Xbox 360: How To Burn 360 Games - Tutorial For Noobies & Boobies

I've been looking around at the tutorials everywhere and noticed they are all missing atleast some information that is vital.
I thought i'd make my own and try to help most people out.
Enjoy!

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Requirements To Burn & Play:

1x DVD+R Dual Layer Burner (Capable of book changing)
1+ DVD+R DL CDS (Recommended: Verbatim Or Aone)
1x Firmware Flashed Or Chipped 360 (Recommended: IXtreme Latest Flash)
1x ImgBurn (Latest)
1+ Xbox 360 PAL = Europe, NTSC = North America, Region Free = Any console, ISO + DVD File (you can make your own dvd file, look at question 1).
1x Brain

Quick Notes:
DVD-R DL will not work as Layer Break is required, DVD-R DL doesn't have the feature to select Layer Break.
ISOS/GAMES/ROMS can be found in various torrent sites, (torrentz.com, piratebay.org)
Burning Speed should be between 2.4x - 4x, i burn at 4x on DVD+R DL Aone discs and they work perfect)


BURNING TUTORIAL


STEP 0:

Insert Blank DVD+R DL Disc into your drive

STEP 1:

Make sure you have all the requirements and have your iso + dvd ALONE in a folder

STEP 2:

Open up ImgBurn then click on Write Image File To Disc, click on the icon with the folder + magnifying glass
and open up your DVD FILE.

Step 3:

Change write speed to 2.4x or 4x (4x works for me)

Step 4:

make sure Test Mode and Verify are not ticked

Step 5:

Make sure destination says your DVD writers name and the writer that your disc is in and not some printer or whatever

Step 6:

Click the open book at the bottom right of imgburn

Step 7:

Find the name of the company that provided your burner, TSST is samsung btw.

Step 8:

Once youve clicked on the company, click Change For: and select DVD+R DL

Step 9:

NEW SETTING: DVD-ROM, click on change, it'll say SUCCESS! then click OK

Step 10:

Make sure Layer Break is set to 1913760, click on


Tools > Settings > Write - Layer Break (For DL Media)

USer Specified : 1913760 > OK (this will set it permanantly but you might want to double check every time)


Step 11:

Make sure all steps are covered, Verify and Test Mode are unchecked, Copies is set to 1 and Write Speed is either 2.4x (40+ mins) or 4x (20+ mins)

Step 12:

Click on that big icon below Verify and test mode of a document disc with an arrow next to it pointing to a disc, it means WRITE!

Step 13:

Wait for disc to finish burning, once finished, exit imgburn then eject disc, into 360 and hopefully, a smile on your face will shine on.






Question 1)

My rom/iso didn't come with a dvd file, what i do now?



A:

You can make your own dvd file, just copy and paste the example below into notepad and save into the directory your rom/iso/game is located,
save it as the name of your iso but instead of the .iso replace it with .dvd.
(e.g, your rom is called vivapinata.iso, copy n paste the below, (CHANGING THE NAME), and
save it as vivapinata.dvd.

e.g DVD File


gow.iso
Layerbreak=1913760

saved as gow.dvd



Question 2)

360 says disc cannot be read, ahhh what do i do??????


A:

Reburn with faster speed (4x) (worked for me =D) or recheck the steps to make sure you didnt mess anything



Question 3)

Your tutorial says a brain is required, is this vital?

A:

Yes


Question 4)

How do i chip/flash/break my 360?


A:

Not my thing, ask around.


Question 5)

Where can i purchase DVD+R DL Discs


A:

Look on eBay, everythings cheap on there, Verbatim 10 DVD+RDL discs are £10! while 10 AONE as £5!


Question 6)

What is a "book change"


A:

changing book type of the disc basically means making it readable for the 360, 360 only reads DVD-ROMS (i think)

 

And yet... another tutorial! It's all good though, because some of that stuff can be hard for others that don't know what Google or the search bar is!

You might want to remove those sites to get games from! Against forum rules to post sites, on where to get illegal material!

 

ok.. i have a question after i unpack the files i download i get an ISO file... when i open up the file it looks like a DVD movie... it has the video_ts and audio_ts folders... is this normal or is the torrent i downloaded a fake ??? its supposed to Be an Xbox 360 game !!

 

you dont open the iso, you open imgburn and load the iso to be burned.

and to help the OP out, its not

its, 1+ DVD+R DL DVDs (Recommended: Verbatim Or Aone)

 

yeah i got the part about burning im just wondering if the files in the ISO are correct ?? For a game !

 

yeah if you open the iso thats what you should see

 

thank you very much !!!

 

http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/gsa-h42n.jhtml this is my dvd drive. Will it work

 

yep

 

Mikeismad,

Could you please explain to me how to make an ISO of original game and what things are required to do that?. I know that I may need specific DVD drive flashed with Kreon firmware, but I own a pioneer DVR 111D and I was wondering if my pioneer could make ISO of original game. I can't find tutorial on making ISO from original game.

 

your 111d cannot make a backup of an original game. the only backups it can make is a backup of a backup or a 1:1 copy. like you stated, you need one of the 4ish samsung drives (or a sammy out of a 360, or the benq drive flashed with the 0800 FW) that can be flashed with the kreon FW in order to make your own backups.

 

okay, so to make a backup of original game, you actually need XBOX 360 DVD drive (Samsung or Benq). Not the ones that pc shops sell. Is that right?

 

Ok, so here's a question. What's with all this stealth stuff I'm reading about? I downloaded a game and watch videos of how to burn them and everyone is saying to do it right you have to extract the security sectors and whatever else they're calling it... then burn it.

 

you can use the 360 drives, or you can buy a samsung pc dvd-ROM that is capable of being flashed with the kreon FW and use that.

 

stealth stuff ensures that you have the proper files to play the games on the newer FW (all the iextreme stuff). if you downloaded the game recently it is more than likely already patched. also, if you use either the 360 drive, or a kreon flashed samsung dvd-rom, it will be patched when the file is dumped. however, if you use the stupid old winxripper method, then you will have to obtain the SS PFI and DMI files and use SSmerger to combine those files into the main ISO file in order for it to boot.

 

i've got imgburn etc but im wondering if my disk drive is ok for burnin onto the dvd+r dl cd's.it is a -NECDVD-RW ND-3550A.also when i go to open up the game i want to burn none of the files show up in the folder. they are a weird type i havn't seen before. .nfo and .r files.

 

Hi everyone, I have gone through the tutorial and everything is working dandy, however everytime I try and start a new game i.e new disk it doesnt load at first and have to reboot the console. Any opinions could this be caused by the Firmware?

 

Excellent guide, just have a small problem and I wonder if anyone could help.
Upon changign the book type I can't see my drives maker listed, it's an Aopen DUW1608/APR A05a.
Not sure what to do, any help is greatly appreciated.

 

hello im sort of new to burning 360
i burn wii all the time no problems
i have done everything on the list a few times
my box will reconize the game the first time after the 4x burn
if i tuen it off 5 mins ,6 hours later put it back in it wont read it ever? 3 diferent gamesany clue it just "says open tray"

 

I am using the burner that comes with my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite. It says that it is a Matshita and I was unable to select one of "book types" When I tried to write I got a message hinting that I should set the image option to UDF.

Does anyone know which of Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, BenQ, LG, Lite-on, NEC, Nu Tech; I can tick?