeah its for god of war 1 . lol .i found the correct tut here http://www.console-exploits.com/forums/s...hp?t=824&page=3

when i do this bit Run the tool again, select the GODOFWAR.TOC file and click rebuild butt on. sit back and wait... but then it will crash with abort , rrety, ignore . it seems to be during lopading that auto link as i saw that in head er of the error message

i suppose i am missing some sort of ocx / dll file ? ok i ran again and now re link shows up , i pressed auto re link , but still there are over a good 100 + files that need manual re linking , is that right because thats put me right off? lol

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smokyrain

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29. January 2009 @ 10:05

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That could be right that there is about a 100 or so, its been a long while since I did this.

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cv65user

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29. January 2009 @ 11:15

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argh its annoying , i undesrstand the tut fully . but after i down sized my pss files are deleted the psw files . when re linking and i click auto link , some files dont match up . ie . arrows1.vag cannot be found in avail files ?!?!?!

i found other tut to use xpert 2 usiung Shrinker_ps2_psp_CdDvd5_iso_v1.04.epi plugin and then Shrinker_ps2_Dvd9_Layer1_iso_v1.0.epi but i dont know at which stage to click 1 , 2 ,3 ,4 and when to switch plugs ins ??

is it select Shrinker_ps2_psp_CdDvd5_iso_v1.04.epi
big file= pack 1
t file = gow toc
press 1
press 2
change to Shrinker_ps2_Dvd9_Layer1_iso_v1.0.epi
press 3
press 4

is it that way ? - but i cant see where it wouild shrink down the pss files so it can accomodate on to dvd 5 size ?

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smokyrain

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29. January 2009 @ 14:40

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The Xpert tool won't work for GOW and a lot of other DVD9 games.
Most of them need a certain tool or tutorial to follow.

I would have to do this later if I have time and let you know how it works out.

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smokyrain

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29. January 2009 @ 23:35

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Ok I am in the process of rebuilding GOW and I am just manually relinking each .psw file with each corresponding .pss file.

There are about 50 some .psw files and then just the Bonus.pss files to relink.

To get rid of the error with the auto relinker, just go here and download the file posted by gnie.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/53/275350#4043499

I had forgotten that you could probably use Xpert Tool V2, and then you need the "PS2_GOW_pak_toc.epi" ,its in the dropdown list.

It would look like this.

You need to have your GOW extracted in one folder using Apache2.

You would then load the PART1.PAK where it says open image file, then click on next folder to open TOC.

Then follow these steps.
1. Click extract LBA.
2. Click extract file and wait for it to finish.
3. Click rebuild file and wait for it to finish.
4. Click rebuild LBA.

Then do all the same steps for PART2.PAK Edit, this part may not be needed to do, will let you know tomorrow as its taking it's sweet a** time doing the process, lol.

I am just in the process of trying this. There could be a tutorial somewhere using this method but I have not looked.

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cv65user

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30. January 2009 @ 04:07

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right , are u in uk by the way > my game is god of war 1 on dual layer dvd , pal , uk. so would that epi plug in still apply or is it for ntsc.

yes i got apache 2 and undestsand how to extract both layers. i also have xpert 2.

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You would then load the PART1.PAK where it says open image file, then click on next folder to open TOC.

... done

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Then follow these steps.
1. Click extract LBA.
2. Click extract file and wait for it to finish.
3. Click rebuild file and wait for it to finish.
4. Click rebuild LBA.
Then do all the same steps for PART2.PAK

during step 2 it extracts a @pack1 3.36gb folder and @pack2 2.57gb folder so i dont think i need to re do all steps for part2.pak?

i have reached step2 , but if i click step3 and let it rebuild ...would it not just rebuild the original park1.pak file. according to step 2 i must now somehow delete duplicate psw files , down size the pss and re link my deleted psw files to pss files.
- edit : ok i tried this , by just pressing 1234 all the way through , but this just gives me a 6.26 gb part1 pak file which is clearly wrong . lol . so after clicking step 1, 2 , we must somehow reduce the size of them two folders. but am unsure which method to employ yet .

becase psw files are pss files duplicated on the secpond layer to prevent too much stress on the laser switching layers during game play - well thats my understanding from the forums .

you see, i got the theory behind it , but its just not working for me , when i following sonix tutorial i get more other files . ie . *.vag as missing , and if i follow xperts2 tutorial i am at a lost - i suspect its because pal/ntsc issue?

