But I asked not so easy question about: How can I (we) create PSX compatible ISO-s?

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anibua

Discussion Starter · Jun 26, 2001

Thank you for replays!

But I asked not so easy question!
I already know how copy CD-images using program "CDRWIN" and other.
But I wont know how to create new(!) ISO-image from files on PSX CDs.
And when I BUILD a new ISO-image from files using program "CDRWIN" (File Backup and Tools),
"ePSXe" can't play this ISO-image, only BIOS LOGO is displaying.
So I think, may be there is a special program for create PSX compatible ISOs.

Sorry for my english.

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Bahamut_Zero

· #2 · Jun 26, 2001

adripsx can

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cluthu

· #3 · Jun 26, 2001 (Edited)

Perhaps you can try this: Go to the "Extract Disc/Tracks/Sectors" section of CDRWin, click the "..." button to specify a filename for your image. With the drive you have your PSX game in selected, specify 10 for Read Retry Count, "Ignore" for errors and finally click on Start. After it finishes making a .bin file, use the program bin2iso to convert the .bin to .iso format. Then it's just a simply matter of selecting the "Run ISO..." command in ePSXe.

Some might argue that you can use the .bin file without any sort of conversion and while this is sometimes true, I figure that having a usable image is worth the bother of running bin2iso.

The command you'd use to convert is rather simple. Place the bin2iso.exe file and the .bin and .cue files you get from CDRWin in the same directory. From a DOS Window (or Command Prompt, if you're using Win2k) go to that directory and run the following command

bin2iso [image_name].cue

It'll create an image named [image_name]-01.iso That's all there is to it.

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TheGriffin

· #4 · Jun 26, 2001

Some might argue that you can use the .bin file without any sort of conversion and while this is sometimes true, I figure that having a usable image is worth the bother of running bin2iso.

Cluthu, can you give an example of a game that one of the psx emulators can't play from a .BIN file but can play when converted to an ISO with bin2iso? I hadn't heard of that being a problem. Might be useful to have an example of this to work from.

Now, back to anibua's question:

But I asked not so easy question!
I already know how copy CD-images using program "CDRWIN" and other.
But I wont know how to create new(!) ISO-image from files on PSX CDs.
And when I BUILD a new ISO-image from files using program "CDRWIN" (File Backup and Tools),
"ePSXe" can't play this ISO-image, only BIOS LOGO is displaying.
So I think, may be there is a special program for create PSX compatible ISOs.

Step-by-step instructions using CDRWIN:
1) Click extract disc/tracks/sectors
2) Select the drive the PSX disc is in under the CD Reader list.
3) Specify an image filename (no extension needed, it will create a .CUE file and a .BIN file). Make sure to put the files somewhere you can find easily.
4) The default options should be fine for reading options, etc. Click start.

Once finished, you should have a .CUE and a .BIN file. You won't need the CUE file, the BIN file is the image. Start EPSXE, select the file menu, select "Run ISO...", find the .BIN file and select it. I'm suspicious this last part is the part you're actually getting confused on.

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Adair

· #5 · Jun 26, 2001

Hey cluthu, what does bin 2 ISO do? I mean is that diiferent than just giving the filename a .iso extention in CDRwin? I usually give a filename like "gamename.iso" and CDRwin creates a iso instead of a bin.

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