Questions about USB Loader GX and GCN games

While I'm here (I'm kinda nooby) you don't need a tool for .gcm files. You need to enable file extensions in your folder view and LITERALLY rename the files to game.iso.
Also I've had no issues so far with using USB loader GX to rip games but I perhaps don't use the backups as frequently as other users around these parts.
One more thing, I've seen nothing but people saying that using full .iso's is a good idea and I've stuck with that and again no issues SO FAR. For what it's worth, hope that helps pal.

 

Clean rip software on the PC requires basically the stars aligning in your favor (or a chunk of spare cash). Most DVD drives can't read GCN or Wii discs. Your best bet is to just use USBLGX to rip your discs. The only time I have ever had a bad rip was with a badly scratched disc. From what I have seen, it isn't any better or worse than using a PC to dump your ISO file.

To be honest, I don't compress my ISO files. Unless you're running off a dinky SD card/USB hard drive, I wouldn't bother anyway.

There's always the risk of damaging the ISO when you compress it. Again, unless you're desperately low on space, I wouldn't bother. As far as the ISO Tool, I have used similar software and can say it does work, depending on the game. Some games work after being stripped/scrubbed of the empty data, others don't. I don't remember if there's a list of games that function after being scrubbed or not, but I've mostly done mine by trial and error. However, my honest opinion is to, again, just stay with clean rips. Don't compress or scrub them. Sure, you lose space, but you have a much higher chance of your ISOs working.

 

I never messed around a whole lot with compressing/uncompressing ISO files, save for on my PSP, but the Wii seems to be a little more picky from what I have read elsewhere. Go ahead and try uncompressing them, but my gut says to redo your rips cleanly.