• Login
  • Register
  • Dolphin Forums
  • Home
  • FAQ
  • Download
  • Wiki
  • Code


Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums › Dolphin Emulator Discussion and Support › General Discussion v
« Previous 1 … 178 179 180 181 182 … 370 Next »

Is there any possiblity in the future to play wbfs files ?
View New Posts | View Today's Posts

Pages (5): 1 2 3 4 5 Next »
Thread Rating:
  • 1 Vote(s) - 5 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Threaded Mode
Is there any possiblity in the future to play wbfs files ?
03-18-2011, 12:07 PM (This post was last modified: 03-18-2011, 12:09 PM by svr32.)
#1
svr32 Offline
Junior Member
**
Posts: 10
Threads: 5
Joined: Mar 2011
Big Grin Before all let me tell you I am very happy with this amazing wii emulator, thanks it works very well!!!, but let me tell you that I am unhappy after seeing that theres no way to opening wbfs files.... Undecided I am wondering if Is there any possibility in the near future to improve dolphin emulator with this feature ? you know, wbfs files are very small files and I am feel I am wasting my time converting them to larger iso files just to loading them into dolphin emulator.


Find
Reply
03-18-2011, 12:22 PM (This post was last modified: 03-18-2011, 12:23 PM by Xtreme2damax.)
#2
Xtreme2damax Offline
New & Improved
********
Global Moderators
Posts: 3,135
Threads: 91
Joined: Mar 2009
Developers stated there are currently no plans to implement wbfs support. Just compress to .gcz using Dolphin's built in compression utility, it's compresses just as well or better than wbfs.
Find
Reply
03-18-2011, 12:25 PM (This post was last modified: 03-18-2011, 12:28 PM by svr32.)
#3
svr32 Offline
Junior Member
**
Posts: 10
Threads: 5
Joined: Mar 2011
(03-18-2011, 12:22 PM)Xtreme2damax Wrote: Developers stated there are currently no plans to implement wbfs support. Just compress to .gcz using Dolphin's built in compression utility, it's compresses just as well or better than wbfs.

Oh I see, thanks.
Find
Reply
12-01-2011, 06:42 PM
#4
GI_Lives_In_OZ
Unregistered
 
(03-18-2011, 12:25 PM)svr32 Wrote:
(03-18-2011, 12:22 PM)Xtreme2damax Wrote: Developers stated there are currently no plans to implement wbfs support. Just compress to .gcz using Dolphin's built in compression utility, it's compresses just as well or better than wbfs.

Oh I see, thanks.

First I like the general feel of this emulator and its overall ability as well.

However is seems rather wasteful of time resources, hard drive space to muck around to convert WBFS files to ISO or supported format so that Dolphin can convert it with it's own compression utility.

Would be easier for all to include it as one of the supported files.

Simple facts are that ISO's and WBFS are more of a standard format than most others.
Having said that there may be other better suited compressions but less used in the mainstream. Thus by providing WBFS Dolphin will gain more acceptance as a GC/Wii emulator and gain longevity from it.

Wonder if competitors emulators have WBFS emulation? Would rather Dolphin be best emulator but if not well what can one say.

Reply
12-01-2011, 06:48 PM
#5
Duke Nukem Offline
Banned
Posts: 1,724
Threads: 48
Joined: Mar 2011
Why not use a program called Wii Backup Manager and convert the .wbfs files to a plain .iso file.
That's what I've been using recently.
Find
Reply
12-01-2011, 10:01 PM
#6
neobrain Offline
"Wow, I made my code 1000x faster! That means I can make it 2048x slower now!"
**********
Developers (Some Administrators and Super Moderators)
Posts: 3,208
Threads: 50
Joined: Jun 2009
(12-01-2011, 06:42 PM)GI_Lives_In_OZ Wrote: Wonder if competitors emulators have WBFS emulation? Would rather Dolphin be best emulator but if not well what can one say.
It's not like there are any competitive Wii emulators out there... Tongue
My blog
Me on Twitter
My wishlist on Amazon.de
Find
Reply
12-01-2011, 10:09 PM
#7
Duke Nukem Offline
Banned
Posts: 1,724
Threads: 48
Joined: Mar 2011
The competition for GC/Wii emulation is pretty much nil.
Dolphin is really the only emulator that I have heard of capable of running these games almost better then the real hardware.

If there is any other emulators then they're light years away in development.
Find
Reply
12-02-2011, 01:24 AM
#8
Xtreme2damax Offline
New & Improved
********
Global Moderators
Posts: 3,135
Threads: 91
Joined: Mar 2009
(12-01-2011, 10:09 PM)Gabriel Belmont Wrote: The competition for GC/Wii emulation is pretty much nil.
Dolphin is really the only emulator that I have heard of capable of running these games almost better then the real hardware.

If there is any other emulators then they're light years away in development.

Yeah considering the other emulators don't support Wii emulation and have basic GC emulation that can only run a small handful of commercial titles with poor compatibility and speed. No pad support, Wii support, no audio in Zelda/Mario games and most other games that those emulators support.

Find
Reply
12-03-2011, 02:40 PM (This post was last modified: 12-03-2011, 02:43 PM by Silentsurvivor.)
#9
Silentsurvivor Offline
Member
***
Posts: 108
Threads: 5
Joined: Nov 2011
Screw WBFS, .GCZ is way better, man. Compress both and compare, it's true. WBFS is mainly for use on real Wii anyway, there's no reason to have it on Dolphin. [color=#DCDCDC]Other than downloading pirated wbfses over the internet and playing directly on dolphin because you're too lazy of a pirate to uncompress the isos. HAH. Just kidding. Or maybe not. Whatever.
[/color]
So there's no reason to support it I think.

(12-01-2011, 06:42 PM)GI_Lives_In_OZ Wrote: Wonder if competitors emulators have WBFS emulation? Would rather Dolphin be best emulator but if not well what can one say.

Good luck playing your Mickey race game with internal resolution and 4 frames per second then.
Find
Reply
12-09-2011, 07:56 PM
#10
TC72
Unregistered
 
(12-03-2011, 02:40 PM)Silentsurvivor Wrote: Screw WBFS, .GCZ is way better, man. Compress both and compare, it's true. WBFS is mainly for use on real Wii anyway, there's no reason to have it on Dolphin. [color=#DCDCDC]Other than downloading pirated wbfses over the internet and playing directly on dolphin because you're too lazy of a pirate to uncompress the isos. HAH. Just kidding. Or maybe not. Whatever.
[/color]
So there's no reason to support it I think.

(12-01-2011, 06:42 PM)GI_Lives_In_OZ Wrote: Wonder if competitors emulators have WBFS emulation? Would rather Dolphin be best emulator but if not well what can one say.

Good luck playing your Mickey race game with internal resolution and 4 frames per second then.

Just found out about this emulator and I have a very good reason why WBFS should be supported. As soon as I downloaded dolphin today I took my USB hard disk full of WBFS
Wii images and plugged it into my mac hoping to be able to use the same files as I use on my Wii. Now I find out that all the ISOs I spent ages converting to WBFS to save space now have to be converted back to ISO to use with Dolphin.

It's a shame as it would make things so much easier to share between a real Wii and the dolphin emulator.
Reply
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
Pages (5): 1 2 3 4 5 Next »


  • View a Printable Version
Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)



Powered By MyBB | Theme by Fragma