Hacking wwt+wit: Wiimms WBFS+ISO Tools

[Wiimm]

WARNING:
Don't use "wit copy --remove ..." to transfer images from one disc to another!

Someone told me, that the images on the source disc are also removed, if the copy fails because of disc full.
Without option --remove, the tool works like expected.

 

[Wiimm]

WIT: Wiimms ISO Tools v2.13a - 2013-03-28
A command line ISO+WBFS tool set for various os.

WIT (Wiimms ISO Tools) is a set of command line tools to manipulate Wii ISO images and WBFS containers. The two main tools are called wit (Wiimms ISO Tool) and wwt (Wiimms WBFS Tool, the WBFS manager).

Feature overview:

• WIT (Wiimms ISO Toolset) is a set of command line tools.
• wit (Wiimms ISO tool) is the main Wii and GameCube ISO manipulation tool.
• wwt (Wiimms WBFS tool) is a complete WBFS manager including FS checking and repairing, time stamps and multi WBFS support.
• wdf (Wiimms WDF Tool) is a little tool to manage WDF, CISO and WIA files.
• wfuse (Wiimms FUSE Tool) mounts Wii and GameCube images and WBFS files and partitions using FUSE.
• WIT supports 6 Wii disc file types (ISO, CISO, WDF, WIA, WBFS and FST) and can read from pipes (indirect RAR/ZIP/7Z support).
• wit can verify and compare (diff) Wii and GameCube ISO images.
• wit can extract and compose Wii ISO images.
• wit can patch Wii and GameCube ISO images while copying.
• wit can mix partitions from different sources into a new Wii ISO images.
• wit and wwt support many diagnostic commands.
• Advanced shell support.

Visit http://wit.wiimm.de/features.htmlfor more details.

Download of the current version:

• wit-v2.13a-r4298-i386.tar.gz : Linux/i386 version
• wit-v2.13a-r4298-x86_64.tar.gz : Linux/x86_64 version
• wit-v2.13a-r4298-mac.tar.gz : Mac OS universal binaries (ppc, i386 and x86-64)
• wit-v2.13a-r4298-cygwin.zip : Cygwin (Windows) version
• Other releases are available at http://wit.wiimm.de/download.html.

There are also some GUI available:

• QtWitGui, manipulate and convert single ISO images.
  This QT based GUI focuses on manipulating single ISO images. It can do much more.
• Wii Backup Fusion, a WBFS and ISO manager.
  This QT based GUI is a complete WBFS manager and ISO tool.
• Witgui for Mac.
  This is a graphical user interface for wit available for Mac OS X.

Change log:

wit v2.13a r4298 - 2013-03-28
 
- New docu file: INSTALL.txt
 
- Mac+Linux+Unix: Script 'install.sh' will call itself with 'sudo' if not
  started by user 'root'.
 
- Windows: Cygwin updated.
 
- Bug fix: If writing an image failed ('disc full' for example), the tools
  didn't aborted and, if option --remove was set, deleted the source image.
  This bug arrived with the implementation of preallocation, because of a
  lost error status.

The source is published under the license of GPL2. Checkout the sources directly from the SVN repository or browse the source. Visit http://wit.wiimm.de/ for more information.

 

[Henk Poley]

Is there a way to just copy everything from a source to a destination? Extract WBFS -> Dir, Add Dir -> WBFS, WBFS -> WBFS

I've now just run `wwt list` then massaged the output with a text editor to turn it into a comma separated list of ID6. But it ought to be a thing that computers are great at, just do everything. I tried the --include wildcards, --auto and --all.

Edit:
Dir -> WBFS: `wwt update -A -r .`

 

[Wiimm]

wwt add -p /dev/DEST /dev/SOURCE --test
-p /dev/DEST defines the destination partition and all others inkl /dev/SOURCE are source parameters
Option --test enters test mode, remove it for a real copy.

 

[JPeterson]

### Command line trim

Do you want to add a `wit trim` that's similar to `wit scrub` but remove the padding instead of marking it as sparse?

Is there a command line program that trim GC and Wii ISOs?

I want a command line tool to trim (rather than sparse) GC and Wii ISOs because

* Compared to a GUI tool (f.e. Wii Scrubber): I want to script the trim because there are many files to trim
* Trim compared to sparse: the backup program I use (`robocopy /mir`) doesn't retain the sparse mark (but write the 0x00 padding data instead)

 

[Wiimm]

Final release!

WIT: Wiimms ISO Tools v2.20a - 2013-05-01
A command line ISO+WBFS tool set for various os.

WIT (Wiimms ISO Tools) is a set of command line tools to manipulate Wii ISO images and WBFS containers. The two main tools are called wit (Wiimms ISO Tool) and wwt (Wiimms WBFS Tool, the WBFS manager).

Feature overview:

• WIT (Wiimms ISO Toolset) is a set of command line tools.
• wit (Wiimms ISO tool) is the main Wii and GameCube ISO manipulation tool.
• wwt (Wiimms WBFS tool) is a complete WBFS manager including FS checking and repairing, time stamps and multi WBFS support.
• wdf (Wiimms WDF Tool) is a little tool to manage WDF, CISO and WIA files.
• wfuse (Wiimms FUSE Tool) mounts Wii and GameCube images and WBFS files and partitions using FUSE.
• WIT supports 6 Wii disc file types (ISO, CISO, WDF, WIA, WBFS and FST) and can read from pipes (indirect RAR/ZIP/7Z support).
• wit can verify and compare (diff) Wii and GameCube ISO images.
• wit can extract and compose Wii ISO images.
• wit can patch Wii and GameCube ISO images while copying.
• wit can mix partitions from different sources into a new Wii ISO images.
• wit and wwt support many diagnostic commands.
• Advanced shell support.

