nuggetreggae wrote:the new firmware 5.20.5...
I've been on 5.20.5 since it was released (which under the hood is very similar to 5.20.3, which I beta tested
before it was released). The issues you're encountering are interesting to me...
The only one of your problems I've been able to reproduce is CD Romance's "Ghost Blade" CCD/IMG/SUB image. However, I cannot personally verify that this disc image ever worked with previous GDEMU firmware versions.
That said, if you see a corrupt name label in GDmenu, it's more than likely that the game's IP.BIN is malformed. There's nothing GDEMU itself nor its firmware is doing to affect game name labels in GDmenu. That's 100% a software issue (i.e., GDmenu and/or your SD card management tool).
Regarding truncated GDIs, none that I tested have failed to boot or play. If you can point me at some specific problematic disc images, I'm more than happy to test/verify.
Note for those wanting to rip "Ghost Blade" from their own legally purchased disc, these DiscJuggler settings do the trick for subchannel data (at least in my testing).