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DWadefan
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_ 		19. September 2005 @ 16:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok i have just downloaded a PS2 Game and it has 24 .RAR files and each says Part 1, part 2, and so on. What shud i do? when i extract the files in each one it extracts a .MDF and .MDS File. Do i just extract the files from 1 .rar and put the .MDS on the DVD+R? Thanks
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larrylje
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 00:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you should only have to extract the first WinRAR file and it should unzip the ISO or whatever file it extracts to and just burn that. if it is an MDS MDF file load up the MDS file in DVD Decryptor and burn the file it will load up the MDF file to burn.

Make sure you choose the First file in the RAR archive. If it is
rar.1
rar.2

or

rar.001
rar.002

always click on the first file which would be rar.1 or rar.001 in the examples above.

You should not have to unzip every single zip file. CHOOSE THE FIRST FILE. and it should extract all them into 1 big file.
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DWadefan
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Alright i unzipped the 1st .rar and it had a .mds and .mdf file. I burned the .mds on DVD Decrypter and when i play it on my PS2 it works but its skipping and the game is all messed up. Did i do this right?
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larrylje
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
When you Burned it What speed did you burn it at? Always burn 4x or less.

And make sure you are using good media.


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DWadefan
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah i burned it at x4 and use DVD Decrypter. I tried it twice already still messed up. Should i make it a PAL and how do i do that?
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larrylje
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If your using swap magic

If its a PAL game and you have a NTSC system to choose to boot it as a NTSC mode.

Vice versa if you have a copy of NTSC and on a PAL system to play it in PAL mode.


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DWadefan
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
alright i tried doing the PAL on swap magic earlier it still messed up. Is the file i downloaded messed up? Should i do a diff MDS from the part 2 rar?
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larrylje
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So your system is a PAL system? and your trying to play a NTSC game?
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hursty
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
didnt realise decrypter handled MDF files..hmm

try burning it with Alcohol 120,the program you should be using for MDS/MDF FILES
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larrylje
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@hursty

I have had alot of MDS MDF files extracted out on downloaded games and have used Decryptor to burn the MDS file and it workes perfect for me.

I know Decryptor cant burn just a MDF file cause I tried that and it didnt work but if I select the MDS file with the MDF file in the same folder then it burns correctly. So it would seem the MDS file is like a Cue file that gets the information from the MDF file.
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DWadefan
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok i tried playing it on NTSC and i finnaly worked thanks so much for you help
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larrylje
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 12:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Glad you got it to work.

So you must have a NTSC system and a PAL game. Which means you need to have the swap magic in NTSC video mode.
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hursty
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 22:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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I know Decryptor cant burn just a MDF file cause I tried that and it didnt work but if I select the MDS file with the MDF file in the same folder then it burns correctly.
i learn something new everyday :)

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