Visit http://wit.wiimm.de/features.html for more details.

Download of the current version:

• wit-v2.20a-r4399-i386.tar.gz : Linux/i386 version
• wit-v2.20a-r4399-x86_64.tar.gz : Linux/x86_64 version
• wit-v2.20a-r4399-mac.tar.gz : Mac OS universal binaries (ppc, i386 and x86-64)
• wit-v2.20a-r4399-cygwin.zip : Cygwin (Windows) version
• Other releases are available at http://wit.wiimm.de/download.html.

There are also some GUI available:

• QtWitGui, manipulate and convert single ISO images.
  This QT based GUI focuses on manipulating single ISO images. It can do much more.
  
• Wii Backup Fusion, a WBFS and ISO manager.
  This QT based GUI is a complete WBFS manager and ISO tool.
  
• Witgui for Mac.
  This is a graphical user interface for wit available for Mac OS X.

Final Release:

• After 4 years development this version should be the last release of the WIT-Tools until further notice; with exception of bug fix releases. I will discontinue adding new features. That's the reason for the little version jump to v2.20a.

Change log:

wit v2.20a r4399 - 2013-05-01

 - After 4 years development this version should be the last release of the
   WIT-Tools until further notice; with exception of bug fix releases. I will
   discontinue adding new features. That's the reason for the little version
   jump to v2.20a.
 - New command: "wwt NEW" is a short cut for "wwt ADD --update --newer".
 - Cygwin (Windows) DDLs updated.
 - Title data base updated.

The source is published under the license of GPL2. Checkout the sources directly from the SVN repository or browse the source. Visit http://wit.wiimm.de/ for more information.

 

[tmv_josue]

Good work Wiimm and thanks for all your effort, It's a pity that it is the last version, although at this point everything works fine so you have achieved an excellent tool . Good luck.

 

[Little Baron]

Thank you for all efforts. the wit tools are really good. In the last years I have asked 3 times for special thinks and the answer was always "use wit". At the beginning, I hate the tool because of the command line, but now I have many little batch files and all do their jobs fast and perfect. I don't miss any GUI now.

I have checked out the latest version and counted the code lines in src/: >100.000! WOW!
I wondering how 1 man can program such large tool with so less bugs.
Chapeau!!

 

[scooby74029]

just wanted to thank you wiimm for these great tools of yours they saved my but many a time when i deleted games from my computer and needed the original iso to make your mario cart hacks ( i use uneek+di so all my games are extracted)

thank you

 

[tmv_josue]

Hi, I wondered is there any way to shrink a GC iso in a iso file? like DiscEX does with it's compression command.

 

[temps]

Thanks so much for such great tools. I use wit a lot and it works well. I have a quick question - I want to convert ISOs to wbfs with a wildcard in Linux, deleting the original ISO and assigning the id6+descriptive name. I tried

wit cv *.iso %X --wbfs

but I get an error

Thanks

 

[PsyBlade]

but I get an error

...

 

[temps]

!! wit: ERROR #25 [CAN'T OPEN FILE] in SetupReadSF() @ src/lib-sf.c#409
!!      Can't open file: %X

I understand that wit is thinking that %X is a filename. If I run

wit mv bs-wrmbi.wbfs %X

Then it will rename the file so that it has id6+descriptive text. What I want to do is convert a number of iso images to wbfs and at the same time give them the id6+descriptive text name.

 

[PsyBlade]

does it work for a single iso?
eg 'wit cv xxx.iso %X --wbfs'
if yes try executing with a single iso but multiple times
eg 'find -iname "*.iso" -exec wit cv \{\} %X --wbfs \;'

 

[temps]

PsyBlade. Thanks - yes, that's the problem a single file doesn't work either. This WORKS!

find -iname "*.iso" -exec wit cp "{}" %X --wbfs \; -exec rm "{}" \;

Thanks for the help anyway.

 

[Wiimm]

CONVERT (alias CV) works in-place and needs no destination. %-escapes are only allowed for destination paths.

What you want is:
wit convert *.iso --wbfs -vv --test
or
wit copy *.iso %X --wbfs --remove -vv --test

Remove --test for real execution.

 

[temps]

Elegant. Thank you. I thought there'd be a better solution. What does "-vv" mean? I just looked on the website and I can't find it.

 

[tmv_josue]

If you add "-vv", the program will be more verbose.

 

[Wiimm]

What does "-vv" mean?

Try the built in help: wit help copy
Or use the online help: http://wit.wiimm.de/wit/cmd-copy.html#opt

General info about options: http://wit.wiimm.de/info/command-line.html#opt

 

[temps]

OK I get it. The first command line is not removing the iso after it's converting, the second "wit copy *.iso %X --wbfs --remove -vv --test" is removing the source iso after conversion. The -vv confused me but now I understand. I haven't got any ISO's left to try it out on.