DiscImageCreator

Overview

This command-line program dumps a disc (CD, GD, DVD, HD-DVD, BD, GC/Wii, XBOX, XBOX 360) and disk (Floppy, MO, USB etc).
CD and GD, it can dump considering a drive + CD (=combined) offset.
What is the drive offset? Please look this document

This program works on Windows PC (Windows XP or higher) and Unix based PC (Linux, macOS).

MPF can work this program with GUI.

Bug report

To: https://forum.redump.info/viewtopic.php?t=7568 or
To: https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator/issues

if you report a bug, try to use the latest test version.
Windows: http://www.mediafire.com/file/eq80y20l9cwf48f/DiscImageCreator_test.7z
Linux: http://www.mediafire.com/file/uw3e03kdkmsmvvq/DiscImageCreator_test.tar.gz

Nevertheless a bug exists, please upload all .txt file the app created.

Requirement

Package

Download and install Visual C++ Redistributable Packages. (for Windows PC)
https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/VC_redist.x86.exe
If Windows XP is used, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/configuring-programs-for-windows-xp?view=msvc-170#windows-xp-deployment

Recommend drive

• CD: (Drives must be able to dump by scrambled mode and read lead-out and read lead-in).
  • PLEXTOR (No OEM Drive)
    • DVD model: PX-760, PX-755, PX-716, PX-714, PX-712, PX-708, PX-704
    • CD model: Premium2, Premium, PX-W5224, PX-4824, PX-4012
      • This app needs the latest firmware except PX-708. (PX-708 can use latest and 1.04)
        See Doc/Firmware&Tool.md if you want to download above firmware or useful tool
  • ASUS
    • BC-12D2HT (Combined offset minus disc only), BW-16D1HT (ditto)
      • BW-16D1HT Firmware 3.02 supports the combined offset plus disc
        See also https://wiki.redump.info/Optical_Disc_Drives:_CD_Compatibility_Technical_Details#MediaTek_Blu-ray_Drives
  • Hitachi-LG
    • UH12NS30 (Combined offset minus disc only)
• CD: (Swappable drive) (This is the comfirmed drive list. Actually, many drive perhaps supports to swap)
  • Sony Optiarc
    • AD-7200 (Combined offset plus disc only)
  • TSSTcorp
    • TS-H353A (Combined offset plus disc only), TS-H352C (ditto)
• GD:
  • TSSTcorp
    • TS-H353A, TS-H352C, TS-H192C
    • https://forum.redump.info/viewtopic.php?p=3524#p3524 <- This drive might be supported too.
• DVD: All supported drive
• DVD (Raw):
  • PLEXTOR (No OEM Drive)
    • DVD model: PX-760, PX-755, PX-716, PX-714, PX-712, PX-708, PX-704
  • LITE ON
    • LH-18A1P
  • ASUS/LG
    • BW-16D1HT, BC-12D2HT etc. (Firmware 3.02 is needed.) See also https://wiki.redump.info/Optical_Disc_Drives:_CD_Compatibility_Technical_Details#MediaTek_Blu-ray_Drives
  • Other
    • See "DVDRawBruteforce - Drive Sheet - Sheet1.tsv" in the Release_ANSI folder
• GC/Wii
  • Hitachi-LG
    • GDR-8082N, GDR-8083N, GDR-8084N
      GDR-8161B, GDR-8162B, GDR-8163B, GDR-8164B
      GCC-4160N, GCC-4240N, GCC-4243N, GCC-4244N, GCC-4247N
      (GDR-8085N, GDR-8087N and GCC-4246N haven't tested yet, but probably supports to dump.)
      (GCC-4241N and GCC-4242N supports to dump but many errors occurred.)
    • PLEXTOR (No OEM Drive)
      • DVD model: PX-760, PX-755, PX-716, PX-714, PX-712, PX-708, PX-704
        • It's extremely slow.
• GC/Wii (Dev disc)
  • PLEXTOR (No OEM Drive)
    • DVD model: PX-760, PX-755, PX-716, PX-714, PX-712, PX-708, PX-704
      • It's extremely slow.
• XBOX, XBOX 360
  • TSSTcorp
    • TS-H353A, TS-H352C, SH-D162C, SH-D162D, SH-D163A, SH-D163B (needs the firmware hacked by kreon)
• XBOX, XBOX 360: (Swappable drive) (This is the comfirmed drive list. Actually, many drive perhaps supports to swap)
  • Hitachi-LG
    • GSA-4163B
• HD-DVD: All supported drive
• BD: All supported drive (PS3 is only supported by some mediatek drive or PS3 drive)
  • You need to get the 3k3y ripper if you want to dump the data1/data2

