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I have a situation where I need help:
I created stripped-down ISOs of MK Deception's Premium Pack Bonus Disc, MK Shaolin Monks, and MK Armageddon Premium Edition, so that they only consist of the arcade emulations of MK, MKII, and Ultimate MK3, plus the modules required for them to operate. The custom ISOs work with no issues on my modded PS2, and even the Play! emulator runs them without any trouble. But when I started up any of the ISOs on PCSX2, all I got was a black screen and a flashing cursor. The reason why was because I changed each ISO's image type from DVD to CD. Once I rebuilt the ISOs as DVDs, PCSX2 ran them flawlessly.

I'd like to be able to use my custom ISOs on my PS3 using PS2 Classics GUI. But the problem here is that the program forces the ISOs to be encrypted as CD instead of DVD, even when I specifically label each ISO as DVD. As a result, when I go to play the games on my PS3, they hang for a half-minute then crash back to the XMB.

So how do you force PS2 Classics GUI to encrypt the ISO as Image Type DVD and not CD?
 
RexFesto696 said:
I have a situation where I need help:
I created stripped-down ISOs of MK Deception's Premium Pack Bonus Disc, MK Shaolin Monks, and MK Armageddon Premium Edition, so that they only consist of the arcade emulations of MK, MKII, and Ultimate MK3, plus the modules required for them to operate. The custom ISOs work with no issues on my modded PS2, and even the Play! emulator runs them without any trouble. But when I started up any of the ISOs on PCSX2, all I got was a black screen and a flashing cursor. The reason why was because I changed each ISO's image type from DVD to CD. Once I rebuilt the ISOs as DVDs, PCSX2 ran them flawlessly.

I'd like to be able to use my custom ISOs on my PS3 using PS2 Classics GUI. But the problem here is that the program forces the ISOs to be encrypted as CD instead of DVD, even when I specifically label each ISO as DVD. As a result, when I go to play the games on my PS3, they hang for a half-minute then crash back to the XMB.

So how do you force PS2 Classics GUI to encrypt the ISO as Image Type DVD and not CD?
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After add LIMG, open the ISO with HxD, search for LIMG (that is near the end of the ISO). change 02 to 01, save and load the ISO again.

Example:
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Change it to:
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After the change, the ISO should show that it is a DVD and the LIMG should show 01 as this picture:
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Hello!
I'm changing my setup lately, so I'm looking for these tools in a Linux version to encrypt the ps2 games or something. Is there any?
Or my only option, outside windows, is to do it directly on the ps3?
If anyone knows anything about it would be of great help.
 
aldostools said:
In webMAN's Setup there is a Cobra option that allows to use ps2_netemu or the hardware emulator.
It is possible that your ISO stopped to work if you changed that option on the PHAT model.
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Thanks for all the information, it is appreciated. Your quote about a webMAN option to change the PS2 emulator, is that availability of that option in the webMAN Setup does not seem to appear in version 1.47.37 on the webpage with all the other options. Or is there a special menu that will reveal it if you set something like "sMan GUI". Or is it some combination of toggles in "XMB/In-Game PAD SHORTCUTS" like "PS2 Switch : SELECT+L2+R2"?
 
Guy Noir said:
Thanks for all the information, it is appreciated. Your quote about a webMAN option to change the PS2 emulator, is that availability of that option in the webMAN Setup does not seem to appear in version 1.47.37 on the webpage with all the other options. Or is there a special menu that will reveal it if you set something like "sMan GUI". Or is it some combination of toggles in "XMB/In-Game PAD SHORTCUTS" like "PS2 Switch : SELECT+L2+R2"?
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The option is listed as "ps2_netemu" next to PLAYSTATION©2 in the section "Scan for content" at the top of /setup.ps3

However that option only appears on the PS3 phat models based on 8th byte of the eid0's IDPS (product subcode):
0x01 = CECH-A*, 0x02 = CECH-B, 0x03 = CECH-C, 0x04 = CECH-E

If "ps2_netemu" is checked, Cobra will force the use of ps2_netemu on these PS3 models.
If "ps2_netemu" is unchecked, the console will use the default hardware ps2 emulator.

This is done by webMAN MOD calling the SYSCALL8_OPCODE_ENABLE_PS2NETEMU (0x1ee9)

On the other PS3 models, the option is irrelevant because ps2_netemu is always used.
 
ok so ive been on dex but recently switched to cex and would like to test ps2 games. whats the proper way to run official ps2 classics nowadays on cfw?
 
psydefx said:
ok so ive been on dex but recently switched to cex and would like to test ps2 games. whats the proper way to run official ps2 classics nowadays on cfw?
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If your are on CFW, I recommend to use ISO instead of PS2 classics.

