What format is best for my games?

[blueblur22]

I have riped a few of my games using 2 different methods. The 2 resultes were 1) ISO and 2) GCM.

Are one of these 2 files faster or more efficient to play? The GCM format games seem to run with higher fps then the ISOs, but I wanted an official opinion.

Also, are there any other formats that may be even more efficient to use?

LASTLY, does anybody know a simple method to convert various GameCube games into whichever the best format is?

[nosound97]

There are no differences really, Dolphin would work good with both

[DacoTaco]

the only difference is that GCM is the correct name
iso is just way much handier to understand that its a disk image (altho the iso's we use aren't really iso's XD )

[cmccmc]

actually you should try compressing them with dolphin to GCZ. thats the best because they work exactly the same but it's compressed.

[blueblur22]

(06-03-2009, 11:37 PM)cmccmc Wrote: actually you should try compressing them with dolphin to GCZ. thats the best because they work exactly the same but it's compressed.

But it clearly states that there is a good chance it will just corrupt/damage the GCM file if it is compressed with this tool. If it were not for this, I would have already done it. I don't want to have to re-rip my game discs.

I may still try compressing a few anyway...

[nosound97]

Just make backup of the game and try to compress

[shuffle2]

(06-04-2009, 02:54 PM)blueblur22 Wrote:

(06-03-2009, 11:37 PM)cmccmc Wrote: actually you should try compressing them with dolphin to GCZ. thats the best because they work exactly the same but it's compressed.

But it clearly states that there is a good chance it will just corrupt/damage the GCM file if it is compressed with this tool.

what?
for gamecube games, compression is 100% safe.
for wii games, it's 99% safe

[DacoTaco]

(06-04-2009, 04:39 PM)shuffle2 Wrote: for gamecube games, compression is 100% safe.

99,9999999 for gc
i corrupted my pso

[shuffle2]

lolwhat. go look at the compression code, it doesn't break gc -____-

[DacoTaco]

(06-04-2009, 10:42 PM)shuffle2 Wrote: lolwhat. go look at the compression code, it doesn't break gc -____-

it doesn't, i know
i was just REALLY unlucky