Topic: Osx360 (Read 915 times)

Dakoman · « **Reply #75 on:** March 14, 2008, 05:34:00 PM »

QUOTE(wolfienuke @ Mar 13 2008, 10:53 PM)

Anyone have any feature requests for OSx360? I am kind of at a standstill right now, and I want some work to do...

might be a stretch, but the stealth sector checking like xdvdmulletter does against the online database would be good

also, dont mean to be pineckety but the preference and about panes should really be independent of the actual program

wolfienuke · « **Reply #76 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:09:00 PM »

QUOTE(Dakoman @ Mar 14 2008, 04:10 PM)

might be a stretch, but the stealth sector checking like xdvdmulletter does against the online database would be good

also, dont mean to be pineckety but the preference and about panes should really be independent of the actual program

I might look into an online/offline crc database, but first I would need to to crc checks and do them properly as well. This means I need to be able to extract individual partitions as well (which I am working on). The About view is now it's own window (you are not the first person to bring that to my attention). It was only like that due to the initial alpha version having only one window. Replacing the initial view is a new view which you can drag and drop an iso into a Image Well. The preferences/configuration may not be changed yet. We'll see how long that takes to change.

Don't feel bad about commenting. I appreciate the feed back and will make appropriate changes if the reason is justified.

I'm surprised no one has complained that when you drag a disc image into the text field which already has a file path in it, it adds it where ever the cursor is. That has been my pet peeve since I began developing OSx360. You need to delete the current path before dragging a new path in. I have fixed that issue, and now it replaces the current text with the new file path. It will be included in the next release. Surprisingly, this was much more difficult than you would think.

Just to let you know, this is the first Mac application I have seriously been committed to releasing publicly, and I am learning more and more everyday.

Feel free to b*tch and moan all you want, but also donate a few bucks if you can spare. This project has taken much time and money from me. I WILL NOT ever charge for OSx360! I know if I tried, it would just get stolen anyway

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karishbhr · « **Reply #77 on:** March 15, 2008, 03:38:00 PM »

Just tested the software for the first time, and it works!!!!!!

Thanks so much. I have a hackintosh (self built mac) and it works as advertised.

I donated $5 to you on the site... and if my money gives me any sort of clout here all I can suggest is that you add Mulleter type options to the program and it will be perfect

THANKS AGAIN

royalsolo · « **Reply #78 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:51:00 PM »

what is the difference in burning Apple DiscReading.Framework vs growisofs?

wolfienuke · « **Reply #79 on:** March 15, 2008, 11:50:00 PM »

QUOTE(royalsolo @ Mar 15 2008, 07:27 PM)

what is the difference in burning Apple DiscReading.Framework vs growisofs?

Apple DiscRecording.Framework is a standard code library made by Apple and is the same framework that Disk Utility uses to burn discs. growisofs is a *nix command line tool to burn discs. Both will basically do the same job, but for users of Mac OS 10.3 and below, growisofs is the only tool I know of that can set the layer break manually.

It's up to you which one you use. I would recommend trying Apple's DiscRecording.Framework first, since the code I use to control the burn session is very simple (therefore less likely to go wrong). If that doesn't work, try growisofs. Since growisofs is a command line tool, I had to do more coding to make it integrate with a GUI. Other than that, I have not had any experiences to say that one is better than the other.

royalsolo · « **Reply #80 on:** March 15, 2008, 11:59:00 PM »

ive been uisng the apple framework one successfully and i just burned a game on the region code one and set it to region 1 and the game is showing the name of the game at the dashboard then says something about not compatible with the console. i cant do anything now so i guess i must throw the dvd out? or do i just need to recode it..?

wolfienuke · « **Reply #81 on:** March 16, 2008, 12:15:00 AM »

QUOTE(royalsolo @ Mar 15 2008, 10:35 PM)

ive been uisng the apple framework one successfully and i just burned a game on the region code one and set it to region 1 and the game is showing the name of the game at the dashboard then says something about not compatible with the console. i cant do anything now so i guess i must throw the dvd out? or do i just need to recode it..?

