Post by: sosotiit on December 19, 2006, 12:17:00 PM
I took all my other originals and tried them again, without any problems. So my pc/Drive seems still as functional as it was.
Also tried with Schtrom and same problem. Only this game that I cannot backup.
The following happens when I follow my usual routine for backup:
-start XBC,
-put dvd in
-it reports
Getting media info [F]
Uknown Partition size. Used bytes = 5.32 MB
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 5.32 MB (5,578,752 bytes)
if I eject/insert again I get
Getting media info [F]
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 7.05 GB (7,572,881,408 bytes)
when I start the extraction it tells me
''unable to determine current visible partition''
and stops
I can extract ss, pfi,dmi apparently ok if done from the drive tools tab
any feedback?
thks, soso
This post has been edited by sosotiit: Jan 23 2007, 01:47 AM
Post by: sosotiit on December 19, 2006, 06:03:00 PM
Still trying here but it still does not see the game partition, the rest seems ok???
rgds, soso
This post has been edited by sosotiit: Dec 20 2006, 02:03 AM
Post by: sosotiit on December 20, 2006, 05:44:00 AM
First time I have to do this. Usually XBK can do the whole thing.
Anyway, just FYI, incase you encounter the same prob with STL.
rgds, soso
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on December 20, 2006, 10:02:00 AM
Post by: dpderr on December 20, 2006, 07:08:00 PM
Post by: sosotiit on December 20, 2006, 08:02:00 PM
If you look around there is a tutorial
How_to_rip_games_with_the_Samsung_SH-D162C.doc
that describes this in more detail.
I will give you the short version but it is similar to what you get in the Hitachi/samsumg tutorial
-DVDinfopro and you send custom command FF 08 01 11 01, close DVDinfopro
-isobuster, click on dvd, rightclick and choose Extract From-To and enter 0 and 3567872, start extraction.
call it game.iso (even if it suggest .tao)
you can extract your SS, DMI, PFI with Xbox Backup creator.
merge with ssmerger (or other )
hope it helps, sorry I am a bit short on time tonight. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
rgds, soso
This post has been edited by sosotiit: Dec 21 2006, 04:05 AM
Post by: dpderr on December 21, 2006, 10:51:00 PM
Post by: ydgmms on December 22, 2006, 03:08:00 PM
Post by: dpderr on December 22, 2006, 04:01:00 PM
No, I only extracted the game portion. When you use the ISORebuilder, it will inject a blank video file to take up the proper space on the disc.
Post by: someguyinwaterloo on December 22, 2006, 03:26:00 PM
I am trying it and I am definitely missing something and I would love to stop making coasters.
Maximum detail would be greatly appreciated but I am at your mercy
Thanks!
Post by: sosotiit on December 22, 2006, 03:53:00 PM
dpderr used the Isobuilder that is in the Garyopa package, it is the simplest solution you can find.
If you want to include DMI, PFI and a Video.iso you should use ssmerger. I used SSmerger but did not include a video.iso (instead I used Pad with blank option), also I did not take the NME Iso option (needed only if you have an NME chip).
Two options: one simplest , the other a bit more versatile, same good result
.@someguyinwaterloo,
in order to help you and if you want more detailed info, you need to do the same for us
.I see it is your first post, have you made functional backups before? and is it only STL that is causing you problems? Just to be sure we are chasing the proper issue, and that it is not extraction from a 47dj, bitsetting, incompatible burner... if that is your first backup I suggest you start with some of the tutorial here,here or here.
If it is only STL: What version/drive you have? are you using PC drive like (SH-162C) to extract or X360 Drive? Which software (Xbox Backup Creator, Schtrom, isobuster...)?
Really , I am not trying to make you life though, just want to be sure we are looking for an answer to appropriate problem. As they say, there is nothing more useless than a good solution to the wrong problem (after translation
),rgds, soso
Post by: chaospie on December 22, 2006, 09:13:00 PM
Questions:
1. Is this image patched? (SS, PFI, DMI, video.iso?)
2. How can i get all these files?
3. What should i use to inject the image to make it 7.05GB?
Please help thanks.
