NiGHTS question

[KevLee84]

Does the NiGHTS CD have copy protection?

 

[Hunk_4TH]

Hmmm it shouldn't have why is it giving a protection error or something?

 

[KevLee84]

The .CPKs give a CRC error when I try to play them with CPKPLAY.

 

[Borisz]

The Saturn discs are copy protected via a security ring thats impossible to copy. The data should be perfectly readable from a disc however. IIRC Nights has the video files in a second data track so in case you have iso/mp3 copy thats the source of the problem.

 

[KevLee84]

How do I access the second data track?

 

[KevLee84]

Well?

 

[PsyMan]

http://www.isobuster.com/

 

[KevLee84]

Doesn't seem to work right with NiGHTS though. Doesn't choke on movie files(though it still does on other files, such as GULPO.SFD), but it exported garbage.

 

[rcgamer]

are you sure the disk just isnt scratched and maybe that the cause of the error?

try using alcohol 120% to make an image file .

 

[KevLee84]

I'm using an ISO, not an actual CD, thus scratching isn't a concern.

 

[Borisz]

if its iso/mp3 then thats the problem right there.

 

[KevLee84]

How do I tell?

Both NiGHTS and Christmas NiGHTS do run fine, no crashing.

 

[Borisz]

As i said, the videos are stored on the second data track. Actually, the file index is there in the 1st track, but they link to data in the 2nd track. Same with the ADP files, which are the adpcm sound files, used by the videos.

So if you have a iso/mp3 copy, its most likely one ISO file and a bunch of mp3s. In which case you have only ONE data track, meaning you can't copy over or even open the video files cause their data does not exist on your copy.

Or in short, you are shit out of luck.

ps cpkplay sucks, use mplayer.