Not necesarily hacking the DC but...

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:15 pm

well, How do you use DCDivx?
I know how to encode the files, but I just cant seem to find an easy enough guide to take the converted movie and put it on a CD the DC can read
If I can figure this out, I think I will try and do a portable DC after my N64 and SNES attempts to use as a powerful handheld and a portable VCD player
funny, I can swap ram chips and mod the bios on my GP32 but cant understand the damn readthrough I found
so, could some one put it in idiot terms for an idiot when it comes to the DC???

thx a lot

~Octavious

( PS I am glad I found this forum , its like a link to all the portable questions that I thought I would have to answer my self, I didnt think many people had made portables before... )

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:48 pm

are you the same Octavious from GP32x? If so, I'm spongebue, also runner of GP32 Theatre.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:59 pm

well crap, yup, and now Im the self proclaimed " video encoding guru "
I just found the optimal settings for the RealmagicMP4 codec
thats awesome that theres 2 of us here
well, glad to see ya
You have proboly been to my site and seen nothing there yet, man ya should have told me about this place lol
nice to know the gp32 scene is here too, that means these guys must be awesome, cause they have no Finty or SpamFisher or......

~Octavious

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:30 pm

there's more than you think. NiN^_^NiN, abbibi, (original runner and actuall owner of GP32 theatre) nerd of nerds (hasn't been here too often lately) and MR.MOD (though I think he only stopped in at GP32x)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:58 am

lots of GP32'ers
well, I guess its the retro thing bringing us here

btw way , anyone have an answer? I know its a dumb question , but it kinda reflects on me a bit lol

~Octavious

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:59 am

^^ hmmm , gonna have to remember to log in every time
......

~Octavious

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:43 am

Have you tried using DCDivX for Dummies?
Just put your videos into the DcDivx folder (you should also put a dummy file in that folder as well, so the DC's gdrom drive won't get messed up)then run makenero.bat and it should make an image you can burn in Nero. You may need the dos program choice.com for it to work correctly. Also I know that it works in Windows 98, but I don't remember if it works under Windows XP or 2000.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:42 pm

I gotta burn some vcds now. Thanks for the info even thoguh it wasnt for me

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:22 pm

well, I did that, not sure what you ment by dummy file , like what type of file
I put just a movie in the folder ( along with the 4 files that were in it ) and then made another one with 2 movies thinking the second might have to be a movie to be a dummy
well, they burned, but wont work on the Dreamcast....
Do I need another disc, like a booter?
or, do I need to take out the extra files except for the movie and one extra file type that someone will specify?
my Dreamcast has played a burned music CD before, and the memory cards with it had SNES saves on them , so it should play burned discs right?

~Octavious

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:47 pm

Octavious wrote:well, I did that, not sure what you ment by dummy file , like what type of file

A dummy file is just a file filled with zeroes to take up space. You can find free programs to make them with. You should name it something like 00000000.dat to make sure it is at the beginning of the disc.

Octavious wrote:Do I need another disc, like a booter?

No, you shouldn't need one.

I haven't messed with DCDivX for a long time so I'll check to see if there's anything else that's needed.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:54 pm

thx for the help
should I delete the other 4 file out of the dcdivx folder ( they are 2 pics of a gui and 2 other files )

~Octavious

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:12 pm

No, it needs those files to run correctly.

I just now used that kit to make a disc and it worked fine, so I'm not sure what the problem could be. Uhh, you did burn the nrg as a cd image right? I'm not sure what else it could be...

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:27 pm

well... hmm... thats odd, my DC should play burned games...
could you email me your dummy file?
also, did you have the movie, the four files, and the dummy file in there?
and did it work from boot?

or, to make a dummy file, should I just make a text file and leave it blank, name it the dummy? If so , could you please try? I have 3 cdr's left uintil the weekend
if you cant, thats ok, ill take a chance

thx for the speedy responces

and what do I do with the files in the Progs folder?
should i run any of them / when??

~Octavious

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:33 pm

also, could you post ur VirtualDub settings ?
thank you

just incase you use differant ones that makes a differance

~Octavious

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:41 pm

http://www.megagames.com/dc/dc_utils_disk.shtml
Get a dummy file maker. It makes a file filled with nothing, pushing all the data to the center of the disc. This puts less ware on your system.
http://www.moosegate.com/betaboy/dcdivx/
Read here.