PS1/2 Which is Best DVD-R Model Can be used for Free DVDBoot on SCPH-90004 2C?

DAIZON · Nov 30, 2022

Hello iam new PS2 User and I have Question for Which is best DVD-R model for using Free DVDBoot In PS2 Slim SCHP-90004 2C
Full Information About PS2 that i have
Browser: 1.40
CD Player: 2.00
PlayStation Driver: 2.00
DVD Player: 3.11E

i tried to burn Free DVDBoot in HP DVD-R but it didn't work i tryd 2 DVDs
an error showing to me that "This disc can not read" some thing like that.

and what is best FMCB Memory Card can work in this PS2?

SylverReZ · Nov 30, 2022

DAIZON said:
Hello iam new PS2 User and I have Question for Which is best DVD-R model for using Free DVDBoot In PS2 Slim SCHP-90004 2C

DAIZON said:
i tried to burn Free DVDBoot in HP DVD-R but it didn't work i tryd 2 DVDs
an error showing to me that "This disc can not read" some thing like that.

Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden DVD-Rs are the best, don't use off-branded DVD-Rs as they can put too much wear and tear on the laser. Burn them at the slowest speed possible, personally I would go with 4x speed.

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DAIZON said:
and what is best FMCB Memory Card can work in this PS2?

Any official PS2 memory card will do, the unofficial ones won't work.

flo · Dec 1, 2022

You should pay attention to the Media ID ( MID ) and the supported write speeds . What's the MID for those Philips discs ? You can check in Imgburn . Try to write at half the supported speed .

Kwyjor · Dec 1, 2022

I would sooner believe that there was some other problem at fault before worrying about the brand of DVD-R. There's not that much difference between them - most of the time.

KleinesSinchen · Dec 1, 2022

Kwyjor said:
I would sooner believe that there was some other problem at fault before worrying about the brand of DVD-R. There's not that much difference between them - most of the time.

I'm not entirely sure about this. DVDs aren't expensive so it is worth a try getting two or three different brands.
There are a ton of "issues" on the Github page for FreeDVDBoot about the "The disc could not be read" problem.
In my experience console drives are low-end garbage and sometimes picky (on GameCube the DVD-R brand absolutely matters). For PS2 it shouldn't be the case as the console was officially marketed as CD/DVD player and as such must be able to play the videos I made with my DVD camcorder last holiday.

The drives are nevertheless aging. Not knowing the condition of a particular drive, it could be very well the case that it still reads pressed discs relatively good, but fails on burned media. Theoretically write-once media should have similar reflection characteristics (opposed to rewriteables with lower contrast) – and I still encountered consoles and stand-alone DVD-players that were suddenly unable to read burned discs while still reading pressed ones.

I faced a lot of problems trying to convince a PS2 in playing a game from CD-R – better results with DVD-R and the frowned upon DVD+R (with booktype set to DVD-ROM).
@DAIZON Please burn a DVD video. Not FreeDVDBoot exploiting the video player. Just a standard movie disc. Verify if your console does play the movie without an error to see if the drive can handle the media at all.

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My personal experiences:

Laptop or slim drives are just and their burn results are often the same (checked C1/C2/Cu errors on CD and Pi/Po errors on DVD)
Burn speed isn't as important as often stated. Maybe it was at some point when drives got faster and faster as a selling point. Current drives do not even allow burning slow at all. For full-sized drives: Most CD-R minimum 16x CLV mode, most DVD±R minimum 8x partial CLV and 16x CAV
- For 8x and 16x DVD burning the error rate was virtually the same
- Using overspeed (24x DVD) on the other side significantly increases the error rate

DAIZON · Dec 2, 2022

flo said:
You should pay attention to the Media ID ( MID ) and the supported write speeds . What's the MID for those Philips discs ? You can check in Imgburn . Try to write at half the supported speed .

I tried burning FreeDVDBoot files with imgburn

Same this HP model as this dvd

and after burning the files, the ps2 could not read the dvd, and the laptop also could not recognize it correctly / normally, but it recognized it as a UDF Device (and I do not know what the UDF Device is) and I became unable to format the dvd or delete the existing files on it or add any files and the dvd became corrupt

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flo said:
You should pay attention to the Media ID ( MID ) and the supported write speeds . What's the MID for those Philips discs ? You can check in Imgburn . Try to write at half the supported speed .

Is Verbatim DVD-R 4.7GB 16x Speed good to work with?

SylverReZ · Dec 3, 2022

DAIZON said:
Is Verbatim DVD-R 4.7GB 16x Speed good to work with?

Yes

Kwyjor · Dec 3, 2022

DAIZON said:
but it recognized it as a UDF Device (and I do not know what the UDF Device is) and I became unable to format the dvd or delete the existing files on it or add any files and the dvd became corrupt

Why would you try to format a DVD or delete files on it!? That would require a rewritable disc – and if you are trying to use a rewritable disc in your PS2, then you should definitely expect problems!

KleinesSinchen · Dec 3, 2022

DAIZON said:
and after burning the files, the ps2 could not read the dvd, and the laptop also could not recognize it correctly / normally, but it recognized it as a UDF Device (and I do not know what the UDF Device is) and I became unable to format the dvd or delete the existing files on it or add any files and the dvd became corrupt

UDF file system, probably old version 1.02, is correct for DVD video (technically FreeDVDBoot is a tiny, corrupted video). On your PC it should show the normal VIDEO_TS folder containing a few .ifo files.
In case the PC cannot open the DVD or doesn't show any files, there is something very wrong.

Kwyjor said:
Why would you try to format a DVD or delete files on it!? That would require a rewritable disc – and if you are trying to use a rewritable disc in your PS2, then you should definitely expect problems!

There might be options to use packet writing on R, non RW, media. Not that it makes any sense (hardly makes sense on RW media -- but is good on DVD-RAM and BD-RE media). Surely not for the PS2!
Writing FreeDVDBoot must be done in Disc-at-once mode and the DVD-R is closed for any further writing... so yeah: No deleting and no "formatting".

Jayro · Dec 3, 2022

I had a PS2 slim that preferred DVD+Rs over DVD-Rs, but that was because I didn't have the balls or know-how to adjust the laser POT(s) back in 2005. I didn't know shit about fuck.

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