sega cd help

Post by **mason** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:09 am

Hey i got a sega cd and I've heard alot about wav and mp3s and seperating them to copy the game.
So how do I do all of this and burn it to a cd? And do you thinka phillips cd-r will work?

peace

and btw most of my games are in mp3 format not wave
or they are in completely in bin/iso format.

Post by **lordofduct** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:45 pm

complete bin/iso formats, then all the data and audio is just in the image and you just burn the image like anyother.

As for the mix mode discs (where you have audio files and a data file usually in .bin format)... then you have a few options.

A) the package of files should have come with a .cue file. The cue sheet is what you load up as your image... it tells the program what files to burn, in what order, and what format.

B) make your own cue sheet if one isn't made already. You can learn the syntax of it from most websites out there (just google .cue syntax tutorial). If you don't want to learn it, then you can get Sega .cue maker, which works for both segaCD and sega Saturn games. It will make the cue sheet for you, in what ever audio format.

Don't worry about the audio format, as long as the cue sheet says to burn as CDA then the burning program will convert them on the fly. No need to decompress the .mp3's or .ogg's (or whatever other format)... even when you use .wav, the burning program actually converts on the fly (though CDA is VERY similar to .wav).

Your final option is some Burning tools (mostly the old ones, don't know why) have a "Mixed-Mode" wizard that allows you to select a data track along with all the audio tracks. Most of these tools are outdated though and don't support a lot of newer burners. I'm not sure if things like Nero have started including them again, but I really haven't seen it in a few years. I'd just stick with the cue sheet method, that is how I do it.

Post by **mason** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:04 pm

stupid fucking cue maker doesn't work and why would it with an iso files anyway. regardless, whenever i try to burn a cue file made or one include with one of the games, it doesn't recongnize it. and i tried with ashampoo and alcohol 120. and i never had problems with cues before.

Post by **lordofduct** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:04 pm

What are one of the games... tell me the title, the data file name, the music track list (and format) and their names. And I'll write a quick .cue sheet so you can see how it is done.

Post by **mason** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:46 pm

ok cool thanks alot, but why isn't sega cue maker working? thats the whole point but anyways thanks agianand

Corpse Killer
Corpse Killer (T-162055)(U)(00) (name of cd)

Corpse Killer (T-162055)(U)(00) 02 -mp3

but for alot of the games its Sonic cd -track 1 (for the iso, alot have track 1 in the name)

and like i said most of the come with cues, but they don't work.

Post by **Adderall** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:57 am

instead of burning games directly from bin/cue, I find it easier to mount the image first, make sure everything is OK, and then Copy the the mounted image to a blank cd.

Post by **lordofduct** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:32 pm

Adderall wrote:instead of burning games directly from bin/cue, I find it easier to mount the image first, make sure everything is OK, and then Copy the the mounted image to a blank cd.

This works as well...

As for your files. That is a weird ass file name. I'd start by renaming them to something much easier.

for instance, my games follow this route.

NAME - EarthwormJim 2

EarJim2_Track01.bin
EarJim2_Track02.mp3
...
...

then a cue sheet could be done like this, it's fairly basic for sega cd games as they all follow the same basic sector lay out. Saturn games get a little more complex (i.e. X-Mas NiGHTS or Virtua Cop)

FILE "*name of track*" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
INDEX 01 00:00:00
POSTGAP 00:02:00
FILE "*name of track*" MP3
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "*name of track*" MP3
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00

Copy sectore 3 over and over for more audio tracks, change the TRACK 03 to whatever track that one is... and replace *name of track* with the file name

for instance

FILE "Corpse Killer (T-162055)(U)(00).bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
INDEX 01 00:00:00
POSTGAP 00:02:00
FILE "Corpse Killer (T-162055)(U)(00) 02.mp3" MP3
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00

The word that follows the file name is the kind of file it is. Binary is a data image (.iso uses this same parameter)
the next line denotes the Track on the disc and the track format. TRACK 01 for SegaCD games is always MODE1/2048, this is a data track.
audio tracks should say AUDIO at the end of it... this will tell the computer to automatically convert whatever format the source AUDIO is to .CDA audio.

oh and there should always be that gap between track 1 and track 2.

FINALLY most important, all the music files, the data file and the .cue sheet should all be in the same directory when you run this.

Here's an example of Sonic CD's .cue sheet

FILE "SonCD Track 01.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
INDEX 01 00:00:00
POSTGAP 00:02:00
FILE "SonCD Track 02.mp3" MP3
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 03.mp3" MP3
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 04.mp3" MP3
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 05.mp3" MP3
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 06.mp3" MP3
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 07.mp3" MP3
TRACK 07 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 08.mp3" MP3
TRACK 08 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 09.mp3" MP3
TRACK 09 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 10.mp3" MP3
TRACK 10 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 11.mp3" MP3
TRACK 11 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 12.mp3" MP3
TRACK 12 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 13.mp3" MP3
TRACK 13 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 14.mp3" MP3
TRACK 14 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 15.mp3" MP3
TRACK 15 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 16.mp3" MP3
TRACK 16 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 17.mp3" MP3
TRACK 17 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 18.mp3" MP3
TRACK 18 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 19.mp3" MP3
TRACK 19 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 20.mp3" MP3
TRACK 20 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 21.mp3" MP3
TRACK 21 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 22.mp3" MP3
TRACK 22 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 23.mp3" MP3
TRACK 23 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 24.mp3" MP3
TRACK 24 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 25.mp3" MP3
TRACK 25 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 26.mp3" MP3
TRACK 26 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 27.mp3" MP3
TRACK 27 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 28.mp3" MP3
TRACK 28 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 29.mp3" MP3
TRACK 29 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 30.mp3" MP3
TRACK 30 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 31.mp3" MP3
TRACK 31 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 32.mp3" MP3
TRACK 32 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 33.mp3" MP3
TRACK 33 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 34.mp3" MP3
TRACK 34 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "SonCD Track 35.mp3" MP3
TRACK 35 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00