a TUT on how to put your favourite MP3’s into games.

[DE3209]

i tried it on initial d and it doesnt work maybe im doing it wrong...

[oldgit9]

Originally Posted by DE3209

i tried it on initial d and it doesnt work maybe im doing it wrong...

i've not got that game...so i can't try it out myself sorry. if you follow the steps, and the game has the music files, then it should work. give it an other go....

[jaexprojectxd]

Yeah I attempted this like 10 times, following word for word the tutorial. I tried using both ver 2 and 4. Seems I can't get altered ISO to even boot. It just hangs at a black screen. DE3209 did you get the game to even boot after altering the ISO? I'm totally stuck. I tried to even remove one song from the ISO and rebuild it but UMDGEN can't seem to rebuild it correctly so it won't even boot up the ISO anymore.

[oldgit9]

Originally Posted by jaexprojectxd

Yeah I attempted this like 10 times, following word for word the tutorial. I tried using both ver 2 and 4. Seems I can't get altered ISO to even boot. It just hangs at a black screen. DE3209 did you get the game to even boot after altering the ISO? I'm totally stuck. I tried to even remove one song from the ISO and rebuild it but UMDGEN can't seem to rebuild it correctly so it won't even boot up the ISO anymore.

by the sound of things, the iso is corrupt in some way. did you download the iso or dump it yourself??? what game are you trying to put your music into??? if it's any in the list at the bottom of the tutorial, then it will work fine using my method...because, i have personally put my own music into those games.

[jaexprojectxd]

I dont' think the ISOs were not corrupt since one of them, which I DL before and it played it fine. I also dumped it from the UMD using DAXUMDDUMPER since I have the game as well and they both booted fine until I started altering them in UMDGEN. The game is Initial D Street Stage. Every game I dumped wtih DAX played fine in Dev Hook and in OE 3.4-A. Any ideas?

[oldgit9]

Originally Posted by jaexprojectxd

I dont' think the ISOs were not corrupt since one of them, which I DL before and it played it fine. I also dumped it from the UMD using DAXUMDDUMPER since I have the game as well and they both booted fine until I started altering them in UMDGEN. The game is Initial D Street Stage. Every game I dumped wtih DAX played fine in Dev Hook and in OE 3.4-A. Any ideas?

i've not got that game. so i cant test it, to see if it can be done on that game. you could try and get another program like UMDGEN. that might work for you. it is a bit strange that the game will mess up after you have put your music into it. none of mine do that. i will try and download the game and have a go myself. i'll keep you posted. plus, if you do get any joy, let me know.

[jaexprojectxd]

thanks a lot. I tried like 3 other versions UMDGEN. Just even removing one sound file will not allow me to boot up the game. Ill look around for another ISO psp rebuilder. In the mean time Im using that MP3 plugin until something happens LoL

[oldgit9]

Originally Posted by jaexprojectxd

thanks a lot. I tried like 3 other versions UMDGEN. Just even removing one sound file will not allow me to boot up the game. Ill look around for another ISO psp rebuilder. In the mean time Im using that MP3 plugin until something happens LoL

i have downloaded the game and tried to put my music into the game and i am getting the same problem as DE3209 and jaexprojectxd. you are not doing anything wrong. it's to do with the game. i have found out (after hours of looking around), that the game is LBA Protected. which means, that if we change anything in the games folder and rebuild it, we will keep on getting a blank screen. i have had a look around and i have found a method of getting around this. but im having some problems with it at the mo. but give me sometime and i'll try to get around the problem.

keep you posted.

[oldgit9]

right...i've had a go trying to put some music on to Initial D Street Stage and because of the lba protection, i have failed to do so. basically, when the game has been protected in this manner, you can only replace the file with a file the same size or smaller (but not as small as 0kb). i have tried different ways of shrinking the mp3 (bit rate etc.) but no matter what i do, the .toc file is still too large when i replace it in the game. i will try and find a way around this problem but i can see it taking some time.

if anyone ells has any luck by-passing the lba protection or managing to put some music on to any game with this protection, please let me know and i'll give it a go.

[jaexprojectxd]

Aw ok. I knew you would figure out what the problem would be. So if we can shrink the mp3 to equal or smaller value the game should boot?