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This page explains how to rip the GameCube and Wii game discs and/or saves to be used on Dolphin. Ripping the game discs and saves through the Wii or Wii U console will require to have homebrew software installed. See [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel Homebrew Channel] for instructions on how to use it. The term "vWii" is Wii system running on Wii U console. | This page explains how to rip the GameCube and Wii game discs and/or saves to be used on Dolphin. Ripping the game discs and saves through the Wii or Wii U console will require to have homebrew software installed. See [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel Homebrew Channel] for instructions on how to use it. The term "vWii" is Wii system running on Wii U console. | ||
== Ripping Discs | == Ripping Discs Using a Computer == | ||
Some PC optical drives are able to rip game ISOs with Rawdump. See the {{forum|<nowiki>[Howto]</nowiki> Dump Wii or GameCube games with PC|tid=2900}} forum thread for a list of known drives and instructions on how to use them. | |||
If you do not have an optical drive that can rip wii and gamecube discs, it is possible to rip the files from the disc via a wii console: | |||
== CleanRip == | == CleanRip == | ||
[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/CleanRip CleanRip] can rip a game disc to an SD card or an external USB storage device | [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/CleanRip CleanRip] can rip a game disc to an SD card or an external USB storage device. It requires your wii or vwii system to have the Homebrew Channel. For a guide on how to install the homebrew channel on your wii, [http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_setup see here.] | ||
=== | === GameCube Discs === | ||
No gamecube titles take up more than 1.5 gigabytes. It's generally a good idea to set Chunk Size to max, so that your iso isn't split into parts. Gamecube discs can store a maximum of 1.5 gigabytes, so the entire ISO can fit on a FAT32 drive. Simply follow the instructions on-screen and you'll be able to put the game straight from the SD card or USB drive into dolphin. | |||
=== | === Wii Discs === | ||
In order to rip a single layer wii disc, you will need some kind of storage device with more than 4.7 gigabytes of free space. In order to rip a dual layer disc, however, your device needs at least 8.54 gigabytes free | |||
At the | At the CleanRip Setup screen, set '''Chunk Size''' to '''"Max"''', and '''New device per chunk''' to '''"No"''' is recommended with SD cards or external USB storage devices large enough to hold the entirety of the ripped disc file at once. Otherwise, set '''Chunk Size''' to max possible ('''"1GB"''', '''"2GB"''', '''"3GB"''', or '''"Max"''') and set '''New device per chunk''' to '''"Yes"''' and when CleanRip is asking for the next device, remove it from the Wii and move the first or so ISO file to free up space and use it again. When all pieces have been received, check in the next subsection. | ||
*CleanRip will split the ripped disc file with more than 4GiB in file size regardless to fit the ''FAT'', ''FAT16'', or ''FAT32'' file systems. These file systems have a max file size of 4GiB. To remedy this, it is recommended to rip discs to a USB external ''NTFS'' formatted storage device (as Wii cannot read NTFS formatted SD cards). The ''NTFS'' file system has a ''theoretical'' max file size of 16 EiB (Exabyte), or 16,777,216GiB. | *CleanRip will split the ripped disc file with more than 4GiB in file size regardless to fit the ''FAT'', ''FAT16'', or ''FAT32'' file systems. These file systems have a max file size of 4GiB. To remedy this, it is recommended to rip discs to a USB external ''NTFS'' formatted storage device (as Wii cannot read NTFS formatted SD cards). The ''NTFS'' file system has a ''theoretical'' max file size of 16 EiB (Exabyte), or 16,777,216GiB. | ||
*Certain Wii discs are [[Dual Layer Disc|dual layer (or DVD9) instead of single layer (or DVD5)]]. CleanRip will also need to be configured to read and rip those kinds of discs. At the Wii Disc Ripper Setup screen, set '''Dual Layer''' to '''Yes'''. The rip will take roughly double the time than usual Wii discs of 4.38GiB as the dual layer ISOs are 7.93GiB in size. | *Certain Wii discs are [[Dual Layer Disc|dual layer (or DVD9) instead of single layer (or DVD5)]]. CleanRip will also need to be configured to read and rip those kinds of discs. At the Wii Disc Ripper Setup screen, set '''Dual Layer''' to '''Yes'''. The rip will take roughly double the time than usual Wii discs of 4.38GiB as the dual layer ISOs are 7.93GiB in size. | ||
=== Joining Split Files === | === Joining Split Files === | ||
In order to use a split iso in dolphin, its parts must be recombined | |||
* Make sure all of the pieces are named using the "GAMEID.part#.iso" | * Make sure all of the pieces are named using the "GAMEID.part#.iso". For instance, a part of a Super Smash Bros. Brawl iso might be named RSBE01.part0.iso. | ||
* Place all the pieces in the same directory | * Place all the pieces in the same folder or directory | ||
* Start a command prompt or terminal window and run the commands below, replacing <directory> with the files location. | * Start a command prompt or terminal window and run the commands below, replacing <directory> with the files location. | ||