BackDrop
MPF
BackDrop | MPF | |
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8 | 15 | |
64 | 380 | |
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8.7 | 9.7 | |
9 days ago | about 23 hours ago | |
Python | C# | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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BackDrop
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What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?
I made BackDrop to solve this. If I have, for example, two folders and two drives, and one folder fits on each drive, I don't want to fill one drive and then spill over to the second drive if it means splitting one folder between two drives. I want the cleanest way possible to copy data to as few drives as possible without splitting folders if they don't need to be.
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Is there software for automating swapping data between mostly full disks?
Just leaving this here in case it could be of some use. https://github.com/TechGeek01/BackDrop
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Differential backups when 2 drives cannot be directly compared/synced
I wrote BackDrop a while back. While this was originally because I was looking for a way to backup to external drives where the data being backed up was larger than the drives, and required splitting between more than one drive, it's evolved since.
- I updated BackDrop to support arbitrary folders instead of just drive letters!
- The backup tool I wrote now supports Linux, and selecting multiple sources. Thought you guys might find it useful!
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Various backup methods?
For manual copies, TeraCopy is awesome, cause you can have it verify files for you. I did actually write my own tool, though that was mostly so that I didn't have to think about handling not all files fitting on one drive (5-6TB of stuff, and a mix of 2-4TB drives). It may or may not suit you, but feel free to give it a look if you're interested. Currently it was designed to back up folders on a network share to a bunch of local drives, so unfortunately, it won't show local drives for source selection (though I'm working on making it able to do that).
MPF
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How to make sure an Xbox disc is 100% readable ?
As an example, one of the main tools for dumping that you will find on their guide (MPF) even has an option to dump the disc twice and compare the hashes because sometimes due to a variety of reasons, like scratches, aged laser diode, copy protection shenanigans, etc. the disc won't be read correctly so the hashes won't match.
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How do I rip bluray/dvd’s/ps2 games? And what is the recommended storage product and size to use?
I can recommend https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator . It handles all kinds of weird formats and copy protections, and it's open source! You can use https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF as the frontend if you like.
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Where to find latest addition in a romset
Be aware that some games are MIA (Miss In Action), so it's kinda pointless to try to find them, except if you have an original copy of those games and you dump it yourself by using the Media Preservation Frontend tool ( https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF/releases/latest ).
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What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?
MPF https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF
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cdrom uploads questions
Try using this tool to make images of the discs: https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF
- My Crash Team Racing gets stuck on the licensing screen at start up?
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Slightly off topic - Does anyone know how to make an ISO out of a RAW RIP?
There is a preservation group called redump.org that preserves all sorts of disc based content ranging from CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs, Blu-Rays and Video Games. They use a program called MPF (Media Preservation Frontend) which can be found here..
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Do you guys have any idea of how to rip PS1 game files (roms) from discs?
Best tool to dump disc based games it's the MPF, it can also be used to report the hashes to the redump database: https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF/releases/latest
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ISOs are nice but sometimes you need to hoard the originals for the complete experience. (And also rip them to ISO)
How do you rip your games? Some of them come with pretty tricky copy protection. Still trying to figure out a consistent "one shot" method. Currently using a combination of MPF and Alcohol.
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I have these original Xbox demo disks I'd like to preserve
Media Preservation Frontend software allows doing quality dumps and generate the log to report redump.org, you can dowload the latest version here: https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF/releases/latest
What are some alternatives?
Cathy - Cross-platform python implementation of Robert Vasicek's Win-only popular Cathy disk catalog tool
infrarecorder - CD/DVD burning software.
media_management_scripts - Set of tools for managing media libraries
mkvtoolnix-batch-tool - Batch video and subtitle processing program with the ability to add, remove, or extract subtitles from all video files in a directory and its sub-directories.
netxms - NetXMS - Open Source network and infrastructure monitoring and management
CommunityScripts - This is a public repository containing plugin and utility scripts created by the Stash Community.
ctrlfrything - Search your current Windows Explorer folder with voidtools' Everything via Ctrl+F
TIBASIC-formulas - Borderline cheating plug-and-chug programs for various mathematical classes/subjects