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They should do some more research into how to accurately dump using other drives, those old Plextor drives (that are the only ones supported by redump) are goin
by dark-star 4y ago
They should do some more research into how to accurately dump using other drives, those old Plextor drives (that are the only ones supported by redump) are going for 200-1000€ on eBay, and the supply is slowly drying out since they're out of production for ages now
- nicolaslegland 4y agoPlextor are required(1) for multitrack CDs, meaning audio and mixed-mode(2) CDs. DVDs and Blu-ray discs are basically a single filesystem. Vendor-specific discs like GD-ROM(3) have other drive recommendations. 1: http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Optical_Disc_Drive_Compatibility http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Optical_Disc_Drive_Co... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Mode_CD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Mode_CD 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD-ROM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD-ROM
- dark-star 3y agoYes, that much I know. I mean they should find a way to dump correctly using other drives. For example by oversampling the disc a couple of times at the track intersections. Or by analyzing the firmware and finding other vendor-specific read commands in non-plextor drives. IMHO their new redumper tool, and other, similar projects (like Aaru) are going in a good direction, trying to create reproducible dumps with other drives. I have a feeling that the redump guys are not actively researching other options since they know the Plextors work (for now). I would love for someone to do some more research on other drives, that's all