However if you are using a real Dreamcast (no modding needed but you do need a model (1) or under (some (2) may work also) CD rips is all you can use unless you buy a GD-Rom emulator (it replaced the GD-Rom drive with a SD Card) then you can run gdi dumps from SD The Nintendo GameCube also used a similar method making all dumps of there disc the same size because they also have junk data stored on the discs (can be removed now)Ĭonverting from cdi to gdi is not going to help anythingĪs you have posted in Everything Emulation though I am presuming you are indeed only emulating the system so you are not burning to CD or anything, then just get the gdi dump to start with

Gdi format = dump of original GD-Rom discs apx 1.2GB in size the size of the disc is apx the same throughout all of these even if the data is not even close to 1GB in a lot of cases, there are only a few games that use that entire amount of space with game data and CDDA tracks otherwise most of that is made up of junk data NOTE:NOTE: I hope im not breaking any rules.Cdi format = ripped to CD-Rom format (sometimes that does include getting rid of files or re-sampling files if the original game contents was much larger, dummy files are included to improve laser reading for that media and push the actual game data to make reading easier with less drive noise) It will boot some CD's that don't self boot.Ī GRR! note: If the file is over 700mb, you must have the full version of disk juggler if its over 700mb. Look up for bin and cue burning WARNING!!! OVERBURING TOO MUCH CAN RUIN YOUR BURNER!įind a place to burn a thing called utopia boot disk. ISO FILES ONLY!!!!!!! If you get files that are not. NOTE: If the file is over 700 MB click the check mark OVER BURN CD. STEP 3: Download the burning program called Disk Juggler.

STEP 2: >You need the disc image of your original disc. STEP 1: >You need the disc image of your original disc. >You need the disc image of your original disc. PIRATING IS ILLEGAL! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PIRATE! THIS IS FOR PERSONAL USE AND FOR BACKUP COPIES ONLY! YOU MUST OWN THE GAME!ġ.

How to convert dreamcast iso to cdi