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ManekiNeko

01-31-2004, 10:46 AM

jammajup

01-31-2004, 11:01 AM

HI!

try the link below (dont worry about address the site offers not just security software but almost anything freeware or shareware)

http://www.security.webattack.com/

JAMMAJUP (UK)

Jorpho

01-31-2004, 12:53 PM

Whoa... Mixed mode? I might suggest Burn4Free or XDuplicator, but I don't think either of those would do the trick.

Just yesterday I was searching for a freeware program that would let me insert a file into a pre-existing ISO image. All I found was crippleware.

And so, I gave up. I just extracted all the files from the ISO image and burned them that way instead of burning the image itself. Perhaps you could do the same?

zektor

01-31-2004, 03:12 PM

I'm looking for software that would allow me to create Mixed Mode CDs with a CD image. The burning software I have allows a limited mixed mode, but it will *not* allow me to use ISOs... it just puts the ISO file directly on the disc, rather than extracting all the files in the ISO to the disc. So frustrating!

Can anyone help me out?

JR

A very easy way of doing this would be to get Daemon Tools first:

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/portal/portal.php

After installing, you will have a virtual Cd-Rom drive that you can mount ISO images (and other various images as well) to the virtual drive.

From there you can just boot up your cd software and do a cd to cd copy....from the virtual cd-rom drive to your real burner.

zektor

01-31-2004, 05:27 PM

By the way, if you use Burnatonce:

http://www.burnatonce.com/

With the daemon tools, you should be able to burn CloneCD, Disc Juggler, Nero, ISO images...etc. Burnatonce and Daemon Tools is all you need to pretty much burn anything...for free :)

Ze_ro

02-01-2004, 03:30 AM

There's always cdrecord. Like most Unix programs, it's not the most friendly thing out there, but it can do damn near everything.

--Zero

zektor

02-01-2004, 03:54 PM

There's always cdrecord. Like most Unix programs, it's not the most friendly thing out there, but it can do damn near everything.

--Zero

Well, burnatonce is really just a frontend for cdrecord, mkisofs, and prodvd.

ManekiNeko

02-02-2004, 06:58 PM

zektor

02-02-2004, 08:05 PM

Thanks for the advice. However, I'm getting mixed signals from the Adaptec and Burn-At-Once web sites:

Additional downloads:
Adaptec's ASPI Layer 4.60
Required to use burnatonce on Windows 9x/Me - unsupported.

Caution:
Do NOT install ASPI32.EXE with Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Easy CD Creator 4.x, or with Windows Media Player 7.0. If you have one of these applications (or operating systems), you will be using a different aspi layer that will conflict with the one provided in this file.

I've got Windows ME. Is it safe for me to download and use the ASPI32.EXE drivers?

JR

Safe as anything. Make sure you use the 4.60 1021 drivers. Adaptec's site says not to use them...but anyone will tell you their warning is a bunch of bull. I have been using these exact drivers in Windows Me, 2000 and XP for years now with no problems. I actually need them installed for most apps that use cd/dvd drives as well.

More on that in this topic:

http://www.burnatonce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=698

Also, if you have problems installing ASPI (like it saying it cannot find a qualifying product) just use "Aspi Fixer" to install it like I did. Get it from here:

http://www.dcemulation.com/neededtools.htm

zektor

02-04-2004, 12:04 AM

I *just* realized that DVD Decrypter (a DVD ripper) also can burn many image types! To top it off it is free as well :)

http://www.dvddecrypter.com/

NE146

02-04-2004, 02:34 AM

I second Daemon Tools. It's really really handy. It takes any image (iso, bin/cue, etc) and mounts it like it was already burned to a cd and on a nifty virtual drive. So you can then do anything with it! copy the contents.. duplicate the cd.. whatever! 100% absolutely ESSENTIAL and one of the first things I install on any pc I use.. So with your .iso, you could have mounted it, then simply copied your virtual drive like you were doing a cd->cd copy.

I also second DVD Decryptor! Hello... get this right away. :D

And of course both are 100% free. :)

ManekiNeko

02-05-2004, 12:57 PM

Thanks for the help, guys, but I'm afraid that I'm going to need more. I need to burn a Mixed Mode disc with a CD image. This means that I'm going to need the contents of an ISO file on the disc, along with several music tracks.

