July 30th 2006 *************************************************************************** * XBOX 360 enabled alternative FW for the Samsung SH-D162C drive - V0.60 * *************************************************************************** No, this isn't the big one....yet. I know you're all waiting for the SS extraction feature (including C/R), but then again, why wait releasing something good just because something else hasn't been completed. This release adds RPC-1 support and fixes a bug that sometimes made the 'Get Feature List' return a wrong amount of data. This is what you get.. -------------------------------- - Two types of unlock for XBOX 360 game discs. One for making xtreme style images and one for making wxripper style images. Both types of iso can be made using isobuster. Ripping using wxripper isn't supported for the time being - A 'lock' function that will cancel any enabled unlock state. This can be very useful for custom applications. - 'Error skipping' which basically speeds up the error handling of the drive. A complete wxripper style image (including video) can be obtained in 15-16 minutes, when error skipping is enabled. Getting through the critical area of LBA 19408-20479 will take you more than 20 minutes alone, if error skipping is disabled :( - Read and decrypt of SS. The SS returned from the drive is complete except for the missing C/R data at offset 0x200. This is very handy since you can compare the SS from the game in the drive to a SS found on the internet. No more coasters due to an incorrect SS. - A much more streamlined command interface which is good news if you intend to write an application that makes use of the drives extra features. - The drive will default to unlock state 2 and error skip enabled when a 360 media is inserted. You can in other words use isobuster to obtain a wxripper style image without issuing any commands to the drive :) - RPC1 support (RPC-2 actually but with automatic change of drive region and RCE support) This is what you'll have to wait for.. ----------------------------------------------- - Full challenge/response functionality. You will probably notice that the the drive reports as being RPC-2, if you use a program like DVDinfo - this is not a bug! The drive changes it's region setting according to the media inserted. The region code listed in DVDinfo (and other software like it) is the current region setting of the drive and it should match the region of the inserted media. If the media allows playback in more than one region, the drive region will be set to the region with the lowest number. An example could be a disc allowing playback in region 2 and 4 players, which would make the drive change it's region to region 2. Media with no region restrictions or with RCE protection will make the drive default to region 1. The C/R part is progressing quite well, but it's still to early to say anything about when it will be released. I know you're all waiting for this final piece of the puzzle, but please don't mail me asking when, how or why.....I won't reply to such mails and it doesn't help the process in any way. Ripping using Isobuster.. --------------------------------- Not much to add here except for the number of LBA to read when using unlock 2 is 3697696 as opposed to 3567872 for unlock 1. A successful wxripper style image will have a size of 7.572.881.408 bytes, while a successful xtreme style image will have a size of 7.307.001.856 bytes. And now some technical stuff.... Command set additions found in this FW.. ----------------------------------------------- FF 08 01 01 , 'Enable Unlock 1 (xtreme) state' as we already know it from the 360 xtreme modded drives. This command is supported for legacy reasons only. Custom applications should use the new 'Set lock state' instead. FF 08 01 11 xx , 'Set Lock State' xx=00 - Drive locked (no unlock state) xx=01 - Unlock State 1 (xtreme) enabled xx=02 - Unlock state 2 (wxripper) enabled FF 08 01 15 xx , 'Set Error Skip State' xx=00 - Error skip is disabled xx=01 - Error skip is enabled AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 xx C0 , This is the well known SS extract commands from the xtreme fw. Since C/R hasn't been implemented yet, xx is don't care and the drive will return the decrypted SS without any C/R data at offset 0x200 FF 08 01 10 , 'Get Feature List' This command will return a list of the additional features supported by the drive. All values returned are 16 bit values, and the list is terminated with null (0x0000) The two first words of the returned list always reads as 0xA55A 0X5AA5 in order to guarantee that a reply from a drive not supporting this command correctly isn't mistaken for a feature list. An example feature list could be: 0xA55A, 0x5AA5, 0x0100, 0xF000, 0xF001, 0x0000 This list would indicate that the drive supports Unlock 1, Lock and Error Skip, as it can be seen from the values defined below: XBOX 360 related features.. 0x0100 : The drive supports the unlock 1 state (xtreme) 0x0101 : The drive supports the unlock 2 state (wxripper) 0x0120 : The drive can read and decrypt the SS 0x0121 : The drive has full challenge response functionality General drive features.. 0xF000 : The drive supports the lock (cancel any unlock state) command 0xF001 : The drive supports error skipping This is the complete list of defined features at the moment. If you're working on a custom application you might want to contact me in order to get the latest list. To those of you that might be wondering if this release will work with XBOX games.....well it probably will.... in theory at least. No extensive testing has been made at this point, so I guess you will have to test that part by yourself :) That's just about it for now. I hope to be back with more goodies soon and that this release will be helpful to you all. A big thanks must go to FlexyZ for helping me test the fw and for letting me borrow, destroy and finally repair his TS-H943 ;). Without this kind of help this release wouldn't be possible. I would also like to thank all of the other guys working hard on making the 360 a little more user friendly :) Keep up the good work! Enjoy! Kreon