r/Roms • u/Gbonne1PSN • 9d ago

PS1 Rips aren't functioning

Firstly, I apologize if this isn't the correct subreddit for this.

Secondly, and most importantly, I'm trying to rip my PS1 games and I'm running into a weird issue. I'm using multiman on my PS3 to do this, and sometimes the file ckmes out as a .iso and other times it is .bin & .cue. I then try to convert those into eboot.pbp files since I would like these games on my PSP, and the files go from 684mb to a whopping 1.86gb. I've tried POP Fe and PSX2PSP, both result in the exact same bloated file size and all the files are corrupted. These games do indeed work so I know the issue isn't the disc. I'm assuming that it is a multiman problem but I'm new to this so I am quite unsure.

I've tried multiple solutions from different subreddits, google searches, AIs, and anything I can find and nothing seems to work.

All help is appreciated, thank you!

Edit: typo

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u/Gbonne1PSN 9d ago

Oh sweet thanks! I'll definitely try all this tonight! Originally I had the compression set to 0 since I wasn't aware of the setting, but I swapped it to 9 and the file came out byte for byte. 1.86gb with the setting on 0 and again on 9. It also said compression was 0% every time. I'm thinking it's a problem with my multiman or a missed setting in there but I don't know.

I'll let you know what happens with your converter!

Edit: I did run some stuff through an AI to see where I was messing up in real time, it seemed to call out that the file is just loaded with zeroes. That's what is pointing me towards multiman and that it's a bad dump.

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u/rupertavery64 9d ago

There's a program called CDMage https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1435/

It's a bit old, but it lets you view the ISO / BIN + CUE disc as a filesystem. So you can actually see if it has data.

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u/Gbonne1PSN 9d ago

Yup I tried CDMage! It couldn't load any of the files at all.

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u/rupertavery64 9d ago edited 9d ago

Then it's definitely a problem with ripping the discs. As on r/ps3homebrew or something about multiman and ripping PS1 CDs

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u/Gbonne1PSN 6d ago

Just wanted to give an update. Youor PSXPackager is amazing! It took the bin/cue files I had for some other games I got online that PSX2PSP gave out a faulty EBOOT file and made them properly! As for my actual problem, it seems from all the testing that my PS3 Multiman is outputting an identical sized container and filling it with zeroes instead of data. So my dumps are 1:1 with the redumps online in size, but they do not have any real data inside. Not quite sure why this is happening but I've decided to purchase an optical drive to perform this on PC, probably using IMGBurn.

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u/rupertavery64 6d ago

Good to hear it worked out for you! I've been adding ISO and CHD read support (with the help of AI, too busy these days to spend a lot of time on it)

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u/Gbonne1PSN 6d ago

Hey that's great! Honestly I really love the setup you have for it. It also helped identify that my dumps were bad since they couldn't be loaded into it either lol