Issues with Spyro 2/3 Discs about jpsxdec

[MOVGames00]

Sorry for taking ages to get back to this, but that method did work perfectly for both my NTSC Spyro 2 & 3 copies (but not my PAL Spyro 2 as it's too damaged to copy the SPEECH.STR file), thank you! I'll make sure to use this method in the future for any other PS1 games which don't rip straight from the disc.

[m35]

Thanks for the details of the issue you're seeing. CdReadException shouldn't happen if the disc data is just corrupted (other errors might appear, but not that one). Can you re-try what you've done, then look for the debug00.log file in the jPSXdec directory and attach it to this issue?

[MOVGames00]

Okay, I retried it with my GH NTSC Spyro 3 which gave the same error as always. The debug00 log is as follows:

jPSXdec: PSX media decoder (non-commercial) v0.99.8 (beta)
Windows 7 6.1
Java 1.8.0_201
2019-07-17 16:33:09
16:33 jpsxdec.cdreaders.CdFileSectorReader INFO: D:\SPEECH.STR
16:33 jpsxdec.cdreaders.CdFileSectorReader INFO: Attempting to identify as 2352/2448
16:33 jpsxdec.gui.Gui SEVERE:
jpsxdec.cdreaders.CdFileSectorReader$CdReadException
at jpsxdec.cdreaders.CdFileSectorReader.(CdFileSectorReader.java:240)
at jpsxdec.cdreaders.CdFileSectorReader.(CdFileSectorReader.java:186)
at jpsxdec.gui.Gui.openDisc(Gui.java:393)
at jpsxdec.gui.Gui._guiOpenDiscActionPerformed(Gui.java:783)
at jpsxdec.gui.Gui.access$700(Gui.java:82)
at jpsxdec.gui.Gui$3.actionPerformed(Gui.java:502)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.awt.DropDownButton$Model.setPressed(DropDownButton.java:356)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Incorrect function
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.readBytes(Native Method)
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.read(Unknown Source)
at jpsxdec.util.IO.readByteArrayMax(IO.java:482)
at jpsxdec.util.IO.readByteArray(IO.java:446)
at jpsxdec.util.IO.readByteArray(IO.java:426)
at jpsxdec.cdreaders.CdFileSectorReader$Cd2352or2448Factory.(CdFileSectorReader.java:734)
at jpsxdec.cdreaders.CdFileSectorReader.(CdFileSectorReader.java:219)
... 43 more
Spyro 3 Greatest Hits rips fine if I use a ROM as I tested it a few weeks ago, it's just (most of) my discs that are causing problems for me.

[m35]

Ah I think I know the issue. Reading files directly off the disc can have issues in some cases, so it's not recommended. The PlayStation disc format allows for some files to have extra data that can't normally be read, which causes errors when accessed by most programs. But programs used to rip entire disc images are able to correctly extract that data when saved to the BIN/CUE image format. Then pointing jPSXdec to the disc image allows it to access that extra data correctly.

[MOVGames00]

So you're saying i'd have to convert the game to a BIN? I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do that, as i've not really done so before and I wanted to try and get the music directly from the source without any potential changes to the files. I bet it probably is the copy protection causing these issues now, as SPEECH.STR cannot be directly copied off of the disc either on it's own (or at least I didn't manage to).

I also don't know what ideal program I should use for doing that with PS1 games.

[m35]

Unfortunately full disc ripping is the only reliable way I've ever found to retrieve the data correctly. But the rip will be byte-for-byte exactly what is on the physical disc.

Here is a recent video someone made that shows the process I use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaQDovo2qb8

[MOVGames00]

Thanks, it's extremely late here so I'll check it tomorrow and have a go.