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Fontana
can i delete files using dvd2xbox.. ?
thanks..
Testament69
QUOTE (Fontana @ Mar 7 2004, 01:23 AM)
can i delete files using dvd2xbox.. ?
thanks..

You can delete them in FlashFXP or go into Xbox Explorer and do it from there.
malik
DID anyone find out how to downsize Ninja Gaiden without deleting the movies is there any demos or other things to delete ?
KANE79
QUOTE (c-2 @ Mar 5 2004, 01:16 AM)
as far as ninja gaiden goes i know that in the movies each american movie has a jap one that is the same except of course jap .. u can safely delete all the jap movies which cuts the space down from 6+ gigs to 3.6 or so .. sorry don't have the file names in front of me ..  oh and of course dashupdate and update can go ..  this thread kix ass btw :]

Is the reverse also true? I mean, if I'm playing it in Japanese [since I hear the dub sucks] can I delete the English version of the movies and keep the Japanese ones?
RoboChicken
QUOTE (KANE79 @ Mar 8 2004, 07:42 AM)
QUOTE (c-2 @ Mar 5 2004, 01:16 AM)
as far as ninja gaiden goes i know that in the movies each american movie has a jap one that is the same except of course jap .. u can safely delete all the jap movies which cuts the space down from 6+ gigs to 3.6 or so .. sorry don't have the file names in front of me ..  oh and of course dashupdate and update can go ..  this thread kix ass btw :]

Is the reverse also true? I mean, if I'm playing it in Japanese [since I hear the dub sucks] can I delete the English version of the movies and keep the Japanese ones?

Yup - I did that and backed up to dvd-r. Works great so far!
ixnay099
genma onimusha anyone?
SpiGGy
How about these games?

Rallisport Challenge
Panzeer Dragoon Orta

Thanks in advance!
caseyhalone
I just got
the hulk and
the cat in the hat.


both prolly have some movies.
anyone mess with these yet?
rockstardaddy
Thank you everyone, you have all helped me gain back about 15 gigs so far, I was down to 30 and ready to cry
KANE79
Down to 30?? I deleted stuff from about five games in an effort to get back up to 30! tongue.gif

Might have to consider a HDD upgrade if I keep running low on space...
rockstardaddy
I started with 120 gigs and then with like 7 emu, over 500 roms, and 31 games I'm down to like 45
VVaI2LoCk
QUOTE (sidwin @ Mar 5 2004, 04:36 AM)
just delete all movie files that have J in it.

[QUOTE]

Sorry for the noob question you said just delete the movie files with J in it. I'm assuming that J stands for japaneze but how can I tell what movie files are? Do they have a particular extention to them?

I'm trying to find a good post on how to reduce Nija Gadien from 6+ gig to somthing under 4.3 anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
confused2773
I'm trying to backup my copy of Ninja Gaiden. Does anyone know what files to delete.


Thanks
{{909}}
the scene release that was made to fit on a dvdr had the jap movies removed
orko007
QUOTE (confused2773 @ Mar 9 2004, 04:22 AM)
I'm trying to backup my copy of Ninja Gaiden. Does anyone know what files to delete.


Thanks

go into the movie folder and remove all the movies that end in _j that should do it.
jfullam
Awesome thread - saved over 12GB so far... anyone got deletables for any of these titles?

NASCAR Thunder 2004
Sega Soccer Slam
Allstar Baseball 2004
Rayman 3
Links 2004
Fairly Odd Parents
The Hobbit
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Splashdown
SSX3
MX Unleashed
Pitfall
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Fuzion Frenzy
Xbox Music Mixer
Pantar Dragoon Orta
The Sim’s: Bustin’ Out
Soul Calibur 2
Lord of the Rings: ROTK
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2
Ninja Gaiden
Testament69
QUOTE (jfullam @ Mar 11 2004, 07:10 PM)
Awesome thread - saved over 12GB so far... anyone got deletables for any of these titles?

