Freedvdboot Unable To Read Disc
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PlayStation 2 DVD Player Exploit. This allows you to burn your own PlayStation 2 homebrew discs and play them on an unmodified console as seen in the demo video. With uLaunchELF as the initial program, users can include multiple homebrew programs on the same disc.
Boot your PlayStation 2 without any disc inserted, and press Triangle to identify which DVD Player version your console has. Still early in terms of support for different versions, check back here later for more support. Hopefully over time other developers from the scene will also contribute support for additional DVD Player versions.
Pre-built ISO files for supported DVD Players containing just uLaunchELF are provided in this repository for ease of use (which can be used to boot homebrew over a USB mass storage device). For example, if your DVD Player version is 3.10E, you would want to burn PREBUILT ISOs/3.10 only - all regions - English lang.iso.
You should use DVD-R with low burning speed (others may work, but they put more strain on PS2 laser), and make sure to finalise the disc as burning option. Otherwise, you might run into issues reading the disc.
PS2 says "unable to read disc" - this doesn't seem to be a problem with the exploit, but just that your DVD laser might not work, or at least can't read the disc you burned. Please try a regular DVD video first, or DVD game to ensure one of those works. If that works, make sure you are finalising your disc when burning, use a low write speed, and I recommend using DVD-R instead of any other type of DVD as those put more strain on the laser.
PS2 enters black screen - if your PS2 DVD laser is really worn out, or you are using something difficult to read like DVD+RW burned on high speed, it might take some time before uLaunchELF actually starts. Please try waiting 3 minutes or so, per this comment.
Once you've placed all the homebrew files you'd like into the directory, generate a UDF image of the directory. The easiest way is probably to install genisoimage (comes pre-installed on many Linux distributions like Ubuntu) or mkisofs and run the following (where exploit.iso is the output and Filesystem/3.10 is the directory containing VIDEO_TS and any homebrew):
I would recommend you test in PCSX2 first, but since PCSX2 doesn't support loading the DVD Player, you have to decrypt and repack it yourself, which is beyond the scope of this README. With that said, if you aren't touching anything in VIDEO_TS, there shouldn't really be any reason for the exploit to fail.
I've included uLaunchELF recompiled with DVD support as the default initial program. It presents a menu which allows you to select any of the homebrew programs you chose to include on the disc (and also allows booting from USB).
Alternatively, if you would rather just boot into a single homebrew application, the initial program the exploit attempts to boot is located at VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.IFO, replace it with your desired ELF file, with the below caveat that compatibility might be lower than if you booted a program through uLaunchELF:
For the initial release, I didn't bother to reimplement a couple of functions used by the loader, so it requires that the ELF you load doesn't overwrite those functions I use (those are around 0x84000 - 0x85fff and 0x250000 - 0x29ffff). I will probably remove this limitation in the future, but all ELFs I could find were fine with this limitation.
Free Memory Card Boot, also known as FreeMCBoot or FMCB, is a method of softmodding the PlayStation 2's memory card to run homebrew software on boot. This method, in comparison to modchipping, is not permanent, is easy to install and use, and less likely to conflict with other software; on the other hand, it cannot by itself allow the console to play import/backup discs.
Some modchips can also boot homebrew from the memory card (this feature is usually called DEV1), including an installed copy of FMCB, but this comes with the above-summarized advantages and disadvantages of PS2 modchips.
While installing FMCB does not require you to fiddle with internals, it does require the user to find a way to access the PS2's memory card, which has a proprietary connection. There are many methods to install FMCB to a stock card.
This is, without a doubt, the easiest way to get FMCB- a memory card with the software already installed. You can either buy one from a reputable eBay seller, or ask a friend with a modded PS2 to do it for you. There is no further setup- just plug in the memory card, turn the PS2 on, and FMCB will boot as normal.
The only complications are that, like every system update, the file name and region encoding for FMCB must match that of the target console (see the cross-region option for a valid workaround), and that the product you receive may contain an outdated and/or questionable setup (which can be fixed by reformatting the memory card and reinstalling a known good copy of FMCB).