This post has been edited by chaospie: Dec 23 2006, 05:15 AM
Post by: sosotiit on December 22, 2006, 09:26:00 PM
The only other one you absolutely need is the SS, and you can extract it with Xbox creator in the drive tools. you can get DMI and PFI as well at the same place if you want (not mandatory).
WIth SS merger you select the two files (or four), choose pad with blanks, do not select NME compatible and then do merge, and burn. (as per message above you can also use the Isobuilder that can with the firmware package).
rgds, soso
This post has been edited by sosotiit: Dec 23 2006, 05:29 AM
Post by: chaospie on December 22, 2006, 10:53:00 PM
Post by: sosotiit on December 23, 2006, 07:57:00 AM
WHen you backup with XBK or schrtom, the backup includes the video.iso.
now to your question, with ssmerger you have the choice to use a dummy video.iso filled with blank files (will not play the clip in a PC) or to insert a copy of a real video.iso (that is why you have the insert iso option).
You can extract the video.iso with schtrom. In the case of STL where schtrom does not work, you still can use schtrom to extract from another game since the video.iso is always the same from game to game.
Or you can go in the firmware package for Samsumg drive in the folder XBox360Stealth , there is a video.iso that can be used.
Note it is not really need, but here you go.
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on December 23, 2006, 09:26:00 AM
Then use xbox creator (that part was working for me) to extract ss.bin (and PFI , DMI if you want them) and ssmerger (pad with blank, no NME compatible), layerbreak and ssoffset as per xbox360, burn 2.4X on good media.
hope it helps, rgds, soso
Post by: sosotiit on December 23, 2006, 10:20:00 AM
bottom left make sure you have the sh-d162 selected,
just right of this select in the advance command, the one that says send custom command (a window will open cdb 0 to 11 field. Enter FF 08 01 11 01 in the first five field as per image below(from a tut I refer in previous post), and send it.
It is not permanent in any way, do not worry.
then it is isobuster time.
It is worthed, great game (all but one mission which is a pita)
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on December 23, 2006, 11:08:00 AM
QUOTE
1) What do I need to do with DVDInfoPro BEFORE I use isobuster
2) What do I extract (SS.bin? what is that ... etc)
3) How do I merge (I see some references to a batch file which I can't locate)
2) What do I extract (SS.bin? what is that ... etc)
3) How do I merge (I see some references to a batch file which I can't locate)
for 1) See post 17 and 19 , you need to unlock the drive yourself with isobuster (something XB creator and schtrom does for you)
for 2) With isobuster : click on dvd, rightclick and choose Extract From-To and enter 0 and 3567872, start extraction. call it game.iso (even if it suggest .tao enter exactly game.iso as name)
With xbox creator go in Drive tools extract to the same folder as game.iso the Security sector (SS.bin), PFI and DMI.
for 3) If you do not know about the batch file in the firmware package I suggest you rather download ssmerger 1.7b.
and select the four files you have just created, put the options as per post 17 and hit the big merge sign (get a coffee it is 15 minutes to process
)Burn with imgbrun @2.4x (or your favorite prog) on good quality media.
rgds, soso
Post by: sdeens on December 23, 2006, 04:00:00 PM
Post by: sosotiit on December 23, 2006, 05:07:00 PM
QUOTE
let's keep this strickly an XBC v2.3 solution and avoid IsoBuster and DVD.infoPro
If you have a different solution you are welcome to present it, but in a proper way. if you are not interested to participate in a constructive way in this thread, I politely invite you not to do so.
From your message, you say that you believe the way to do this and
I will test tonight for XBC v2..3 complaince so you have not even tested your assumptions!!!
When I presented to Redline99 (author of Xbox creator) the difficulty to extract the whole disc of STL, he confirmed he had seen this behavior before, that he would look into it as he wanted to correct this.
What I presented here is one way (tested and working) to address this backup of STL.
I will stop it at that.