Burning the ISO alone results in a disc that the Saturn recognizes, but not the emulator Giri Giri. In addition to this, any redbook audio that should be present on the disc is missing. This results in missing tunes and, in extreme cases, game crashes.

I have not found a way to create a disc with both the ISO and the audio files necessary for a complete Saturn game. I've tried using virtual drives, but they emulate CD-Rs a little too closely, refusing to be written to more than once. When you try to add audio files to them, the ISO disappears, and vice versa.

So my question is this... how can I burn a disc with both the contents of an ISO file and audio tracks? I'm out of ideas, and I desperately need your assistance. Here are the games I'm been trying to burn:

http://www.emudek.org/saturn/isos.html

PM me and I'll supply you with the software necessary to test these games. I realize that most of you guys don't have modified Saturns, and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to use the swap method to make these games run.

JR

ddockery

02-05-2004, 01:57 PM

I'll take a look when get home, but a cuesheet is what you'll need to set up the files in the right order, and there's just GOT to be a freeware program that can burn from those.

NE146

02-05-2004, 04:38 PM

So my question is this... how can I burn a disc with both the
contents of an ISO file and audio tracks?

Ohhhhhhh..You're talking about ISO+MP3 images. Yeah.. this is a common question. You'll find that a lot of Sega CD games as well as Saturn games were ripped to this format. They both can be burned the same way I believe.

If you google "burning ISO MP3 sega" you'll probably find a number of tutorials about this very subject. However I'll bet a good number of them will be from 1999/2000 or so and probably reference dated software.

Anyway, here's one site:

http://www.segacd.org/restore-iso.html You can also get Sega Cue Maker from there in the Files section :)

Here's another:
http://www.emudek.org/saturn/ISO+MP3%20burning%20of%20SegaCD%20and%20Saturn%20g ames.doc

The whole process in a nutshell if I remember if I remember correctly, is:

1) Convert the mp3's to wav (in this day and age there are tons of programs to do this. I'd use good old freeware CDEX (www.cdex.n3.net), but use what you want)

2) Create a .cue file (either manually or through program like Sega Cue Maker . Found at that site above.

3) Plop all .wavs, the .iso, and the .cue file into one directory and burn with your cd software of choice.. (by opening .cue file of course.. NOT the iso). CDRWIN, NERO, and Alchohol amongst others, all work with .cue's

Also, if there's one thing I do remember its that basically the ISO and the mp3's/wavs had to be named the SAME. The mp3's/wav's usually had the name of the iso, followed by a 01, 02, 03, 04, etc. to specify their place. This is important as sometimes the iso+MP3's you download aren't going to be named correctly.

Here are the games I'm been trying to burn: http://www.emudek.org/saturn/isos.html

p.s. I dunno but those saturn images just seem WAY too small. I mean the largest I see there is a piddly 30 megs. O_O Your typical Saturn game will be 200-700 megs download. Rather than websites, I recommend alt.binaries.cd.image.sega-saturn for saturn downloads. Here.. I just checked it out now and look.. there's waku waku (I'm not sure if it's the same as on that page).. but look at the size here, it's easily 360+ megs rar'd! By contrast that waku waku on that site is 3.6megs. It unzips to 20megs, but that's still way too small it seems! :hmm: But I guess if you wanna try them.. go for it :P But they look like rips to me.

http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v48/b2stoys/waku.gif

ddockery

02-05-2004, 04:43 PM

A lot of software will convert to wav from MP3 as it burns the disc, so you may be able to skip that step as well. The cuemaker is your friend. It can be helpful for non-Sega stuff at times too.

zektor

02-05-2004, 05:05 PM

See, the original ISO's audio data was compressed to MP3 for ease of downloading...this is why they are so much smaller on the site. But when burned back to audio tracks/data, it'll be a bigger disc. I did this awhile back for some TG16 ISO/MP3's I had downloaded using Fireburner...which was super easy. But, it's not free....

NE146

02-05-2004, 05:17 PM

ManekiNeko

02-05-2004, 06:27 PM

See, the original ISO's audio data was compressed to MP3 for ease of downloading...this is why they are so much smaller on the site.

