Black screen with FreeDVDBoot and 3.11E (SCPH-75003)

madokanamy

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Hi - I didn't want to use the GitHub issue tracker as a forum (since that's not really what it's for, it's for software bugs that need attention more on the development side), so I'm posting this here instead as it's a support request.

I'm using some generic DVD-Rs that I picked up out the pound shop (not really anywhere that sells batches of good DVDs in my area, the one place that sold Verbatim DVD-Rs was out of stock of them when I went there yesterday to get a few bits and bobs). The ones I've kept around tend to usually keep working for a while, so I dunno. I'll consider the media being a possible cause of a problem but then again, I burnt four different copies from four different packets and they're all not working, so I don't really think so either.

Burning at slowest (1X) speed, max on the media is 32X, in CDBurnerXP: 1GB filler compatibility mode is on in the ISO-burn mode, and using simply the prebuilt ISO. No other modifications to the image were made as far as I know. The PS2 picks it up pretty quickly, though I did have to run diagnosis once to get it to read, I had to do the same with GT4 so it's probably a matter of the laser being disused for some time.

The PS2 itself is in a good condition. SCPH-75003, so PAL/UK. Connected via component YPbPr, set to English (of course), 16:9 mode in display (tried full to no effect), reads everything just fine. It picks up the disc as a DVD Video and as stated it grabs it rather quickly (WMP even tried to open after a disc verify, so the contents were never damaged during the burn supposedly if even my PC is picking it up as the type of disc it has been burnt as).

Yeah, everything sounds good right? It's not, the system is simply showing a black screen like what seems to be many others on 3.11E, from the many issues on the github tracker showcasing the same issue. I'm assuming it is to do with strain and faulty media, or the prebuilt image is out of date since it looks like it was added in a future update.

Worth mentioning, the screen does this weird grey-yellow flicker like the uLE menu colour default, before it goes to black and after its loaded the DVD. And as previously stated no games have issues.

I tried switching also to RGB mode and it had a black-screen too. I'm wondering what is going on here, I don't really want to waste anymore discs given I had other purpose in mind for these, y'know. There's a reason I bought four packs of four.

Thanks for any help, I suppose.

EDIT: Additional info to add: I tried the remove memory card method; I've also waited over 15 minutes.
EDIT 2: I forgot to unblock the ISO image when downloading. Stupid Windows zone information (I believe IE settings can stop this setting if anyone else is like me with this), gonna give a go again
 
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madokanamy said:
Hi - I didn't want to use the GitHub issue tracker as a forum (since that's not really what it's for, it's for software bugs that need attention more on the development side), so I'm posting this here instead as it's a support request.

I'm using some generic DVD-Rs that I picked up out the pound shop (not really anywhere that sells batches of good DVDs in my area, the one place that sold Verbatim DVD-Rs was out of stock of them when I went there yesterday to get a few bits and bobs). The ones I've kept around tend to usually keep working for a while, so I dunno. I'll consider the media being a possible cause of a problem but then again, I burnt four different copies from four different packets and they're all not working, so I don't really think so either.

Burning at slowest (1X) speed, max on the media is 32X, in CDBurnerXP: 1GB filler compatibility mode is on in the ISO-burn mode, and using simply the prebuilt ISO. No other modifications to the image were made as far as I know. The PS2 picks it up pretty quickly, though I did have to run diagnosis once to get it to read, I had to do the same with GT4 so it's probably a matter of the laser being disused for some time.

The PS2 itself is in a good condition. SCPH-75003, so PAL/UK. Connected via component YPbPr, set to English (of course), 16:9 mode in display (tried full to no effect), reads everything just fine. It picks up the disc as a DVD Video and as stated it grabs it rather quickly (WMP even tried to open after a disc verify, so the contents were never damaged during the burn supposedly if even my PC is picking it up as the type of disc it has been burnt as).

Yeah, everything sounds good right? It's not, the system is simply showing a black screen like what seems to be many others on 3.11E, from the many issues on the github tracker showcasing the same issue. I'm assuming it is to do with strain and faulty media, or the prebuilt image is out of date since it looks like it was added in a future update.

Worth mentioning, the screen does this weird grey-yellow flicker like the uLE menu colour default, before it goes to black and after its loaded the DVD. And as previously stated no games have issues.

I tried switching also to RGB mode and it had a black-screen too. I'm wondering what is going on here, I don't really want to waste anymore discs given I had other purpose in mind for these, y'know. There's a reason I bought four packs of four.

Thanks for any help, I suppose.

EDIT: Additional info to add: I tried the remove memory card method; I've also waited over 15 minutes.
EDIT 2: I forgot to unblock the ISO image when downloading. Stupid Windows zone information (I believe IE settings can stop this setting if anyone else is like me with this), gonna give a go again
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dont use slow burn speed. use half speed...so 32x discs should be burned at 16x (maybe 8x). try imgburn. also try plating a real dvd before trying burnt disc. playing real dvds can sort of recalibrate the laser and get it working again.
 
I played a real disc, that disc worked fine. I'll give your advice a go, I didn't know if given this is cheapo media, burn speed would want to be slow or not. Then again, cheapo media is probably equivalent to good media back in the early 2000s nowadays I'd imagine.

Laptop doesn't seem to allow past 8x burn speed for DVD, it's over 10 years old, but I'll try to do it regardless of whether it wants to support it or not. :P
 
DVD with x32 index? First to hear. ;p Don't You have in mind CD-R (which of course cannot be used in this case)?
 
I forced it to do that. Probably doesn't, I was going by something written on the GitHub page and the fact it says to burn at a low speed.

Dunno if that advice really wants to even be on the README, really. Disc burning is really an art of whether you have good media and a good hardware-burner, and to an extent the right settings software-wise, rather than being able to give one piece of general advice. Hence why so many varied opinions tend to exist across the internet.
 
Oh I give up. 8x and 4x didn't work either for me. Same bullshit, flickers red, yellow and then the console's frozen up.
Wasted pretty much half the damn day trying this, can't be bothered to waste anymore time.

tl;dr - this exploit isn't feasible for now at least for me, may be specific to certain regions given this is a UK-specific model
 
From your other threads, it sounds like you already have a way to launch homebrew. Why do you need this?
 
I burned it on a CMC disc at the slowest speed supported and used it on a modchipped 7004.Worked flawlessly.
 
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