Ripping Movies from PSX games??

Does anyone have the means to extract a movie from a PSX title?

I really want the intro to Ridge Racer Type 4 in it's highest possible quality.

I know there are various tools on Zophar's domain etc but I'm on a Mac :/

Can it be dumped by any other means?

If someone knows how to do it and is feeling generous, I'd love to have the vid in a recognised format at highest possible quality.

It's purely for personal use.

Thanks!

 

I'll take a look for you, hang on.

edit: christ, I'd forgotten what a mess PSX scene tools are. They're all Win9x-oriented so keep throwing up ASPI errors. I've tried half a dozen apps (all the relevant ones on Zophar and a few more from elsewhere) and so far only been able to get the soundtrack. Next step would be to try the same tools on an old Win98 PC, but I don't have one handy. Sorry

 

Like Alchy mentioned, the old tools were designed with Windows 9x in mind, and did not work all the time even on those OSes. I don't know about Macs, but the most reliable and best way on Windows is to get your hands on a copy of IsoBuster to see the LBA of the video/audio files, and then CDRWIN to extract the disc sectors at those locations.

For example, let's say IsoBuster reports a file with an LBA of 1550. That's the start address for the file, while the end address is going to be the very next file on the disc, minus 1. So in this instance, we have a video with an LBA of 1550, and the very next file after it has one of 3000. The gap between the two is 1450, but there is an overlap of 1. So we take into account the overlap and remove 1 from the 1450 gap, giving us 1449.

Keep in mind that the very next file may not be the very next one on the list with a simple browse; for example, it may be a file in another folder. A simple away around this is to extract an LBA list, and go from there. And if there is no other file at all after the STR/XA (video/audio) file, click "properties" for the disc track, and use the "total sectors" number.

 

The tools only work on windows 98. You might be able to get them to work in XP.
If you have Vista or 7 you will have to use a work around.
They only way to get the FMV is using a PSX SCPH-550x-750x along with a GoldFinger/Cheat Cart that allows FMV playback then hooking the PSX to a Video Captured Card.

 

Did you not see my post?

 

All great advice but none of them are a viable option at the minute. Oh well never mind it's not that important.

I used to use a lot of the old win98 tools back in the day but I thought things may have progressed somewhat in my Windows absence. Also with all of the dev kits and tools kicking around I thought it might be simple for someone.

Thanks for the advice guys and cheers for trying Alchy.

 

I know it's not hardware, but couldn't he record a psx emulator?

 

I thought about doing this. PCSX-Reloaded has some nice upscaling features and a good movie filter but I can't find a freeware screen recorder that will do a good enough job, and can't afford one that can.

 

I haven't ripped a PSX video, or PSX anything, in fact, in ages, but back in the day, PSX Multi Converter was the weapon of choice. It's a Windows only tool, of course, but it's what worked best at the time.

The PlayStation video compression varried slightly in some games, that's why you can only extract the audio using some ripping tools. The author of PsxMC developed separate plug-ins for these games, and there is such a plug-in for Ridge Racer Type 4.

Since you can easily re-encode videos using PsxMC, you could either ask someone running Windows to try and rip it for you, or you could use VMware and run Windows on your Mac.

 

I tried PSXMC. It found two videos in the .rst file but both were just black. It could be that the iso was a rip, I guess... frustratingly, PSXMC won't play nice with a virtual drive so I'll have to get some more CDRs.

 

Start PsxMC and go to options, then go to the PSR [plug-in] tab. If you don't have the Ridge Racer Type 4 plug-in on your list, you won't be able to extract the videos [intro & ending credits].

Edit - Since it's a 3rd party plug-in that doesn't come with the Multi Converter, I've uploaded it, along with the CDAZ analyze files. If you have the Japanese version of the game, it will save the trouble of re-analyzing the whole disc.

- > PsxMC Ridge Racer Type 4 Plug-in

 

Thanks for the link, I was going to PM you for it but tracked it down elsewhere eventually. Still black video. I'll track down the JPN version of the game tomorrow from TOSEC or redump or whatever it is and go from there.

 

I don't think that any of the tools work with virtual drives. Even with the CDRWIN method, you will need the original disc or burn the iso to CD-R.

 

I can confirm that the plug-in does work, as I've extracted the videos from my own copies of the game [NTSC J and PAL]. I did use the original discs, not images, though.

 

I have done it multiple times on Windows Vista (yes, Vista) and Windows 7.

No tools for mac as Sony used Windows 98 and DOS for all their work...

You need to download

http://www.zophar.net/download_file/3283


If that does not work, try these in order until they do...

http://www.zophar.net/download_file/3288

http://www.zophar.net/download_file/3293

http://www.zophar.net/download_file/3296

http://www.zophar.net/download_file/3298


These will all be on my site soon, so they are all easy to locate.


Thanks

 

I'll be installing a Windows partition sometime this week so will try these out thanks.

 

I wish you better luck than me! I tried all those tools but I never did get around to trying a verified good iso.

These tools have nothing to do with Sony

 

Are any of them compatible with Wine? (which is available through MacPorts, IIRC). You may be able to get some of these tools working.

 

Probably not. There very 'buggy' and crash. Mine do not however which is good.

I know, but these were for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 / XP at the time...

 

Yeah, it's a shame that none of the old programs work. PSMplay was the best. If you have a PSP (that's modded), you can throw the PS1 game on it, and record the video captured to your PSP via a decent program called "RemoteJoy". It lets you use/record your computer as a big PSP screen. That's probably more work than you want to deal with though.