RIPPING/BACKING UP IMAGES
Ripping an image is simply backing up (copying) an original GameCube DVD using the GameCube, Broad Band Adapter (BBA) and your computer. There are various methods of doing this and each depend on which hard/softmod solution you are using.
The DOL loading methods use external applications, the BIOS methods have the feature built-in and of course the plug-in methods use plug-ins to backup images.
NOTE: All of these backup methods are based on TMB's IPL which is far from perfect so don't be too discouraged if you get random curroupt images. I would highly recommend testing any images you 'backup' by 'streaming' them to your Cube before buring them. Luckily SoftDev has recently released new line of DOL based ripping applications, with his latest incarnation named 'GCOM' that makes perfect backups and is much faster then all of the current solutions!
GCOM - The only perfect and quickest DOL/Cobra PlugIn based backup solution!
REQUIRED -
GCOM v1.0 (
)First run the Linux or Win32 application to create the DOL file by configuring it's IP address then stream or load the DOL file using your favorite solution and then follow the onscreen prompts which will basically ask to you insert an original disc and then go from there. When it's ready for you to download the image it will give you a URL to go to which by defualt is http://192.168.1.32/backup.iso which which the IP address was specified when creating the DOL