I'm not sure what you mean by region code 1. For Xbox 360 Games, the region is an 4 byte number (usually shown as hexadecimal. For the most part, this is how it is: (There are some other codes or sub-regions, but I will not go into detail)
0xFF000000 = Rest of the world
0x00FF0000 = PAL (Europe)
0x0000FF00 = NTSC-J (Japan/Asia)
0x000000FF = NSTC-U (North America)
0xFFFFFFFF = Region Free
or any combination there of...

This region code cannot be changed for retail consoles. OSx360 will verify your disc image and display the region code as PAL/NTSC-J/NTSC-U/Region Free. Look in the log if you want to know the 4 byte region code.

If you put a game in your xbox 360 that is the wrong region (Original or Backup), it will display:
"The region code for this game does not match your console's region".
If you get this message you can:
A. Throw the disc away
B. Buy another Xbox 360 from that particular region.

I would guess that you would choose option B.

royalsolo · « **Reply #82 on:** March 16, 2008, 12:24:00 AM »

its not the console its self because the apple frame worked so i could toss the disc out. why would think i would need a new xbox?

i guess growisofs isn't the right way for me to go.. i picked the region associated with my living place (north America) aka region 1. so dunno guess i wont use that method.

wolfienuke · « **Reply #83 on:** March 16, 2008, 12:46:00 AM »

QUOTE(royalsolo @ Mar 15 2008, 11:00 PM)

its not the console its self because the apple frame worked so i could toss the disc out. why would think i would need a new xbox?

i guess growisofs isn't the right way for me to go.. i picked the region associated with my living place (north America) aka region 1. so dunno guess i wont use that method.

I guess you didn't get the sarcasm... I still don't know what you mean by "picked the region".

All you need to do is make sure that the displayed region for the disc image matches the region of your console (not necessarily the region you live depending on how or where you purchased the console)

Neither growisofs or Apple DiscRecording.framework will change this outcome if your disc is the wrong region.

EnCoDeD · « **Reply #84 on:** March 24, 2008, 02:16:00 AM »

QUOTE(wolfienuke @ Mar 6 2008, 10:02 PM)

About the ripping software... I have not been able to send the CDB commands to the KREON drive via USB-ATAPI adapter in Mac OS (It works in virtualization). I believe it is a limitation of the USB-ATAPI driver. I will continue to look into this, as well as test it on my desktop as soon as it is up and running again.

Is there anyway that I can test the commands with my IDE drive?

I don't know how to code that but am willing to test if you can come up with some way to send them.

wolfienuke · « **Reply #85 on:** March 24, 2008, 03:01:00 AM »

QUOTE(EnCoDeD @ Mar 24 2008, 12:52 AM)

Is there anyway that I can test the commands with my IDE drive?

I don't know how to code that but am willing to test if you can come up with some way to send them.

Since that last post, I now have my KREON drive in my desktop. It appears it is not a limitation based on the USB interface, but a limitation with Non-Authoring DVD Drives (ie. DVD-ROM). I am working on finishing up OSx360 and making it fairly stable. Once that is done, I will begin working on figuring out a way to rip original discs via OS X. If it was an easy task, it probably would have been done by someone else by now.

Don't worry. I hear you. I will probably release a separate alpha build (ripping only) once I figure it out - like a proof of concept.

Just keep your fingers crossed...

EnCoDeD · « **Reply #86 on:** March 24, 2008, 04:05:00 PM »

Hey man what ever works... I think the program is stable... only think I can ask is to allow us to uncheck the Verify after burning (unchecking it does nothing) .... other then that, this app rocks.. thanks again man for all the hard work..

EnCoDeD

wolfienuke · « **Reply #87 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:31:00 PM »

QUOTE(EnCoDeD @ Mar 24 2008, 02:41 PM)

Hey man what ever works... I think the program is stable... only think I can ask is to allow us to uncheck the Verify after burning (unchecking it does nothing) .... other then that, this app rocks.. thanks again man for all the hard work..
EnCoDeD

That's fixed as well... I made some major changes to the program so that's why it's taking a while for the new beta.

EnCoDeD · « **Reply #88 on:** March 24, 2008, 10:36:00 PM »

Take as much time as you need..... I'm good with what i got for now...

serphium · « **Reply #89 on:** March 25, 2008, 12:08:00 AM »

Excellent work thus far! I second the stealth check/repair. You said you'd have to do proper crc's, but perhaps the Mulleter folks will let you share the database they already have. That would be a great addition.

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