While CDI remains popular, purists note its flaws: downsampled audio, removed content, and potential compatibility issues. The archival standard is (raw, 1:1 GD-ROM dump). However, GDI cannot be burned to CD-R—only used with emulators (Redream, Flycast) or optical drive emulators (ODEs) like GDEMU or MODE , which replace the GD-ROM drive with an SD card reader.
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