RVT-R Disc dumping

**crediar** · 02-23-2009

Originally Posted by Dot50Cal

Could you offer any assistance in teaching your methods to me? I have a few RVT-R's I'd love to have dumped. Thus far I've only been able to dump retails with one of the compatible dvdrom drives. :-(

My current method of the dumping _only_ works with the Hitachi GD-2500 so if you don't have that drive you are out of luck. :rolleyes:
The only thing I could offer is dumping and coverting the discs for you. ;-)

**Borman** · 02-23-2009

I think Ive still got a GD-2500 around Dot, I can make sure it works (it was loud at the time, but I cant remember if it works correctly or not)

**Dot50Cal** · 02-24-2009

crediar, just so Im not misunderstanding you, if I got one of these dvdroms you speak of, would you able to help me in ripping some discs?

Borman, cool ;)

**crediar** · 02-24-2009

yes, but so far I have only tested it on one firmware version of the drive,
so cross your fingers that you either get/got a drive with the correct firmware or that it works on either versions too.

**Borman** · 02-25-2009

I know the GD-2500 can be used to rip Xbox games too, which is neat (modded of course). Edit: nevermind, its the GD-5000 that I have, doubt the firmware is the same.

**crediar** · 02-25-2009

I just looked at one gd-5000 firmware and it doesn't look too bad it should on it too, maybe with small adjustments.
If you want I could create a small test version.

**Borman** · 02-25-2009

That would be great :) Take your time.

**crediar** · 02-25-2009

first I think its the best to get your drives fw I wrote a small tool to dump it: http//crediar.no-ip.com/HITTest.rar
You might need to install the VS2008/2005 redist:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

**Borman** · 02-25-2009

Ill do it sometime this week :) Gotta see if it'll fit into my mac, otherwise Ill be rigging up another PC anyway.

**kavid** · 06-17-2009

have any news further?

**crediar** · 06-18-2009

Originally Posted by kavid

have any news further?

news like what? I can dump and play RVT-R games :)

**Pikkon** · 06-18-2009

So crediar,can you play RVT-R games on a modded retail Wii.

**crediar** · 06-18-2009

Originally Posted by Pikkon

So crediar,can you play RVT-R games on a modded retail Wii.

yes, if you look at this thread you can see a video link showing it.

**Pikkon** · 06-18-2009

I saw the vid before and I know you said the game was messed up,but Im happy you got everything working.What special requirements would I need to run RVT-R games,also do you think its possible to run NR games.

**hl718** · 06-19-2009

If you care to share the knowledge of getting an RVT disc running on a retail unit in more detail, I'm sure this forum would be all ears. ;)

As far as dumping the original disc, is there any real reason why homebrew can't be run on an RVT? Wouldn't that be the most straightforward way to dump?

-hl718

**crediar** · 06-19-2009

you can't read RVT-R discs on retail Wiis for (simplified) two reasons:
-different encryption key used for the disc data
-RVT-R ciscs have a little change in the sector data which makes them unreadable even on retail Wiis

you can dump RVT-R discs on certain (PC DVD-ROM) drives.
To get them working on a retail Wii you have either to change the keys and everything of the disc to retail or install an IOS which uses the dev keys(you still need to adjust the disc data a bit but don't have to reencrypt it).

You can get homebrew running on RVT-R readers but as most stuff uses the retail keys and certifications the RVT-R reader will refuse them.
You need to use the dev keys/certs instead.