Number of files in a folder

morpheus384 · December 30, 2005, 12:14:47 AM

Hi,

The reviews I've read said that the supercard can only display 64 files per folder. Does this mean that with the 2 SAV files per game a total of 21 or so games can be displayed and a set of 130 or so separated into many different folders in the menu? I understand that to access media functions I will need to flash the software and then the converted files will be displayed by the program. But will I need to have all these in separate folders on a huge card. This too may have been fixed with a firmware upgrade since the review I read was for 1.50.

Thanx,
Morpheus384

mikesinclair · December 30, 2005, 12:27:20 AM

Quote from: "morpheus384"Hi,

The reviews I've read said that the supercard can only display 64 files per folder. Does this mean that with the 2 SAV files per game a total of 21 or so games can be displayed and a set of 130 or so separated into many different folders in the menu? I understand that to access media functions I will need to flash the software and then the converted files will be displayed by the program. But will I need to have all these in separate folders on a huge card. This too may have been fixed with a firmware upgrade since the review I read was for 1.50.

Thanx,
Morpheus384

I put the 3 files per game in a folder named whatever the game is and then I put that folder in another folder depending on the first letter of the game. for example 3 Zelda files go into a folder named Zelda, and then I put that folder into folder letter Z. If the game is mario the 3 files go into a folder named mario, and then I put that folder into folder letter M. and so on and so on. I find that I don't have any problems with files not showing up on the SC if I organize them this way. I don't know about media funtions though.

morpheus384 · December 30, 2005, 12:35:34 AM

Thanx,

That makes perfect sense. I've been so busy absorbing every bit of Info I could get about the supercard I probably wouldnt have thought of that. My SD is 2 g and I was worried about loosing files and getting the thing all mucked up trying to get all the emus and files working.

Thanx again!
morpheus384

mikesinclair · December 30, 2005, 12:44:41 AM

Quote from: "morpheus384"Thanx,

That makes perfect sense. I've been so busy absorbing every bit of Info I could get about the supercard I probably wouldnt have thought of that. My SD is 2 g and I was worried about loosing files and getting the thing all mucked up trying to get all the emus and files working.

Thanx again!
morpheus384

I hope that I wasn't to confusing. If you set it up the way that I mentioned, it will be real easy to get acess to your games quickly. It will take a long time to organize it the way that I mentioned, so make sure that you do it right. I had to redo my set up for 2Gs worth of GBA games because I used an old patcher or something, I forget.

morpheus384 · December 30, 2005, 01:03:15 AM

I know what you mean. Ive been doing emulation (with all the requisite rom renaming/folder finding/new release shuffling) for about 8 years now. I made sure to have the most recent patchers and firmware/emus available and packaging the roms this way is tedious but will definitely cut down on load times/confusion. This is my first foray into portable emulation and the new GBAs screen is just amazing compared with the old models. Originally I was tickled by my roomates micro,*sexy*and the screen was super bright and clean. After finding out how much the supercard would extend out of the micros chassis it took away from the sexy/formfactor+ I like a larger screen. But in the end Im a biggest bang for the buck kind of guy and the SP was 20 Bux cheaper with an identicle but larger screen. Plus Im a fumble fingers and the clamshell design suits my on the go lifestyle. The Supercard with its modest design flaws is hands down a leap over the older Flash carts in storage size.

Thanx,
Again
Morpheus384

mikesinclair · December 30, 2005, 03:43:21 PM

Quote from: "morpheus384"I know what you mean. Ive been doing emulation (with all the requisite rom renaming/folder finding/new release shuffling) for about 8 years now. I made sure to have the most recent patchers and firmware/emus available and packaging the roms this way is tedious but will definitely cut down on load times/confusion. This is my first foray into portable emulation and the new GBAs screen is just amazing compared with the old models. Originally I was tickled by my roomates micro,*sexy*and the screen was super bright and clean. After finding out how much the supercard would extend out of the micros chassis it took away from the sexy/formfactor+ I like a larger screen. But in the end Im a biggest bang for the buck kind of guy and the SP was 20 Bux cheaper with an identicle but larger screen. Plus Im a fumble fingers and the clamshell design suits my on the go lifestyle. The Supercard with its modest design flaws is hands down a leap over the older Flash carts in storage size.

Thanx,
Again
Morpheus384

The micro has a clearer picture then the new sp, because the pixels are smaller.

morpheus384 · January 03, 2006, 03:24:51 AM

I realise this, but the micros screen is too small for me, Im happy with the SP for now.

edit: thread can be closed

pootang · January 03, 2006, 04:21:39 AM

Im on the verge of buying a micro ... when you said the supercard sticks out ... by how much more than on a gbsp? i wasn't aware it sticks out more

are we talking about the SC SD or the CF?

Critical_Impact · January 03, 2006, 04:50:51 AM

If you want a way to sort folders and files easily try this, create a bat file, and put this inside.

FOR %%a IN (A B C D E F G H I J K L M) DO MOVE /Y %%a*.* %%a
FOR %%b IN (N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO MOVE /Y %%b*.* %%b
FOR %%c IN (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) DO MOVE /Y %%c*.* %%c

create folders from a-z in the same folder that your roms are all in, also create 0-9 labeled folders. run the bat file and it should sort all your roms directly into each folder. I use that for GBA roms