Gamecube ripping program?

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:33 pm

Are there any programs that rip footage from gamcube mini discs onto your computer? I talked to Voices of Ryan about it and he says the only way is with a capture card. Is this really the only way to do it?

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:58 pm

From what I've read, Gamecube discs are written backwards from normal DVDs, so you have to have a special DVD player that can go in reverse for them, or just give up and use a capture card.

KirinRiotCrash · Post by **KirinRiotCrash** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:47 pm

Gamecube games are in a strange DVD format that usually cannot be read by a computer, so you can't really use any DVD rippers or things like that to rip content from a Gamecube game. It would be very difficult to rip a Gamecube game using conventional hardware. It's like a proprietary format or something.

Your best bet is to use a PCI or Firewire video capture device.

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:30 pm

ok, i have another question...Would i be able to hook up my gamecube straight to the capture card and record the gamefootage straight onto my PC using a program or something while I play? I wanna try and get maximum quality out of it and I dont want to be forced to use a vcr >_<

ShadowInc · Post by **ShadowInc** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:31 am

Well, if it is GameCube, you can't use a VCR...plus, the discs are small, right? They wouldn't fit in a normal DVD drive even if the encoding wasn't all mixed around. What you need is a capture card and a TV with a Video Out connection. You'll have to play the game and record with the capture card whenever a scene comes up. The only way there will ever be a way to rip those an more easily than this method would be illegal, because it would have to be specifically for ripping the FMVs...Sadly, this is the only option I see...Hope you're patient!

DaNuKa_SAN · Post by **DaNuKa_SAN** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:27 pm

k listen up d00d...it is possible to rip footage from a gamecube disc and for this u need:

-ur own game to rip
-a gamecube with broadband adaptor (bba not modem adaptor)
-router
-PC with network card
-Cat5 network cable to hook the two together using router
-another essential...Phantasy Star Online

now the following is from a site i know...and it works cuz ive tried:

Full Gamecube Rip tutorial v1.0

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Phase 1: Initialize the memory card
Tools Needed: PSUL v1.1
Phantasy Star Online Game Disc
Memory Card
Gamecube Broadband Adapter

Note: If you actually play Phantasy Star Online, you may want to use another memory card for this. Also, you only

have to initialize your memory card once, not before each rip or game load.

Step 1: Boot Phantasy Star Online Game Disc
Pretty self explanitory.

Step 2: Setup Network Profile

When prompted for the TCP/IP settings, choose manual, do not auto-disconnect, and enter an IP address of

192.168.1.32 with a subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway of 192.168.1.100. For the Primary DNS server,

enter 192.168.1.100. Start the PSUL utility on the PC side with the following DOS prompt command: "psul -s". This

make your PC into a sort of Phantasy Star Online game server. Now start an online game using the character you

chose and the DOL file will upload to your memory card allowing you to transfer game data to and from your PC.

Step 3: Configure TCP/IP on your PC

Access the TCPI/IP properties for the network card on your PC and change the IP address to 192.168.1.100

with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. No default gateway is required for this to work.

Step 4: Create a Character for Online Play

Next, create a character. It really doesn't how or which character you choose. When prompted for your

hunter's license, enter anything you wish. It also might be handy to select the save password to memory card as

well so you don't have to enter it each time.

Step 5: Start it all up

On your PC, run "psul -s" at a DOS prompt. It should then say waiting for connection or someting to that

effect. Next, start an online game of Phantasy Star using the character profile you chose. It will then try to

connect to your PC. If successful, your PC will display the messages "Saving user info on memory card..." and

"Done..."

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Phase 2: Extract ISO Image from Game Disc

Tools Needed: Gamecube ISO Ripping Server 1.0.0.29
Download Here: No link currently known
Initialized Memory Card (See Phase 1)
Phantasy Star Online Game Disc
Gamecube Broadband Adapter

Step1: Boot Phantasy Star Online Game Disc
Pretty self explanatory.

Step 2: Start Gamecube ISO Ripping Server

Run the Gamecube ISO Ripping Server tool on your PC you configured above. Select the destination folder and

name for the Gamecube game image file to be created then start the utility. You should get a message stating that

it is waiting for a connection.

Step 3: Start Phantasy Star Online game in online mode
Start Phantasy Star Online in online mode. It will connect to the server running on the PC and start

downloading the ripper code from it. When this is complete, a red screen will appear on the Gamecube and shortly

thereafter, you will be prompted to insert the disc you want to rip within 10 seconds. Do this, and once the 10

seconds has passed, your PC will start downloading the image from the disc. When complete, you should have a game

disc image on your PC approximately 1.4GB in size. Approximate download time is about an hour or so.

all the programs required can be found easily using Google, i wont post them here

now next part the video...

DaNuKa_SAN · Post by **DaNuKa_SAN** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:31 pm

Now the tricky part...the actual video...

to get the video ull have to open the .GCM file you now have using GCtool.exe (google it^^) and extract the video files from there.
two very common file formats are Sofdec and bink but there are also others such as those under a certain .h4m format...im still trying to figure which this one is...

i figured this much out...they belong to some HVQM4 codec...any ideas plz PM me^^

all Sega games use sofdec cuz they licensed it eg. Fzero GX, PSO etc

DaNuKa_SAN · Post by **DaNuKa_SAN** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:33 pm

also any games using the sofdec codec show their logo usually somewhere ingame
eg. intro ending credits

might do the same for other codecs so look carefully

DaNuKa_SAN · Post by **DaNuKa_SAN** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:14 pm

also audio is usually under the same format even if it under different extension names

use a program called Cube2wav.exe to convert to WAV format

an example is the nruto taisen 2 game...all sounds are uder a .trk format when theyre actually just the regular .adp format for gamecube^^

Njoy!^^

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:39 pm

one question though...why would i need a broadband adapter for the GC, and phantasy star? Is that just an example or what? All i want is to rip Resident Evil 1-3 off the cube.