Will a Bleem CDI game with only 200mb damage the laser?

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DialecticChaos13
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Will a Bleem CDI game with only 200mb damage the laser?

Post#1 » Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:54 pm

I burned a CDI of Winning Eleven 3 for the Dreamcast because the Dreamcast doesnt have very good Soccer/Football games, but the file i burned was only 200mb which is not even half the size of the Disk.
Will this make the Dreamcast laser have trouble reading it and wear out the laser?

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Anthony817
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Re: Will a Bleem CDI game with only 200mb damage the laser?

Post#2 » Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:08 pm

Nah haha, the entirety of Half-Life is smaller than that!
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deluxux
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Re: Will a Bleem CDI game with only 200mb damage the laser?

Post#3 » Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:27 pm

You actually can add a dummy file to a selfboot Bleem but I don't think it's worth it.

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DialecticChaos13
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Re: Will a Bleem CDI game with only 200mb damage the laser?

Post#4 » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:05 pm

Thank you for the replies : D
I dont understand very much about programming and stuff but i was wondering if the rom had to have a dummy file added to fill the rest of the space in the cd to not wear out the laser.

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megavolt85
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Re: Will a Bleem CDI game with only 200mb damage the laser?

Post#5 » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:37 pm

the dummy file shifts the payload towards the end of the disk, which increases the read speed
image size has no effect on laser wear

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Re: Will a Bleem CDI game with only 200mb damage the laser?

Post#6 » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:51 pm

Thanks again,
I just wanted to know if i wasnt playing something that would burn out my Dreamcast

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