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Verbatim DVD-R's, Swap Magic 3.6 & An External USB Samsung DVD-+R/RW Writer. Should This Work Good For Backups?
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Yojilo
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11. April 2006 @ 05:42 |
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Hello Everyone. Im buying Some Verbatim DVD-R's Or DVD+R's today. I Have a V7 PS2. I use Swapmagic 3.6 to play my backups. I use A External USB DVD Writer called "Samsung Writemaster. Should I get good results with this setup?
I have never enjoyed great success with Swapmagic, I think it was becuase of the media I was using before. I used to use "Dysan DVD+R" DVD's to play my backups. But only 20% (mabye even less) of my Backups worked & when I say worked, i mean extremly slow loading times (about 5 mins for the game to even start!) and choppy Video scenes & poor sound quality.
Has anyone else tried swapmagic with Verbatim DVD-R or DVD+R Discs?
and do they work better?
Thanks for your help.
PS - If only making PS2 game backups was as easy as it is making Dreamcast game Backups!!!
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11. April 2006 @ 06:07 |
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As long as those Verbatims are genuine, you should be able to play them fine. I use Verbatim DVD-R 8x burn at 4x with no coasters and have flawlessly backed up 80+ games.
-Mike
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11. April 2006 @ 06:39 |
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lots of people here use Verbatim. So you should be fine with those. I have no idea how good an external burner will do when making game back ups though.
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11. April 2006 @ 06:47 |
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Hmm, I can't see why it won't burn, it's made by a fairly reputable company and may be through use of USB only.. hmm I'd say it depends on what type of USB ports you have, USB 1.1 or USB 2?
-Mike
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Yojilo
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11. April 2006 @ 07:01 |
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I use it with a USB2.0 Port
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11. April 2006 @ 07:08 |
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Ok then. Have a go and post back your results.
-Mike
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Yojilo
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11. April 2006 @ 07:13 |
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Before I do ive just found out that my writer does not offer DVD-ROM bitsetting on DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD+R9 DL media. Is that a problem for PS2 Backups? I read in another thread that ps2 backups need to have the DVD-ROM bitsetting on to work succesfully. is that right?
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11. April 2006 @ 07:47 |
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To the best of my knowledge, no it is not. I never booktype mines to DVD-ROM although I should shouldn't I.. but anyway, It's not nesscessary, I've made 80+ backups and not booktyped them to DVD-ROM.
-Mike
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Yojilo
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11. April 2006 @ 07:54 |
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Thanks for your advice mike & everyone else. im just waiting for my mate to bring me my Verbatims. Il post my results in about 1 hour.
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11. April 2006 @ 08:48 |
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Good, ok.
-Mike
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Yojilo
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11. April 2006 @ 10:12 |
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Mik3h help! i got my 8x dvd-r's verbatim. i burned them both at 4x using alcohol and dvd decryper. ive burned 2 games gun and ratchet & clank 3. gun booted strait away but then didnt go any further than the title screen. ratchet & clank booted instanly aswell but just stayed at a blank screen. please help
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11. April 2006 @ 10:38 |
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Make sure that your drive's firmware is updated: http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php#B
Edit: Also, try not to start another thread with the same question. It is against the forum rules.
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Yojilo
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11. April 2006 @ 10:55 |
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ok. sorry
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11. April 2006 @ 13:51 |
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I want you to post the media ID of those discs please, open up DVD Decrpyter, click MODE>ISO>READ. Then insert a blank verbatim DVD then take a screenshot and link to it.
Press print screen.
Paste on paint.
Save.
Host it on the net, ie. - http://www.imageshack.us or http://www.photobucket.com
Then link it here.
-Mike
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