HDLBATCH 1.1 Update (100MB/s - 150MB/s PS2 HDD batch installer using HDL DUMP)

Update to: https://gbatemp.net/threads/hdlbatch-a-batch-installer-for-adding-games-onto-a-ps2-hdd.551102/



Version 1.11 Fixed small bug related to manual edits of gameid.txt sometimes not setting titles properly
Version 1.12 Fixed an issue with paths when running from non-main drives
Version 1.13 Fixed issue with target selection; errorlevel n sets all lower errorlevels; re-ordered errorlevel checks
Version 1.14 Fixed issue with filenames containing exclamation mark (!); gameid.txt updated to work around delayed expansion
Version 1.15 Fixed issue with short filenames (e.g. Gun.iso or Ico.cue)

Main feature update is the inclusion of gameid.txt -- game titles will now be pulled from gameid.txt (if it exists). If no gameid.txt is found, or no entry is found within gameid.txt, then the file name will be used instead. Users may choose to ignore gameid.txt altogether. Please see the readme.txt file on using gameid.txt. This file was generated from:

https://github.com/Veritas83/PS2-OPL-CFG​

As some game titles are extremely long, users may want to edit gameid.txt and shorten the titles. Note, however, that the database is currently 13670 entries! Fortunately, it is organized by region code, followed by numerical ID. This is where test-mode comes into play. The current release will always run in test mode by default. In this mode, only the game type, game id, and game titles are printed. This will allow users to double check their game library to ensure that each game has a proper id (required for loading via OPL) and desired game title (and title length). Once satisfied, change a single option line inside the batch file to actually install. For large installations, you can output the info dump into a text file with something like:

HDLBATCH > info.txt​

in a command line terminal with administrative rights. Please consult the readme.txt file under the FAQ section. An option for network installs was added as well (only because someone asked about it; I wholeheartedly do not recommend it as it is slow, and network connections, even direct connections, can still break for any number of reasons). This is likely the final update. I have no interest in adding any other feature, or further maintaining this package (unless it is to fix bugs/errors or incompatibilities with future versions of Windows).

 

The first run is always a test run. It checks all the CUE/BIN and ISO files in the same directory as the batch file (you should have extracted the entire contents of the zip file into the same directory as your games). You should see listings of each game file, followed by the game type (inject_cd vs inject_dvd), game id, and game title. After it checks all files, it should pause and ask you to press a key. Check each game has a proper game id and appropriate title. If you don't see any of this at all, then something is wrong. If all is fine, edit the batch file and change TEST=yes to TEST=NO (make sure to use all caps) and re-run it.

The readme.txt file has more details especially if you have a lot of games and need to capture the output into a text file.

EDIT: This is what you should see during the test-run:

Game title database found.
Use titles from gameid.txt? [Y,N]?N

1 - SCUS_971.13.Ico.cue

Install type: inject_cd ID: "SCUS_971.13"
Title: Ico​

2 - SCUS_971.25.Frequency.cue

Install type: inject_cd ID: "SCUS_971.25"
Title: Frequency​

...
(I deleted some entries in the interest of a shorter post)
...

31 - SLUS_214.65.Raiden III.cue

Install type: inject_cd ID: "SLUS_214.65"
Title: Raiden III​

Press any key to continue . . .​

 

Out of curiosity, how many games were you installing? Did you have any network issues at all? (I personally have not had any so far -- knock on wood -- but I was wondering if anyone had ever encountered connection issues with network installs of large libraries.) My own experience with HDLGameInstaller, as an example, is that after about 500GB-600GB it will always time out whereas HDL_DUMP (so far) has not given me any issues.

 

Hope this reaches you in time -- you may want to change your power savings setting so that your computer does not put itself to sleep (not sure how your PC is set up, but it would be bad if the PC went to sleep overnight in the middle of a large transfer).

 

Away from my PC at the moment but if you are getting admin rights issues open a command line terminal with admin rights (in windows 10 type cmd into the search box and right click on cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator). Navigate to your folder using the cd (change directory command) and type out HDLBATCH and press enter. Make sure you extracted all files in the zip file though.

EDIT: Uploaded 1.12 to make it so you can right-click and run from anywhere. Looks like you found a path issue when running from non-main drives. (Basically the cd command in the batch file was missing a "/d" flag)

 

The errorlevel order was wrong; re-ordered it. (Errorlevel n also triggers all lower levels). Try 1.13 (see first post) -- this _should_ be the last issue. Thanks for using it and helping it improve!

 

Would you mind letting me know which game IDs they were for Destroy All Humans 1 & 2? Also, could you humor me and see if their SHA-1 or MD5 checksums match those on redump.org (http://redump.org/discs/system/ps2/letter/d/) ?

EDIT: The reason I ask is that usually when a game ID is not found, it is due to a bad dump. But if yours are good rips, then it would definitely suggest a bug in HDL DUMP's cd/dvd info algorithm.

EDIT2: Nevermind; I think I found the problem. File names with ! cause issues with delayed expansion. Will post a fix soon.

EDIT3: Updated to 1.14

 

Thanks ahead of time. Please do note that gameid.txt got updated as well if you do in fact use it.