Emulator Issues #2708
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ciso file support
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Description
What is a ciso file?
Much like Dolphin's gcz compressed files, ciso files are isos with all the
junk data removed. I compared the sizes of 2 wii games in gcz and ciso, and
apparenly, ciso is smaller.
Super Paper Mario gcz - 526 306 KB
Super Paper Mario ciso - 434 208 KB
New Super mario Bros. Wii gcz - 571 502 KB
New Super mario Bros. Wii ciso - 366 624 KB
Also, USB loaders can rip games directly in ciso format, so you won't have
to dump the whole iso and then compress it. Here is a program that can
convert your isos to cisos, for the devs to figure out how to add support:
http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/backup-launchers/iso/wbfs-managers/wii-backup-manager
Updated by PianoGamer almost 14 years ago
Uh,it seems ciso isn't the only file type used by USB loaders, Usbloader GX dumps
games as .wbfs. Anyway there shouldn't be much difference between them
Updated by lpfaint99 almost 14 years ago
not sure that the smaller size is too important
but the rip time is sure nice
wiisports resort ~2 hours over wifi
about 10 minutes to the usbdrive and to computer
wbfs has been rejected in the past, so leaving as new for others to decide
i did notice that the backup manager allows creating a regular iso file
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Updated by dolphin.user839 over 13 years ago
Attached is a patch file for cios file support, as applied to the stable branch(latest svn is running a bit slow for me). Feel free to port it to the latest svn.
Updated by NeoBrainX over 13 years ago
Seems nice, will be looking over this soon.
Updated by willpower101 over 13 years ago
Why isn't this added to the latest builds by default? I don't have the ability to recompile this on my laptop.
Updated by NeoBrainX over 13 years ago
- Status changed from New to Fixed
This issue was closed by revision r6685.
Updated by willpower101 over 13 years ago
Ah, thanks. Only 6680 downloads from the main site.