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Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - titoisepic - 12-12-2013
I've got a couple dozen GameCube games but their file names are all wrong. I noticed, though, that Dolphin is able to recognize them and name them correctly. Would I be able to take it a step further and have dolphin just change the file names to the correct ones?
This would save me a couple of hours.
If not, can anyone recommend a tool that would do this?
Thanks!
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - MayImilae - 12-12-2013
titoisepic Wrote:I've got a couple dozen GameCube games but their file names are all wrong.
titoisepic Wrote:This would save me a couple of hours.
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Seriously, if it takes you a "couple of hours" to rename twenty files, you are definitely not capable enough to use a tool to automate the process. Just do it.
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - titoisepic - 12-12-2013
(12-12-2013, 01:27 PM)MaJoR Wrote: Seriously, if it takes you a "couple of hours" to rename twenty files, you are definitely not capable enough to use a tool to automate the process. Just do it.A couple dozen was underestimating it by quite a bit. It's more like 238...
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - Link_to_the_past - 12-12-2013
(12-12-2013, 02:20 PM)titoisepic Wrote:For your own good, read the forum rules before continuing this conversation. Even the initial question is borderline imo the way it was written.(12-12-2013, 01:27 PM)MaJoR Wrote: Seriously, if it takes you a "couple of hours" to rename twenty files, you are definitely not capable enough to use a tool to automate the process. Just do it.A couple dozen was underestimating it by quite a bit. It's more like 238...
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - titoisepic - 12-12-2013
(12-12-2013, 09:20 PM)Link_to_the_past Wrote:I'm just trying to get some help in the organizing department. I highly doubt that discussing a tool that scans the games in a way that's probably similar to how dolphin does it and then renames selected games automatically would get anyone banned.(12-12-2013, 02:20 PM)titoisepic Wrote:For your own good, read the forum rules before continuing this conversation. Even the initial question is borderline imo the way it was written.(12-12-2013, 01:27 PM)MaJoR Wrote: Seriously, if it takes you a "couple of hours" to rename twenty files, you are definitely not capable enough to use a tool to automate the process. Just do it.A couple dozen was underestimating it by quite a bit. It's more like 238...
Either way, after some extensive googling, I was unable to find a tool that does this automatically. Looks like this hasn't been made yet.
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - LordVador - 12-13-2013
(12-12-2013, 09:49 PM)titoisepic Wrote: I was unable to find a tool that does this automatically
Dump your games again and name them as you want this time
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - ExtremeDude2 - 12-13-2013
(12-13-2013, 12:18 AM)LordVador Wrote:(12-12-2013, 09:49 PM)titoisepic Wrote: I was unable to find a tool that does this automatically
Dump your games again and name them as you want this time
(12-12-2013, 09:49 PM)titoisepic Wrote: A couple dozen was underestimating it by quite a bit. It's more like 238...
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - haddockd - 12-13-2013
Do you mean they have extraneous characters or are just named something completely different? If they have a simple pattern a quick script or program could be devised to correct the names. Can you give us an example or 2 of the "bad" and correct names?
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - pauldacheez - 12-13-2013
There's this lovely little command-line tool called wbfs_file that, if you take the time to figure it out (IIRC, it includes .bat scripts for this), can rename the files to "Internal Game Name [GAMEID].wbfs" for you along with converting them between .iso and .wbfs, at least for the Wii games. https://code.google.com/p/cfg-loader/downloads/detail?name=wbfs_file_2.9.zip I've been using this for years just because I haven't found anything better that I care to use or that works on OS X, but there's a GUI interface or two for wbfs_file floating around somewhere.
RE: Can Dolphin Emulator Automatically Rename Game Files? - titoisepic - 12-13-2013
(12-13-2013, 03:17 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: There's this lovely little command-line tool called wbfs_file that, if you take the time to figure it out (IIRC, it includes .bat scripts for this), can rename the files to "Internal Game Name [GAMEID].wbfs" for you along with converting them between .iso and .wbfs, at least for the Wii games. https://code.google.com/p/cfg-loader/downloads/detail?name=wbfs_file_2.9.zip I've been using this for years just because I haven't found anything better that I care to use or that works on OS X, but there's a GUI interface or two for wbfs_file floating around somewhere.Thanks! I'll look into this.