Can I Play Xbox Backups On Cd-r Options

[gamarsedge]

i had a philips drive but didnt want to tweak it sounds risky so i just got a samsung drive dam thing reads everything you give it only thing that sucked was that it costed me hella money for it

[da_shiznit]

i think he was referring compatible as 'the orginal games and files' and not supposed to be compatible to "dixv, backups, etc"

[kard63]

DVD recorders are almost as cheap as a samsung drive now.

[jason987]

I'v got unmodded box and i wanna use complex loader...so i want to know what kind of drive i have

I think its the samsung drive as it 1.1 box and the drives got the 2 holes on the tray...so it a samsung then?

[robert5earl]

ya its a samsung no holes in the other two types. im a cheap bastard and my samsung drive will play the cheapist cdr i throw at it.

[00XeRo]

what I don't understand is how you actually get the game to fit on the CDR.

Most games are what, 3-4 gigabytes, right?

[fgrhehghej]

QUOTE (00XeRo @ Aug 22 2003, 07:48 AM)

what I don't understand is how you actually get the game to fit on the CDR. Most games are what, 3-4 gigabytes, right?

Well, it's probably more in the vicinity of 1.5g. There are some that are bigger. There are also some that a way smaller, though. And, then there's techniques like downsampling or ripping, of course. #

And for the record: even (some) non-modified, stock Philips drives can play (some) CD-Rs. You just need to experiment a bit; also be sure to know exactly what media you're testing. Trying rebranded stuff that is based on the same dye probably won't help too much.

[black_light]

you rip out all the demos and foerign laungages.

[nineteen19]

QUOTE (00XeRo @ Aug 22 2003, 06:48 AM)

what I don't understand is how you actually get the game to fit on the CDR. Most games are what, 3-4 gigabytes, right?

I'd assume that they would be only backing up the games that are smaller than 700mb. There are a number of Xbox games that are small enough to fit on a cd-r (and some games even leave room to spare on a cd-r!). Samsung drives are helllla tight!

[Dtweaker]

Yes most games are 3-4gb but some aren't and some can be split up to run on multiple cd-r's.

[Dtweaker]

I have a v1.1 xbox and i've tried meny types of cd-r and cd-rw and haven't had any problems. i've also tried some DVD+r with no success.

[Gh3ttoRoM3o]

QUOTE (00XeRo @ Aug 22 2003, 06:48 AM)

what I don't understand is how you actually get the game to fit on the CDR. Most games are what, 3-4 gigabytes, right?

nope they really range.

Crazy Taxi High Roller for instancewill fit on a CDR.

[Gh3ttoRoM3o]

nope, to my amazement there are alot of games that will fit on a CDR. Seems as if they've jus wasted the space on the DVD's .

[Lotmr]

Say WHAT? I always burn my romsemu's to no-name CD-R and they always work. Also Kill.Switch works off a CD-R. Just try burning at a slower speed. Like 4x works good.

[a_man]

So slower speed helps? Cause i cant get a cdr to work, thoug i only tried one brand. And i got no mods done to my xbox yet, but is it still possible to listen or cdr audio?