Re: Burning DVDs

Here is the type of disc I used. https://www.ebuy7.com/item/banana-3-inch-dvd-r-burning-disc-1-4g-blank-disc-50-sheets-barrel-8cm-three-inch-small-disc-for-camcorder-626693969527. Would burning the disc at 1x speed be better than 2x speed. My external drive only lets me burn up to 2x. As for my Xeno chip, when I look at it as my GameCube boots up on a legit disc it flashes red once, then turns orange and remains orange until I turn the console off. And as for my laser, I don't mind, I'm not setting the laser too low and replacements if it eventually pops are like 30 bucks. Also here is what my burned vs unburned disc looked like. https://imgur.com/gallery/VsfvMGu . Lastly I do think my pot MIGHT need to be adjusted more. right now when I try to play a disc it lingers on the gamecube logo after boot up and it takes a lot longer than before to error saying disc could not be read. Before I adjusted the pot it took like 10 seconds to error message, now it takes several minutes. I used IMGburn to burn my discs which comes with a verification mode though I don't know how good it it.

"Save your game *ribbit*?"

Do you have a link to the discs you bought? It could be the type of disc you got. Because you are able to see a difference between your burned and non-burned discs, I would say this is unlikely (its called burning for a reason) but maybe you bought re-writable discs? Re-writable discs require a different laser and will not work on the gamecube.

The more likely explanation is either you burned the disc incorrectly, or your xeno is not properly installed/pot needs to be adjusted more. Try following these directions for burning https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-do-i-burn-gamecube-disks.590639/post-9513576 (or these more detailed directions https://technology.purplepedia.com/nintendo/how-do-you-burn-gamecube-games/ ), and checking the xeno/pot.

It is worth noting though that burned discs *will* kill your laser faster than official discs. If you are able, I would recommend getting an ODE (supposedly a 512gb sd card can hold the entire scrubbed romset) or play your "backed up" gamecube games on a hacked wii instead