How Do I Zip Individual Files?

[purple_goat]

GPsp doesn't recognize .GBA (it does .gba)
I don't have a large card and I want to put as many games on as possible so I want to zip them (.gba in a .zip works)

So here is my trouble:
I have tons of zipped .GBA files that I have turned into .gba that I want to zip (each one individualy)
how can I do this? What progs should I use?

thanks

 

[ak_]

Well, 7-zip has a command line function so i guess you can use it to compress *.gba into zips, individually (never tried, but i don't see why you couldn't).

 

[aapje89]

yeah, or just make a batch script for it.

 

[reiboul]

I remember doing so with Winrar
Select all your roms, right click -> add to archive, and don't forget to check some options I don't remember h34r: (explicitelly called, like 'compress in separate files')

 

[WhizzBang]

You can do this very easily with WinRar.

1) Install WinRar (search Google for it)
2) Select all the files you want to zip
3) Right click on the selection and choose "Add to archive ...". This will open WinRar
4) On the General tab choose 'zip'
5) On the Files tab tick the box for 'Put each file into a separate archive'
6) Click OK

 

[mdinire]

You can do this very easily with WinRar.

1) Install WinRar (search Google for it)
2) Select all the files you want to zip
3) Right click on the selection and choose "Add to archive ...". This will open WinRar
4) On the General tab choose 'zip'
5) On the Files tab tick the box for 'Put each file into a separate archive'
6) Click OK

Thanks a lot.. I was wondering this too

 

[Squidge]

You can do it with Total Commander too, which I think is an excellent file manager. In that, you just select the files you want and use "Zip: One file per archive"

 

[aapje89]

You can do it with Total Commander too, which I think is an excellent file manager. In that, you just select the files you want and use "Zip: One file per archive"

Yeah Total Commander is nice indeed

 

[purple_goat]

5) On the Files tab tick the box for 'Put each file into a separate archive'

all I needed to know, thanks

(also, of course I have total cmdr, how else would I have batch renamed? :rolleyes: )

 

[Squidge]

if you already had total commander, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't think you could zip a load of files into seperate archives

 

[aapje89]

if you already had total commander, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't think you could zip a load of files into seperate archives

yeah I know, but for zipping/unzipping I use 7-zip

I use it mainly for syncing files

Edit: and yes the batch rename function is awesome indeed B)

 

[purple_goat]

if you already had total commander, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't think you could zip a load of files into seperate archives

I thought I could but I couldn't figure out how.. :lol:

 

[Morpheus384]

if you already had total commander, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't think you could zip a load of files into seperate archives

I thought I could but I couldn't figure out how.. :lol:

I recommend downloading romzipper utility. Its quick, easy and supports just about all rom formats. I tried rezipping all my gbc roms to save space, with Winrar I got a whole lot of rar files which dont work with most emus. Winzip only supported zipping single files so I searched and found romzipper. Worked like a charm for batch conversion.

http://www.smiff.clara.net/utilities/rom/index.htm

Cheers!

 

[purple_goat]

if you already had total commander, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't think you could zip a load of files into seperate archives

I thought I could but I couldn't figure out how.. :lol:

I recommend downloading romzipper utility. Its quick, easy and supports just about all rom formats. I tried rezipping all my gbc roms to save space, with Winrar I got a whole lot of rar files which dont work with most emus. Winzip only supported zipping single files so I searched and found romzipper. Worked like a charm for batch conversion.

http://www.smiff.clara.net/utilities/rom/index.htm

Cheers!

do you mean .rars?
you can make .zip's with WinRAR..

 

[Morpheus384]

if you already had total commander, I'm puzzled as to why you didn't think you could zip a load of files into seperate archives

I thought I could but I couldn't figure out how.. :lol:

I recommend downloading romzipper utility. Its quick, easy and supports just about all rom formats. I tried rezipping all my gbc roms to save space, with Winrar I got a whole lot of rar files which dont work with most emus. Winzip only supported zipping single files so I searched and found romzipper. Worked like a charm for batch conversion.

http://www.smiff.clara.net/utilities/rom/index.htm

Cheers!

do you mean .rars?
you can make .zip's with WinRAR..

I'm aware of that now. But like you, I was unsure of my settings. I tried it once and it didnt work.

I'm generally impatient, so I was off like a shot to find a task specific program to do the job. And romzipper's a swell utility. It brought 504 mb of GBC roms down to a scanty 168 mb. Zip support in emus is simply wonderful

 

[purple_goat]

It brought 504 mb of GBC roms down to a scanty 168 mb.

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