Not recommend

• CD: (Because it can't read lead-in and/or lead-out and can't exec 0xd8 opcode)
  • PLEXTOR (OEM drive) PX-8xx/PX-Bxxx(many maker), PX-751A(BenQ DW1670), PX-750A/UF(TEAC DV-W516E), PX-740A/UF(BenQ DW1640), PX-6xx(Pioneer, Panasonic and so on), PX-504A/UF(NEC ND-1100A), PX-2xx(Lite-on, BenQ, NEC), PX-1xx(Pioneer and so on), PX-S2410TU(TEAC CD-W224E), PX-54TA(Mitsumi FX5400), PX-R24CS(RICOH RO-1420C),
  • Other vendor
• Protected CD:
  • SecuRom 3
    • PLEXTOR PX-4824A (ecc/edc of the 2 sector doesn't match)

How to use

See wiki

Supported Media

Optical disc

CD

• Apple Macintosh
• Atari Jaguar CD
• Audio CD
• Bandai Playdia
• Bandai / Apple Pippin
• Commodore Amiga CD
• Commodore Amiga CD32
• Commodore Amiga CDTV
• Fujitsu FM Towns series
• Hasbro VideoNow
• IBM PC compatible
• Mattel HyperScan
• NEC PC-88 series CD
• NEC PC-98 series CD
• NEC PC-FX
• NEC PC Engine CD - TurboGrafx-CD
• Palm OS
• Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
• Philips CD-i
• Photo CD
• Sega Mega-CD
• Sega Saturn
• Sharp X68000 CD
• SNK Neo Geo CD
• Sony PlayStation
• Sony PlayStation 2
• Tandy / Memorex Visual Information System
• Tao iKTV CD
• Tomy Kiss-Site CD
• Video CD
• VTech V.Flash

GD

• Namco / Sega / Nintendo Triforce
• Sega Dreamcast
• Sega Chihiro
• Sega Naomi

PD

DVD

• DVD-Video
• IBM PC compatible
• Sega Lindbergh
• Sony PlayStation 2
• VM Labs NUON DVD

Nintendo Optical Disc

• GameCube
• Wii

XBOX, XBOX 360

HD-DVD

BD

• Microsoft Xbox One
• Sony PlayStation 3
• Sony PlayStation 4
• Sony PlayStation 5

Protected Disc

• Cactus Data Shield 100 [fake TOC]
• Cactus Data Shield 200 [intentional C2 error]
• Cactus Data Shield 300
• CD Lock [characteristic track]
• LaserLock [no signal sector]
• LibCrypt [unique data on subchannel]
• Key2Audio [pregap]
• PhenoProtect [read errors?]
• Proring [no signal sector]
• ProtectCD-VOB [invalid sync]
• SafeDisc [bad(error) sector, intentional C2 error]
• SecuROM(v1 - v3) [unique data on subchannel]
• SmartE [duplicated msf]

Magnetic storage media

• FD(3.5inch), SparQ, SuperDisk(120MB), ZIP(100MB, 250MB), jaz

Magneto-Optical disk

• MD(Hi-MD format), MO(128MB, 230MB, 640MB)

Memory card

• CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Secure Digital(SD) card, USB flash drive

Probably Unsupported Disc

Protected Disc

• CodeLock [intentional C2 error, invalid sync]
  => Compared with CloneCD or CD Manipulator, plextor detects double errors.

Unsupported Disc

Protected Disc

• SecuROM(v4.x or higher), StarForce, CD-Cops [recording density]
  => These needs DPM(Data position measurement). cue, ccd doesn't support DPM. You need to use the Alcohol 120/52% to store it,
• Alpha-ROM, ROOT, TAGES [duplicated(double, triple) sector]
  => It can read in reverse, but specifications are not decided in redump

Nintendo Wii U => This is a BD based disc, but I don't know the details.

