Is there any way to compress games?

[zippythecellist]

I just ripped a few games with iso buster, but I noticed the files were really big. Seriously. About 2-3 games take up a GB, and I sure as hell aint paying alot of money for an 8 GB memory card.

ANYWAY. xD Is there a way to compress ripped games? YES, I did search for it, but didn't find a guide or anything. :laugh:

[rabbit]

Ripped PSP games? You can try using dummy files, though that will probably remove some functionality somewhere.

[Recin]

When you make the eboot, select full compression.

Depending if you select iso or bin as the initial source to compress from, you will have a larger or lesser result. I find iso files tend to compress a lot better, though for some reason, they tend not to work with my 3.90 M33 setup. :(

If anyone can confirm iso rips work on 4.01m33-2, I will be a very happy camper, and will upgrade my f/w.

Anyone?

[CoMbiNa]

Ripped PSP games? You can try using dummy files, though that will probably remove some functionality somewhere.

It's the PSX forum, he's not talking about PSP games.

[zippythecellist]

I'm not talking about PSP games, that shit is illegal. xD Anyway, I selected ISO as the initial source, and compression level was already on 9. Is there a different program I can use? (i'm already using PSX2PSP)

[rabbit]

IIRC 9 has barely appreciable difference in size than 6 for a much higher time cost. Anyways, you can try dummy files with anything, really, though the dummies are game specific.

[zippythecellist]

What do you mean by dummy files? I'm a noob to this whole thing, just got CFW yesterday. xD

[rabbit]

Dummy files are special files that you use to replace large things. Typically, dummy files replace all the movies in a game with nothingness. You'll lose all the movies, but you'll also save quite a bit of space.

[Recin]

Dummy files are special files that you use to replace large things. Typically, dummy files replace all the movies in a game with nothingness. You'll lose all the movies, but you'll also save quite a bit of space.

ooo, I never thought of blanking FMV's... That could help me out a bit, as I'm stuck with a 1gb stick for a few weeks. :sneaky2:

[zippythecellist]

Just got back from vacation, so don't yell at me for bumping this. xD

Anyway, I like the cutscenes in games, I don't want them removed. Is there another way to make the file size smaller?