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on December 23, 2006, 05:26:00 PM
If your command in dvdinfopro
is done Ok (besure to do send) then you should see only this in Isobuster
- DVD
- session 1
- track 01
I believe the Dvdinfopro did not work, sorry, try again as they say under the cap
.in ssmerger it is ok to choose the four lines as
game.iso (if that is what you called it)
SS.bin
pfi.bin
dmi.bin
and
happy to help,
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on December 23, 2006, 09:12:00 PM
merry xmas,
rgds, soso
Post by: sdeens on December 23, 2006, 11:03:00 PM
simplest method:
1. launch XBC v2.3
2. select Drive Tools
3. Unlock Drive--press this twice to get it to recognize the partition size correctly (that's the bug in it--no big deal--its NOT always automatically detected)--ignore the response that says drive is already unlocked--tha';s the KREON firmware doing its job, I suspect.
4. READ image--select "current partion" NOT "complete backup--I mis-stated that in my first tutorial---ooops type too quickly.
5. It will be 7,135,744 (or: 7,307,001 if you go into Properties---that;s why I don't use the PROPERTY values)
6. XBC v2.3--go back to Drive Tools and extract all three (SS, PFI and DMI)--YES definately all 3!
---2kb each in size
7. save to same folder as the .iso that XBC v2.3 created earlier
8. Launch SS Merger 1.7b--use those settings in thread posted above--#25--select ALL 4 files
9. ignore the request to do an on-line Xtereme verfication--select NO when prompted.
10. press the MERGE button--this takes about 30-45 minutes to merge the new complete ISO
11. Burn wih ImgBurn v2.1..same deal as before--I used 4x speed on Verbatim DVD +R DL media
works exactly as it should, this is the DEFACTO STANDARD for ripping and burning these newer 360 games with SH-D162B KREON v.81 drives.
BTW this game has no way to save the game progress during a MISSION...what a tremendous mistake by the game developers...no doubt that will be frustratinbg later in game on more difficult levels..
as I said before you don't need Isobuster ($30 program) or DVDinfoPro if you have the kreon flashed sammy drive..
p.s.
sometimes knowing a way to do a thing "old school" is good, but NOT this time
Post by: sosotiit on December 24, 2006, 07:09:00 AM
There are many things I could tell you on your posts , but it would only feed your apparent inclination for confrontation; things like the Kreon FW default is unlock 2 ( as indicated in NFO) and that is why you need to send the FF08011101 in order to have unlock 1 and get an Xtreme style (instead of Wxripper style in unlock 2); In the end your approach requires to extract all separately and merge so there is little gain why make such a fuss; If everything must be Xboxcreator or nothing why burning with imgburn (use xboxcreator) ?.
All of that is irrelevant, my point is that if you find another way to do things you can present it in a respectful way without telling everyone they are wrong and that all threads in X-S should follow your authority (that after 12 posts!!!). Many people are using Wxripper and isobuster ( i am not one of them) and I fully respect that. If you do not want to do that, do not participate.
again, what I presented here is one way (tested and working) to address this backup of STL. It has helped many people it seems.
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on December 24, 2006, 08:41:00 AM
QUOTE(PSPPSP @ Dec 23 2006, 10:56 PM) 
THANK YOU Sostiit!!! You are the man!! I got it going and works great!! The only thing was when in isobuster the file that was created this time was a little smaller than you indicated "The game.iso file should be 7,307,001,856 bytes if you right click on it in windows (6.8G)" It was actually a little bit small than what you stated, but when I sent the command and saw what I indicated in post #23, it came out to the exact size as you stated. In any case it seems to have worked out! Thanks for ALL your help.
Sometimes trying to figure out the "how to part" is just as fun as the Playing part. Thanks for ALL YOUR HELP!!
You may have been in windows explorer in which case it is shown in KB (kiloBytes) which would be 7,135,744 KB. That is the same as 7,307,001,856 Bytes or 6.8 GigaBytes (GB). To see it in Bytes you need in explorer , to right click on the file and choose properties. But if you get 7,135,744 KB it is the same thing.
rgds, soso
Post by: sosotiit on December 29, 2006, 10:02:00 AM
I beleive it is the only title doing this. It seems to have something to do with the unlock of the game partition.
Some people had success by unlocking manually then using Xboxcreator to extract the game.iso.
But you still need to extract separatelly ss, dmi, pfi and then merge so it is not a big gain.
Hope it helps,
rgds,soso
Post by: Yateball on January 03, 2007, 09:25:00 AM
Didn't even know about the ISObuster method but the game works perfect. Thanks a lot Soso!
