Chapter 3: Burning and Preparing the ISO
Burning the ISO
I’d suggest using DVD Decrypter as the burning program, mainly for the fact that it will allow you to verify the DVD once it’s recorded. Alas, if you don’t have a DVD Writer you can just use Nero to burn it to a CD-RW.
A wise move would also be not to burn the DVD / CD at the fastest possible speed, for DVD’s I recommend 2x or lower. If you are using a CD, about 24x should be sufficient. A small tip with using a CD-RW: If the CD-RW has been previously used, erase the CD completely using a Full Erase (not a Quick one).
It’s been well documented that Xbox DVD Drives will only play certain types of media, so in order to help you out I managed to find a nice little table showing what’s compatible with what drive (check Appendix B for more information).
If you need to determine which kind of Drive you have, take a look at the pictures in Appendix C, and that might be able to help you out.
Using DummyCD
This is a little PC/DOS program I quickly threw together.
When I built the ISO I put a 1 gigabyte dummy file in the ISO, this is so when it’s burned to DVD it should be able to be read easier. This program replaces the 1 gigabyte dummy file with a more appropriate 100 megabyte file, which will allow it to be burned to a CD-R / CD-RW.
The process is quite simple; just make a copy of the ISO into the folder which contains the files for the DummyCD program. Then, just click on Start.bat (located in the DummyCD folder) and it will do the rest. Once it’s finished it will create a file called aid10new.iso, which is the resized ISO.
PLEASE NOTE: If you haven't updated to DummyCD v1.1 yet, I suggest you do so. Download available here.
Using Recreate
This is another little PC/DOS program I made.
It will extract the ISO to a folder called temp (which is stored in the same folder as the program), then gives the user a pause break (opting you to press a key to continue). This gives you the opportunity to manipulate the files in any way you see fit, before recreating the ISO. Just follow the on-screen prompts and you should be fine. Just like DummyCD it will create a file called aid10new.iso with all the additions. To execute this program, just click on the Start.bat program found in the Recreate folder.
In Appendix E I’ve explained all the different locations of the files, so you can now easily change things like adding your own personal IP settings, adding skins, or even adding ROMs into the Emulators.
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