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    making a backup of a playstation disc

    Has anyone seen this article before?
    http://www.megagames.com/psx/psx_copy_patch_linux.shtml

    For those who don't RTFA, basically it covers how to make a .bin/.toc of your original playstation discs (for backup purposes, duh! ) using cdrdao, how to *patch* the .bin, and then how to burn the image back to disc.
    Now, from what I read the original playstation used a copy-protection scheme, in which all original discs would produce a zero checksum, and current CD burners cannot be modified to produce the same checksum?
    Regardless of how it works, I was just wondering if this ApplyPPF software will actually patch my images so that, when burned back to CD-R, it will play in my playstation without need of a mod-chip? Has anyone used it?

    I have tried compiling the program, but can't seem to get it to run. The instructions on the guide state that you need to run the command like so:
    Code:
    applyppf filename.bin filename.ppf
    However, once the program is compiled and I try to run the program, it gives me a syntax error like so (also note I do not have a file named jet_moto.ppf... I have no idea what a *.ppf file is nor what it does):
    Code:
    $ ./applyppf jet_moto.bin jet_moto.ppf
    MakePPF v2.0 Linux/Unix by Icarus/Paradox
    Usage: MakePPF <Original Bin> <Patched Bin> <ppffile> [file_id.diz]
    Obviously I have no idea what the ApplyPPF program does.
    Here's the link to the sourcecode I downloaded for applyppf:
    http://www.megagames.com/console/files/pdx-mpsc.zip

    Anyways, any comments?

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    Re: making a backup of a playstation disc

    A PPF is a "Playstation patch file" that patches the game in order to bypass some copy/regional protections

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    Re: making a backup of a playstation disc

    So basically I would need to find the .ppf specific for my game online *somewhere*, this program doesn't make them?

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