I need Help with starting out! (burning discs)

[ry13]

Hello!

I'm very new to this and I have no idea where to start!
I want to download Playstation 2 games and burn them to DVD so I could play them on my PS2 console.

I downloaded DVD Decrypter and downloaded a game (Fatal Frame) but had no IOS file in it...
-img_bd.bin
-img_hd.bin
-ioprp224.img
-iopsys.irx
-libsd.irx
-mcman.irx
-mcserv.irx
-MOVIE (file)
-MOVIE2 (file)
-padman.irx
-sdrdv.irx
-sio2man.irx
-SLUS_203.88
-SYSTEM.CNF

Those are the files the game had in it.
If I did this totally wrong could you please help me?
Where do I start from and what do I need?
I have no idea how to download from emuparadise either.

Thanks!

[meganova]

All the files you listed are the game's ISO contents, so you don't need to extract it. If you somehow see the icon as Winrar (or any archiver, and cd tools), then probably the .ISO extension has been associated with Winrar.

I'd recommend using Imgburn to burn game you have downloaded, so refer to the disc burning guide below:
http://www.epforums.org/showthread.p...s-with-ImgBurn

[ry13]

Thanks Meganova!
I'm going to try it

[Zorlon]

All the files you listed are the game's ISO contents, so you don't need to extract it. If you somehow see the icon as Winrar (or any archiver, and cd tools), then probably the .ISO extension has been associated with Winrar.

I'd recommend using Imgburn to burn game you have downloaded, so refer to the disc burning guide below:
http://www.epforums.org/showthread.p...s-with-ImgBurn

Easiest guide I have ever made

For extraction though I do recommend you go for 7-zip, not to replace WinRar but to use along side it, I mostly use 7-zip for extracting, but I occasionally use some of the features that WinRAR has over 7-zip, especially for mass compression of roms as WinRAR has some nice features for storing individual files in there own zip files, though I tend to use 7-zip more.

www.7-zip.org is the homepage for 7-zip, it's free software and by default does not extract iso contents just the iso file itself

P.S. DVD Decrypter is worth keeping but not for video games, it is essentially an old version of ImgBurn, ImgBurn changed it's name from DVD Decrypter because they removed the DVD Video decryption from it due to legal reasons.

[ry13]

For extraction though I do recommend you go for 7-zip

I managed to download the game and works perfectly!

Would 7-zip successfully extract the ISO file?
I have downloaded another game (SSX Tricky PS2) and when I tried to extract the ISO file with WinZip it gave me an error.
(Extracting SSX Tricky (Europe) (En,Fr,De).iso)
(Irrecoverable Error: Extract operation failed.)

This happens when I download from emuparadise as I tried another game (Tekken Tag) with the same result, I thought it was corrupted so I dumped it

And thanks for your help by the way

[Zorlon]

I managed to download the game and works perfectly!

Would 7-zip successfully extract the ISO file?
I have downloaded another game (SSX Tricky PS2) and when I tried to extract the ISO file with WinZip it gave me an error.
(Extracting SSX Tricky (Europe) (En,Fr,De).iso)
(Irrecoverable Error: Extract operation failed.)

This happens when I download from emuparadise as I tried another game (Tekken Tag) with the same result, I thought it was corrupted so I dumped it

And thanks for your help by the way

I am going to say yes but the extraction error may be more related to an incomplete download that can happen easy for downloads from the main sites server I recommend using http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/ to ensure the download completes without error, that is normally created by a drop in connection that is partly to do with the server and part to do with your own connection, even with a very very good connection you can still get connection drop problems

The above error will not show as an error so providing you presume the upload was fine to start with then the only way you can tell is via extraction unless the file size is very miss matched to what is stated on the download page

[ry13]

Thanks!
7-zip opened it perfectly fine!

[ry13]

Theres another thing I need help with.
I just can't seem to burn PSone games the same way, I guess there's a different way maybe?

I'm trying to download a game called Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters (childhood memories okay?!)
Let me explain:

SOFTWARE I HAVE
-ImgBurn
-7Zip
(do I need anything else?)

GAME FILE:
-Bugs Bunny & Taz - Time Busters [U] [SLUS-01144] - WinZip File (.7z)
I used 7zip to extract it and got the following
-Bugs Bunny & Taz - Time Busters [U] [SLUS-01144] - Folder
Inside the folder:
-Bugs Bunny & Taz - Time Busters [U] [SLUS-01144] - Disc Image
-Bugs Bunny & Taz - Time Busters [U] [SLUS-01144] - WinZip File
-Bugs Bunny & Taz - Time Busters [U] [SLUS-01144].sub - SUB File


Now what?

[MaslowK]

If that disc image file is a .img or .bin, and the "winzip" file is a .ccd/.cue (I'm guessing that's what they are) then you probably just need to load the .ccd/.cue file with Imgburn. This should load the disc image the same way it would if you selected a .iso file.

If it isn't actually showing the file extensions as part of the filenames, then in a folder window, click the "Organize" button near the upper left (assuming you use Windows 7), then click "Folder and search options". In the window that pops up, click the View tab, then under "Advanced settings" find where it says "Hide extensions for known file types" and make sure it's unchecked, then click Ok. This will give you the actual extensions instead of just the descriptions like "Winzip file" etc, the same way it's showing it for the .sub file for example.

[Zorlon]

If you open the 7z file with 7zip it will show the file extensions

[MGS:solid snake]

if the file extension is .img you can burn it normally (no bugs in your psone)
if the file in .ecm you must decode the file with unecm (downlad it from here http://www.emuparadise.me/PSX/ecm%20tools.rar)
drag your game into unecm.exe
enjoy