I really fail to see the point in storing games as a cIOS?
Windows XP / Vista:
1. Create a folder called "wiigames".
2. Right-click "wiigames" and click Properties.
3. On the General tab, click Advanced.
4. Check Compress contents to save disk space and click OK.
5. Click OK in the Properties dialog to close it.
Right, now download a scrubbed ISO and extract it to "wiigames".
Congratulations!!
You now have a folder that will store scrubbed ISO's at full size but will only take up as much space as the original downloaded archive or a cISO (sometimes less). You can then use a WBFS Manager to copy them to USB / SD Storage device as normal or you can burn them to disc, again as normal!
It's true that there are some Scrubbed ISO's out there that are larger than ISO sizes installed to WBFS. However, most of these were compressed with older versions of Wii Scrubber and some contain the update partitions. If you remove an update partition from a Wii ISO (if present) and scrub it with the latest version of Wii Scrubber then you will be left with an ISO that will compress to more or less the same size of its WBFS (cISO) counterpart.
The benefits to storing a scrubbed game in a compressed folder is that it will take up no more space on your HD as a compressed archive or cISO, but you have the added benefits of the ISO retaining its legal size of 4,589,824 KB. This means that it maintains generic compatibility for burning a disc image (no padding required) and can be transferred directly to USB / SD storage using a WBFS Manager.
This leaves you to ask yourself the following question:
Do you want an ISO stored in a compressed folder that can be burnt to disc and used with the USB Loader, or do you want a cISO stored in a normal folder that can only be used with the USB Loader (unless it's padded out to 4,589,824 KB prior to burning)?
The question is NOT about space because neither method has any space saving benefits over the other. Zilch, zero, nada!!
I do see what you mean, but I don't have Windows....what do I do? Your method fails to actually solve the problem. It is just a workaround. And there is no real disadvantage to having cISOs, because if they become popular (I see no reason why they should not...they're convenient), programs will be made to burn them (filling in the empty data to make them 1:1 versions).
Wiinie said:
This may seem like more work, but i have all mine in wiiscrubbed rar form. I use alex wbfs manager 3.0 which will automatically pull the iso from within the rar, there for saving me space and time from manually having to extract the games everytime
This requires enough free space on disk to extract the ISO from the RAR into a temporary directory. A cISO is ready to be added to a WBFS partition already (if you use the correct wbfs manager/command line executable).
QUOTE(Vidboy10 @ May 5 2009, 08:37 PM)
To be Honest.
i think the Topic maker Should called the topic title "ISO to Compressed ISO converter" than we wouldn't have this trouble.