Sega CD Backup
ripping to bin-cue restoring from bin-cue
ripping to iso-mp3 restoring from iso-mp3 mac burning
Programs used:
winLAME rc3
Sega Cue Maker 1.0.11
Nero Burning Rom 5.5.10.20
1. Start winLAME.
2. Open the folder with the mp3's. Select all of them and drag them to the main window of winLAME. Click Next >>.
3. Select Wave Output for the Output Module and set your Output Location. Click Next >>, and then Next >> again.
4. Click the play button (the triangle) to begin processing. When the program finishes working, click Exit.
Now you should have an iso and all the audio tracks in wav format in a folder somewhere. You can do whatever you like with the mp3's; they're not needed anymore. At the very least, you should probably put them in a different folder for the next step.
5. Start Sega Cue Maker. In the upper left window, open the folder with your iso and wav's.
6. Click Generate Cue.
7. Verify the files are in the right order in the cue, the iso should be track 01, and the wav's are in the right order the rest of the way down (like "<whatever> 04.wav" is the entry for track 04 audio in the cue). Click Save Cue.
8. Save the file and close Sega Cue Maker.
9. Start Nero Burning Rom. Close the first window that pops up.
10. Go to File > Burn Image...
11. Find your cue, select it and click Open.
12. Under Action, Write and Finalize CD should be checked. For Write Method, select Disc-At-Once. Click the Write button to start burning.
That should be it. Go have fun with your new cd.
Notes:
Nero supports burning directly from mp3's, but I have more faith in a dedicated,
high quality mp3 encoder/decoder like LAME than I do in a burning program (even
this good one) that has added support for mp3's.
I think Sega Cue Maker was designed for Saturn games, but it works great for Sega CD games too. I've never had any problems making a proper cue file with it.
CDRWin doesn't like to burn things like this. Use Nero.
I've heard people say some games need to be burned Track-At-Once, but I've never needed to. Maybe those people are just dumb. If I ever find out that they're right, I'll add info here.
I burn at 12x for discs I want to keep, and up to 20x for games I don't care about. No problems yet. Underrun protection is up to you.