Bulk Convert cue/gdi/iso files to CHD 1.0.0

For the record, I converted 156 Amiga CD32 titles and they were 29.8GB before, but are now only 14.7GB - YAY!

I grabbed this plugin today, super excited to clean up my PSX and other CD images, but noticed that some of the options seem to be missing now. I can select "Move old files when complete" but there's nothing about respecting the previous hierarchy any more. Since games take multiple files, they're organized in /PSX/Game Name/  folders. The plugin basically does the opposite of the ideal - I'd like the single file to be in the main /PSX/ folder since the individual folders aren't necessary any more, and the "Move old files" to retain the folder structure. Any advice, if thre are options that I'm just not seeing?

48 minutes ago, AquaJew said:

I grabbed this plugin today, super excited to clean up my PSX and other CD images, but noticed that some of the options seem to be missing now. I can select "Move old files when complete" but there's nothing about respecting the previous hierarchy any more. Since games take multiple files, they're organized in /PSX/Game Name/  folders. The plugin basically does the opposite of the ideal - I'd like the single file to be in the main /PSX/ folder since the individual folders aren't necessary any more, and the "Move old files" to retain the folder structure. Any advice, if thre are options that I'm just not seeing?

Back when I had .cue/.bin files, they were actually all in one folder (not separate per-game subfolders).   Guess I didn't think about having the games in individual subfolders when creating this 2 and a half years ago.  So, it's not that retaining the [sub]folder structure when moving the files is missing now or isn't there anymore.  It was never an option/feature.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I will add it to the feature requests for the plugin and have it available in the next update.  (But no promises when that will be)

 

In the interim...

58 minutes ago, AquaJew said:

Any advice

Use the default option Keep all files in their original location.  Then after converting, 

• In Windows Explorer, navigate to your /PSX/ folder
• In the Search bar (to the right of the Address bar) type in *.chd
  • be sure that All Subfolders is selected
  •    
• Select all the resulting files (Ctrl+A)
• Press Ctrl+X
• Click Close Search (in the top menu bar)
  • 
• (be sure you're back in your /PSX/ folder) Press Ctrl+V
• Move the subfolders (now containing just the 'old' files) to a location of your choosing

25 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Back when I had .cue/.bin files, they were actually all in one folder (not separate per-game subfolders).   Guess I didn't think about having the games in individual subfolders when creating this 2 and a half years ago.  So, it's not that retaining the [sub]folder structure when moving the files is missing now or isn't there anymore.  It was never an option/feature.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I will add it to the feature requests for the plugin and have it available in the next update.  (But no promises when that will be)

Thank you! Great advice. When I saw this screen which seemed to come from an old build, it talks about moving the same parent folder structure, so I had assumed it was doing what I was expecting:

 

What's the plugin written in, out of curiosity? (I have 0 knowledge of how LB is develped/extended/maintained, technically)

31 minutes ago, AquaJew said:

When I saw this screen which seemed to come from an old build, it talks about moving the same parent folder structure, so I had assumed it was doing what I was expecting

Well that's embarrassing!  I guess that's what happens when you haven't looked at something in about 2.5 years. 😊  Also, there is only one version of this plugin. So there is no 'old build'. 

However... there is a different plugin that doesn't cover GDI files (only cue/bin and ISO).  (and in retrospect, the other one should have been 'updated' to include GDI [vs a whole new plugin])

That said, is there a chance you're using the 'different plugin'?  You can tell quickly by: there isn't the 3 options at top [on the 'different' one]. 

Because [embarrassingly enough] it turns out this particular plugin does have that checkbox available when selecting to Move old files when complete.  So, I will remove that from the feature request.  

 

Please do let know what you find (or don't find).  I don't have any cue/bin files to test/verify with that it's still working.  (Yeah, I could un-convert a CHD file or 2 and then test. But that's a lot of work. hehe)  But when I open the plugin, the Move Parent Folder option is at least visibly there.  And it does bother me if one of my plugins isn't working anymore. 

 

54 minutes ago, AquaJew said:

What's the plugin written in, out of curiosity? (I have 0 knowledge of how LB is develped/extended/maintained, technically)

It's written in C# and makes use of the available LaunchBox API so it can become 'a part of' LaunchBox.  An unofficial "part of". Of course.

5 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Well that's embarrassing!  I guess that's what happens when you haven't looked at something in about 2.5 years. 😊  Also, there is only one version of this plugin. So there is no 'old build'. 

However... there is a different plugin that doesn't cover GDI files (only cue/bin and ISO).  (and in retrospect, the other one should have been 'updated' to include GDI [vs a whole new plugin])

That said, is there a chance you're using the 'different plugin'?  You can tell quickly by: there isn't the 3 options at top [on the 'different' one]. 

I'm using the one that looks like this: (Sorry I don't know exactly which one it is), but when I downloaded it, it was saying that it's meant to do more than just bin/que, but also iso. There's nothing at the top. Did I download the wrong one?

6 minutes ago, AquaJew said:

I'm using the one that looks like this: (Sorry I don't know exactly which one it is), but when I downloaded it, it was saying that it's meant to do more than just bin/que, but also iso. There's nothing at the top. Did I download the wrong one?

Yeah, that's the "different plugin" that I linked above.  Exit LaunchBox and then delete that plugin/folder.  Then at the top of this page, click Download this file. Then proceed with the Installing the plugin above in the description.

2 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Yeah, that's the "different plugin" that I linked above.  Exit LaunchBox and then delete that plugin/folder.  Then at the top of this page, click Download this file. Then proceed with the Installing the plugin above in the description.

Ugh, I feel like such a n00b. Thank you! I'll make sure to use this one from now on.