> The software also contains code to properly handle Gamecube optical discs
I suspect this is the real reason behind the experiment. I've been looking for years for a way to get raw DVD data, to decode XBOX discs [1]. Why can't manufacturers give us raw access to the discs? Are they afraid we might use it to break copy protection schemes?
IMHO open software/firmware would already be far more useful, because then you could read discs at a far lower level which greatly aids in data recovery situations; something like the optical disc version of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KryoFlux , in other words.
The hardware in a drive is very high precision but otherwise quite "mundane", as the article shows.
> The software also contains code to properly handle Gamecube optical discs
I suspect this is the real reason behind the experiment. I've been looking for years for a way to get raw DVD data, to decode XBOX discs [1]. Why can't manufacturers give us raw access to the discs? Are they afraid we might use it to break copy protection schemes?
[1] https://xboxdevwiki.net/Xbox_Game_Disc