Topic: Can I Play Xbox Backups On Cd-r (Read 1287 times)

psxguy · « **Reply #60 on:** June 24, 2003, 09:23:00 AM »

If you have a phillips drive and you wanna get it to read any CD-R, just tweak the pot a bit. It was easier for me to remove the top of my phillips drive and turn the pot 1/4 of the way (and it reads everything I throw at it) than tearing up a PC-DvD-Rom, and cutting up my case to make it fit, etc. And I pot tweaked several phillips drives and they are still going strong.

Xeero · « **Reply #61 on:** June 24, 2003, 07:27:00 PM »

QUOTE (psxguy @ Jun 24 2003, 01:23 PM)

If you have a phillips drive and you wanna get it to read any CD-R, just tweak the pot a bit. It was easier for me to remove the top of my phillips drive and turn the pot 1/4 of the way (and it reads everything I throw at it) than tearing up a PC-DvD-Rom, and cutting up my case to make it fit, etc. And I pot tweaked several phillips drives and they are still going strong.

To those wondering if they should tweak their pot: if you are at all familiar with tweaking PS2 drives, you should know that the Xbox drives are constructed with much higher-quality components. As long as you take caution in tweaking the potentiometer, you're far less likely to damage the drive than you would be with a PS2 drive.

HumanClay · « **Reply #62 on:** June 25, 2003, 06:39:00 PM »

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There probably will never be any games that can fit themselves on a single CD.

There are many a game that fit on a single cd, for instance Monopoly Party, The Sims, Smashing Drive.

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OK i have put in CD-R media on my xbox and it plays sweet but if i can run CD-R music cds can i run CD-R data? and if so what kind of data? only stuff that is compatible with the Xbox?

Why would it play something that is not compatible with the Xbox?! lol

da_shiznit · « **Reply #63 on:** June 29, 2003, 04:34:00 PM »

i think he was referring compatible as 'the orginal games and files' and not supposed to be compatible to "dixv, backups, etc"

jackyl_816 · « **Reply #64 on:** October 21, 2002, 03:09:00 PM »

No,almost none of the Xbox consoles will read a backup on a cd-r,all backups must be burned to a cdr-w or dvd-r or dvd-rw,also some dvd+r media works as well. Games can be burned to a cd-r,but must be recopied to one of the above media types in order to play.

XanTium · « **Reply #65 on:** October 22, 2002, 07:32:00 AM »

There is a possible solution thought.

If you install a PC DVD/CD-ROM drive to your xbox you can read almost all media.

Here's the tutorial : http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/dvddrive.php

jackyl_816 · « **Reply #66 on:** October 22, 2002, 10:27:00 AM »

yes,that is true,but if you do that,doesnt that take away your option,to play a original xbox game? I was under the impression,that a PC dvd/cd rom would not play nor read a real Xbox game.

kard63 · « **Reply #67 on:** July 10, 2003, 06:59:00 AM »

DVD recorders are almost as cheap as a samsung drive now.

robert5earl · « **Reply #68 on:** July 15, 2003, 08:11:00 PM »

ya its a samsung no holes in the other two types. im a cheap bastard and my samsung drive will play the cheapist cdr i throw at it.

Poopninja · « **Reply #69 on:** November 06, 2002, 06:13:00 PM »

Correct, according to the guide you will need to disconnect the ide cable from the pc dvd-drive and reconnect it to the Xbox dvd-drive to play original games.

HSDEMONZ · « **Reply #70 on:** November 10, 2002, 09:20:00 PM »

I know I'm whining about an old post... but since it is in the FAQ section, many will hold it as gospel...

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almost none of the Xbox consoles will read a backup on a cd-r

Is simply not true. Many will NOT read CDR.. but many WILL. There are no numbers to support that claim. Modded XBOX's purchased at XBOX launch, and ones purchase last week part of the new SEGA Pack have both had some success at reading CDR.

Don't discourage people from trying. The Low Cost may outweigh the slight, and sometimes slower load time of the CDR burn.

fgrhehghej · « **Reply #71 on:** September 09, 2003, 01:59:00 PM »

QUOTE (00XeRo @ Aug 22 2003, 07:48 AM)

what I don't understand is how you actually get the game to fit on the CDR.

Most games are what, 3-4 gigabytes, right?

Well, it's probably more in the vicinity of 1.5g. There are some that are bigger. There are also some that a way smaller, though. And, then there's techniques like downsampling or ripping, of course. #

And for the record: even (some) non-modified, stock Philips drives can play (some) CD-Rs. You just need to experiment a bit; also be sure to know exactly what media you're testing. Trying rebranded stuff that is based on the same dye probably won't help too much.

black_light · « **Reply #72 on:** September 14, 2003, 04:18:00 PM »

you rip out all the demos and foerign laungages.

Dtweaker · « **Reply #73 on:** September 26, 2003, 03:39:00 PM »

Yes most games are 3-4gb but some aren't and some can be split up to run on multiple cd-r's.

Dtweaker · « **Reply #74 on:** September 26, 2003, 03:49:00 PM »

I have a v1.1 xbox and i've tried meny types of cd-r and cd-rw and haven't had any problems. i've also tried some DVD+r with no success.

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