Can the PS2 play DL media?

**zhiying732** · 07-17-2011,04:29 AM

Hi guys, I had been thinking of buying Xenosaga Episode 1 from Amazon for my PS2, but after doing some research, I found that it is a DL disc, and I read about how DL medias are bad for the PS2 or how they would not run. Does DL media problems exists only for backups and not for originals? I was considering downloading a backup to verify whether it would work, but since thats piracy, I decided against it.

Can anyone tell me if DL original games would work for a SCPH-39001 fat PS2? I really do not wish to waste my money on a new game only for it not to work.

**fresh** · 07-17-2011,05:45 AM

If it´s an original, official media for ps2 it´ll be okay...

Rgds.

**RandQalan** · 07-17-2011,05:52 AM

Xenosaga Episode 1 works for me on OPL SMB and Internal HD

**NuclearAqua** · 07-17-2011,02:54 PM

Originally Posted by zhiying732

Hi guys, I had been thinking of buying Xenosaga Episode 1 from Amazon for my PS2, but after doing some research, I found that it is a DL disc, and I read about how DL medias are bad for the PS2 or how they would not run. Does DL media problems exists only for backups and not for originals? I was considering downloading a backup to verify whether it would work, but since thats piracy, I decided against it.

Can anyone tell me if DL original games would work for a SCPH-39001 fat PS2? I really do not wish to waste my money on a new game only for it not to work.

What?

If the game was officially released in DL DVDs of course it runs on PS2.

**Berion** · 07-17-2011,05:20 PM

Every DVD9/18 (aka DVD DL) works on every PS2. It doesn't matter is "PS2DVD-ROM" or backup on DVD-/+R. And another urban legend is that they are bad for PS2. It's not true, quality of second layer is low (even on -ROM) so Your PS2 should have laser on good condition to read these discs. If Your PS2 not read them, try clean your lens and replace lubricating oil on laser rail.

You can also play from another media (USB devices like pendrives, IDE HDD, through SMB protocol) using i.e OPL.

**l_oliveira** · 07-18-2011,08:57 PM

If the disc is of bad quality (burnt media) it will ruin the optical pickup.

Nobody with a working brain on the head would like the idea of ruining the laser pickup just to play one game or two.

Play them with Open PS2 loader or play them with the original discs.

BURNT DL discs and HK Silver DL discs are BAD for the laser. I've been repairing PS2s since 2002 so I believe I know what I am talking about.

**Berion** · 07-19-2011,05:34 AM

Yes, but this is a long process. I've only one PS2 but after almost 10 years of work (5-6 years by 8-12h day work on low quality discs) still read DVD9 (well, it doing looooong disc verification but no DRE or mipmaps problems).

**fresh** · 07-19-2011,11:58 AM

Originally Posted by Berion

Every DVD9/18 (aka DVD DL) works on every PS2. It doesn't matter is "PS2DVD-ROM" or backup on DVD-/+R. And another urban legend is that they are bad for PS2. It's not true, quality of second layer is low (even on -ROM) so Your PS2 should have laser on good condition to read these discs. If Your PS2 not read them, try clean your lens and replace lubricating oil on laser rail.

Are you really know what you are talking of?

Please check i.e. the theme "layer breakpoint".

Rgds.

**TnA** · 07-19-2011,04:52 PM

The layerbreak hasn't anything to do with it...

It's simply that a burned media is harder to read for a laser.

Why? Because normally pressed discs don't have C1/C2 PI/PO-Errors, or atleast at a really low rate (and normally those are badly mastered).
Now on a burned DL-Disc it has to focus onto a second burned layer and correct all those read-errors, while 'looking through a blurry window' a.k.a. the first half-transparent layer.

I agree to l_oliveira here.

**Berion** · 07-19-2011,05:50 PM

Originally Posted by fresh

Are you really know what you are talking of?

Please check i.e. the theme "layer breakpoint".

Layer break have nothing to do here. You can set up the same as on DVD-ROM disc.

Some games have special media check (OTP for second layer) and i belive first game with it was GT4. Today, when most of modchips and i.e ESR patching this on the fly, many people do not known about this and spread in the internet false info about DL discs.

And there's one more issue, before <i forget laser model KHS-???> cannot read DVD+R media.

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