Yeah actually I looked again and now I see that some of them are composed of multiple downloads at 15-20 megs each. I was mistakenly reading that as one file only :P

Still seem mighty small overall though. :hmm: But *shrug*

They ARE small, but that's because most of those games aren't especially hardware intensive. Sega Ages Memorial Selection 2 is a good example... it's a very bare-bones emulation of six obscure Sega games. There aren't any full-motion video interviews with the designers and the interface is to say the least humble. I can believe that it's as small as it is.

Anyway, thanks for the advice. The folks at Romshare offered similar advice (make a .CUE file, then click on it), so I'll give it a shot.

JR

ManekiNeko

02-06-2004, 03:06 PM

Zektor, I really think you understated the danger of installing that ASPI Layer. Ever since I had, I have no longer been able to use my copy of Giri Giri. The emulator won't recognize my CD drives, making it impossible to play any of my games. I even tried restoring an earlier version of my system registry, and ran System Restore several times, and Giri Giri still will not function properly.

Anyone who's thinking about using the ASPI Layer should give it careful consideration, and back up all the files they're going to write over first. So far, the ASPI Layer hasn't stopped any of my other programs from working, but I really loved Giri Giri and losing it to this update is a bitter pill for me to swallow. If there's any way at all for me to revert the ASPI files back to their original state, please, PLEASE let me know.

JR

ddockery

02-06-2004, 05:11 PM

Usually, it's the lack of an ASPI layer that causes probles like you describe. I hope you get it sorted out.

ManekiNeko

02-06-2004, 06:23 PM

Yeah, me too. I really liked Giri Giri... :(

I'm going to make absolutely sure that I've got the right files and put them in the right places before I take more drastic measures (ie an operating system overlay, which I should be able to do at my workplace).

JR

NE146

02-06-2004, 06:56 PM

Aspi layers? Do people still deal with that? What OS are you using? :?

I haven't thought about that in ages.. sorry to hear about your problem though. I'm thinking that one solution could be to try installing the latest versions of some burning software.. like the latest Nero, or RecordNow, or Alcohol 120% or similar. Because it's my guess that their installs would generally look for/repair/install/overwrite aspi layers as needed for their regular operation. Just a hunch. :hmm:

Let me know if you need anything ;)

ManekiNeko

02-06-2004, 07:59 PM

I'm stuck with Windows ME for the moment. That's what had been installed on my computer when I bought it, unfortunately.

I could try reinstalling Alcohol 120%... I had installed that prior to putting the accused ASPI layer on my machine. Perhaps if I start over with Alcohol, it'll resolve the problems I'm currently having. It certainly couldn't hurt.

Thanks for the advice.

JR

Jorpho

02-06-2004, 08:15 PM

I've seen many, many guides about installing new ASPI layers. I never really bothered with any of them since Nero has always worked fine for me.

Apparently, there's a rather safe one which involves fooling Windows into thinking that you have a specific non-functioning SCSI device attached to your computer, and subsequently updating the drivers. Perhaps that will restore your lost functionality?

ManekiNeko

02-07-2004, 11:05 AM

Good call, NE1! I uninstalled, then reinstalled Alcohol 120%, and that solved the problem. Giri Giri once again works beautifully. Looks like I owe you a Coke!

By the way, I THINK I've found a way to burn Saturn games properly, but I won't know for sure until I get more CD-Rs. Thanks again for all your help, everybody!

JR

jonjandran

02-07-2004, 11:32 AM

By the way, I THINK I've found a way to burn Saturn games properly, but I won't know for sure until I get more CD-Rs. Thanks again for all your help, everybody!

JR

Let me know because I can copy Saturn Games but I can't get CUe,Bin files to burn to a disc that works . :angry:

SkiDragon

10-16-2006, 12:33 AM

Sorry to bring this up again, but I have been having trouble with this same thing. I convert the MP3s to WAV. I can successfully burn the disk. However, the music sounds like a horrible digital static of some sort on my modded saturn. The WAVs play fine on my computer.
Actually, it seems that the first track plays fine on the Saturn, but none of the others do. Could something between the first and second tracks be screwing up the rest of them?

Actually, I just figured out a solution to this. I mounted the original .cue file (the one for the iso/wav) to a "virtual drive". I then re-ripped it in bin/cue format. I then burnt this to a CD. This CD plays correctly in my Saturn. The only error I detected is that the beginning of at least one of the tracks seems to be cut off a bit. Other than that it seems to work fine.