Both PS2 Classics and ISO only can be mounted from /dev_hdd0/PS2ISO

webMAN MOD allows to list the games from /PS2ISO stored on USB drives or remote (ps3netsrv) but the file is copied to the internal HDD before mount it. It is important that you have enough free disk space for this.

It is recommended that you install the latest webMAN MOD, check the option Auto CONFIG in /setup.ps3 and include game id in the file name of the ISO or .BIN.ENC. webMAN MOD will install the recommended CONFIG automatically.
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/wiki/Game-Paths-&-Covers#ps2-config

Or you can configure the CONFIG manually downloading the file from the database and naming it as <filename>.iso.CONFIG in the same folder of the <filename>.iso
https://ps3.aldostools.org/ps2config.html

PS2 Classics packages can be launched directly from XMB without having to use any homebrew like webMAN, multiMAN or IRISMAN.
However, it is recommended that you use webMAN MOD for auto change the fan speed when game is mounted. Otherwise, you should set the fan speed manually before launch the PS2 Classic from XMB to avoid overheating.

You also need to configure the PS2 fan speed to 40% or 50% and use the custom PS2 emulator with CPU/RSX temperature monitoring.
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/wiki/~-Fan-Settings#ps2-manual

For the covers, it is recommended to install the covers pack or copy your own cover with the same name of the .iso but with the file extension .jpg or .png. The image can be in the same folder or the .iso or in /dev_hdd0/tmp/wmtmp or /dev_hdd0/tmp/wmtmp/covers
 
aldostools said:
If your are on CFW, I recommend to use ISO instead of PS2 classics.

Both PS2 Classics and ISO only can be mounted from /dev_hdd0/PS2ISO

webMAN MOD allows to list the games from /PS2ISO stored on USB drives or remote (ps3netsrv) but the file is copied to the internal HDD before mount it. It is important that you have enough free disk space for this.

It is recommended that you install the latest webMAN MOD, check the option Auto CONFIG in /setup.ps3 and include game id in the file name of the ISO or .BIN.ENC. webMAN MOD will install the recommended CONFIG automatically.
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/wiki/Game-Paths-&-Covers#ps2-config

Or you can configure the CONFIG manually downloading the file from the database and naming it as <filename>.iso.CONFIG in the same folder of the <filename>.iso
https://ps3.aldostools.org/ps2config.html

PS2 Classics packages can be launched directly from XMB without having to use any homebrew like webMAN, multiMAN or IRISMAN.
However, it is recommended that you use webMAN MOD for auto change the fan speed when game is mounted. Otherwise, you should set the fan speed manually before launch the PS2 Classic from XMB to avoid overheating.

You also need to configure the PS2 fan speed to 40% or 50% and use the custom PS2 emulator with CPU/RSX temperature monitoring.
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/wiki/~-Fan-Settings#ps2-manual

For the covers, it is recommended to install the covers pack or copy your own cover with the same name of the .iso but with the file extension .jpg or .png. The image can be in the same folder or the .iso or in /dev_hdd0/tmp/wmtmp or /dev_hdd0/tmp/wmtmp/covers
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thank you for the detailed info. ill test and see how it goes.
 
Jayglass said:
Which is better to use managunz, irisman and webman mod?
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This is my opinion (considering that I'm the developer of 2 of these 3 apps) from best to very good:
- webMAN MOD is the best because you can mount the games directly from XMB and do many other tasks in background.
- IRISMAN has a nice GUI too and a robust file manager. I recommend it to dump you backups, play PSX games when wMM has issues.
- ManaGunZ has an awesome GUI and file manager. It's great to create custom PS2 configs and do special tasks that wMM can't do.

I recommend to install all (including multiMAN too). Use the one that you need.
 
Jayglass said:
Which has better texture resolution for ps1 games?
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PS1 emulation is performed by ps1_emu or ps1_netemu. The backup manager only are used to launch the emulators.

ps1_netemu can have a better resolution on some games.

IRISMAN has many options to launch PSX games.

multiMAN (not in mmCM mode) also can launch PSX games in a different way.

webMAN MOD and the other backup managers that rely on Cobra payload mount the PSX games in the same way.

In webMAN MOD, hold R2 while mounting a PSX game with ps1_netemu or hold L2 to mount the PSX game with ps1_emu.
 
aldostools said:
After add LIMG, open the ISO with HxD, search for LIMG (that is near the end of the ISO). change 02 to 01, save and load the ISO again.

Example:
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Change it to:
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After the change, the ISO should show that it is a DVD and the LIMG should show 01 as this picture:
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hi Aldo, i tried this method
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but there is no 02 in the file, whats the issue? i wanted to convert this game (battle stadium don) wich is a 1.6 gb game with a big useless dummy inside it, i removed and repacked it the game works on pcsx2 as an iso (its now less than 300mb) but when i convert it to ps2classic, the program forces it into a cd instead of dvd
 
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