Which dvd drive can read black cds?

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

Can someone tell me which dvd drive can read black cds? Because my dvd drive doesn’t read my ps1 games discs that are black? I have external dvd drive thanks.

 

[jawnTEM]

Can someone tell me which dvd drive can read black cds? Because my dvd drive doesn’t read my ps1 games discs that are black? I have external dvd drive thanks.

Not sure I know that answer, Assyrian. I thought that all DVD/CD players could read all disks. Does the PS1 take a special player?

 

[FinalDrive]

Not sure it's an issue with the color of the disc. I think I had to use certain software to rip discs back in the day, due to formatting Windows would only see the audio tracks. Using Bleem on a few machines back then I don't recall any having read issues with PS1 games. Even Blu-Ray drives should read them, seeing as the PS3 started out backwards compatible.

 

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

Not sure I know that answer, Assyrian. I thought that all DVD/CD players could read all disks. Does the PS1 take a special player?

With my old pc that I built the dvd drive was internal and did read the ps1 black cds without any problems. But with this dvd drive it’s usb and it doesn’t read black cds just white.

 

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

Not sure it's an issue with the color of the disc. I think I had to use certain software to rip discs back in the day, due to formatting Windows would only see the audio tracks. Using Bleem on a few machines back then I don't recall any having read issues with PS1 games. Even Blu-Ray drives should read them, seeing as the PS3 started out backwards compatible.

I don’t no which brand to buy so it can ps1 cds.

 

[jawnTEM]

With my old pc that I built the dvd drive was internal and did read the ps1 black cds without any problems. But with this dvd drive it’s usb and it doesn’t read black cds just white.

It's possible that your external drive isn't compatable with thos disks. I don't have one of those disks to test, but if you have the old internal drive that worked, you can still connect it to your PC via of opening your side panel and temporarily connecting it that way. It may not be advisable to hot/swap, though, I'd turn your PC off/on prior to connection/dissconnection.

 

[FinalDrive]

What is the goal of accessing them on the PC, rip'em or play though an emulator? That would determine what software you need to use, as Windows won't give you a file structure just by popping it in. At most it will see any audio tracks, but the game files are partitioned off to be inaccessible directly. Something like EPSXe for emulation or rip them using IMGburn or other disc mastering software. If ripping software doesn't detect the disc, then it might be a hardware issue.

 

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

It's possible that your external drive isn't compatable with thos disks. I don't have one of those disks to test, but if you have the old internal drive that worked, you can still connect it to your PC via of opening your side panel and temporarily connecting it that way. It may not be advisable to hot/swap, though, I'd turn your PC off/on prior to connection/dissconnection.

I wish if I kept it my internal dvd drive I sold it out long time ago when I built my second gaming PC. It did read PS1 and PS2 games perfectly!

What is the goal of accessing them on the PC, rip'em or play though an emulator? That would determine what software you need to use, as Windows won't give you a file structure just by popping it in. At most it will see any audio tracks, but the game files are partitioned off to be inaccessible directly. Something like EPSXe for emulation or rip them using IMGburn or other disc mastering software. If ripping software doesn't detect the disc, then it might be a hardware issue.

I have an emulator called Duckstation and I just want to play my PS1 games nothing else.

 

[WoodenSaucer]

I was looking around to see if I could find a list of drives that work with PS1 games (I didn't find anything), and I came across an old thread on some site where a guy was asking how he can play his PlayStation games on his PC without an emulator. He got ticked off when everyone was telling him you can't. Lol.

 

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

I was looking around to see if I could find a list of drives that work with PS1 games (I didn't find anything), and I came across an old thread on some site where a guy was asking how he can play his PlayStation games on his PC without an emulator. He got ticked off when everyone was telling him you can't. Lol.

I regret selling my old dvd drive that read ps1 cds. I have been looking all over the internet but no answer yet.

 

[FinalDrive]

I was looking around to see if I could find a list of drives that work with PS1 games (I didn't find anything), and I came across an old thread on some site where a guy was asking how he can play his PlayStation games on his PC without an emulator. He got ticked off when everyone was telling him you can't. Lol.

I ran across that one too, "see post 3, "You don't".

I seriously don't think there are any specific requirements of a drive to be able to potentially access PS1 discs, as long as it can read CD's. Back when I was into PS1 modding I used various computers and drives to rip disc's. Drives ranging from midrange DVD burners to $5 chinese computer shop specials. Maybe see if there is a different PS1 BIOS for duckstation that could work better for your hardware. I don't have a machine with an optical drive hooked up right now to test with myself.

I suppose there could be issues with the power of the laser, with black media being less reflective. Some of those super slim externals might sacrifice some power to remain small. If you have the documentation on the DVD drive, does it mention using a Y-Cable to provide more USB power? I had some external hard drives that needed those before.

 

[jawnTEM]

I regret selling my old dvd drive that read ps1 cds. I have been looking all over the internet but no answer yet.

Do you remember the make, model, and specs of your old drive? You should be able to find it on ebay. I still have several of my old drives that still work as well. I'm not sure if they'd work the way you want and play PS1 disks, though.

Seems like a fun project! If I purchased a PS1 disk, could I test it on my PC and see? What would I look for, as far as making it work, to make sure?

 

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

I ran across that one too, "see post 3, "You don't".

