[Solved] Looking for: Rom/ISO compression guide/advise for GameCube games??

[G00Glethis1]

Title says it all:

I'm looking for advice on compressing GameCube ISO/Roms....

Currently I have me ISOs compressed in 7zip, which is nice but useless at the same time (not readable/playable in Dolphin terms)

Ideally I'm looking to compress the ISO into a format (I.e. CISO, GCM?, GCZ? , TGC? ) which is playable thru Dolphin.


I would also like to know from anyone who has experience with this topic on the outcome of compressing ISO, ie playable, reliability, best compression method and file extension, really anything else relevant to the topic.

Thanks in advance, I look forward to learning something new today from anyone who can pass on some knowledge to me and hopefully help someone else down the road.

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EDIT: [SOLVED!!! SOLUTION BELOW]

[color=#000000]I [/color]think I figured it out: the easiest / best method for anybody who comes across this, *thanks to shonumi & jhonn:




[color=#000000]Start here-> ISO -> Trim ISO in GameCube ISO Tool -> Compress trimmed ISO to GCZ in Dolphin -> GCZ file <- End Here!![/color]





[color=#000000]Here is an example how much I was able to compress a GameCube called 4 x 4 Evo 2:[/color]





[color=#000000]ISO: 1.36GB / 1,392MB -> Trimmed ISO: 552MB -> Trimmed ISO compressed to GCZ: 264 MB !!!![/color]





[color=#000000]THAT IS 81% savings in space/mb Hell yeah!!![/color]


[color=#000000]So far my test show no flaws in game performance....[/color]