Hacking Dreamcast .BIN images

You shouldn't have to input manual infos if you got a properly formatted GDI.

Can you post the console output so that I can have a little info to help you with?

 

All My GDIs came out bad. the demo disk ( see above posts ) kind of messed me up. I will record what I did and post it for you.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gix78v9RBxY&feature=youtu.be It did the same thing. quickly says finished and then closes quickly (presumably a crash?). I looked in the code. I think it is a crash.

 

Your problem is that you don't actually have a gdi dump.

Typically you'd have track01.bin, track02.bin track03.bin and <game_name>.gdi

Then you put that on the same folder than GDI2DATA.BAT and double click it. No need to manually do anything, the BAT script converts the bins to iso for you and all.

 

Hmm, then that's a problem. I cannot create a GDI. it won't work for me any more. I guess ill have to search for a pre-made Japanese version ( but I doubt I can )... yay..

 

If you get a sd-card adapter and a retail gd-rom you can dump it quite easily.

 

I had one. I think its busted now. I am not sure where to purchase another one. I could check ebay. Is there a thread where I can see how to properly dump it? I don't want to mess it up anymore.

 

In the marketplace of this forums some people are selling it for a fair price.

 

I purchased one on ebay for 12$ with a dreamshell CD. Now to find an indepth guide.

 

Here's a good sd-card gd-rom ripper by jj1odm, the guy who designer the sd-card cable : http://www.mediafire.com/download/1twuasw0snnzkgi/dcsdrip11.lzh

Put that on the sd-card load it via dreamshell and follow the on screen instructions and in around 30min you'll have a proper gdi on the sd-card.

 

Thank you very much FamilyGuy. You are awesome!

 

I got my DCSD today in the main but I don't have the right SD card. tried 3 different brands.. would not read in dreamshell 4.0... . I purchased a 4GB sandisk sd on amazon, should come tomorrow with 1 day delivery. hope that works..

 

Some console require the removal of some capacitors from the mobo in order for the sd-card to work well too. I think they are the caps labelled: C605, C606, C607, C608 and C609.

This could make your serial port incompatible with other devices though, but I doubt you use any other such device.

 

well if that's the case, I will be stuck forever. I am bad at modding and I will never touch the insides of my console. I prefer to have a legit, clean unit.

 

You might try another loader than Dreamshell. While Dreamshell is good, I believe it's a bit less compatible sd-card side than the ripper I linked to earlier in this thread.

You can put that dcsdrip executable file and burn it to a cd-r (not cd-rw). Then load Dreamshell, once all is loaded open the lid, put the disc with dcsdrip1.1 in it and close, then navigate to the file and execute it. This may work!

 

but then, where would the GDI save? I don't have a connection to an SD or PC.

 

I could try another loader, but I don't know of any others. only Dreamshell.

 

Ive looks for about an hour. cannot seem to find another loader other than swat's dreamshell.

 

I explained how to use DS to load the dcsdrip program, this way you can use dreamshell, but use the jj1odm program to rip the game.

 

4 / 7 tutorials and videos I saw were using a sports edition dreamcast. I purchased one.