Created files information

• _[BuildDate].txt
  command-line argument. "BuildDate" format is ISO 8601
• .bin
  2352 bytes/sector binary image of the CD. This file is used to a cue file.
  • (Track 00).bin / (Track 00)(Session 1).bin / (Track 00)(Session 2).bin
    "Lead-in".
  • (Track 01)(-LBA).bin
    From -150 to -1 sectors of the track 01.
  • (Track xx)(Pregap).bin
    "Pregap" of the 1st track of the 2nd session.
  • (Track AA).bin / (Track AA)(Session 1).bin / (Track AA)(Session 2).bin
    "Lead-out".
  • (Subs desync) (Track xx).bin
    Track is separated with priority given to the subchannel control flag and/or indexes.
  • _with cdg.bin
    2448 bytes/sector binary image of the CD+G. it can play by the KaraFun Player, Karaoke Builder Player
• .c2
  c2 error binary image of the CD. 1 bit expresses 1 byte.
• .ccd
  CD information. Original is CloneCD
• .cue
  CD information. Original is CDRWIN
• .dat
  crc32/md5/sha1 of the bin/iso/img/scm/raw file(s). Original is Clrmamepro
• .img
  2352 bytes/sector binary image of the CD. This file is used to a ccd file.
  • (Track all).img
    a conbined file of the (Track 01)(-LBA).bin, (Track xx).bin and (Track AA).bin (Audio only).
• .iso
  2048 bytes/sector binary image of the DVD/BD/GC/Wii/XBOX.
• .raw
  2064 or 2384 bytes/sector scrambled binary image of the iso file.
• .scm
  2352 bytes/sector scrambled binary image of the img file.
• .sub
  de-interleaved subchannel data of the CD. This file is used to a ccd file.
• _interleave.sub
  interleaved subchannel data of the CD.
• .toc
  table of contents of the disc.
• _CDZ.bin
  32,768 bytes binary image of the "Control Data Zone" in the Nintendo Dev disc (NR, RVT-R)
• _DMI.bin
  2048 bytes binary image of the "Disc Manufacturing Information" (DMI) in the DVD
• _PFI.bin
  2048 bytes binary image of the "Physical Format Information" (PFI) in the DVD
• _PIC.bin
  4100 bytes binary image of the "Permanent Information and Control data" (PIC) in the BD
• _SS.bin
  2048 bytes binary image of the "Security Sector" (SS) in the xbox/xbox 360
• _c2Error.txt
  c2 error information which can be gotten by reading the CD.
• _disc.txt
  disc information returned by the SCSI command.
• _drive.txt
  drive information returned by the SCSI command.
• _mainError.txt
  text data of error message which can be gotten by reading the CD.
• _mainInfo.txt
  text data of the main sector. Original is IsoBuster
• _subError.txt
  text data of the subchannel error.
• _subInfo.txt
  text data of the subchannel when the track number changes.
• _subIntention.txt
  text data of the subchannel for securom.
• _subReadable.txt
  text data of the parsed sub channel file.
• _mdsReadable.txt
  text data of the parsed mds file.
• _volDesc.txt
  text data of the volume descriptor, path table and directory table.

Development Tool

• Visual Studio 2022 (Visual C++ 2022)

  • Windows build

    • Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 7.1.0
    • Visual Leak Detector (DEBUG build only)

  • Linux build on Windows

    • Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
      https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/targeting-windows-subsystem-for-linux-from-visual-studio/
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

• Linux

  • zlib1g-dev, libarchive, libssl-dev

• macOS

  • MacOSX.sdk, libarchive, openssl@3

License & Copyright

See LICENSE

• About _external folder
  prngcd.cpp
  Copyright (c) 2015 Jonathan Gevaryahu. All rights reserved.

  aes.c, aesni.c, platform_util.c, mbedtls folder
  https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls
  Apache License Version 2.0
  Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved

  abgx360.c
  https://web.archive.org/web/20201123161416/http://abgx360.cc/
  Copyright 2008-2012 by Seacrest <Seacrest[at]abgx360[dot]net>

  libunshield
  https://github.com/twogood/unshield
  Unshield uses the MIT license.

  rijndael-alg-fst.cpp/h
  Vincent Rijmen [email protected]
  Antoon Bosselaers [email protected]
  Paulo Barreto [email protected]
  This code is hereby placed in the public domain.

  ECCEDC.cpp, CheckSector.h
  http://www.storeroom.info/cdm/
  Copyright(C) 2003, Y.Kanechika. All rights reserved. Copyright(C) 2006, C-yan. All rights reserved.

  crc16
  http://oku.edu.mie-u.ac.jp/~okumura/algo/ src\crc16t.c in algo.lzh
  Copyright (c) 1991 Haruhiko Okumura

  crc32
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1952
  Copyright (c) 1996 L. Peter Deutsch

  md5
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1321
  Copyright (C) 1991-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1991. All rights reserved.

  sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6234
  Copyright (c) 2011 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved.

  tinyxml2
  https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2
  zlib license
  Original code by Lee Thomason (www.grinninglizard.com)

  xxHash
  https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash
  BSD 2-Clause License
  Copyright (c) 2012-2021 Yann Collet. All rights reserved.

• About Release_ANSI folder
  driveOffset.txt.
  http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm
  Copyright 2023. All Rights Reserved.

  DVDRawBruteforce - Drive Sheet - Sheet1
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pu3oXHRJ_qlyXrsHUyXOzD5mNp7dU8rgrfVuRBLyQFA/edit?pli=1#gid=0 https://github.com/hiddenpalaceorg/DVDRawBruteforce
  Author: ehw (Hidden-Palace.org R&D)

  E_WISE_W.EXE
  http://kannegieser.net/veit/
  Copyright (c) 2002. 7. 1 Veit Kannegieser

  i6comp.exe
  Copyright (c) Jun-16-2000 fOSSiL,Dec-27-2000 Morlac

Disclaimer

Use this tool at own your risk. Trouble in regard to the use of this tool, I can not guarantee any.

Gratitude

Thank's redump users.