CD-R Question

FFHead · May 30, 2002

I've been having problems reading from a CD, i know the CD is good cause its new and no scratches. I've tried Pete's and several others and it just seems to hang up or something..

I have a Phillips CDRW - anyone have any exiprice with EPSXe and Phillips stuff?

Thanks!

Sorry for clutterign the board with more newbie questions.

OmniDistortion · May 30, 2002

I found a serious problem with some CDs in XA mode when being burned...that is I am only backing up my copies of games I already own.....yeah....

Cdskribbles · May 30, 2002

Id say 4 u to try PSXe CDR WNT/W2K core 1.5.2.this works very fine with my emultor otherwise, just make your cd an iso

Guest · May 31, 2002

OmniDistortion, I'd be careful if I were you and perhaps a reading of the rules would help. A word to the wise, as it were, should be sufficient. I think you know what I mean. I'm watching.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

fivefeet8 · May 31, 2002

CDrw disks aren't good for backing up psx games.. Cdr disks are prefered.. Although I did get a cdrw disk to work before on epsxe.. It was a backup of my legend of mana disk.. Wouldn't play on a real psx though..

DarkShin · May 31, 2002

I used to have a similar problem, untill i tried the ePSXe CDR ASPI core plugin... after that it worked fine. The CDR WNT/W2K core won't work for you, since you have Win98

CDRW Disks reflect light a little diferently than CDR disks or normal CDs (or something like that)... that's why the PS (and also most music CD players) can't read them. That also may be the reason why PS emus won't work with CDRW disks.

The_Assimilator · May 31, 2002

Errr...

For a very in-depth answer...

Standard CDs have surfaces that consist of pits (reflect light) & lands (disperse light). Blank CD-Rs have all-land surfaces; when the CD-R is "burnt", the laser burns through some of the land areas to make pits. Also, the CD's Table Of Contents is written, telling any device that the CD is "closed".

A CD-RW's recording surface consists of a special crystalline substance that when heated (i.e. recorded to) becomes solid, and mimics the pits/lands of a standard CD; when the CD is erased, the crystal is heated further, and "melts" back into its normal state (lands). In other words, its reflective properties differ from standard CD-Rs, and devices that can read CD-RWs have slightly different lasers (reflect light differently).

Additionally, since a CD-RW is not completely written to (never can be) and is never closed (CD-RW TOCs are different to CD-R TOCs), it *cannot* be read be standard CD-ROM drives (i.e. the PSX's), which will always look for a "closed" (CD-R *only*) TOC.

Interesting what you learn

Bck to topic, tho... yeah, an ISO would probably be your best option.

DarkShin · May 31, 2002

Good Explination Assimilator... I knew I was missing something.

And i totaly ignored the ISO... wich is a great idea. FFHead.. if you don't know how to make an ISO just look around the forum, there a couple of threads lying around...

Dumb Dumb Me for forgeting ISOs

FFHead · May 31, 2002

Yeah i tried playing from a BIN file, is there any difference in reading from ISO or BIN or any disc image file?

I think the problem now is not so much the CD, but my computer.

The P2 400 Voodoo3 3000 doesn't seem to be cutting it. I've tried all kinds of Plugin Combos, and it just loses framerate durring battles, and i haven't even started casting serious speels or anything like that, so i don't know.

Any ideas on that?

Kane · May 31, 2002

Hmm. Using Lewpy's plugin, you can disable all the offscreen drawing and Frambuffer modes. That should speed it up a little, but in all honesty, you are better off chucking a bigger CPU in there.

FFHead · May 31, 2002

Yeah i just don't have the $$ for that, wish i did though!

Another problem i'm having is with Lewpy's The character (in FF6) is drawn with a white block around it and it doesn't turn or animate at all. It just kind of floats around as you walk around the map.

Any ideas on that one?

Thanks!

Demigod · May 31, 2002

Try some other emulators, like FPSE and VGS. They're best for running on low-end computers.

The_Assimilator · Jun 3, 2002

?

You can't afford a new CPU or video card, yet you're on the internet? Unless you're accessing the 'net through school (like me

) or business, you can't reasonably say "I can't afford to upgrade my system" and yet have the internet. If you don't have it @ home, I sympathise with you; but if you do, you can't complain.

TNT2s are a dime a dozen (well, $50 cheap) and older CPUs aren't exactly pricey either, so look around your neighbourhood hardware stores for budget buys. And here's a tip: *don't* go to the big outlets, try the smaller dealers, they will *always* give you a better deal.

And BTW, I too am one of the "computer underprivileged", but my P3 450 & TNT2 M64 work well enough for me.

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