Playstation roms

fibertech

Thanks alot. What archiver programs work best? And does the archiver program change it to .bin?

VictimRLSH

@fibertech What archiver program you use depends on the file extention. You should have native support for .zip in Windows and Linux. You can find freeware archivers for .rar and .7z You use the 'Extract' function from the menu in these archivers after loading the file into it and it will unpack the files into the same directory the file came from (unless you specify somewhere else). You should see the .bin file in there with whatever other junk was packed with it. There may already be a .cue file too, but most likely you will have to make your own.

fibertech

@VictimRLSH

Yeah i see windows can send a file to a compressed zip file but the lr-pcsx_unarmed cant use that. It needs bin or cue

fibertech

@VictimRLSH
Does the pcsx work better with .cue rather than .bin files

Also after you unpack the 7z, rar, etc how do you change it to a .bin?

mitu

@fibertech said in Playstation roms:

Also after you unpack the 7z, rar, etc how do you change it to a .bin?

If the archive (.7z, .rar) doesn't contain a .cue/.bin file (or any other supported extension), then it's not a proper format to the emulator. You can see which files are supported at https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/.

windg

Be careful with the ps1 roms with .exe extension(don t try to run it). Maybe is something harmful for your Pc.

VictimRLSH

@windg said in Playstation roms:

Be careful with the ps1 roms with .exe extension(don t try to run it). Maybe is something harmful for your Pc.

Uhhh, yeah. If that is a self-extracting archive it will automatically unpack, but could contain malware. Unpack it in DosBox.

VictimRLSH

@fibertech said in Playstation roms:

@VictimRLSH
Does the pcsx work better with .cue rather than .bin files

Also after you unpack the 7z, rar, etc how do you change it to a .bin?

You need BOTH .cue AND .bin files to run the games. You can generate the .cue file with the above referenced online tool if you already have the .bin file.

fibertech

@VictimRLSH

I have 7zip...so all you do is click on the file and click extract? Then it will separate it to a .bin file?

mitu

@fibertech What's files do you have in the .7z archive ? Can you post a screenshot ?

mahoneyt944

Think of the cue file as a pointer and the bin file as the game data. The system reads the cue file which points to the game data in the bin file. Most times these two files are placed into a folder and then compressed with popular methods such as "zip" and "7z" to make it easier to download as a single download instead of 2 or more items. Some game files you'll find have multiple bin files, normally listed as name1.bin, name2.bin, name3.bin. You'll need all these files for the game to play right.

All you need to do is right click the zip / 7z file and extract it. Then open the extracted location where the bin and cue files are and copy the bin and cue files to your psx ROMs folder in retropie. Then restart emulationstation for the changes to appear.

wild snail

Some roms are compressed extension also, you can not use them.
You need to download from another source or use converting software.
I cant remember the extention because i deleted all of those.
Maybe something with a 'c' behind the extention.

fibertech

@wild-snail

Is there good free file converting softwares?

wild snail

I dont know, i download everything from a site it is the best quality no compression.
You have to use a site specific search in a search machine to find what you need.

mitu

@wild-snail Please no rom sites links in the forum.

VictimRLSH

@fibertech said in Playstation roms:

@wild-snail

Is there good free file converting softwares?

If you have installed the Desktop into Retropie Ports, you can unpack these directly on the Pi. Most of the popular compression methods are supported right from the file manager, and for those that are not the Synaptic package manager in the Preferences menu can download them.

@wild-snail Referring to sites hosting pirated or even abandonware files isn't allowed on here, it is a liability for this site and the project in general. HOWEVER, you CAN list filenames (make sure they don't contain the name of the hosting site) that are not links. For instance you can say that SpizzyTheSpazoid.bin runs on your config, but you can't link to it. FYI - not a real game. :P This lets people know what version you are running and if they know how, they can easily find it on their own.

Clyde

@wild-snail said in Playstation roms:

Some roms are compressed extension also, you can not use them.
You need to download from another source or use converting software.
I cant remember the extention because i deleted all of those.
Maybe something with a 'c' behind the extention.

If you mean ecm, those can be decompressed in Retropie:

@Clyde said in Linux - script to batch convert PSX bin/cue to CHD:

@Clyde said in Linux - script to batch convert PSX bin/cue to CHD:
I'll drop just another one-liner here that decompresses all .ecm files in the current directory:
for i in *.ecm; do ecm-uncompress "${i}"; done
Please note that you might need to install the ecm tools first via the command sudo apt install ecm.

cnoto

@Clyde said in Playstation roms:

for i in *.ecm; do ecm-uncompress "${i}"; done

I am still having trouble uncompressing ecm files. I installed ecm but the command above isnt working. Is there more to the code than:

for i in *.ecm; do ecm-uncompress "${i}"; done

?

cnoto

@cnoto Actually I got it.

Clyde

How exactly isn't it working? Are there any messages? Did you enter the command correctly letter-by-letter?

Can you uncompress a single ecm file with ecm-uncompress followed by the file's name?

@cnoto said in Playstation roms:

@cnoto Actually I got it.

… while I was typing my reply. 😉