NASCAR Thunder 2004
Sega Soccer Slam
Allstar Baseball 2004
Rayman 3
Links 2004
Fairly Odd Parents
The Hobbit
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Splashdown
SSX3
MX Unleashed
Pitfall
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Fuzion Frenzy
Xbox Music Mixer
Pantar Dragoon Orta
The Sim’s: Bustin’ Out
Soul Calibur 2
Lord of the Rings: ROTK
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2
Ninja Gaiden

Baldur's Gate-Dark Alliance 2, Tiger Woods 2004 and Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles have no deleteables. I have tried everything but can't find a single thing to delete that will keep the game running. sad.gif
As for SSX 3, Pitfall, Fuzion Frenzy, The Sims Busting Out, and LotR-Return of the King. I have those and will check later today for you and give you a response on them. I am sure SSX 3 does have some as well as Fuzion Frenzy. smile.gif
Also, Ninja Gaiden has alot of stuff to delete that will NOT take any English language out. Just open up all folders and find anything that has a _j in it and delete. All this means is that particular file is Japanese language and you may not want that. There is an exact copy of that same file in English format, so deleting the Japanese version wont harm the game. You will still see all the FMV cutscenes in English. Hope that helps. smile.gif



P.S.-To the creator of this thread, it would really help if you update the first page list with all the new games people are posting with deleteables.
Thanks.
inVINCEseeble
Please tell me what files to delete for NinJa Gaiden. Wow almost 6 gb. Which Jap movies?
theberserker22
I just got the suffering and tenchu and was interested in seeing what can be taken out.
endless69
Hi, I was wondering if replacing a video with a 1 second blank ever caused a game to hang? Some of the games listed inthis thread say that deleting any of the videos cause the game to hang, what if they were replaced by the 1 second blank video?

Great thread btw, it's saving me tons of space and helping me get by on the old 8 gig HD just a little longer.... Thanks
Rahszhul
Grr! Arg! Hahaha. Okokok. I'm NOT dead!!! As evdienced by the --FINALLY-- updated first post. *sigh*

Updates:
  • Run Like Hell, Knights of the Temple, Ninja Gaiden (XBL Deletions), Carve, Phantasy Star Online, Unreal II, Midnight Club 2, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (Pre Game Garbage), The Sims: Bustin' Out by Rahszhul
  • Rollercoaster Tycoon by Testament69
  • Quantum Redshift by Lunar Aura
  • SSX 3 (Demos) by dedfrog
  • SSX 3 (Movie Replacements), MX Unleashed (Regional Movies) by sulfur
  • Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (Multiple Languages) The_Flash
  • Mission Impossible: Operation Surma, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy by paulmarriott
  • MX Unleashed (Pregame Garbage) by scorpiorising
  • Baldur's Gate: Dark Aliance 2 (PAL) by pete2and
  • The Sims: Bustin' Out (PAL) by bazzy
  • Prince of Persia by flood17
  • Road Kill by skeen
  • Now up to 63.38 GB!
tylercal
heres a tough one, what about the jet set radio future and sega gt rally combined disc, what if we only want one of these games. And it doesn't tell u which files are which!!! *sigh* uhh.gif
Rahszhul
QUOTE (tylercal @ Mar 14 2004, 04:33 AM)
heres a tough one, what about the jet set radio future and sega gt rally combined disc, what if we only want one of these games. And it doesn't tell u which files are which!!! *sigh*  uhh.gif

Seriously!?

What the hell... If you read where I have "SegaGT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future" at the bottom of the deletions, it does give you an exact location to where you can split the games apart! Amazing!
chersterz
has anybody been able to delete anything from Genma Omnimusha?
I noticed in the movies directory there are some movies with a 'j' has anybody tried deleting them?
ravage73
THE SUFFERING

/English/Common/Interface/

DVD Extras 2.vdu - 499.13
DVD Extras.sdu - 22.68
DVD Extras.vdu - 196.71
DVD Extras 2.sdu - 52.22

grand total - 770.74mb

there could be more, but this was a quick delete.
ravage73
scooby doo mystery mayhem

not sure of the space saved, but explore all files, and delete every folder that starts with "DE" and "FR". there is a lot of these folders, and it will take a while.

