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[wolfienuke]

I have been an xbox-scene member for a long time and just recently started learning cocoa and objective-c for mac software programming. I have since retired all of my PC's and found that burning 360 images is a major pain for Mac. No single piece of software will burn a xbox360 image without modification to the image. Here is a proof of concept application (I made it and tested it in about 3 hours including a burn) that will set the layer break just like CloneCD or ImgBurn without modifying the image.

It has been tested working on Mac OS X 10.5, but should work for 10.4 and above. Mac OS 10.3 and lower DOES NOT allow for a manual layer break and will not work with this software... More info is in the read me within.

Make note that this software DOES NOT verify the image file. Please ensure it is a valid xtreme image, and is NOT patched for the macintosh (a patched image will be approx. 7.3GB on disk)

Any comments on the functionality of the software are appreciated. I didn't care about looks on this release, I just want to see if it works for others.

WolfieNuke
[email protected]

Website: http://www.nukedsoftware.com/
Download: http://www.nukedsoftware.com/osx360/downlo...sx360_v0.3a.dmg

This post has been edited by wolfienuke: Feb 12 2008, 12:00 PM

[cronaldo]

Hello,

I just downloaded your software.  Thanks for it.

Is it easy as just drag the image over to the program and then burn.  Do you have to make any other modifications?

[cronaldo]

Hello,

I just downloaded your software.  Thanks for it.

Is it easy as just drag the image over to the program and then burn.  Do you have to make any other modifications?

[wolfienuke]

QUOTE(cronaldo @ Feb 5 2008, 03:32 PM)

Hello,
I just downloaded your software.  Thanks for it.
Is it easy as just drag the image over to the program and then burn.  Do you have to make any other modifications?

press the select button and select the .iso or .000, NOT the .dvd file. Press Burn. Play.

That's it... no patching required. I will probably add drag and drop support later. This is just a proof of concept release. I want to see how it works for others.

[cronaldo]

Cool.  I will try this later today and post feedback later on too.

What spec mac do you have running when burning xbox games?

[wolfienuke]

QUOTE(cronaldo @ Feb 6 2008, 02:16 AM)

Cool.  I will try this later today and post feedback later on too.

What spec mac do you have running when burning xbox games?

I have tested this on 2 Macs - A MacBook and a Hackintosh. Only the Real Mac worked...
MacBook 2.2GHz, 1Gb Ram, Mac OS X 10.5.1, MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-857E

[cronaldo]

Burnt a game using your software.

Burnt ok but disc was unreadable on 360.

[wolfienuke]

QUOTE(cronaldo @ Feb 6 2008, 08:49 AM)

Burnt a game using your software.

Burnt ok but disc was unreadable on 360.

What computer, os version? I made another attempt yesterday. It said it failed the verification, but read correctly in 360.

Also make sure it is not patched by iBurn360 or any other mac utility.

[cronaldo]

I got a macbook core 2 duo with matshita uj-857d drive.  Burnt using verb DVD+R DL

The images wasnt patched by anything.

[cronaldo]

also i am using osx lepoard 10.5.1

[wolfienuke]

QUOTE(cronaldo @ Feb 6 2008, 09:45 AM)

I got a macbook core 2 duo with matshita uj-857d drive.  Burnt using verb DVD+R DL

The images wasnt patched by anything.

also i am using osx lepoard 10.5.1

Strange... we have basically the same setup. Only difference is Media (I am using Memorex which rarely fail for me, rebranded ritek), and the actual image itself.

I would first assume a bad image unless you've personally checked it in XBC or Mulleter. Have you made a working backup of this image before?
It could have also been a bad burn. Were you actively using the computer while burning (mostly a factor early on in the writing process)?

I can personally attest that this software works. I have tried it on two separate computers and with various backup images (xtreme images). I have 4 verified backups using this software and one coaster that was made during the testing phase of the program.

[cronaldo]

Im making another copy of an different image now.  will let u kno what happens with that one.

I dont use the macbook while burning...only thing I had open was safari for browsing.

I cant check with xbc or mulleter as the files are on the mac.

Is there an app for the mac I can check the image with?

[wolfienuke]

QUOTE(cronaldo @ Feb 6 2008, 11:50 AM)

Is there an app for the mac I can check the image with?

I'm going to be working on that... It will take some time, since I am just beginning to learn cocoa.

[cronaldo]

No Joy again.

Burnt another image.  Burnt fine Verfied ok too.  But disc comes up unreadable in my xbox.  I checked the image on a windows computer with xdvdmulleter.  The image seems fine.

Just to point out.  My xbox image is on a external hard drive.   That should not matter or should it??

I think maybe there is a problem with my mac.  I have also tried Iburn360 which doesnt work for me either.

Maybe time to format my mac and reinstall a fresh copy and try again.

This post has been edited by cronaldo: Feb 6 2008, 09:08 PM

[wolfienuke]

QUOTE(cronaldo @ Feb 6 2008, 12:29 PM)

No Joy again.

Burnt another image.  Burnt fine Verfied ok too.  But disc comes up unreadable in my xbox.  I checked the image on a windows computer with xdvdmulleter.  The image seems fine.

Just to point out.  My xbox image is on a external hard drive.   That should not matter or should it??

I think maybe there is a problem with my mac.  I have also tried Iburn360 which doesnt work for me either.

Maybe time to format my mac and reinstall a fresh copy and try again.

I have used this software burning images over a wireless network (not recommended), internal and external hard drives. That should not be an issue.

You can also use xbc to verify a disc after it is burned. do that to check to see if a burn was successful. Has your 360 had any issues reading backups made on a pc?