Ive recently got into the Dreamcast. I heard there is homebrew games for it so i tried burning one (half life with a .cdi format).
1st program i got, discjuggler, crashes when i start it on my xp machine so its a no go. 2nd was Alcohol 120% which works but when i pop the disc into the DC its read as a music disc. So i tried imgburn which, like 120%, burns correctly but the disc is read as a music disc. Can anyone help me with this?
Dreamcast Homebrew
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kiteJargon
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Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Welcome to the forums!
Burning Dreamcast self-booting discs is tough. They usually come in a myriad different formats and there is usually no one settings that works for all. ".cdi" is a DiscJuggler image so obviously using that program is best. Same with using Nero for .nrg images. However you should be able to get it to boot if you burn with Alcohol 120% and choose RAW DAO for Write Method. Let me know if that works for you.
One more thing: Half Life is not homebrew!
Burning Dreamcast self-booting discs is tough. They usually come in a myriad different formats and there is usually no one settings that works for all. ".cdi" is a DiscJuggler image so obviously using that program is best. Same with using Nero for .nrg images. However you should be able to get it to boot if you burn with Alcohol 120% and choose RAW DAO for Write Method. Let me know if that works for you.
One more thing: Half Life is not homebrew!
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Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Nope, nothing seems to be working :/ though my drive cannot write to cd roms (only cdrs) could this be a problem?kiteJargon wrote:Welcome to the forums!
Burning Dreamcast self-booting discs is tough. They usually come in a myriad different formats and there is usually no one settings that works for all. ".cdi" is a DiscJuggler image so obviously using that program is best. Same with using Nero for .nrg images. However you should be able to get it to boot if you burn with Alcohol 120% and choose RAW DAO for Write Method. Let me know if that works for you.
One more thing: Half Life is not homebrew!
Well if the game wasnt on the console originally then in my opinion its "homebrew"
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flojocabron
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Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Its been said before, but you should use the slowest possible speed. I've just used the free discjuggler demo. So that should work.
I prefer Discjuggler actually, I never had any luck on alcohol 120.
on DISCJUGGLER program:
Check your source. On advanced, switch to MODE 2. Check also to where it says CD-DA and Raw write
Burn Away.
Sometimes if a disc is treated like an audio CD you may have to burn a boot disc.
Although it really shouldnt do that cause boot discs arent really used anymore.
I prefer Discjuggler actually, I never had any luck on alcohol 120.
on DISCJUGGLER program:
Check your source. On advanced, switch to MODE 2. Check also to where it says CD-DA and Raw write
Burn Away.
Sometimes if a disc is treated like an audio CD you may have to burn a boot disc.
Although it really shouldnt do that cause boot discs arent really used anymore.
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flojocabron
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Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Its been said before, but you should use the slowest possible speed. I've just used the free discjuggler demo. So that should work.
I prefer Discjuggler actually, I never had any luck on alcohol 120.
on DISCJUGGLER program:
Check your source. On advanced, switch to MODE 2. Check also to where it says CD-DA and Raw write
Burn Away.
Sometimes if a disc is treated like an audio CD you may have to burn a boot disc.
Although it really shouldnt do that cause boot discs arent really used anymore.
I prefer Discjuggler actually, I never had any luck on alcohol 120.
on DISCJUGGLER program:
Check your source. On advanced, switch to MODE 2. Check also to where it says CD-DA and Raw write
Burn Away.
Sometimes if a disc is treated like an audio CD you may have to burn a boot disc.
Although it really shouldnt do that cause boot discs arent really used anymore.
2600 and jr,5200,nes/top loader, master system, intellivision, TG-16, genesis 1,2,3, SNES, snesJR, CDX, 3DOfz10, gamegear, gameboy and pocket, GBC, sega saturn, PSOne w/screen, Virtual Boy, N64, NGPC, Gameboy Advance sp, Dreamcast, Black Dreamcast, oXBOX, Playstation 2, PStwo, Gamecube, gameboy player, DS lite,DSi XL, PSP1000/3000,Wii,PS3 120gb,3DSXL, xbox 360, PSvita, PS4
Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Try reinstalling discjuggler it works the best.
Either way set the speed as low at possible (4x or 8x usually)
Raw Write
if the cdi file is way over 700MB set it to overburn
CD-DA mode
Just use plain CD-r (700mb)
Either way set the speed as low at possible (4x or 8x usually)
Raw Write
if the cdi file is way over 700MB set it to overburn
CD-DA mode
Just use plain CD-r (700mb)
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AppleQueso
Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
http://theisozone.com/tutorials/dreamca ... 012-style/
This will show you how to use Imgburn to do it. I think imgburn's by far the best disc burning application, so i'd rather use it over discjuggler.
Plus discjuggler doesn't seem to play well with my dvd burner.
This will show you how to use Imgburn to do it. I think imgburn's by far the best disc burning application, so i'd rather use it over discjuggler.
Plus discjuggler doesn't seem to play well with my dvd burner.
Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Well i finally got Disc Juggler working so i tried it out. 1x speed, set to raw write, set to mode 2 (tried on the default audio mode as well), set to CD-DA with a 200MB file. It burned fine but when i tried it out it (same as Alcohol 120% and imgburn with and without the files AppleQueso linked to) came up as a music disc stuck on track 2 4:16.
This is really weird
This is really weird
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AppleQueso
Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Try the way I linked. Make sure the images you're using are selfboot as well. I used imgburn to burn a .cdi successfully just yesterday.small502 wrote:Well i finally got Disc Juggler working so i tried it out. 1x speed, set to raw write, set to mode 2 (tried on the default audio mode as well), set to CD-DA with a 200MB file. It burned fine but when i tried it out it (same as Alcohol 120% and imgburn with and without the files AppleQueso linked to) came up as a music disc stuck on track 2 4:16.
This is really weird
Re: Dreamcast Homebrew
Burn worked fine but again track 2 4:16. maybe it has to do with my burner or DC?AppleQueso wrote:Try the way I linked. Make sure the images you're using are selfboot as well. I used imgburn to burn a .cdi successfully just yesterday.