sniper u seem to know what you are talking about I have a V1 Ps2 with Magic 3.1 Modchip, so can someone tell me: 1. Best DVD burner (exact model plz), at a decent price 2. The best DVD media to burn it on (verbatim?) 3. Best program for burning these games (Prassi, Recordmaxnow,CDCLONE) Plz only reply if you have a modchip and have burned games successfully THX
Blake I'm using Pioneer A-05 cheaper than Sony dru because it doesn't support +R. But who cares? -R(cheaper) are way much better than +R both for movies and games. My point is don't buy a burner that only support +R/+RW, especially if you want ps2 games because not all ps2 versions are compatibles with dvd+r or you will be doomed. Go for the Pioneer or the Sony(if you want to pay more for the +r/+rw features). Verbatim are very good but they are also a little bit expensive(for me I'm cheap!!!). I'm using DVD-pro(GradeA) 0.78 each from meritline.com they worked well for movies and games(PS2). Why pay more lol! RecordNowMax is the best burning software both for movies and games. Alcohol 120% is good too for games, but I recommend RecordNowMax. I don't know if Nero is good for games all I know is it's bad for movies(alot of compatibilities issues).
if you get a sony drive watch when you use the verbatim discs, i have one and sometimes the sony doesn't burn them right, they have a higher chance of errors on the sony 500a. Also for good deals at a local store the office depot near me runs discounts on the dvd-r/rw and dvd+r/rw all the time cheap, i don't know if they don't sell alot of them or what but they come with cases and they are maxell or imation which i have had no problems with so far on the sony
Blake Because that you have an old ps2 you should try different DVD-r brands before buying them in bulk.
hello everyone i am new to this backup procedure, i am looking to purchase the SON DRU500AX any comment on this unit d.pease what disks did you finaly find to work well on your situation (dvd-r or dvd-rw etc) how do i find what version of the ps2 i have
dough380, I used dvd-r verbatim but i also found out that imation worked as well. no luck with memorex or maxell though. If you go to a mod chip site such as modchip outlet, it will show you how to check to see what version you have.
d.pease thanks for getting back to me before....that was fast in reading these posts, it looks like you have mastered the process what is everything i would need? what is the easiest software combination you found to work?
dough380, I think nero is the easiest and no you don't need the newest version that is bologna. I also was able to burn the games with roxio and record now. nero and record now i downloaded off of kazaa. some people say that nero doesn't do the job as well as the others but in my trial and error phase of burning the same game on each and playing them, i didn't notice a difference. That was for games. now movies are different. I use smartripper first and burn to my hard drive then use nero to copy. I still only burn movies that are under 4.7 because i don't think that it is worth it to strip the movies down and convert them to a different media and put them on two disks. If the movie is too big, I don't burn it. I still have plenty. If you need instructions on using smartripper(again off of kazaa) there are plenty of sites you can look at too. ex. jaeger.morpheus.net see ya
dough380, I think nero is the easiest and no you don't need the newest version that is bologna. I also was able to burn the games with roxio and record now. nero and record now i downloaded off of kazaa. some people say that nero doesn't do the job as well as the others but in my trial and error phase of burning the same game on each and playing them, i didn't notice a difference. That was for games. now movies are different. I use smartripper first and burn to my hard drive then use nero to copy. I still only burn movies that are under 4.7 because i don't think that it is worth it to strip the movies down and convert them to a different media and put them on two disks. If the movie is too big, I don't burn it. I still have plenty. If you need instructions on using smartripper(again off of kazaa) there are plenty of sites you can look at too. ex. jaeger.morpheus.net see ya
d. do you have any experiances with the standalone duplicators 1.1 copying - will they copy dvd to dvd or do you still have to bring it to your HD and strip it?
I have a problem with playing copied PS2 games with DVD+R also. I have a TDK INDI DVD+R burner. I cant find much BURNING software that supports this burner. I used DVD Dycriptor to copy my games. I have a MAGIC 3.6 mod on my PS2 V5. I can play regular PS1 games, PS1 backup games, and legit PS2 DVD games. With the PS2 DVD backups I make I get the Red screen on my PS2 when i try to play them. IM SO PISSED!!! Ive been reading about the media to use. Do you guys think it might be the media I use. The ones i use were given to me (DVD+R 4.7GB). They dont have a brand name. They are just RED on the the top of the DVD and silver on the bottom. Can someone help?
i don't have the magic chip so i can't really help you but when i had my problems for so long it came down to the booting instructions. i have a pnp stealth chip for version 5 and i got a red screen a couple of times and i finally figured out that i had to press and hold the eject and the x at the same exact time not one after the other, and of course holding the eject down longer so the door would open on its own. i don't know if these instructions are the same for your chip or not. try verbatim media and dvd-r if at all possible.
hi dose ne one no what chip is garanteed to get a version 4 ps2 to play +r media or do i need to get a newer ps2 cheers
don't know. have you tried to see if your ps2 will play dvd+r or rw movies. if so then i don't think you should have a problem with the games in that media.
i use accu dvd-r for my ps2 games and all work except for my gta vice city which i think may be from a bad original. secondly sony dvd+rw work on v7 ps2's. i havent tried on anything below that, but will tommorrow.
Hey D.Pease, whats the alternative method you learned trying to load burned copies of pS2. You said something about pushing x and eject at the same time? I use gameshark swap method as well but have problems loading dvd games. How do you actually do that alternative method? Thanks
HEY how do u copy a ps2 dvd game /i got ahead nero and when i try copying it says something like error:multi session disk or something like that ,Could some 1 plz help me
hey people...i've been in the scene for awhile...i think i can help with questions...first of all load up a dvdr with a game shark u need a nonsolder modchip or u know the old swapping trick...second u need a dvd game...use a US game...remember if ur doin this it will only work for backups and if ur tryin to play original japanese games the method wont work...only backups will work...anyways here we go... 1. Load the game shark up (must be version 2 or 1, version 3 doesn't work) 2. Go to select cheats and select armor core 2 only. 3. Make sure all the cheats are selected. 4. Press start to go to the option with or without codes and select with codes. 5. Press eject when it says to switch the game shark with the dvd game and put in the original dvd game in and make sure its a US one not japanese or anything else (if you live out of the US use ur original and not the US). 6. Press X and a screen will come up saying too many codes on so just press X. 7. This is the only difficult part so I suggest those who don't know how to swap or don't have a nonsolder modchip to not go any further. 8. Here we go. This part is where you do ur swap trick with the nonsolder modchip or the old swap trick method. Basically ur tricking the laser that u have a dvd in there and its the original. So u trick it so u can play ur dvd backups. 9. This is where you can decide if you want to select codes for the backup game press O to go back to main menu and just start up a game like normal or u can start right there with no codes. Either way is fine. I sure that memorex and ritek works on v5 ps2. I tried both dvd-r and dvd+r and they work. the only one that done work is dvd+rw for mines. (hope this method will help someone, but if u need me, im on mirc, efnet, nick: onizuka)_X_X_X_X_X_[small]http://www.ezexpo.com[/small]
