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[mistamontiel]

mrneo , was there useless track data ? How are the musics ?

I went into Music menu to compare with my GD , the GD says 21 tracks 122:04 long , track 01 03 and 20 not playable

Yours says much different though

[Bob Dobbs]

Thanx to everyone who pitched in. I will try to make a better back cover.

[Bob Dobbs]

[quote="Mechanic"]vga adapter fixed my Monaco video isssues

Glad you're up and running in VGA, Mechanic!

[mrneo240]

mrneo , was there useless track data ? How are the musics ?

I went into Music menu to compare with my GD , the GD says 21 tracks 122:04 long , track 01 03 and 20 not playable

Yours says much different though

No problem I'm glad to answer.

This is copied from Marcus comstedt about gd-rom tracks:
Definition of Sessions:

Session 1: Low Density Area of GD
Both tracks must contain 4 sec of data:
Track 1 - Mode1: GD buffer
Track 2- CDDA: Stores audio file to be played when inserted into a CD player
Session 2: High Density Area of GD
Need for two Mode1 tracks:
Track 3: Mode1 buffer area
Needs 4 secs of data
Track Tab: Pad Track Check Box

On my release I believe i took all of the music tracks and trimmed right around 52 seconds off and then added a 3 second fade out to the track.

Data was only about 250mb. I could have made the tracks slightly longer but I was testing a bunch of new tools and methods and I promised to have the release out that night. Due to the new environment and time restraints it wasn't a perfect release but I'm happy with it.

I'll get you the length of the tracks vs the original tracks later, I'm at work currently.

If you have any other questions I'd be glad to answer. I'm putting some of my "hobby time" towards getting the pal/composite issue fixed but sh4 reverse engineering is fairly new to me still.

Edit.
comparison by track length:



The full details for both:
Music info from my Release:

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FILE "CD.iso" BINARY

REM ORIGINAL MEDIA-TYPE: CD

  REM SESSION 01        ; Not supported by other applications (*)
    TRACK 01 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 00:00:00
      REM MSF: 00:00:00 = LBA: 0
    TRACK 02 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 02:11:41
      REM MSF: 02:11:41 = LBA: 9866
    TRACK 03 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 04:12:13
      REM MSF: 04:12:13 = LBA: 18913
    TRACK 04 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 06:33:38
      REM MSF: 06:33:38 = LBA: 29513
    TRACK 05 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 08:43:68
      REM MSF: 08:43:68 = LBA: 39293
    TRACK 06 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 11:00:53
      REM MSF: 11:00:53 = LBA: 49553
    TRACK 07 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 12:52:05
      REM MSF: 12:52:05 = LBA: 57905
    TRACK 08 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 14:41:34
      REM MSF: 14:41:34 = LBA: 66109
    TRACK 09 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 16:35:02
      REM MSF: 16:35:02 = LBA: 74627
    TRACK 10 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 18:36:21
      REM MSF: 18:36:21 = LBA: 83721
    TRACK 11 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 20:38:42
      REM MSF: 20:38:42 = LBA: 92892
    TRACK 12 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 22:49:31
      REM MSF: 22:49:31 = LBA: 102706
    TRACK 13 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 25:16:03
      REM MSF: 25:16:03 = LBA: 113703
    TRACK 14 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 27:38:23
      REM MSF: 27:38:23 = LBA: 124373
    TRACK 15 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 29:54:71
      REM MSF: 29:54:71 = LBA: 134621
    TRACK 16 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 31:53:50
      REM MSF: 31:53:50 = LBA: 143525
    TRACK 17 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 33:48:53
      REM MSF: 33:48:53 = LBA: 152153

  REM LEAD-OUT 35:52:34 ; Not supported by other applications (*)
  REM SESSION 02        ; Not supported by other applications (*)
    TRACK 18 MODE2/2352
      INDEX 01 38:24:34
      REM MSF: 38:24:34 = LBA: 172834

Versus the GD-ROM:

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FILE "GD-ROM.bin" BINARY
REM SESSION 01
   TRACK 01 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 00:00:00
   TRACK 02 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 02:54:39
   TRACK 03 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 05:38:09
   TRACK 04 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 08:42:32
   TRACK 05 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 11:35:60
   TRACK 06 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 14:35:43
   TRACK 07 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 17:09:68
   TRACK 08 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 19:42:20
   TRACK 09 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 22:18:61
   TRACK 10 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 25:03:03
   TRACK 11 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 27:48:22
   TRACK 12 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 30:42:09
   TRACK 13 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 33:51:54
   TRACK 14 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 36:56:72
   TRACK 15 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 39:56:43
   TRACK 16 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 42:38:20
   TRACK 17 AUDIO
      INDEX 01 45:16:21

[Mechanic]

Anybody using a dreamcast steering wheel for Monaco?

http://segaretro.org/Dream_Wheel

[Shuouma]

Using the mad catz2 racing wheel

[HuntrRose]

i want a wheel..
if i ever see on at a game store or convention ill snap one up.. whatever brand I dont care..

shipping one is ridiculous.. doubles the price in most cases...

[pcwzrd13]

shipping one is ridiculous.. doubles the price in most cases...

I got the Mad Catz one for about $10 including shipping a couple years ago. The thing is huge so I'm certain the seller lost money after shipping.

[HuntrRose]

no doubt

[Jako]

shipping one is ridiculous.. doubles the price in most cases...

I got the Mad Catz one for about $10 including shipping a couple years ago. The thing is huge so I'm certain the seller lost money after shipping.

Is the grey one with orange buttons?
Maybe is the same MadCatz than i have. Works fine on Monaco, but in arcade mode is so hard to control, better feeling on simulation mode.

A theme apart, i wish to try some Monaco GP champinship mode online, in game manual says that the Qualify have to be runned too on each circuit, a funny thing that i want to test.