WIP, but usable

Save space on your games ROMs

Most emulators or consoles allow to use different formats for games so you don't have to storage a full 8GB from a DVD since most of it will be blank.

You will probably want to use Nkit2 once it releases.

I will try to properly comment the code with sources and reasoning for those who want to work or fork it.

What it's meant to do

• Take input file
  • .iso
• Compress and output
  • GameCube: .ciso
  • Wii: .wbfs
  • PS2: .zso
  • ...
• Take compressed rom and move it to the correct folder (meant for games over SMB or loaders that require certain folder structure).
• Keeps original .iso (you can manually edit the script to delete)

Other formats (To do)

• Xbox 360 - GoD (Games on Demand)
  • From extracted/folder format and .iso
  • Compatible with OG Xbox too (playing OG Xbox games on X360 console)
• CEMU: .wua
• NDS + 3DS: trimm .nds & .3ds
  • Usually you do this at the time of dumping, might not do it.

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How to use

APT based distros (Ubuntu, Debian...)

Run curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linx-ESP/auto-compress-roms/main/bash-scripts/install.sh | sudo bash

• Requires SUDO

Set paths, run command: compressroms-setup

Run the command (might need relogin)
compressroms
compressroms gamecube
compressroms wii
compressroms ps2

• Cron jobs can help automate this. Careful in keeping the original files, better to delete them.

Notes

• Failed to detect file type of
  • This is not a problem. Unp (unpack) will output this for each file that is not a .zip/.tar/.rar/...
• Multidisc games
  • Testing

Automatic paths

Import path (set using compressroms-setup)
    ../gc
    ../wii
    ../ps2

Output path (set using compressroms-setup)
    ../PS2/OpenPS2Loader (For OPL SMB Share)
        ../DVD
        ../CD
    ../Wii
    ../GameCube

You can point certains folder to a removable drive, such as a usb hard drive for the Wii.

• Edit /etc/fstab so it mounts the drive with the same path if needed.

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Dependencies (auto-installed)

• By default
  • unp (p7zip-full, unzip, etc)
  • ansible
• PS2
  • This python script from OPL
  • pip3 + lz4
• Wii/GameCube
  • Wimm's ISO Tools
  • This RVZ tool

TO DO

• Setup individiual path in a more interactive way
  • Full TUI
• Dolphin .rvz support improved
• Integrate with cockpit

More info

• It could be done so it identifies the console and executes the correct script/conversion by itself using Redump and No-Intro hashes, requiring only one input folder. But that's above what I can do.
• Nkit seems viable via Mono on Linux, but doesn't seem to be widely use today. I'll probably not integrated it here.
• Script-Server might be useful.
  • RetroNAS caused me issues as I use my NAS for more than that, but useful for a dedicated server.
• Might end up in a docker container, probably if I add full Dolphin support. For now, ansible + bash scripts go brrr...