Post by: Dravor on January 03, 2007, 08:57:00 PM
QUOTE(Yateball @ Jan 3 2007, 05:32 PM)
I followed Soso's instructions for this game and it works perfectly, I originally had the same partition problem with XBC, first time ever I've had any problems with it.
Didn't even know about the ISObuster method but the game works perfect. Thanks a lot Soso!
So is the only real change here that some of the new games will require a different unlock sequence? I'm not as familiar with XBC, but after using it, it seems that Schtrom most likely works very similiar, except in that it hides all of the different steps (ripping game.iso, ripping the ss file and the two others, remerging all three)?
If so, shouldn't the fix be easy?
Post by: sosotiit on January 03, 2007, 09:39:00 PM
The game has is info set slightly differently then the others it seems. Why this game would require verbatim and not others??? Some people in this thread succeeded with other brand. But huge thanks for the info.
Not sure if from redline and schtrom standpoint it is only a question of unlock (because they must have been doing if before anyway). Not expecting it to be a big thing, but I honestly do not know by expertise, it is only intuition.
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on January 03, 2007, 10:06:00 PM
so like you not expecting to be big thing as far as correction.
rgds,soso
Post by: rykon9 on January 04, 2007, 09:57:00 PM
Post by: VVaI2LoCk on January 08, 2007, 10:03:00 PM
QUOTE(VVaI2LoCk @ Jan 9 2007, 04:34 AM)
First off cudos to both methods on here. It's great that we have a choice and I'll leave it at that.
Sdeens:
I'm trying to use your method. And on the step where you say to click the Merge button on SS Merger v1.7b I get a dialog box that opens up. I try to put the name of a new file and it doesnt work. Then I try to put the name of the original ISO i created using your instructions with XBC2.3 and I get an error: You must select a video partion. Can you elaborate a little more on your instructions relating to after you select the .iso,ss.bin,PFI.bin.DMI.bin then you press merge and ?????? I get an open dialog box and dont know what to do next.
Thanks a bunch.
Post by: VVaI2LoCk on January 09, 2007, 05:15:00 AM
Post by: sosotiit on January 09, 2007, 06:37:00 AM
rgds,soso
Post by: Lucky1201 on January 21, 2007, 10:39:00 AM
can't seem to unlock with dvdinfopro.
sdeens "if you use your XBOX360 drive instead to perform the RIP then you have to unclock drive with DVDinfoPro, but after xtreme v4.2a I am not sure you need to do even that anymore."
Post by: sosotiit on January 21, 2007, 11:35:00 AM
you may try sending FF 08 01 01 or FF 08 01 11 01 to unlock
agreed it should not be needed, but STL seems to respond slightly differently than other games.
rgds, soso
Post by: Lucky1201 on January 21, 2007, 04:12:00 PM
QUOTE(sosotiit @ Jan 21 2007, 01:42 PM)
never tried a THS943 but
you may try sending FF 08 01 01 or FF 08 01 11 01 to unlock
agreed it should not be needed, but STL seems to respond slightly differently than other games.
rgds, soso
tried both got DVDinfopro: sense error
XBC:Found ODD: TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H943A ms28 at [E]
Uknown Partition size. Used bytes = 5.32 MB
Getting media info [E]
Uknown Partition size. Used bytes = 5.32 MB
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 5.32 MB (5,578,752 bytes)
Uknown Partition size. Used bytes = 5.32 MB
Uknown Partition size. Used bytes = 5.32 MB
Action: Unlock Disk (Xtreme)
DeviceIoControl Error: 0x0000045D
The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
Sense Error: 0 / 00 / 00
NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMATION
CDB: Undefined
0xFF 08 01 01
Getting media info [E]
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 5.32 MB (5,578,752 bytes)
Action: Unlock Disk (Xtreme)
DeviceIoControl Error: 0x0000045D
The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
Post by: sosotiit on January 21, 2007, 04:28:00 PM
Does it go in 0800 mode? and is SS, DMI, PFI extract correctly?
rgds,soso
Post by: Lucky1201 on January 21, 2007, 04:45:00 PM
QUOTE(sosotiit @ Jan 21 2007, 06:35 PM)
Is this only with this game? and others are detected OK.
