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OG Xbox DVD drive supports Audio CD and XGD discs. Optical disc drives for PCs usually aren't capable to read OG Xbox format DVD-ROM/XGD, [https://xboxdevwiki.net/Xbox_Game_Disc#Dumping you would need very specific drive and firmware] for that. More info in [[Ripping_games|ripping games section]] and [[#Emulation_issues|reverse engineering section]].

*Neither xemu nor CXBX-Reloaded support OG Xbox DVD-ROM/XGD physical discs even if you got compatible drive and firmware. Doesn't support Redump ISOs, you need to [[Ripping_games|rip your disc and create .xiso disc image]]. See [https://xemu.app/docs/disc-images/ xemu: disc images] and [https://github.com/Cxbx-Reloaded/Cxbx-Reloaded/issues/205 XISO for CXBX-Reloaded] pages for further information. For xemu, there is a [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/issues/435 feature request] for adding support for loading Audio CD discs and images, also there is another [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/pull/1659 pull request] for loading retail Xbox titles both in '[http://wiki.redump.~~org~~/index.php?title=Microsoft_Xbox_and_Xbox_360_Dumping_Guide redump]' format and xiso format '''with an unmodified retail BIOS'''. Xbox game discs also have a special DVD video partition before the real game partition so people can see something if they stick the disc into a [[Home_media_players|DVD player]]. A "redump" is an accurate dump of the disc containing both this DVD video partition and the real game partition that follows it. But because xemu doesn't emulate the DVD drive hardware correctly yet, we need to repack this redump format into a disc image with just the game partition. Game files are stored on game discs in a special filesystem. Packing means to take all the game files and put them in this special filesystem so Xbox (or xemu) can read them. Unpacking does the reverse, giving you the game files. Extracting is synonymous with unpacking. [https://discord.com/channels/680221390359887933/722155756622708744/1399847413543473333 "extract-xiso" is a legacy tool that can do both packing and unpacking.]

*Neither xemu nor CXBX-Reloaded support OG Xbox DVD-ROM/XGD physical discs even if you got compatible drive and firmware. Doesn't support Redump ISOs, you need to [[Ripping_games|rip your disc and create .xiso disc image]]. See [https://xemu.app/docs/disc-images/ xemu: disc images] and [https://github.com/Cxbx-Reloaded/Cxbx-Reloaded/issues/205 XISO for CXBX-Reloaded] pages for further information. For xemu, there is a [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/issues/435 feature request] for adding support for loading Audio CD discs and images, also there is another [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/pull/1659 pull request] for loading retail Xbox titles both in '[http://wiki.redump.info/index.php?title=Microsoft_Xbox_and_Xbox_360_Dumping_Guide redump]' format and xiso format '''with an unmodified retail BIOS'''. Xbox game discs also have a special DVD video partition before the real game partition so people can see something if they stick the disc into a [[Home_media_players|DVD player]]. A "redump" is an accurate dump of the disc containing both this DVD video partition and the real game partition that follows it. But because xemu doesn't emulate the DVD drive hardware correctly yet, we need to repack this redump format into a disc image with just the game partition. Game files are stored on game discs in a special filesystem. Packing means to take all the game files and put them in this special filesystem so Xbox (or xemu) can read them. Unpacking does the reverse, giving you the game files. Extracting is synonymous with unpacking. [https://discord.com/channels/680221390359887933/722155756622708744/1399847413543473333 "extract-xiso" is a legacy tool that can do both packing and unpacking.]

*There was a [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xqemu-espes/pull/23 pull request] for adding Xbox-DVD Drive emulation to xqemu, but it seems discontinued.

*Xbox 360 console (Fusion) supports OG Xbox DVD-ROM/XGD discs.

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 OG Xbox DVD drive supports Audio CD and XGD discs. Optical disc drives for PCs usually aren't capable to read OG Xbox format DVD-ROM/XGD, [https://xboxdevwiki.net/Xbox_Game_Disc#Dumping you would need very specific drive and firmware] for that. More info in [[Ripping_games|ripping games section]] and [[#Emulation_issues|reverse engineering section]].
-*Neither xemu nor CXBX-Reloaded support OG Xbox DVD-ROM/XGD physical discs even if you got compatible drive and firmware. Doesn't support Redump ISOs, you need to [[Ripping_games|rip your disc and create .xiso disc image]]. See [https://xemu.app/docs/disc-images/ xemu: disc images] and [https://github.com/Cxbx-Reloaded/Cxbx-Reloaded/issues/205 XISO for CXBX-Reloaded] pages for further information. For xemu, there is a [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/issues/435 feature request] for adding support for loading Audio CD discs and images, also there is another [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/pull/1659 pull request] for loading retail Xbox titles both in '[http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Microsoft_Xbox_and_Xbox_360_Dumping_Guide redump]' format and xiso format '''with an unmodified retail BIOS'''. Xbox game discs also have a special DVD video partition before the real game partition so people can see something if they stick the disc into a [[Home_media_players|DVD player]]. A "redump" is an accurate dump of the disc containing both this DVD video partition and the real game partition that follows it. But because xemu doesn't emulate the DVD drive hardware correctly yet, we need to repack this redump format into a disc image with just the game partition. Game files are stored on game discs in a special filesystem. Packing means to take all the game files and put them in this special filesystem so Xbox (or xemu) can read them. Unpacking does the reverse, giving you the game files. Extracting is synonymous with unpacking. [https://discord.com/channels/680221390359887933/722155756622708744/1399847413543473333 "extract-xiso" is a legacy tool that can do both packing and unpacking.]
+*Neither xemu nor CXBX-Reloaded support OG Xbox DVD-ROM/XGD physical discs even if you got compatible drive and firmware. Doesn't support Redump ISOs, you need to [[Ripping_games|rip your disc and create .xiso disc image]]. See [https://xemu.app/docs/disc-images/ xemu: disc images] and [https://github.com/Cxbx-Reloaded/Cxbx-Reloaded/issues/205 XISO for CXBX-Reloaded] pages for further information. For xemu, there is a [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/issues/435 feature request] for adding support for loading Audio CD discs and images, also there is another [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/pull/1659 pull request] for loading retail Xbox titles both in '[http://wiki.redump.info/index.php?title=Microsoft_Xbox_and_Xbox_360_Dumping_Guide redump]' format and xiso format '''with an unmodified retail BIOS'''. Xbox game discs also have a special DVD video partition before the real game partition so people can see something if they stick the disc into a [[Home_media_players|DVD player]]. A "redump" is an accurate dump of the disc containing both this DVD video partition and the real game partition that follows it. But because xemu doesn't emulate the DVD drive hardware correctly yet, we need to repack this redump format into a disc image with just the game partition. Game files are stored on game discs in a special filesystem. Packing means to take all the game files and put them in this special filesystem so Xbox (or xemu) can read them. Unpacking does the reverse, giving you the game files. Extracting is synonymous with unpacking. [https://discord.com/channels/680221390359887933/722155756622708744/1399847413543473333 "extract-xiso" is a legacy tool that can do both packing and unpacking.]
 *There was a [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xqemu-espes/pull/23 pull request] for adding Xbox-DVD Drive emulation to xqemu, but it seems discontinued.
 *Xbox 360 console (Fusion) supports OG Xbox DVD-ROM/XGD discs.