I dragged the files of Shenmue II through FTP, and the size of the whole thing is bigger than 4.7 GB...what should I do? how did they fit the game onto on DVD? THX YO!
Some XBOX Games can NOT be backed up as is to a single disk. Games that exceed 4.7Gb (DVD-R) size will not fit on a single disk. You have a few options though. 1) You can take the files, and spread them across 2 disks! The games will usually not be playable using this method, but you will be able to use XBCOPY to read both Disks to the XBOX HD, where you can rebuild the directory tree, and play the title just fine! (As of this writing, SHENMU2 and Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance fall into this category. The 2 disks can be burned using GDF’ed ISO format, or UDF. It doesn’t matter cause in the end this is only an archive... and not an executable (playable) set of disks. 2) You can Max Compress the Source Image, in which case it will be USUALLY small enough to fit on a single DVD blank. This works, but you will need a PC to decompress the Archive, and then FTP back to the XBOX.. UDF may be preferred for this situation. 3) Tearing out files (commonly called RIPPING or RAPING) like DEMOES, Down-sampling Movies and Audio, and removing XBOX Online Directory. What you will be left with is hopefully playable from the burned disk. This method will likely require Trial and Error to get a working copy. UDF / GDF both are both acceptable methods. 3 Titles that I know of that exceed 4.7gb Genma Onimusha Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance Shenmu 2 Release groups have release a functioning backup of Genma Onimusha that has had 2 movies either downsampled or removed altogether, allowing it to FIT a DVD-R and still be fully playable. Shenmu 2 is playable currently only from the Hard drive of the XBOX. However… a release group may release full RIP that have something removed or downsampled. Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance... appears to be simply too big to fit. Best bet is to split the files onto 2 DVD-R disks... then later XBCOPY or BOXplorer them back to the XBOX where they can be played an enjoyed.