Does it go in 0800 mode? and is SS, DMI, PFI extract correctly?
rgds,soso
First game I have had a problem with. Yes,if you are referring to star trek, it goes in 0800 I believe because the drive is recognized in windows, but I can't read or extract anything
Post by: sosotiit on January 22, 2007, 05:04:00 PM
So you can try one of the two methods presented here.
1)you could use isobuster if xbcreator is not working.
and this is the best tutorial , only in step 2 change the FF 08 01 01 for FF 08 01 11 01 as per image below
or
2) as per sdeens in post #28
hope it helps,
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on January 30, 2007, 11:38:00 AM
QUOTE(cocojo @ Jan 30 2007, 01:35 PM)
i have followed exactly you instruction, but what if i have the nme chip, how do i convert the image file?
To my knowledge, same as any other game with an nme, use associator from the site of NME.
Some members reported that Associat0r sometimes as a prob to extract the ss and move it to the proper location using the Convert tab. Some people made it work by extracting the ss.bin from their image (use ssmerge, schtrom, XBCr) and then they called associator to do the merge+conversion using the seperate files in the Merge tab. For some it seems to do a better job at inserting a ss at the right place then moving it.
nothing specific to STL or NCAA Madness, maybe should have been in another thread
.rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on February 02, 2007, 08:04:00 AM
went PIo instead of DMA
Maybe reflash the the SHD126c (some had to reflash it once or twice), other conflict Hardware , soft???
rgds,soso
Post by: Biby on February 02, 2007, 08:58:00 AM
QUOTE
Action: Read Security Sector
Sense Error: 6 / 29 / 00
POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED
CDB: READ DVD STRUCTURE
0xAD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 03 C0
Sense Error: 6 / 29 / 00
POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED
CDB: READ DVD STRUCTURE
0xAD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 03 C0
any suggestion?
Post by: miremare on February 10, 2007, 07:36:00 AM
i have tried the above.
i get as far as getting all the 4 bits together the iso and the other 3 files.
when i try to merge i get this:-
***.iso is extreme file lenght
it wont let me do anything else.
is this something to do with the patch on my sh-d162 dvd rom
Post by: sosotiit on February 10, 2007, 07:39:00 AM
if you run the stealth check of XBCr (or schtrom) on the game.iso after what does it say??
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on February 18, 2007, 07:30:00 AM
after you finish, try schtrom 3.1/tools/stealth check to see if all pieces are there.
If it is you first, Iwould try with another game if you have one, make sure the rest of the process is OK
.rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on February 18, 2007, 07:54:00 AM
soso
Post by: sosotiit on February 18, 2007, 11:49:00 AM
are you sure you have removed the selection of NME compatible?
before burning, run the test again
rgds,soso
Post by: TWilly on February 18, 2007, 01:13:00 PM
TW
Post by: StrictPuppet on February 18, 2007, 01:23:00 PM
QUOTE(TWilly @ Feb 18 2007, 05:19 AM)
Have I done something wrong or do I have to modify the 360 firmware? (which I have not done)
If the drive has not been flashed with modified firmware, there is no way your backup will ever boot, no matter how you make it.
Post by: sosotiit on February 18, 2007, 02:21:00 PM
Also suggest you give a look at the posting rules, many discussion on XBL to be careful.
AS far as the fw being detected?? who knows. One strict rule at XS, only original (no Bup) to be played on Live.
and yes the warranty is gone.
rgds,soso
Post by: StrictPuppet on February 19, 2007, 10:08:00 PM
CODE
Found ODD: TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162C TS04 at [G]
Additional Info: XB360 KREON V0.81
Getting media info [G]
Uknown Partition size. Used bytes = 5.32 MB
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 5.32 MB (5,578,752 bytes)
<*unlock drive again*>
Getting media info [G]
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 6.81 GB (7,307,001,856 bytes)
Additional Info: XB360 KREON V0.81
Getting media info [G]
Uknown Partition size. Used bytes = 5.32 MB
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 5.32 MB (5,578,752 bytes)
<*unlock drive again*>
Getting media info [G]
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 6.81 GB (7,307,001,856 bytes)
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, just adding it to the list...
