Problem booting Discjuggler images on NullDC

[CristinaAlves]

Hi,
I sort of have the same problem, i have original dreamcast games and created images with Discjuggler, my dreamcast doesnt work and thats why I would like to play them on nulldc. Everytime i try to start the game it ends up on the CD player ((((

I have tried to look for answers online but still I couldnt solve my problem Im so desperate toi play shenmue :,C I hope you can help me .

Thanks in advance!

[MaslowK]

i have original dreamcast games and created images with Discjuggler

As in you tried ripping them straight from original dreamcast discs on your computer? As far as I'm aware, it isn't possible to rip those without using actual dreamcast hardware, due to the proprietary disc format they used.

[Cookie Monster]

I've moved your post to a new thread, the thread where you posted was too old.

[CristinaAlves]

As in you tried ripping them straight from original dreamcast discs on your computer? As far as I'm aware, it isn't possible to rip those without using actual dreamcast hardware, due to the proprietary disc format they used.

Yes I have created cdi images from my original games and by starting the emulator it ends up on the cd player ... I will try to download a cdi file online and see if i have the same problem i hope not :/....

[Zorlon]

I fully explained this already

I will go further and state that just having a cdi image does not make it work either

The Dreamcast could read two types of discs without any sort of extra help like mod chips or boot discs, the afore mentioned GD-Rom and Mil-CD's that most of the cdi images should be though have noticed a few that are in cdi image format but are not Mil-CD

Mil-CD was originally used for Jap Video CD's a little like a Karoke disc or DVD due to the interactive menu's anyway that was exploited to dumpers

Mil-CD's are just normal CD's though that have the boot sector hacked and use 2 or more sessions

Normal CD's only have 1 session for all tracks but a Mil-CD usually have all the CDDA tracks in the first session then the game data is stored in the second session, some games with no CDDA just have 2 separate sessions of data, the second session still has the real game data in it, so the first session is just to structure the Mil-CD form

[CristinaAlves]

Yes you have ! Thanks for that

Its so sad that i cant actually play with the originals :\ If i have any problems with the downloaded version of the game i let you know ! I hope thats not the case..

[Zorlon]

You can always buy another Dreamcast of even replace the GD-Rom with a GD-Rom USB host (though those are far from cheap, but a pre own Dreamcast is dirt cheap)

[CristinaAlves]

I think Id rather not ... but thanks for the hint I have downloaded the game on emuparadise , do I have to decompress it or modify it?

[Zorlon]

decompress it yeah