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 ====== General Disc Dumping ======
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 ===== Introduction =====
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 This dumping guide is for:
-  * Any CD format, including (but not limited to): console games, Audio CD, and PC games (supports dumping games with the following copy protection: SecuRom 3, CDS100, CDS200, Label Gate, XCP).
+  * Any CD format, including (but not limited to): most console games, Audio CD, and PC games (DiscImageCreator also supports dumping games with the following copy protection: SecuRom 3, CDS100, CDS200, Label Gate, XCP).
-  * DVD based formats including: PlayStation 2 (see also: PlayStation 2 Betas with Read Issues), Xbox original, Xbox 360, PC games on DVD-Rom, DVD-Video. Incompatible discs include DVD-Audio.
+  * DVD based formats including: PlayStation 2, PC games on DVD-Rom, and DVD-Video. Incompatible discs include DVD-Audio. DiscImageCreator also covers Xbox original, and Xbox 360.
-  * Blu-Ray / BD-Rom: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PlayStation 3 (partial, no decryption key extraction). BD-Video dumping is supported, but see also BD-Video Key Extraction.
+  * Blu-Ray / BD-Rom: PlayStation 3 (partial, no decryption key extraction).
-For other systems and formats please see the sidebar list.
+For other systems and formats, please see the sidebar list.
 ===== Recommendations =====
-Our recommended tool for dumping discs is [[https://aaru.app|Aaru]]. With Aaru you get a deduped and compressed image which is built for preservation purposes, and can be converted to many other formats for different uses cases.
+Hit Save's recommendation for dumping discs is [[https://aaru.app|Aaru]].
-However, if you are dumping a disc to submit to redump.org they currently only support DiscImageCreator dumps.
+Redump.org's recommendation is [[https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator|DiscImageCreator]], and if you want to submit a dump to redump, they don't accept dumps made with other tools in most circumstances.
-We recommend using [[https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF|Media Preservation Frontend (MPF)]] as the frontend for both approaches, as it comes prepackaged with both Aaru, DiscImageCreator, and DD.
+Hit Save and Redump.org recommend using [[https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF|Media Preservation Frontend (MPF)]] as the frontend for both methods, as it comes prepackaged with both Aaru, DiscImageCreator, and DD.
 ===== Methods =====
-  - MPF with Aaru
+  - [[discs:general#mpf_with_aaru|MPF with Aaru]]
-  - MPF with DiscImageCreator
+  - [[discs:general#mpf_with_discimagecreator|MPF with DiscImageCreator]]
-  - Aaru - command line
+  - [[discs:general#aaru_-_command_line|Aaru - command line]]
-==== Method 1 ====
+==== MPF with Aaru ====
   * Download and install [[https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF|Media Preservation Frontend (MPF)]].
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   * Set Aaru as your "Dumping Program"
   {{:discs:pasted:20210816-231111.png}}
-  * You are now ready dump with Aaru, press "Start Dumping"
+  * Press "Scan for disks" to refresh the UI with details about the disc you're about to dump
-  {{:discs:pasted:20210816-231932.png}}
+  * You are now ready to dump with Aaru. Press "Start Dumping"
+  {{:discs:pasted:20210816-234820.png}}
-==== Method 2 ====
+==== MPF with DiscImageCreator ====
-For dumps added to redump.org, they require them to be done through the use of DiscImageCreator. Please see [[http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Dumping_Guides|their dumping guides]] for more information
+For dump information added to redump.org, it is currently necessary to use DiscImageCreator. Please see [[http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Dumping_Guides|their dumping guides]] for more information about DiscImageCreator and how to submit information to the redump.org database.
-==== Method 3 ====
+==== Aaru - command line ====
 Download and install/unzip [[https://aaru.app|Aaru]] for your supported system here: [[https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru/releases]].
-For now, **use version 5.2 until 5.3 LTS** comes out. **__Do not use any 6.0 pre-releases!__**
+For now, **use version 5.3 LTS**. **__Do not use any 6.0 pre-releases!__**
-Aaru has its own image format that's deduped and compressed, and can be converted into a myriad of other compatible formats. It stores every aspect of the disc, so we recommend using this for preservation purposes and then you can convert your resulting image to another format for other uses.
+Aaru has its own image format that's deduped and compressed, and can be converted into a myriad of other compatible formats. It stores almost every aspect of the disc, so we recommend using this tool for preservation purposes, and then you can convert your resulting image to another format for other uses.
-To run Aaru using the command line you simply put your PS2 DVD in your compatible drive, and run the following command (with d: being your DVD drive and e: being an external drive you use for storing dumps):
+To run Aaru using the command line, you simply put your disc in your compatible drive, and run the following command (with d: being your DVD drive and e: being an external drive you use for storing dumps):
 <code ->
-aaru media dump d: e:\GAMENAME_PS2.aaruf
+aaru media dump d: e:\GAMENAME.aaruf
 </code>
-To verify your dump against other existing dumps, you can then look into the resulting GAMENAME_PS2.cicm.xml to find all information needed such as size, hashes, etc. Make sure you look at the right set of information, for PS2 hashes on redump for instance they share information about "Tracks", not the whole image.
+To verify your dump against other existing dumps, you can then look into the resulting GAMENAME.cicm.xml to find all information needed such as size, hashes, etc. Make sure you look at the right set of information - for multi-track hashes on redump.org, for instance, information is stored per "Tracks", not the whole image.
-So look into your GAMENAME_PS2.cicm.xml file and you will find something similar to this, and then you can verify against other existing hashes:
+So look into your GAMENAME.cicm.xml file and you will find something similar to this, which you can then verify against other existing hashes in databases such as redump.org:
 <code ->
     <Track>
-      <Image format="BINARY">GAMENAME_PS2.aaruf</Image>
+      <Image format="BINARY">GAMENAME.aaruf</Image>
       <Size>3602317312</Size>
       <Sequence>
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 </code>
-===== Verification =====
+==== Gathering and Submitting Dump Info to Redump ====
-Description of how to verify that is a dump is correct.
+[[http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Disc_Dumping_Guide_(MPF)|Redump submission information]]
-===== Gathering Dump Info =====
-<code ->
-Dumping tool:
-Dumper:
-Affiliation:
-Dump creation date:
-Dump release date:
-Title:
-Region:
-Edition:
-Languages:
-Language Select:
-WikiData ID:
-Size:
-CRC32:
-MD5:
-SHA-1:
-SHA-256:
-</code>
-  * General Note: If you are submitting this info to a person/group in order for them to add it to a database, you can skip the transcription of some things, and leave it to them. But it can make the process smoother if you do the transcription yourself.
-===== Submitting Dump Info =====
-Point to external submission information for No-Intro/Redump.