Post by: sosotiit on February 20, 2007, 05:09:00 AM
yes and most of the new games have the new smaller video partition, so I am guessing that a good part of the new releases will have this problem.
Redline and schtrom are working on this , question of time only for this to be resolve.
rgds,soso
Post by: andjelko on February 20, 2007, 10:36:00 PM
Using SH-D162C with kron 0.81.
Thanks.
Post by: sosotiit on February 21, 2007, 05:17:00 AM
anyway it should be correct.
rgds,soso
Post by: Rippster on February 21, 2007, 06:30:00 AM
I picked up Crackdown yesterday and figured I would try and make a backup of it. Well, like everyone has said here, Schtrom gives the error that it is not an XBox disc. I hit this forum and after getting home from work, Im happy to say I made a perfectly working backup.
My Specs:
XBox 360 with Samsung MS28 Drive
NME 1.2 Chip Installed
PC:
Pioneer 111D
Samsung D163A w/ Kreon .80
I used SDEENS method although logically the other methods listed here should work as well.
Once youre done using SDEENS method from line #28 and the SSMERGER settings from line #25, you will have an image you can use NME Associat0r on. I started to do the SS extraction and insertion method but figured I would just first give the little application a chance to just Convert. Wham Bam, the conversion went off perfectly creating an image set at 7.525.056KB. I then let CloneCD burn it and it works great.
Hope this helps any of you NME users out there.
Ripp
Post by: sosotiit on February 21, 2007, 06:39:00 AM
thks for the info, soso
Post by: andjelko on February 21, 2007, 08:09:00 AM
QUOTE(sosotiit @ Feb 21 2007, 01:24 PM)
the pfi is also slightly different, try the imag stealth check in schtrom which I beleive is ok for that new PFI.
anyway it should be correct.
rgds,soso
thanks for your response sosotiit. When you say the pfi is different I'm assuming that when xbc2.3 verifies pfi - the fact that its slightly different is why the check comes back as failed (again this is for pfi only). Is this a limitation of xbc 2.3 - and don't get me wrong the software is great and I appreciate all the help and software thats been provided.
Post by: sosotiit on February 21, 2007, 08:28:00 AM
QUOTE(andjelko @ Feb 21 2007, 11:16 AM)
thanks for your response sosotiit. When you say the pfi is different I'm assuming that when xbc2.3 verifies pfi - the fact that its slightly different is why the check comes back as failed (again this is for pfi only). Is this a limitation of xbc 2.3 - and don't get me wrong the software is great and I appreciate all the help and software thats been provided.
yes there is a small bug in 2.3, it makes it tell that something is wrong when in fact it is just the a different format of a valid PFI. Redline knows about it , and pretty sure it will be fixed in the next release he mentioned in his thread.
rgds,soso
Post by: sosotiit on February 21, 2007, 11:21:00 AM
run the stealth check of Schtrom to see if all pieces are seen?
if so your prob may have nothing to do with the image.
how is it burned: drive/media to be used on which x360 drive/fw?
rgds,soso
Post by: cjf28 on February 23, 2007, 02:53:00 AM
Post by: SF2MJ on February 23, 2007, 05:30:00 AM
1)I started xbox backup creator
2)selected ASPI
3)selected driver tools
4)click unlock x 2
5)then went to read tab
6)selected read "current partition"
7)it dumped an iso that was 6.80gig in size i called it "crack"
8)then i went to drive tools and selected extract "ss,pfi,dmi...i extracting them into the same folder as the iso i just created.
9)I opened ss merger v1.7b...and then proceeded to set it up like the user sosotiit stated in his thread.
10)then when i went to add my iso it added it then came up with a box that said "crack.iso extreme style length".
And the SS bar is lit up in red...i guess meaning the security sector bin file is wrong.Even if i ignore all this and still try to merge the files with the iso file.I still get a message popping up saying "crack.iso extreme style length".
What am i doing wrong?.
Post by: sosotiit on February 23, 2007, 06:53:00 AM
Xtreme style is good
,It is not a problem if you have the two red fields at the bottom, I have never used the database (always got the two red fields) and it works.
