Topic: Any Mac Solutions? (Read 1545 times)

Q-Ball · « **on:** November 01, 2006, 10:31:00 AM »

if i have someone else flash my 360 are there any burning programs that will work on a mac to burn backups?

cyberdork33 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:25:00 AM »

Possibly, but I do not think there is any way to rip the games.

Q-Ball · « **Reply #2 on:** November 02, 2006, 09:06:00 AM »

QUOTE(cyberdork33 @ Nov 1 2006, 12:56 PM)

Possibly, but I do not think there is any way to rip the games.

backing up shouldnt be an issue, I have a pc I can use but its sitting in a closet with no monitor. my mac is the only thing with a dual layer burner right now, so I would be able to backup using the 360/pc tower via remote desktop and then copy image to the mac. just trying to find out if there is some way to burn on the mac before i go through all this trouble

elcapitan123 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 02, 2006, 10:24:00 AM »

If I were you, I would get a cheap dvd burnner like the Pio 111D and install it into your PC. Then use RDC to connect to your PC from mac and burn the image.
That should be the easiest way.

You can install XP on your Mac (if it is the new intel based one) and burn the image that way or you can try to runn Parallels inside the Mac OS and try to burn that way using Xbox Backup Creator.

ElCapitan

cyberdork33 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 02, 2006, 11:30:00 AM »

Well, here is some instructions on burning in linux. This could work on mac, but I don't know if the right apps are included for OSX.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=537638

Of course, you might be able to just use the Disk Utility to burn also. IDK about the bitsetting though. Probably best to use bootcamp (if you have an intel mac) to boot windows, or a virtual machine that will allow you to use the burning hardware.

gimpymm · « **Reply #5 on:** November 02, 2006, 03:50:00 PM »

I have a similar problem.

I have an intel imac with xp installed. Im having real trouble burning backups and getting them too boot. I have done a lot of modding in the past, but this is my first attempt with the 360.

Anyway in my house there is me and my housemate. I ahve the iMac, he has an old xp pc. His pc has a dvd burner but it is single layer, therefore cant burn the backups. However we can use his pc to rip the xbox games (and flash the 360 firmware, though a friend did mine as at the time didnt realise we had the right connections on housemates pc, heh)

Long story short though, only duel layer burner we have is the iMac. I know its possible after searching around to burn 360 backups with bootcamp on a mac, but neither of my 2 attempts have worked. Im using traxdata discs which is what my friend recommended, but I know its possible that they may not be right for my burner.

When I put the backups in the 360 though I dont get the message "to play this put in a 60 system...etc". It says "eject disc" on the tray icon on the dash, and nothing else. its bizzare. I have no idea where im going wrong.

Im using clone cd in xp on my mac, and treating it as a windows pc.

Im in the process of burning an ttempt at my second backup of marvel ultimate allience right now though to check if I jsut ripped the original image incorrectly, and will let you know hw it goes.

cyberdork33 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 02, 2006, 03:59:00 PM »

well I am home now, and verified that my iMac does not have what is needed to use the linux instructions. I think the applications could be compiled in the mac environment though. I need to fix the XP install under boot camp, so I can attempt to try that route as well.

Just for everyone's Informational purposes, the Dvd burner in my iMac is a Pioneer DVR-K06 with firmware revision Q609.

gimpymm · « **Reply #7 on:** November 02, 2006, 04:13:00 PM »

What iMac is it that your using? My iMac is a core duo "20 and has a matshita drive, which is the one I found confirmed working.

cyberdork33 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 02, 2006, 04:34:00 PM »

so you did get a working backup burned?

mine is also a 20" iMac Core Duo

gimpymm · « **Reply #9 on:** November 02, 2006, 05:11:00 PM »

Nope, it failed again in the same way. its weird how both my spliter cell and marvel backups are giving me the same error in the 360 (just not recognised, says "open tray")

It leads me to believe its one of 3 things.

My booktype isnt been set right (downloaded xbox backup creator to burn and states booktype as dvd+r dl)

My media simply isnt compatible

My rips are been done incorrectly.

Im going to try again now with a different booktype setting at the start, though i checked the booktype of the burnt discs and it does show as dvd-rom.

cyberdork33 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 02, 2006, 04:47:00 PM »

you can use dvdinfopro to check the media type and the book type. the media type will stay dvd+r DL, but the book type should say DVD-ROM.

Anyone know if toast can set the layer break?

found this thread on afterdawn:
http://forums.afterd...view.cfm/355006

gimpymm · « **Reply #11 on:** November 02, 2006, 06:06:00 PM »

Well, my third attempt failed. The 360 isnt recognising the discs as been in the drive at all.

I dont think it is the bit setting, as on the burnt discs dvdinfo shows them as book type DVD-ROM. They do appear to be burning fine. Im left believing all it can really be is the media im using. I need to get hold of some vertabim discs to test with I think.

I'll have to see if I can get hold of some tomorrow to test with and let you know how I get on.

gimpymm · « **Reply #12 on:** November 04, 2006, 05:22:00 AM »

Turns out I did succesfully burn the backups, its my 360s drive.

I tested by backups on a friends pre-modded 360, and they worked fine. It has a samsung drive however. This prooves it has to be a problem with my drive.

I dont know what firmware my friend is using and he wont let me take his 360 apart to check, but its obviously a samsung one.

I have also tested a backup made using a vertabrim disc on friends LG burner, and this worked fine on my 360. So my drive is flashed ok.

My next step is to try that mod that stops the "open tray" error, as that is what im getting.

But one thing is that I can confirm that a core duo imac can burn 360 games, even though it is through xp

cyberdork33 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 05, 2006, 10:33:00 AM »

QUOTE(gimpymm @ Nov 2 2006, 08:37 PM)

But one thing is that I can confirm that a core duo imac can burn 360 games, even though it is through xp

and I think that at the moment that is really the only way it can be done. Toast 7 definitely does not have a way to manually set the layer break. Another problem may be that there is no raw data buring either. It always opens the image, and thus only sees the Video partition. I have tried running ImgBurn in Crossover Mac, that did not work either.

This post has been edited by cyberdork33: Nov 5 2006, 06:47 PM

cyberdork33 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 05, 2006, 11:31:00 AM »

Well, some success. There is a new burning app in beta call disco (http://www.discoapp.com). It seems to have burned the entire image, but it has some algorithm that automatically distributes the data even across the two layers. Maybe I can make a request to have a manual layer break added. Oh yea, there is not Bitsetting either, but I am not as concerned with that at the moment.

Anybody know how to control bitsetting on the Mac?

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