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smokyrain

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30. January 2009 @ 09:33

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I knew I should have just sent you to alucard.cc/forums in the first place.

http://www.alucard.cc/forums/index.php?topic=1204.0

You will need to register

Then scroll down to "ps2 God of War 2 pal multi 6 plugin"
Instructions are right there with the plugin.

I had it almost right for the NTSC version, except that part1.pak and part2.pak needed to be in the same directory first.

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cv65user

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30. January 2009 @ 09:34

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haha i am already registered on that website --

update , i got hold of sonix tool which is like a all in tool. i clicked the iso and the second layer with apache 2. then used sonix tool to extract pack1 and it auto extracted pack2. i then deleted all psw files. downsized all pss files by 50 % with pss down size sampler . rebuilt it with sonix tool . then auto link , then to my suprise it automatically had 50 psw ONLY files left over (not VAG extension files left over like last time ) and it had corresponding PSS files in thje left pane . after i manually linked all psw files it said ok . so thats sonix tool finshed . and i have my resulsting folder of all ps2 files.

** so ignore all the problems i had previously , now i need to pack all these ps2 files in to iml2iso in specific order .

i dragged and dropped in order of the files by loading apache2 and browinsg the original iso to see the file order layout . i filled in the disc data . ie . playtstaion , sony , game id . ie . SCES_531.33. put the aspi32.dll into system32 folder , then when i click REC nothing pops up but pc hangs ; if i press ctrl alt del goto task manager io can see it trying to load the recdvd exe but its using 97% cpu usage (thus reason why pc goes slow) - i might try reboot pc to see if it helps . but i can see its made the iml and ims files . if i proceed ignoreing the issue where it froze it will make the iso . but i dont know whether to burn this iso ? - should i also patch this iso with esr ?

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smokyrain

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30. January 2009 @ 10:01

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ok cool.
What version cdvdgen are you using.
Once you click record, two messages should pop up, you click ok, then choose export to save file. Then you will see it recording.

It is pictured in this tutorial how to use it.

Yes I would patch it with ESR.

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cv65user

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30. January 2009 @ 11:28

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it is cddvd_gen_15

i sinstlaled on my other pc and it does exact same . it seems it takes half an hour to load the recording plug in (no the cd/dvd gen part . ) lol . is it becasse its my laptops dont have cd rom drive so no ide device . so the cd/dvd recofidnign unit is just trying to detect an ide device hence the hanging results i get ?

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smokyrain

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30. January 2009 @ 14:54

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That could very well be. I wonder if you installed Daemon Tools or something like a virtual drive software, if that would work.

Or try using an older version of cdvdgen. I really don't know.

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cv65user

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30. January 2009 @ 15:13

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argh i am so close yet so far . when cd dvd gen finally loaded the rec app . i let it create its iso parts . but as i came back to my laptop . it went onto standby . ARGHH!! so now i am doing all ov3er again , just waiting for the REC app to load itself . then i can use the dos command copy /b all part files following by space gow.iso right rather then via apache ?

but what is this extra lst file it generates , i dont know if its it full listing as my REC cut off when my laptop went into standby , but this is the conents =

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[SYS]
VERSION=1.00
MEDIA=DVD
TARGET=PS2
DISCVERSION=1.00
DATE=2009/01/30-15:34:44
[/SYS]

[CUE]
DISCNAME="SCES-53133 "
PRODUCER="PLAYSTATION "
COPYRIGHT="SONY "
CREATIONDATE=20090130
PSTYPE=2
DISCCODE=03
[/CUE]

[LST]
1914543
G:\G TMP.000
G:\G TMP.001
G:\G TMP.002
G:\G TMP.003
[/LST]

so i dont nkow if it has any significance ?

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smokyrain

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30. January 2009 @ 16:36

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Oh lord, I can remember that happening on my laptop once with something I was running. Forgot to change my power options first.

No you can't copy them using dos

Because the .iml file contains the exact order of the disk.

You can however use cdvd_iml2iso by gnie.

