Something about Subchannel reading

sosick · November 30th, 2002

Error subchannel reading appears when I try to create M3S and SBI file through reading CD~
Is that my CD rom drive doesn't support subchannel reading?

then i make ISO for that disk (FF8 NTSC/JAP)
create M3S and SBI again~
the m3s created worths about 70KB
but sbi worths only 18bytes, is there something wrong??

and... no luck, those m3s and sbi made from ISO
doesn't help either
still can't play FF8 and don't know if there's some way to
remove that copy-protection while ppf files are not available

F-3582 · November 30th, 2002

Well: The best way to play FF8 is to make an image with CloneCD for example (I don't know if other programs also read subchannel data...) and play the game from that image.

Another option is to play the game with the internal CDR core, because it caches the subchannels automatically (if you select that option)

sosick · November 30th, 2002

Thanks for opinions~
but i've tried it before, that ISO was created from CloneCD
it doesn't help~
and the internal CDR core does read subchannels~
it needs a while to do that, but screen goes black again after all the subchannel reading has completed~ doesn't work~

I wonder if the copy-protection of NTSC/JAP ver. FF8 differs from others~ It's weird, tried different methods but none works
can't see even the title of the game~
no ppf patches available, ISO doesn't work
all CDR plugin shares the same result~black screen

How come...

F-3582 · November 30th, 2002

One question: Do you own a CD writer? If yes, try reading the CD with that one.

November 30th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
sosick Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 27	Something about Subchannel reading Error subchannel reading appears when I try to create M3S and SBI file through reading CD~ Is that my CD rom drive doesn't support subchannel reading? then i make ISO for that disk (FF8 NTSC/JAP) create M3S and SBI again~ the m3s created worths about 70KB but sbi worths only 18bytes, is there something wrong?? and... no luck, those m3s and sbi made from ISO doesn't help either still can't play FF8 and don't know if there's some way to remove that copy-protection while ppf files are not available

November 30th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Well: The best way to play FF8 is to make an image with CloneCD for example (I don't know if other programs also read subchannel data...) and play the game from that image. Another option is to play the game with the internal CDR core, because it caches the subchannels automatically (if you select that option) __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

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F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	One question: Do you own a CD writer? If yes, try reading the CD with that one. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

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November 30th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
sosick Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 27	Thanks for opinions~ but i've tried it before, that ISO was created from CloneCD it doesn't help~ and the internal CDR core does read subchannels~ it needs a while to do that, but screen goes black again after all the subchannel reading has completed~ doesn't work~ I wonder if the copy-protection of NTSC/JAP ver. FF8 differs from others~ It's weird, tried different methods but none works can't see even the title of the game~ no ppf patches available, ISO doesn't work all CDR plugin shares the same result~black screen How come...