Converting PNG to RAW for use with S/NES Classic

[Mnecraft368]

After quite a bit of fiddling (maybe like a month or two now...) I managed to get images displayed on my SNES classic (works with NES too)

To avoid anyone else getting into some long and tiring google searches, here is a quick tutorial!
(Make sure your image is 1280x720)

1. Download Imagemagick
2. I recommend that your image is .png for better quality
3. During the Imagemagick installation, when given an option of things to install, make sure to tick the box that mentions "convert"
4. Once installed, open command prompt and goto the directory that contains your image
5. Type in (without quotes) "convert image.png image.rgba
6. Change the file extension to .raw (you may need to unhide file extensions to do this, or do it with "ren image.rgba image.raw")
7. Download gzip
8. Using the same command prompt window, type "gzip image.raw"
9. You can now use this image with the S/NES classic following the information in the password.hmod script.

https://github.com/ClusterM/hakchi2/wiki/Modifications-and-modules-guide
Goto the bottom of this page for information of displaying the image.

 

[Mnecraft368]

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[Mnecraft368]

Updated the OP to a tutorial for anyone struggling to accomplish this!

 

[linkinworm]

Why would you want to use raw? pngs are much smaller in file size. and raw offers no benefits tbh

 

[Mnecraft368]

Why would you want to use raw? pngs are much smaller in file size. and raw offers no benefits tbh

There is no software for displaying PNG images on the screen. We could write our own but its not really worth it. The raw files can be compressed.
Source: https://github.com/ClusterM/hakchi2/wiki/Modifications-and-modules-guide

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If we could use PNG I wouldnt have gone through the trouble.