Launchbox and using EPSXE Cue/Bin games with multiple bins

[cleverest]

I am importing these games into Launchbox (the CUE files only, the bins DO reside where they reside...) to be used by EPSXE 2.05, but I'm wondering if I will have any trouble, I have them uncompressed into individual directories to keep it all neat and they import and launch fine...but many have MANY BIN files...am I going to notice this while playing these games?  Must these be mounted/burned/ripped in order to have full compatibility or am I worrying over nothing?

Thanks all.

Edited December 28, 2016 by cleverest

[Lordmonkus]

There shouldn't be any problems whatsoever with what you are describing as long as the extra files are just bins. If the other files are audio files then there will most likely be issues.

If you want to just for neatness, you can mount the disk image with something like Daemon Tools Lite and re-dump the image using ImgBurn to a cue and single bin file. This will not make any difference in the gameplay and the emulation at all though.

[cleverest]

Great suggesting...at this time I'll leave it as it is...it's an overwhelming amount of titles to modify in that way...maybe some day! :-D

[Lordmonkus]

Another option is to convert your games to PBP format which has some advantages but doesn't work for every game, most games though. But that also can be time consuming depending on how many you have.

[cleverest]

Good one....to conserve space?  I'm always about that....any resource available that you know of that I can check to see if a particular game will break doing this or not?

[Lordmonkus]

No list that I am aware of but it is a very small list. It will also be easy to tell if compressing to PBP failed because the disk image after will be way too small. The one game I didn't get it to work with was FF VIII.

[cleverest]

Awesome, three questions if you would be so kind (appreciate this)

1.) is it possible to batch convert and leaving it overnight?  
2.) Also is there any compatibility issues at all that may exist with games that DO convert (a reason to NOT do so) with PCSX2 that you aware of?
3. can this conversion be done in the case of a cue and many bin files PER game, or must it be one CUE and BIN? (requiring the previous steps you mentioned be done first)

Thanks for letting me know about this and for the help.

[Lordmonkus]

1) Not that I am aware of, not in a simple manner at least but maybe possible in a more complicated manner using some sort of scripting software.

2) None that I know of but it won't hurt to do a quick google search.

3) Yes, it should work with disk images with multiple bin files.

[cleverest]

Cool thanks a lot! You've given me something to look forward to in my question to fit as much as possible onto an 8TB hard drive...I've just passed the 6TB mark and I still go stuff to add to this collection so all this will help....

I have all my Gamecube games compressed to .gcz and all my PSP games compressed to .cso - a painstaking slow process over the last few weeks, but I'm squeezing every bit of space that I can, without impacting performance/compatibility as much as possible...I'm probably missing some opportunities, but those were my main concern until now with PSX, and also would love an equal solution for Dreamcast games...

[Lordmonkus]

Nothing I know of for Dreamcast at all unfortunately.

[cleverest]

BTW this guide was very helpful for me starting out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/3g933n/guide_reduce_the_size_of_your_ps2_gc_wii_x360_ds/

[cleverest]

It says " Dreamcast emulators such as Demul and Reicast will play the archive format CHD. Use GDI to CHD Converter to convert your games." but I have yet to try, and I don't think I have many GDI games anyways...at least that don't have tons of BIN/RAW files with them, not sure how that works...guess I should try, LOL

Edited December 28, 2016 by cleverest