It is not needed for the merge to be done correctly and we do not support the use of such database at XS
the result is probably already good.
rgds,soso
Post by: cjf28 on February 23, 2007, 08:43:00 AM
When I attempt to put my iso into into the ss merger, i get a message telling me "crackdown.iso is smaller than Xtreme style lenght"
I dont understand if im missing something. I create two crackdown icons on my desktop. one is .dvd and the other is the .iso (its always created two icons with all my games. I use xbc 2.3)
Post by: SF2MJ on February 23, 2007, 09:00:00 AM
For the ss merger settings look at post number 25.
1. launch XBC v2.3 Done
2. select Drive Tools Done
3. Unlock Drive--press this twice to get it to recognize the partition size correctly (that's the bug in it--no big deal--its NOT always automatically detected)--ignore the response that says drive is already unlocked--tha';s the KREON firmware doing its job, I suspect.Done
4. READ image--select "current partion" NOT "complete backup--I mis-stated that in my first tutorial---ooops type too quickly.Done
5. It will be 7,135,744 (or: 7,307,001 if you go into Properties---that;s why I don't use the PROPERTY values)Done
6. XBC v2.3--go back to Drive Tools and extract all three (SS, PFI and DMI)--YES definately all 3!
---2kb each in sizeDone
7. save to same folder as the .iso that XBC v2.3 created earlierDone called it STL.iso
8. Launch SS Merger 1.7b--use those settings in thread posted above--#25--select ALL 4 files Done
9. ignore the request to do an on-line Xtereme verfication--select NO when prompted. Done
10. press the MERGE button--this takes about 30-45 minutes to merge the new complete ISO.
I used clone cd to burn the iso.
Post by: cjf28 on February 23, 2007, 10:47:00 AM
I cant think of anything else I can do. any help is appreciated. Im down to my last verbatim. lol
thanks
Post by: Navillos on February 23, 2007, 12:13:00 PM
1)open XBC and unlock drive
2)select current partition and dump (6.81GB)
3)select drive tools and dump DMI, PFI, SS.bin files put in same folder as game.iso
4)leave XBC open (so drive is still unlocked), open Schtrom and dump video.iso into same folder
as all other files. run mouse over folder and see if it says 7.05GB
5)open SS merger check xtreme style and check imgburn fixes, uncheck nme, check insert iso, load up files in correct order and merge
6)burn with imgburn 2.4x, layerbreak at 1913760 booktype dvd-rom (just for the hell of it)
worked for me. a few steps but a 1:1 image.
Post by: billynomates on February 23, 2007, 01:53:00 PM
six pages of good solid info i have just done crackdown
Post by: xboxconfused on February 24, 2007, 03:35:00 PM
Post by: satori317 on February 26, 2007, 08:17:00 AM
Post by: Navillos on February 26, 2007, 09:22:00 AM
QUOTE(satori317 @ Feb 26 2007, 09:24 AM)
It seems like when I run SS Merger 1.7b, I place all the necessary files where they need to be, adjust the settings as suggested in previous posts, then merge. But after all that, it seems like the program freezes, has anyone else experienced a problem like that?
i doesnt freeze just doesnt have a progress indicator if you right click on start bar and open task manager you can see it using memory and working let it sit for about 20 or 30 min depending on your comp. performance.
Post by: johnm92627 on February 26, 2007, 11:03:00 AM
QUOTE(johnm92627 @ Feb 26 2007, 09:25 AM)
I am trying to back up NBA Street Homecourt and I am getting the same error when I extract the SS.
PFI and DMI had no problem.
I restarted and unlocked and I was able to extract it.
Post by: sosotiit on February 26, 2007, 02:25:00 PM
QUOTE
GOOD NEWS, there is a new version of XBCreator 2.4 out,
no more problems with STL, Crackdown..
XBCreator 2.4
no more problems with STL, Crackdown..
XBCreator 2.4
rgds,soso
Post by: Yateball on February 28, 2007, 03:23:00 PM
Cheers,
Yateball
Post by: sosotiit on February 28, 2007, 03:38:00 PM
QUOTE
GOOD NEWS, there is a new version of XBCreator 2.4 out,
no more problems with STL, Crackdown..
XBCreator 2.4
no more problems with STL, Crackdown..
XBCreator 2.4
rgds,soso