PS1 Merging multiple tracks into onedisc image

[Berion]

Tutorial covering up merging multiple track images into one single disc image using:

• CMD (Copy) + text editor
• IsoBuster + text editor
• Virtual ODD + disc reading apps (only mention)
• CHD Manager

 

[ElGris]

The tutorial looks very easy, what's gonna be hard is trying to learn polish lol.

Thanks, I'm gonna need it some time, specially with games like Twisted Metal 4.

 

[pinky]

The tutorial looks very easy, what's gonna be hard is trying to learn polish lol.

Thanks, I'm gonna need it some time, specially with games like Twisted Metal 4.

yeah, it's not too difficult. you just need a vod (virtual optical drive), which there are several programs that can get you one. I have one from alcohol 120%. it's listed as a bd rom drive. just mount it, then use another app to make another disc image of the mounted image. remember to mount the cue file to get all bin files. I think alcohol 120% does ccd files, which I'm not sure if they're compatible with wmm or any backup manager. imgburn may be able to make bin/cue files, but I can't remember the default image for cds. it's very fast too (much faster than an actual drive), so it's like 100-200x or so, so it will probably take seconds.

 

[Berion]

@ElGris I leaving translation to automate translators as my isn't better. ^^ There are few sites which translating PDF (Google Translate should to if I remember correctly). However, it is sufficient to just follow the screens. I'm using apps in English to not forgetting this language (the same with consoles menus and games), so screens are all in English (except CMD because my Win7 is in Polish).

@pinky Native A120% format is *.mdf + *.mds (MDS is CUE replacement, the same as CCD is CUE replacement in Clone (which BTW also creating CUE during disc reading)).

In the tutorial there are four way "to merge image". And virtual ODD is skipped. ^^

 

[pinky]

except it's not the same thing. if it were, there'd be no need to add a new format that's essentially the same thing as another, just with name change. I've very well aware that they can be replaced with those formats, but they're not the exact same thing as a cue file.

 

[Berion]

Purpose is the same. CUE is outdated so they created their owns formats. However, there is no format of disc image which covering all cases because there is no way to make literally 1:1 copy. Also there is no disc image descriptor which would cover everything.

The same problem solved SPS with IPF format for diskettes. Maybe one day we will see something similar but for optical and analogue discs.