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Feature Request - DVD (CD?) mode - Read discs in reverse

Open ehw opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

There are certain copy protection mechanisms like Alpha-DVD, TAGES, or things that use twin sectors that for some reason read better if the discs that utilize them are read in reverse? DIC and AARU support reading at least DVDs this way, but I'm not sure if there are any applications for adding support for normal CD mode though. It might be best discussing this with VGPC for best applications.

ehw avatar May 02 '23 01:05 ehw

Not sure of DVD's but for CD there is no such thing as reading backwards. Spiral always goes outwards, every time you seek backward, it actually seeks a little bit earlier and reads forward until the needed sector is found. Who's VGHF?

superg avatar Apr 28 '24 23:04 superg

meant VGPC, the discord.

wrong acronym

ehw avatar Apr 28 '24 23:04 ehw

Ah lol, I thought there is some domain expert on reverse reads :)

superg avatar Apr 29 '24 00:04 superg