RB2DX Disc Builder 1.2

Builds a custom Rock Band 2 Deluxe disc for the PlayStation 2 from folders of
Clone Hero songs. You choose the songs, it converts the audio, charts, album art
and background video into the formats the console expects, packs them into the
game's archive and writes a bootable ISO. Tested on real hardware.

New in 1.2

Static Backgrounds .jpg, .png in customs folder supported

Experimental Pro Drums. Cymbals in Rock Band 2

Getting started

1. Download RB2DX-Disc-Builder-win64.zip, unzip it anywhere and run
   RB2DX Disc Builder.exe. The first start takes about twenty seconds while it
   unpacks itself, with nothing on screen until the window appears.
2. On the Setup page, point at your own unpacked copy of Rock Band 2 Deluxe
   (Customs Edition) for PS2, then press Download what's missing.
3. Supply your own ps2str.exe from Sony's PS2 SDK - it cannot be distributed
   here - and point at it with Locate.
4. Add your song folders on the Songs page, tick what you want, and build.

Nothing needs installing, not even Python. The README covers the rest.

Fitting more songs

Two thirds of what a song costs on disc is its video. Set Background to Black
on the Setup page and there is none: the same songs that weigh 2.54 GB behind
venue clips come to 0.99 GB. Eleven venue clips are included otherwise, and a
song holding its own video plays that. A song holding a picture instead is cheap
either way: held for a whole song, it costs about a sixth of a video.

Playing in an emulator

A real PS2 boots the ISO; PCSX2 does not. Tick Also save the disc's files in a
folder on the Setup page and build the image from that folder with
ImgBurn instead: Build mode, ISO9660 + UDF, UDF
revision 1.02.

What is not included

You need your own copy of Rock Band 2 Deluxe Customs Edition for PS2, your own
songs, and your own ps2str.exe.