eboot.pbp not working in ps1 emulator...

alexxx

I installed PSX2PSPv1.4 in w winXP machine, and converted my three Final Fantasy 7 disks to one eboot.pbp image.
I want to add that lr-pcsx-rearmed (v1.9) is running without problems the three disks.

Instead, running the eboot image I get:
...
uncompress failed with -3 for block 1, sector 16
unsupported/invalid CD image
...

... there is some option to give to PSX2PSP to solve this issue?

alexxx

sorry, I've been too fast in asking the question - seems that the problem is the final EBOOT.PBP file size, which is >2GB...

damn!

Daistaar

I had a similiar issue with eboots. While they can be combined and compressed, they "shouldn't" exceed 1.2 or 1.3 gbs. In my setup, I've combines multi disk games with no more than 2 to a pbp. Final Fantasy VIII for example consists of a primary folder with the FF8 cover art, then in there is a folder with FF8 (Discs 1 & 2) and FF8 (Discs 3 & 4). Looks very neat an clean and saves a ton of space.

edmaul69

@daistaar ff8 .pbp from the internet has all four discs in one .pbp. Not sure how you plan on switching between disc 2 & 3 when they are in two seperate .pbp files.

EctoOne

Is that 2gb limit a new thing? I'm not sure anymore and can't test it at the moment, but I think >2gb eboots worked for me.
Although I had them running from a USB stick with exFAT filesystem, so maybe thats why they worked.

ChuckyP

I have a working PBP of Final fantasy 7. So it is possible, and they are out there... I have never taken note of the file size however so I’m not sure if that makes a difference.

BobHarris

@alexxx You could just create an m3u file (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/#m3u-playlist-for-multi-disc-games). Works the same as an eboot but without having to convert the bin files.

You could also try a higher compression level inside PSX2PSP, but that can create issues of its own.