Booting DVD backup games

[tdsmithj]

I have a chipped ps2 (no idea what the mod is) to play backup ps2 games and i have various games backed up on CD-R. I use a swap method with 'DVD region X' to boot the CD-R's but I am having problems booting DVD-R's.

I burned DVD ISO images using nero onto DVD-R and used the swap method but they wont work and i think this swap method can only be used with conjunction of CD-R's not DVD-R's.

any idea how i can boot up the DVD-R backup games?
thx

[digitalFX]

If you are swapping to boot dvd backups you have to make sure you swap in an original dvd game first to get your ps2 in dvd mode. Here is what I do. I use cogswaploader to boot backups. I load cogswaploader with my ps1 trigger disk. I then hit eject and load in an original (high toc) dvd game. Next I use swap in my burned dvd backup and load the game. Hope this information is useful.

[J_A_C_K]

Yes grab cogswaploader or cdloader from www.swapmagicfix.com. I suggest u use cdloader, because it helps when bootin' some problematic games.

Then u do:
1. boot DVD Region X
2. swap in cdloader (or cogswaploader) cd-r
3. press x (or whatever u usually do) to boot cd-loader
4. once cdloader has booted press Eject (tray opens)
5. insert a real ps2 DVD game (the biggest one u got... like GTA3 or DMC1,2,3)
6. press eject (tray closes)
7. Press x (disc spins down and screen says "EA swap")
8. swap in your backup dvd+-r
9. press x (and it boots)

[tdsmithj]

i tried cdloader, i put in 'devil may cry 3' and then it tells me to swap 'DVD EA' but when i swap it with a copy game i get an error at the bottom left saying 'media invalid' and i am unable to press the 'X'.

any help?

[J_A_C_K]

Ok, at the "DVD EA"-screen (step 7) press x and wait untill the disc spins down. Then u Swap in your backup (using fliptop, slidekey or other way) without the ps2 knowning - the "media invalid" is a message telling us that your ps2 has discovered that u have inserted a new disc (and it should not have done that) - so the swap didnt go well (most likely).
Once u manage to sneak that backup into the ps2 u press x and it should boot.

Maybe your media is incompatible with the ps2, some media is, so try a different brand. Event tho u can play backup movies on your media it might not work with games. Any type of RW media will not work.

Try making your backup using dvddecrypter (from www.dvddecrypter.com) - it make good Ps2 backups.

[digitalFX]

As I posted in the off-topic forum, dvd decrypter has been killed by "a certain company" who is assumed to be sony. You'll have to search google for somebody that is still mirroring it. But J_A_C_K is right, you probably burned your disk wrong somehow or used bad media.