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      Affleck001
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      Cab someone please tell me if there is a size limit on .pbp files. I am running retropie on a raspberry pi 3, I have 2 .pbp files (resident evil) that play fine individually but if I combine them to 1 file (1.2gb) it will not play.

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        mitu Global Moderator @Affleck001
        last edited by

        @affleck001 There is no size limit - certainly 1.2Gb files would be ok. The problem is probably how you merged the files, the resulting .pbp is not recognized by the emulator. You should try creating a single .pbp from the original disks or find a .pbp what contains both disks.

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          Affleck001
          last edited by

          thank you. i was using psx2psp but i assume that is to convert for the psp only.

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            edmaul69 @Affleck001
            last edited by edmaul69

            @affleck001 if its resident evil 2 then you want the discs separate. There is no swap disc point in the discs. So trying to swap discs 90% of the time it crashes. Final fantasy viii has to have separate discs too.

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              BobHarris @edmaul69
              last edited by

              @edmaul69 Why does Final Fantasy VIII need separate discs, as it has disc swap points?

              Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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                edmaul69 @BobHarris
                last edited by

                @bobharris because for some reason it cannot switch from disc 3 to disc 4 in .pbp form. It crashes every time. It is a known issue.

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                  BobHarris @edmaul69
                  last edited by BobHarris

                  @edmaul69 Ok that's odd. Switching discs when using an .m3u playlist won't give the same problem?

                  Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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                    edmaul69 @BobHarris
                    last edited by edmaul69

                    @bobharris no. Im pretty sure its just an issue with .pbp.

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                      BobHarris @edmaul69
                      last edited by

                      @edmaul69 Ok thanks, good to know... otherwise I'd have to make a change to my FFVIII setup.

                      Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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                        rhester72
                        last edited by

                        There is indeed a 32-bit pointer limitation with PBP, so any archive > ~2.1GB will fail to load any content after it (e.g. the last disc in FF8).

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