extract-xiso VS DiscImageCreator

Using the tool: extract-xiso

Download Extract-Xiso , the download option will be on the right side of the screen under “stable release” and extract it somewhere (same folder as your Xbox roms is recommended).

You can download it from the megathread and use extract-xiso to convertit (extract-xiso -r game.iso).

https://github.com/XboxDev/extract-xiso apparently

I use extract-xiso: https://github.com/XboxDev/extract-xiso

"Mod only" requires you to hexedit your games. This page has a list of hex codes to search for and then the string that you'll replace them with. To perform this, you'll need to extract the iso into a game folder, and then you'll edit the default.xbe file in the root folder. I used extract-xiso and extract-xiso-gui to do this. Drag and drop your iso onto the extract-xiso exe. One you've done your hexedits (I recommend HxD), then you can use the gui to click "create iso" and then select a folder. You can actually do all of this with just extract-xiso, but I was lazy and didn't feel like punching in dos commands to rebuild all my isos.

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.

DiscImageCreator for making a complete backup (if drive is supported, otherwise use Alcohol 120%), and MakeMKV for ripping the video files from the DVD or ISO image. WinCDEmu is useful for mounting and as an alternative for creating an ISO image.

Aaru and DiscImageCreator are the best tools available for proper preservation of weird copy protected discs. They may or may not support your drive properly, though.

Why not use DiscImageCreator? It's command line, open source, has among the best handling of copy protected discs (especially game discs), and also collects a bunch of other data about the disc that can potentially be useful for archival purposes (subchannel data, pressing offset information, etc.).

Try DiscImageCreator. It's a command line tool with lots of options including how many read retries to do, etc. There's also a GUI called MPF (Media Preservation Frontend) available.