I believe your .lst file looks correct. There should be the four files

gow.000 gow.001 gow.oo2 gow.003

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cv65user

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30. January 2009 @ 18:27

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update , i got gow copied onto dvdr and played 5 mins , oh my god , game is so good but i bloody forget to esr patch it because i was so eager to burn to dvd and forgot . lol ...

i used a slightly different method . when the REC app from cd dvd gen made the 000, 001, 002 , 003 files . it also generated an additional LST file

i tried to use apache 2 to merge the 000, 001, 002 , 003 files together but it woudlnt as apache 2 wouldnt recognise LST file. so i used apache2 to open the IML file cd dvd gen created earlier . the iml file listed all the individual ps2 files (ie. pack. sys conf) files in their LBA order so i presumed this should be ok for building iso image in file order and used the build option to make my iso and now it works . i am so happy i have come a long way to ps2 back up scene espeically could not have done it without guidance fropm you .

i am so tired now .lol . so i think i will esr patch now and re burn tomorrow . it will be worth keeping two copies of this game .lol. but before that i think i need to find the game save where alot of people kept reporting it kept freezing at the pandora box stage where the dual layer would have cut in to test first....

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smokyrain

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30. January 2009 @ 18:55

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yes the tutorial said to open the .iml with Apache. It was right at the bottom of tutorial, lol.

But glad you got it working, it is an excellent game. I am back to playing GOW2. Then I will play the one on my psp "chains of Olympus"

I may try a harder mode on GOW sometime again.

lol, I have forgotten to patch a couple myself. But like you say you will have a couple copies.

Well you go rest now after all that.

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cv65user

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31. January 2009 @ 06:49

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hmm yeah this is the bit i got confused on

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[SYS]
VERSION=1.00
MEDIA=DVD
TARGET=PS2
DISCVERSION=1.00
DATE=2009/01/30-19:29:35
[/SYS]

[CUE]
DISCNAME="SCES-53133 "
PRODUCER="PLAYSTATION "
COPYRIGHT="SONY "
CREATIONDATE=20090130
PSTYPE=2
DISCCODE=03
[/CUE]

[LOC]
# the number of entries: 17
#Start End Mode Fno Source
0 280 0.0 0 "G TMP.ims"
281 281 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\SYSTEM.CNF"
282 417 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\IOPRP300.IMG"
418 421 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\SIO2MAN.IRX"
422 429 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\DBCMAN.IRX"
430 435 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\SIO2D.IRX"
436 445 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\MC2_S1.IRX"
446 450 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\DS1O_S1.IRX"
451 460 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\MC2_D.IRX"
461 466 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\DS2U_D.IRX"
467 480 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\LIBSD.IRX"
481 568 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\989NOMID.IRX"
569 593 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\SMPD_IOP.IRX"
594 619 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\GODOFWAR.TOC"
620 1913593 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\PART1.PAK"
1913594 1914531 0.0 0 "G:\bin\gow\gow working\GODOFWAR\SCES_531.33"
1914543 1914543 0.0 0 "G TMP.ims" 575488
[/LOC]

i used this iml file generated by iml2iso app , then opened with apache 2 and as you can see it made the iso file from the individual
ps2 files

but the lst file generated by the REC app from cd dvd gen is pointless then is it ? as below you can see it when i get the 001 , 002 , 003 files i then have to re merge these files with apache so its an extra process ? whereas i can convert straight from ps2 files > to iso , rather then ps2 files > then 001 , 002 , 003 , > then iso? - so in effect we can reduce this step ?

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[SYS]
VERSION=1.00
MEDIA=DVD
TARGET=PS2
DISCVERSION=1.00
DATE=2009/01/30-19:29:35
[/SYS]

[CUE]
DISCNAME="SCES-53133 "
PRODUCER="PLAYSTATION "
COPYRIGHT="SONY "
CREATIONDATE=20090130
PSTYPE=2
DISCCODE=03
[/CUE]

[LST]
1914543
G:\gow.000
G:\gow.001
G:\gow.002
G:\gow.003
[/LST]

so that leads me to a thought ,when i rip with dvddecrypter doers it rip in LBA file order ? because i noticed some games cause my laser to move forwards and backwards dramatically so i am presuming this is due to files are not in order . when i play gow i dont hear my laser thrashing . or maybe its the new nice batch of philips dvd-r i got . lol

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