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_dp9d 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Burning and Playing PS2 Games Without a Modded Con...

So it seems like the magic here is the "patcher".

I'm looking at the repo [1], but it doesn't give any technical details on the what/how of what it does.

Does anyone know more?

[1] https://git.sr.ht/~bt/fdvdb-esr

pipes 9 months ago | [–]

https://cturt.github.io/freedvdboot.html

I think this explains it.

I've been using free mcboot on a memory card with hard disc games for years. I never knew burnt dvds where possible without mod chip

ROFISH 9 months ago | [–]

https://cturt.github.io/freedvdboot.html

tldr; out of bounds payload on the dvd player

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