This program is to experiment with weak sectors, which have been introduced with the SafeDisc 2 - copy protection.
It can create weak sectors as well as scan for them.
autoreconf -i
./configure
make
Call:
weak_sectors -sector-size=n -in=filename
For CloneCD images, the sector size is always n = 2352.
You can also enter nothing for filename . Then, the source file name will be read from stdin, meaning that it can be provided through a pipe. Example: You want to scan the only IMG file which is in the same directory as this tool. This could be done using the following call (e.g. stored in a BAT file):
dir /b *.img | weak_sectors -in= -sector-size=2352
You would receive the following output ("Star Trek - Bridge Commander"):
source file:STBC.img
Sector 1034: Occurence of pattern 5859 (0/0/ 0): 1024 times =>
Sector 1035: Occurence of pattern 5859 (0/0/ 0): 1024 times =>
...
Sector 1120: Occurence of pattern 7D65 (1/1/ 0): 1024 times => w
Sector 1121: Occurence of pattern 7D65 (1/1/ 0): 1024 times => w
Sector 1122: Occurence of pattern 7D65 (1/1/ 0): 1024 times => w
Sector 1123: Occurence of pattern 7D65 (1/1/ 0): 1024 times => w
Sector 1154: Occurence of pattern 14B9 (1/2/-14): 1024 times => w
Sector 1185: Occurence of pattern 082A (0/0/ 0): 1024 times =>
...
Sector 1264: Occurence of pattern 3F65 (1/1/ 0): 1024 times => w
Sector 1265: Occurence of pattern 3F65 (1/1/ 0): 1024 times => w
Sector 1296: Occurence of pattern 1212 (0/2/-14): 1024 times => w
Sector 1327: Occurence of pattern 2D9E (0/1/ 0): 1024 times =>
MBytes done: 757
Meaning:
- number of the suspicious sector, with the first sector being number zero
- patterns which have been found often in that sector, and how often. 1024 is the maximum ("regular pattern"), while 30 and more is consideres suspicious
- "w" => pattern is possibly weak
- " " => pattern is most likely not weak
The following weak patterns are currently in use:
- SafeDisc 2: 3F65, 7D65
- SafeDisc 2.51: 1212, 14B9
SCAN.BAT: => scans the first IMG file it finds in the current directory and saves the result to result.txt
This call is a bit more complicated, that's why some files are already prepared to execute typical calls. Call:
weak_sectors -create -forcemin=n -forcemax=n -forceminsum=n -forcemaxsum=n -audio -minDSV=n -dup=n -gap=n -out=file name -list=list_name
The following ones are important for you:
-create activates test file creation mode
-dup specifies the number of copies of each weak patterns which is stored in the output file
-gap specifies the number of non-weak sectors which is added after a sequence of weak patterns
-out specifies the name of the output file
-audio writes unscrambled data into the output file. The files is then to be burned as audio, e.g. using cdrecord
-list allows to create typical weak sector test files. Possible is sd2old and sd251+
The following files are prepared:
sd2old.bat creates a test file containg all regular patterns which are on discs up to SafeDisc 2.41
sd251.bat creates a test file containg all regular patterns which are on discs with SafeDisc 2.51 and higher
sd290.bat creates a test file containg all regular patterns which are on discs with SafeDisc 2.90 and higher
bad.bat creates a test file containg all very bad regular patterns
sheep_3.bat creates a test file containg all patterns which could be weak
sheep_3_audio.bat same as sheep_3.bat, but creates an audio file.
Write each test file to a CD-R or CD-RW disc using Mode 1 data format and try to read it back in different drives. A Toshiba DVD-ROM should be among them.