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serranoX3

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15. June 2005 @ 13:40

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Ok here is what happened.
I went to FRY's electronics to buy me some new media and I was looking for Verbatim DVD-Rs but There were nothing left! So I decided to buy some TDK DVD-Rs 8x (made in taiwan) and I decided to make a copy of my original GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS and when I get the part of booting it with my Swap Magic 3.3 DVD disc It boots but all I get is a black screen! Is the media crapy?
I burned it with DVD Decrypter.
Its my first time with TDKs DVD-Rs.
All my other ps2 backups with MAXELL work perfect!

Any help will be happily appreciated!

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mrlip

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15. June 2005 @ 13:43

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Made in Taiwan = Not good. That media is garbage I think. What is the media code? Run it through DVD identifer and let us know

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LiquidusX

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15. June 2005 @ 14:03

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Exceptions to the "Taiwan" rule: Not too long ago, Mitsubishi and TDK moved their operations to Taiwan. In fact, some of it apparently is being made in CMC Magnetics plants. However, because MCC and TDK are still using the same high quality methods and materials (this has been confirmed by a Verbatim spokesman), this geographic relocation has not affected the quality of their products.

doesn't matter anymore. "real" media code ty (taiyo yuden mostly) and mcc (verbatim mostly)

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mrlip

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15. June 2005 @ 14:06

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I didnt know that Liquidus, thanks for the info. Still, I would like to know the media code of those disks.

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serranoX3

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15. June 2005 @ 14:11

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** INFO : Hex Dump Of 'Media Code'-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding 'Media Code'-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 0Eh - Pre-Recorded Information In Lead-In
0000 : 01 40 c1 fd 9e d8 52 00 02 85 0d 0c 87 89 90 00 .@....R.........
0010 : 03 54 54 47 30 32 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .TTG02..........
0020 : 05 ba a3 22 32 20 02 00 06 09 0a 15 98 89 90 00 ..."2 ..........
0030 : 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 05 15 0c 0e 09 04 00 ................
0040 : 09 96 05 0b 0b 78 88 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 10 00 .....x..........
0050 : 0b 09 18 14 97 88 85 00 0c b8 9a b8 83 00 30 00 ..............0.
0060 : 0d 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..........

** INFO : Hex Dump Of 'Control Data Zone'-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding 'CDZ'-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 10h - Physical Format Information Of Control Data Zone
0000 : 25 0f 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 12 7f 00 00 00 00 %........&......

Thats what it says!

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mrlip

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15. June 2005 @ 14:14

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thats the media code block. Just post the media ID thats listed in the top half of the program.

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serranoX3

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15. June 2005 @ 14:18

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Oh is: [TTG02]