atreyu187
Loathsome Dung Eater
One there is a HUGE difference between ripping and dumping a game. Ripping is perfectly safe 100% of the time so long as you abide by the LBA. If you just go and rip out a dummy file and don't relink the files and correct the LBA the system is still looking for the dummy file as it is still in the LBA. Ripping the file is not enough you have to redirect the LBA so the system doesn't look for the dummy file and it's just fine.
As stated ripping is usually for HDD/USB loading to save space on a disc the dummy file actually helps as the further the data is on the outer portion of the disc the quicker the laser can read it as it doesn't have to seek the data as much as the further out on the disc the less the laser has to move decreasing time.
This was also common in the first days of PS2 piracy as it turned a DVD into a CD as DVD burners and disc were costly. So dummy files were ripped or video or audio could have been ripped or downsampled to fit on a CDR or even make a DVD9 game like God of War 1/2 fit on a DVD5 as softmods like free Mc boot didn't work with DVD DL disc or DVD DL disc and burners were costly and only worked with a modchip unless the disc was "flattened" to only one layer without a layer break.
And yes Cobra doesn't work with CD due to the mode type. Once going from a Mode2 BIN/CUE to a standard compliant DVD UDF file system it works just fine for NON-BC models as they were not designed to read PS2 CD games as Classics are in DVD compliant images. This isn't true for BC model PS3's as they have the emotion engine.
As stated ripping is usually for HDD/USB loading to save space on a disc the dummy file actually helps as the further the data is on the outer portion of the disc the quicker the laser can read it as it doesn't have to seek the data as much as the further out on the disc the less the laser has to move decreasing time.
This was also common in the first days of PS2 piracy as it turned a DVD into a CD as DVD burners and disc were costly. So dummy files were ripped or video or audio could have been ripped or downsampled to fit on a CDR or even make a DVD9 game like God of War 1/2 fit on a DVD5 as softmods like free Mc boot didn't work with DVD DL disc or DVD DL disc and burners were costly and only worked with a modchip unless the disc was "flattened" to only one layer without a layer break.
And yes Cobra doesn't work with CD due to the mode type. Once going from a Mode2 BIN/CUE to a standard compliant DVD UDF file system it works just fine for NON-BC models as they were not designed to read PS2 CD games as Classics are in DVD compliant images. This isn't true for BC model PS3's as they have the emotion engine.
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