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3.3. Playing video files from a CD-R (without a modchip)

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3.3. Playing video files from a CD-R (without a modchip)

Chapter 3. Usage

3.3. Playing video files from a CD-R (without a

modchip)

Note

To play video files from a CD, you need to burn the CD in a

special format. The PS2 cannot read the data from ISO format

CDRs. The “special format” is created using CDXplorer.exe.

3.3.1. Instructions in Short

Download CDXplorer.exe from SVN;

Launch it on Windows;

Drag/drop the files you want from Windows explorer to the application (or use '+'

toolbar button);

Save your compilation - you'll get cue/bin file pair;

Close the application;

Launch CD burning application (I use Nero);

Open generated cue file;

If you use Nero 5 then select Disk-at-once/96 option;

Burn it;

Good luck

Eugene

Note

If you want to burn avi files to a DVDR, please refer to the DVD-R

section.

3.3.2. Instructions in detail

The unmodified PS2 cannot load data from a normal CDR. This is due to built in copy

protection. To get around this, the developer of SMS designed a clever trick that fools the

PS2 into thinking that the CD-R is an audio CD. The PS2 is allowed to load a CDR if it's

an audio CD. The basic principle relies on creating a disc in the so called CDDAFS format,

which is essentially a disc that looks enough like an audio CD for the PS2 to accept it. The

disc contains your .avi file data hidden inside audio tracks, and SMS converts these as it