EDIT: got it down to 2608.mb
inVINCEseeble
Just so u know there is a problem with Prince of Persia after I delete the files. It gave me the dirty disc error.
ravage73
QUOTE (inVINCEseeble @ Mar 15 2004, 02:35 AM)
Just so u know there is a problem with Prince of Persia after I delete the files. It gave me the dirty disc error.

i got that same problem
GamerBR
QUOTE (ravage73 @ Mar 15 2004, 11:18 AM)
QUOTE (inVINCEseeble @ Mar 15 2004, 02:35 AM)
Just so u know there is a problem with Prince of Persia after I delete the files. It gave me the dirty disc error.

i got that same problem

me too,u can't delete one of these files,if u delete one of them u will get a DDE
/VIDEO/Bink.int
/VIDEO/Intro.int
/VIDEO/ubisoft.int
the others files i deleted and tested the game,no problem
PolarBearWY
QUOTE (toyato89 @ Feb 28 2004, 09:12 PM)
Someone posted a few pages back that the link to the blank bik & xmv files was down. I tried it myself just 2 minutes ago, and I can confirm that. It says something like my IP is not authorized to download data files or something weird like that.

Can you not just create a blank TXT file and save it as a BIK?
Rahszhul
QUOTE (PolarBearWY @ Mar 15 2004, 05:20 PM)
QUOTE (toyato89 @ Feb 28 2004, 09:12 PM)
Someone posted a few pages back that the link to the blank bik & xmv files was down. I tried it myself just 2 minutes ago, and I can confirm that. It says something like my IP is not authorized to download data files or something weird like that.

Can you not just create a blank TXT file and save it as a BIK?

Some cases, yes. Some cases, no.

If you were to create a .bik, and could nab the header info, a single frame, and the end bit, I'm sure you could have the smallest possible .bik, that would work overall.

If you were to just create a 0 byte file and name it movie.bik, it is possible that the game sees the file, tries to play it, and moves on. Other games could try to play it, and because it isn't a proper .bik file, problems arise.

So, yes, you could make a 0 byte file, and try to use it, but results will varry worse than the deletion differences between NTSC v PAL games.
buriedpast
This is one great post! Gives me all the info I need to fit those larger games on a single DVD. Keep the updates coming! And thanks!
Dubstyle
Crazy Taxi 3

/media/ spritesEu <---- whole directory
/media/movies all movies

I havent noticed any negative effects, and I havent found the logo movies yet.

This brings crazy taxi to 359 megs, pretty tiny.
inVINCEseeble
I saved like 20 gigs for 42 games. Thanks everyone! biggrin.gif
Angerwound
I am currently building all this info into a web page..
Should be easier to access than this forum...

Before I publish it to a site.. This info isn't considered illegal in any way shape or form by the law or MS is it?
Don't need any troubles..

jfullam
QUOTE (Angerwound @ Mar 18 2004, 04:38 AM)
I am currently building all this info into a web page..
Should be easier to access than this forum...

Before I publish it to a site.. This info isn't considered illegal in any way shape or form by the law or MS is it?
Don't need any troubles..

If it was truly illegal, the scene would not allow it either... I think your fine...
Angerwound
Sounds good, is anyone interested in having it on a web page or do they prefer just to use this forum?
chilin_dude
A webpage would definately be nice... With like all the letters at the top and when you select T is shows you all the T games that have stuff removed... I could help!
Angerwound
Well here is the layout so far...

Something new in the Making.....

I'm not the best so if anyone can help me out in anyway lemme know...

BTW, font colors are being a bit strange - so until I get that worked out may look a bit wierd.
chilin_dude
Yeah i can help
chilin_dude
QUOTE (Angerwound @ Mar 18 2004, 09:40 PM)
Well here is the layout so far...

http://home.insightbb.com/~dvdhelp

I'm not the best so if anyone can help me out in anyway lemme know...

You joking? That is a fucking A site!!!
Way to go!
Added to my favourites for sure!
Angerwound
Man click the link again..... Was messed up at the time you hit the link.. Sorry for scarin ya.