I seriously don't think there are any specific requirements of a drive to be able to potentially access PS1 discs, as long as it can read CD's. Back when I was into PS1 modding I used various computers and drives to rip disc's. Drives ranging from midrange DVD burners to $5 chinese computer shop specials. Maybe see if there is a different PS1 BIOS for duckstation that could work better for your hardware. I don't have a machine with an optical drive hooked up right now to test with myself.

I suppose there could be issues with the power of the laser, with black media being less reflective. Some of those super slim externals might sacrifice some power to remain small. If you have the documentation on the DVD drive, does it mention using a Y-Cable to provide more USB power? I had some external hard drives that needed those before.

I keep asking on Amazon but no answer not confirmation of the dvd drive will read ps1 cds black.

 

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

Do you remember the make, model, and specs of your old drive? You should be able to find it on ebay. I still have several of my old drives that still work as well. I'm not sure if they'd work the way you want and play PS1 disks, though.

Seems like a fun project! If I purchased a PS1 disk, could I test it on my PC and see? What would I look for, as far as making it work, to make sure?

No I don’t remember what brand was my old internal dvd drive as my first gaming pc I built was in 2012 and was perfectly working and I kept playing my ps1 games as the dvd drive read them well.

 

[gsilver]

I was looking around to see if I could find a list of drives that work with PS1 games (I didn't find anything), and I came across an old thread on some site where a guy was asking how he can play his PlayStation games on his PC without an emulator. He got ticked off when everyone was telling him you can't. Lol.

Not sure you'd want to, but there's always video capture cards

 

[MicroNort]

Just out of interest, what OS were you using on your old PC? Is it possible that it wasn't the drive, but the combination of the OS and drivers?

 

[WoodenSaucer]

Not sure you'd want to, but there's always video capture cards

Lol. That's exactly what I was thinking, too. If you don't want to use an emulator, just hook your PS up to a video capture card in your PC.

 

[Assyrians_God_Hand]

Not sure you'd want to, but there's always video capture cards

Nah no space plus lots of things I have I guess I will stay with the emulator.

Just out of interest, what OS were you using on your old PC? Is it possible that it wasn't the drive, but the combination of the OS and drivers?

It was windows 7 and than 10 I think.

 

[gsilver]

An emulator would likely be a vastly superior experience, too, as video capture cards aren't really made for the zero additional latency one would hope for from real hardware.

Emulators aren't 100% timing accurate, so they won't quite feel like original hardware, but they're really close.
I also have a MisterFPGA these days for 100% accuracy. The lack of savesates hurts, though, and I find Retroarch /w rewind and savestates preferable much of the time.

Certain cores, like the GBA, do have savestates on Mister. Those are really nice.
The PS1 is advanced enough that most games have save support, and some cartridge games that originally didn't have save support have SRAM patches.

 

[ApatheticSarcasm]

I ran across that one too, "see post 3, "You don't".

I seriously don't think there are any specific requirements of a drive to be able to potentially access PS1 discs, as long as it can read CD's. Back when I was into PS1 modding I used various computers and drives to rip disc's. Drives ranging from midrange DVD burners to $5 chinese computer shop specials. Maybe see if there is a different PS1 BIOS for duckstation that could work better for your hardware. I don't have a machine with an optical drive hooked up right now to test with myself.

I suppose there could be issues with the power of the laser, with black media being less reflective. Some of those super slim externals might sacrifice some power to remain small. If you have the documentation on the DVD drive, does it mention using a Y-Cable to provide more USB power? I had some external hard drives that needed those before.

I feel old AF for remembering this, but if Bleem were still a thing you could absolutely do it


Again I feel old AF for sharing this, but when Resident Evil 2 came out on Playstation I put the CDs into my PC's CD-ROM drive and could actually see the files on them, but of course couldn't actually run them. I think I could copy and paste the files, but this was before I knew about stuff like daemon tools and ISOs.

 

[FinalDrive]

I remember Bleem, interesting attempt at retail emulation. I played around a little with it back in the day. Some games worked well, others didn't, to be expected with emulation. I recall there being Bleemcast as a future product for DC games, but I think they went under before that came out.

 

[WoodenSaucer]

An emulator would likely be a vastly superior experience, too, as video capture cards aren't really made for the zero additional latency one would hope for from real hardware.

Emulators aren't 100% timing accurate, so they won't quite feel like original hardware, but they're really close.
I also have a MisterFPGA these days for 100% accuracy. The lack of savesates hurts, though, and I find Retroarch /w rewind and savestates preferable much of the time.

Certain cores, like the GBA, do have savestates on Mister. Those are really nice.
The PS1 is advanced enough that most games have save support, and some cartridge games that originally didn't have save support have SRAM patches.

Yeah, you hit the nail on the head with save states. I don't really emulate that much anymore, but for emulation of the older consoles, I definitely got spoiled by save states. Especially the games that are old enough to not let you save your game, or they only have certain places to save that are few and far between. Unfortunately for anything like 360 era or beyond, I think the games are so huge that they can't really do save states anymore.

But I abused it in really old games, though. Haha. I played an RPG on the C64 emulator that had a casino where you could play a High/Low card game for gambling. I'd save it right before choosing, and if I got it wrong, just reload and choose the other one. It was a great way to build up money real quick. Lol

 

[gsilver]

I've dabbled in Dragon Quest a bit, and the casinos basically need save states from what I can tell, or just good-ol-fashioned cheats.