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My LB cache folder is now at 91,300 files...at some point I assume all the stuff can be deleted...or do these need to remain to provide maximum performance all the time while browsing through LB? Do these clear out automatically EVER? Any reason to clear them, or problems doing so? Am I waiting hours to refresh my cache if I start fresh with this folder??

Thanks for sharing anyways :-D

Actually they ended up being iso.DEC in my case And larger than GCZ, so I guess I'll stick with GCZ... :-\

Not really, like Sentai said above...a faster CPU.....don't run other stuff while doing it...it's worth letting sit overnight....the space for 600 games is considerable....I let mine sit for hours and slept, went to work, etc..I have over 620 GC games, buy YAY now I get to add more stuff, lol....

LOL the WII game was worse.... Original ISO: Xenoblade Chronicles [Wii][PAL][Scrubbed]-TLS.iso 7.92 GB (8,511,160,320 bytes) GCM/ISO Xenoblade Chronicles [Wii][PAL][Scrubbed]-TLS.iso.DEC 7.95 GB (8,543,785,984 bytes) Actually larger than the regular ISO.... Conclusion; I'm sticking with .GCZ! Thanks anyways!

I uncompressed this GameCube game from .GSZ format and re-compressed it with that tool you attached Zetec, and this is the result. (uncompressed) Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds (USA).gcm 1.35 GB (1,459,978,240 bytes) GCZ compressed Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds (USA).gcz 1.12 GB (1,209,656,207 bytes) DEC (Gsm?) Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds (USA).gcm.dec 1.25 GB (1,348,354,048 bytes) --- Looks like GCZ was the clear winner, at least in this example....about to try a very large (Wii) game I haven't been able to compress to WBFS (because it splits it into more than one file...) so I leave it as an ISO...we'll see what that does...

I'm a bit confused, in DOLPHIN it allows me to right click my existing already compressed (GCZ) games and choose DECOMPRESS ISO / SAVE decompressed GCM/ISO I'm gonna use that tool Zetec and let you know what it does...

Cool....GCZ is realtime too....but do you have a link to the TCM download/instructions; can't seem to find it..I want to see if I can convert and test the compression ratio difference (I believe I can revert gcz back to uncompressed too) - thanks.

Nevermind, I disabled VSYNC and it fixed the speed issue...

bluemsx for MSX2 is a sped-up, controller nightmare...how do I set this to run at a regular speed? Trued both arkanoid and Dragon Buster and they are super sped up, LOL

Hmm apparently loading any -c "config files here", causes it not even try to launch....not sure why, but at least it works without one...

Fixed it....apparently I had to remove the identical CFG reference under my MSX2 in LB, just leave the core...now it opened...saved a new cfg for this....glad that worked!

I downloaded the full ZIP pack for the BLUEMSX emulator, and it has a machine folder with a BOAT LOAD of bios images....extracted that into the retroarch\system\machine folder... SAME ISSUE :-( I'm using the same core DLL and CFG file as MSX in platforms under LB right? Just a different platform name that matches the one I have my games in, correct?

No fmsx core is BLACK screen (after loading controller inputs msg comes up..bluemsx is completely not launching...works fine with MSX though...and yeah I uncompressed what I had into the Retroarch System folder (into a machine subfolder), seems to work for MSX anyways...hmmm...I'll try to find a different set of bioses Thanks.

Got MSX working with Retroarch Bluemsx core...but can't do the same with MSX2, nothing happens when I launch game...switched MSX2 to FMSX core instead in Retroarch, at least it seems to load, but it's only a black screen... What am I doing wrong? :-\

Thanks got it working!

For Gamecube...I just use DOLPHIN to select ALL games at once and right click compress...

Should the zip for hte 5200.rom file be named 5200.zip or a5200.zip (as per the video...) ?

" Just delete any entries in your library that aren't the first disk/side. " ahhhh got it, thanks a lot! Gonna take awhile with 8k roms, but I'll do a little bit each day I guess, haha

Anyone ever respond to you about this? Wondering too.

Awesome, would love to see what you end up with...maybe we could collaborate, share knowledge on what we are missing, etc :-)

Very cool...hey, would you be willing to click TOOLS up top in launchbox and click MANAGE PLATFORMS, then wide/enlarge that window and share a screenshot of that? Shows a game count on the right side :-D I've attached mine? I have a 8TB drive prepared for this collection, but haven't been able to fill it yet...:-) I think I'm just over/around 5TB at this point...but I compress everything in a format that doesn't require a long decompress to play when available...GCZ for gamecube (realtime loading)....wbfs for WII (realtime loading), GZ for PS2 (realtime after FIRST load, creates a small temp file per game, in the MB in size), CSO for PSP (realtime loading)...really trying to max out the possible space I can use... Fun doing this!

Cool thanks, I'll do that.

Hmmm I just imported several thousand C64 game s(what a multi-disk mess...they didn't combine for the most part, ugh) and I'm now at 26,250 games....wonder what else I'm missing?...I know I still need to do colecovision, atari 5200 and stuff like Game&Watch...Got like 1800 Amiga/AmigaCD games in total, 560 PS2 games, 1544 PS1 games...616 GC games, but only like 66 WII games...etc... Would you be willing to take a screenshot of your PLATFORMS settings window in Launchbox, widened to see the roms per category in your collection Zetec-s-joe? Thanks! - Brett

If I've already use the launcher app, and imported the exports into launchbox, what do I need to do to undo things? Do I need to?