Because I'm fed up of peoiple not getting how simple this is I'm going to spell it out.. It's easy to make the right kind of .img file for this emulator..

Alcohol 120% ISO making/burning

Because of the many requests of people saying "how do i make an ISO??" here goes my guide for Alcohol 120%.

1. pop the CD in your drive. if you want to make a subchannel file, make sure your drive can read subchannels.

2. see on the left where it has the big button that says "Image Making Wizard"? well, we're making an Image, so click.

3. this is why I love Alcohol 120%. see down there where it says "Datatype"? select "playstation". this automatically checks the right settings.

4. this is important. pick somewhere to save it, and make sure to name it. under Image Format, pick CloneCD Image File (.ccd)

5. just click Start and it makes it.

6. so when you go into ePSXe, go to File--->Run file/iso and pick the file you just made. poof, there you go! (on an xbox it will be "select game..I'll leave you to work out where to put the image files)

so what if you want to make a backup copy? just go to Image Burning wizard...again set it to Play Station preset ,and set the speed to 4x. there you go

(thanks to whoever it was who came up with this a good time ago.. I can't remember who you are, but regards all the same)

This tends to work for the ps2, but does manage to make readable files for most of the pc based psx emulators.

How to Make a Perfect Backup of PSX Games

...because I was bored waiting for a disc burning at 4X...

1. Insert the PSX disc in your Burner (NOT the regular CDROM, as chances are it won't read subchannel info)

2. Fire up CloneCD, preferably 4.0.0.0 and up.

3. Click on the "Read to Image File" Button (the one with the glasses)

4. Now select your burner from the drives listed.

5. You'll now see a couple of profiles. We'll need to create a custom one though. Right click on the white area and select "New".

6. Name your new profile "PlayStation Disc" or "PSX Backup" or "PIRACY RULZ!!!111!" or whatever.

7. Input the following settings into the profile:

Data Read Settings

Read Speed Data: Max
Read Subchannel Data from Data Tracks: Checked
Regenerate Data Sectors: Checked

Audio Read Settings

Read Speed Audio: Max
Audio Extraction Quality: Medium(Fast)
Read Subchannel Data from Audio Tracks: Checked
Only Read the First Session: Unchecked

Error Handling

Fast Error Skip Settings: Off
Abort on Read Error: Off
Don't Report Read Errors: Off
Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner: Off

After setting all that, click "Next.

8. Now you name your .ccd file. If you want to have a .cue sheet file, check the appropriate box for it.

9. CloneCD will now make your ISO, or Disc image. Grab something to eat while waiting, or browse for porn, or post at Afterdawn, it's up to you.

10. Alright! that stupid clinkety-clink reminder has sounded... Reading has finished. Now get your original disc and put your blank in the tray and close it.

11. Click the "Write from Image file" Button (the one with the pencil)

12. Browse for your file. You can also make the program to delete the image file after a successful burn, just check the appropriate box. Click on Next.

13. Choose the CDRW drive. Click Next.

14. You'll now see a set of profiles for writing. You'll also see the write profile you made earlier, but it's not yet set. Input the following settings:

Write Settings

Write Speed: 4x (yes, 4x)
Weak Sectors: Ignore
Don't Repair Subchannel Data: Checked
Always close last session: Checked

15. Click on Ok. The write session will now start. This will take ~20 minutes, so maybe you can watch an anime ep or listen to 5 songs while waiting. Don't worry, it's worth the wait.


Ok, some of you might ask, "Why burn at 4X when my 1337 burner can burn at 500X?" Because in my experience, the PSX console has a lot of problems reading discs burned at a high speed, like 16X or so, and 4X in my experience is the fastest way to burn them without generating a lot of errors. I've wasted many a blank that way, but after a while I finally stumbled upon the right combination. Those of you who won't use it on an actual PSX console might want to burn it at a high speed, and your CDROM drive might read them well enough, but still, it pays to be on the safe side of experience. It'll save you a lot of money and more importantly a lot of frustration. Besides, burning backups this way also makes my PS2 recognize them for some weird reason.

That should answer all the "How do you make a .img file" questions..

wow...

My New Year gift to the xbox and ps1 emulators community..

And with Blindwrite (with additional info for running on a pc psx emulator)

Download VSO Software's Blindwrite Suite (I use 4.5), and install it(This tutorial will assume you downloaded the 4.5 version of the suite).

(www.blindwrite.com)

When you start it up, you'll (most likely, 4.5 uses it) get a launcher with two icons. Pick the Icon with the Arrow going from the CD to the Harddrive.

Now, if it's not already selected, pick "Dump the Image of a CDROM" from the main BlindRead screen, and press Next.

Select your CDROM Drive with the PSX CD in it for the source, check the "Extract Subcodes (If your reader allows it)" box (just for security, a Subcode file for a 600MB CD is around 14MB, no harm, no foul), and change the "Main Image File Name" to whatever you want the CD Image's filename to be.

LEAVE THE EXTENSION ALONE! The BWT/BWI/BWS format is excellent.

Press Next. Leave the Extraction Method at Nibble, and press "Read". Wait for a while, and you'll have a great image.

OK, There's a route we can't use, and this is the Mooby CD Image plug-in. Though it is pretty good, it doesn't have the greatest support for all Blindwrite images, and many wouldn't start past a black screen. Instead, we'll use a regular ASPI plugin, and use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) (The newer Daemon Tools release [4] lacks the ASPI layer, so get ver. 3).

Start up the app, and a little Thunderbolt icon should show up on the tray. Right-click it, select Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, Set Number of Devices, and click on how many devices you want. Now, Go back to Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, go to your new pseudo-drive's option, and click "Mount Image". Select your image, set up your ASPI plugin for the fake drive with the PSX CD-Image, and enjoy.

Note: If the disc is pretty badly scratched up, BlindRead won't create a perfect disc, but nonetheless, may make the game playable where otherwise not in a regular console.

(thanks HybridTension)

More to follow..