RVZ <> ISO Utility Conversion Script Files for Dolphin Emulator

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👋 Introduction

In this repository you will find utility scripts made in PowerShell to automate the conversion between GameCube and Wii's console ISO files to RVZ file format, and vice versa.

RVZ format is only supported by Dolphin emulator. It is the modern, optimal, lossless format of choice:

• https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Save_disk_space_for_ISOs#RVZ_.28Modern_Dolphin_format.29_-_GC.2FWii

These script files will use DolphinTool on background:

• https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/blob/master/Readme.md#dolphintool-usage

📝 Requirements

• DolphinTool standalone executable, which is included in Dolphin emulator package:

  • https://dolphin-emu.org/download/

• Microsoft PowerShell (which is integrated in Microsoft Windows OS), or the cross-platform PowerShell Core:

  • https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

• At least one GameCube or Wii ISO or RVZ file to use any of these script files, obviously.

🤖 Getting Started

Download the latest release by clicking here,

Converting ISO to RVZ

1. Download the Convert_ISO_to_RVZ.ps1 script file from this repository (make click on the file in GitHub to view the code and copy it, and also you can find a button to download the raw file).

2. Open the script file in notepad and edit as you like the values of the Variables section at the very top of the script. The default values are:

$dolphinToolFullPath = "$PSScriptRoot\DolphinTool.exe"
$inputDirectoryPath = "$PSScriptRoot"
$outputDirectoryPath = ""
$recursiveSearch = $false
$overwriteConfirm = $true
$sendConvertedFilesToRecycleBin = $true
$compressionFormat = "lzma2" # none, zstd, bzip, lzma, lzma2
$compressionLevel  = 9       # zstd: 1~22, bzip/lzma/lzma2: 1~9
$blockSize         = 32mb

Variable Name	Meaning
$dolphinToolFullPath	The DolphinTool.exe full file path (it can be a relative path)
$inputDirectoryPath	The directory where to search for ISO files to convert them to RVZ format.
$outputDirectoryPath	The directory where to write the converted RVZ files.
$recursiveSearch	Flag to indicate whether to perform a recursive search for ISO files.
$overwriteConfirm	Flag to confirm overwrite for any existing RVZ file in the output directory.
$sendConvertedFilesToRecycleBin	Flag to send successfully converted ISO files to recycle bin. If you set this value to $false, converted ISO files will be kept.
$compressionFormat	Compression format
$compressionLevel	Compression level
$blockSize	Block size used for compression

3. Run the script file, and wait until the conversion operation completes.

Converting RVZ to ISO

1. Download the Extract_RVZ_to_ISO.ps1 script file from this repository (make click on the file in GitHub to view the code and copy it, and also you can find a button to download the raw file).

2. Open the script file in notepad and edit as you like the values of the Variables section at the very top of the script. The default values are:

$dolphinToolFullPath = "$PSScriptRoot\DolphinTool.exe"
$inputDirectoryPath = "$PSScriptRoot"
$outputDirectoryPath = ""
$recursiveSearch = $false
$overwriteConfirm = $true
$sendConvertedFilesToRecycleBin = $true

Variable Name	Meaning
$dolphinToolFullPath	The DolphinTool.exe full file path (it can be a relative path).
$inputDirectoryPath	The directory where to search for RVZ files to extract them to ISO format.
$outputDirectoryPath	The directory where to write the extracted ISO files.
$recursiveSearch	Flag to indicate whether to perform a recursive search for RVZ files.
$overwriteConfirm	Flag to confirm overwrite for any existing ISO file in the output directory.
$sendConvertedFilesToRecycleBin	Flag to send successfully converted RVZ files to recycle bin. If you set this value to $false, RVZ files will be kept.

3. Run the script file, and wait until the conversion operation completes.

Additional Commentaries

Run the script files with administrator privileges. You can safely remove this line from the script files if it causes any issues to you:

try { Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy "Unrestricted" -Scope "Process" } catch { }

I'm not a PowerShell enthusiast, it's just a quick tool that I use to satisfy some programmatic needs, so the source code of the scripts in this repository are ugly and some parts of the code a mess (poorly structured code, many repeated lines, resorting to .NET classes usage rather than pure Powershell and pipes, etc), but hey, it works as expected, so I shared them as is.

🔄 Change Log

Explore the complete list of changes, bug fixes, and improvements across different releases by clicking here.

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