The problem is I'm trying to build this under frontpage and of course MS BLowz.

Can anyone tell me why frontpage likes to change colors of fonts when you save it? God I wish I knew HTML
Rahszhul
I want to help!

And who better to help with the project than an overworked military member who professionally works on websites?

If you got any of them, message me on AIM, MSN, or whatever. I've got ideas!


Edit: .... FRONT PAGE!!??? Oh god... Stop Now. I'll do the site. BY HAND! Front Page BAAAAAD.

Edit 2: Don't know why FP is changing colors on you, but from everything I've experienced, is that FP looooves to put in a nice chunk of unneeded code into each of your pages, just incase you might be putting the page on a site that supports FP extensions. And some XML. And some other fun garbage code that isn't needed.

The only thing worse than FP, is using MS Word to convert a .doc to HTML. That is some seriously sick f-king html "code".
Asdaoj
The site looks great so far, is it worth having a symbol indicating which folders can be removed for disk backup & Harddrive backup,

or does it make no difference which media they game is backed up on?
huh.gif
shafty
Why dont you use Dreamweaver, the daddy of all web authoring software?
zeroxxorez
Dude the graphix on that site are stolen. Jesus! Look at the pixel difference in the pictures you edited and the ones that you didn't. Tisk Tisk... that'll teach you to compress pictures that were already compressed. By the way....it sucks anyway.
Rahszhul
shafty,
Cause all HTML authorware is bad. Doing it all by hand is way awesomer! Er... what? laugh.gif

Asdaoj,
This rip info applies to any style of copy. On hard drive, or before buring to CD/DVD. I suggest trying it out on the hard drive first if you have space. It could save you a failed burn.

Also, on my other "sites"(found in my signature, which I don't post in this thread), concerning DVD vs. HD backups are only for where you're copying files using dvd2xbox.

Example: If you copied Halo to your HD a long time ago, then wanted to use the .acl file to rip out unneeded content, you'd use the HD version. If you were copying from the DVD, you'd use the DVD version.

Well, truth be told, that project fell FLAT because of work. But, I think I can somehow tie the .acl's with the database I plan on using. Only time will tell if I can really do that.
  • First item on project, learn some php.
  • Second (and already half completed), create simple shell php script to deliver the data.
  • Install mysql on my machine, and create/populate the database tongue.gif
  • gfx; make that page look -pretty- rolleyes.gif
  • Add all other data needed.
  • Work on .acl's for dvd2xbox, if time/work permits
Angerwound
QUOTE (zeroxxorez @ Mar 19 2004, 06:01 PM)
Dude the graphix on that site are stolen.  Jesus!  Look at the pixel difference in the pictures you edited and the ones that you didn't.  Tisk Tisk... that'll teach you to compress pictures that were already compressed.  By the way....it sucks anyway.

First off, I didn't steal the graphics they were graphics I had made with photoshop that I cut and copied around to make some kind of layout for the information... I suck with HTML therefore Rahszhul and others have offered to help.. I'm sorry if it is not good enough for ya... Your welcome to go ahead and make a site for us.
Lurkin
QUOTE (endless69 @ Mar 14 2004, 06:14 AM)
Hi, I was wondering if replacing a video with a 1 second blank ever caused a game to hang? Some of the games listed inthis thread say that deleting any of the videos cause the game to hang, what if they were replaced by the 1 second blank video?

I have a nice blank.bik file that I created that is just 1 second of plain black screen that I have been replacing logos and other .bik files that are useless to the game. It is only 568 bytes so it's truely tiny and a major space saver.

Now I just need to get ahold of XMVTool so I can make a 1 second blank .wmv but having trouble locating it atm. I will gladly post the blank files once I get them made for people to use if you'd like. If someone could direct me to xmvtool or send me a super small blank.xmv that would be great.

I could host them on my webspace for everyone to download from this thread.

My email is dewback22@insightbb.com if you can help me with the .xmv file or tool.
Angerwound
There was a link in this thread that used to work... I think it is down now.. If you could host that would be great for everyone else...
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