This is the newest method of installing FMCB to a memory card, and utilises a backdoor in the PS2's disc authentication chip (also known as the MECHACON) to load a third-party program (in this case uLaunchELF is included as an initial program) from a burned DVD-Video.[2] This method is proven to work on many models of the 'Slim' PS2, but support for 'Fat' PS2s is spotty.[3] This requires a blank DVD-R (preferred as read-only discs put less strain on the laser), a memory card, a DVD burner, and a working disc drive on your PS2. You can also install more homebrew using a supported USB drive.
This method uses the PS3MCA, an official adapter for PS1/PS2 memory cards that plugs into a standard USB port.[4] It was originally designed for use on the PlayStation 3, but can easily be used on any Windows or Linux PC.
Windows
Like the PS3, the PS1 virtualizer supports applying a selection of compatibility hacks to specific games, and the built-in list can be supplemented via memory card. A buffer overflow in the code loading this list allows user-specified titles to be replaced with another homebrew also sourced from the memory card.
The CD does not spin. The laser unit and the spinner are brand new. What do I need to replace? I bought the entire disk unit that includes the motor of the spinner the laser lens and the cables included.
hi I have a ps2 slim I still like to use for guitar hero but it wont spin or read and lazor does nothing everything is connected but the ribbion on the optical lazor lens was torn so I took one from a dvd player same with cud that b the problem it comes on jus fine and I check all the switches and still wont spin or read please respond asap so I know what I gotta order to fix it
hi i have a problem with my ps2. my ps2 is really old 8 years. at first 1-3 yrs ago it works fine but a little difficult to turn the game on because if fail sometimes and 4-7 yrs ago it's now really difficult to turn the game on i kept restarting it like the game plays at 15%. And now in 8 yrs it now didn't work to turn on the ps2 so i got a major problem, I know my PS2 is very old but is there any idea what to replace it with? My email is rapha_r...@yahoo.com so please send me a message thanks you.
hi bro my ps2 model is SCPH 90001 and my dad bought it around 2008 maybe and i havent touch it since back then , and now ive decided to use it to play and it appears on screen " the red screen" which says insert playstation format disc .. jow can i resolve that, my neighbor says that my ps2 needs to be modified... i dont know what to do bro pls help.. hoping for your answer btw my ps2 is slim
The PSTwo has two door sensors. Nothing will spin if it thinks the door is open. The first and least likely to fail is a little black nub right above the power switch. It must be pushed down. The second is way at the back, to the back left of the laser assembly, and is a white or brown plastic box with a tiny plastic nub sticking up. It needs to be down as well.
Easiest way to test is to remove the lid altogether, and manually press down both sensors, because you can access them both easily. Have a disc in, turn it on, and press down both sensors. If it works, disable one or both of the sensors, and you should be playing in no time.
Thats great. yes you were rt about pushing down the NUBs,..so i disabled them and Wala NOTHING WORKS ONCE AGAIN AND now i have no NUBS TO PUSH BECAUSE I REMOVED THEM...NOW WHAT....BE WARY OF THE WORD DISABLE...FOLKS otherwise then that you did excellant on youre fixit ,its more ME at fault to make the word DISABLE and REMOVE as the same action...because it is by far not.
1st check if the laser moves when the lid closes or first powered on. If it don't move then most likely it is the two switches that detect when the lid is closed. The one in the back side of the system near the middle is common to have issues, soldering a wire from one side to the other will work well and I have done it several times.
2nd we should beable to rule out the switches so now the question is, has the system been worked on before. If it has, the ribbon cable for the motor that spins the disk is common to get messed up where it plugs in.
3rd If everything appears to be working correctly but the disk won't spin, try a CD in it. It is very common that the cause is that the system don't "see" a disk in the drive and most common media is DVD so that is what wears out. If it reads the CD fine, then most likely it is the laser.
5th Once I had a "worm" motor go bad that moves the laser. The case I had it would see the disk but would not read it. Found the laser didn't move at all. When the system is turned on or the lid is shut, the laser should always move to the center of the disk and a small switch is pressed so the system knows where the laser is at. Also the switch can go bad and continually try to move to laser to the center causing a clicking notice that don't go away until you shut it off.
Hey so number 5 is my problem, but i just barely bought a new laser with a new switch. I heard somewhere that it could be the bars bent but i dont think that is the problem because i checked and they seem straight. Could you email me your comment? at hugmu...@gmail.com
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