Re: Why won't the Wii not.iso convert to .wbfs fil
Posted by pezpmocuivunmnx on .
7zip cannot convert nkit.iso -> wbfs. In order to get a wbfs, you need to download two tools: NKit (with partitions) and WIT. (https://vimm.net/vault/?p=nkit and https://wit.wiimm.de/)
The first step is converting the nkit.iso to a regular iso. There are two ways to do this (with the gui, or through the command line).
Graphical Method (Windows, possibly Mac and Linux)
Open the NKitProcessingApp. You should see a window asking you to "Drag and Drop files here...". NKit is able to work on regular nkit.iso files, but it can also work on nkit.iso's in a 7z file, so drag either Game.nkit.iso OR Game.7z onto the window. You should see the name of the game appear under the "Source" section. Next, in the "Settings" section, you are going to select "Convert to ISO", and then you are going to press "Process". This will begin converting your nkit.iso to a regular iso. This process may take a while, especially if you are processing multiple files. When the conversion is done, you will find it in nkit folder/Processed/Wii (or Processed/Wii_MatchFail if it was able to convert, but unable to verify)
Command Line (Windows, Mac, and Linux)
First thing you are going to do is open a terminal and navigate to the folder with all the NKit app files. Similar to the graphical method, you can use either the extracted nkit.iso, or the 7z file as your input. The command we will be using is "ConvertToISO.exe /path/to/game/file" If you are running Mac or Linux, you will need to run this through either wine or mono (in my experience wine works better than running it with mono). On windows, you can run the command as is. When the conversion is done, you will find it in nkit folder/Processed/Wii (or Processed/Wii_MatchFail if it was able to convert, but unable to verify)
Ok, so we have our iso file, now what? Now we convert the iso to a wbfs file using WIT. You can either install the files (which will require a reboot on windows), or you can access them directly in "wit folder/bin/". You will need to open a command line because WIT has no graphical version. If you are accessing the wit files directly, you will need to navigate to the bin folder before running. If you have installed it, you can access the command from anywhere.
To convert, use "wit --wbfs convert /path/to/iso/file". This will convert the file to wbfs and *will* remove the original iso (if you want to keep the original file, use "wit --wbfs copy /path/to/iso/file /output/path/for/wbfs/file"). Your final wbfs file will be located in where the original file was (or if you used copy, then the file will be located at the /output/path/for/wbfs/file you provided earlier)
The first step is converting the nkit.iso to a regular iso. There are two ways to do this (with the gui, or through the command line).
Graphical Method (Windows, possibly Mac and Linux)
Open the NKitProcessingApp. You should see a window asking you to "Drag and Drop files here...". NKit is able to work on regular nkit.iso files, but it can also work on nkit.iso's in a 7z file, so drag either Game.nkit.iso OR Game.7z onto the window. You should see the name of the game appear under the "Source" section. Next, in the "Settings" section, you are going to select "Convert to ISO", and then you are going to press "Process". This will begin converting your nkit.iso to a regular iso. This process may take a while, especially if you are processing multiple files. When the conversion is done, you will find it in nkit folder/Processed/Wii (or Processed/Wii_MatchFail if it was able to convert, but unable to verify)
Command Line (Windows, Mac, and Linux)
First thing you are going to do is open a terminal and navigate to the folder with all the NKit app files. Similar to the graphical method, you can use either the extracted nkit.iso, or the 7z file as your input. The command we will be using is "ConvertToISO.exe /path/to/game/file" If you are running Mac or Linux, you will need to run this through either wine or mono (in my experience wine works better than running it with mono). On windows, you can run the command as is. When the conversion is done, you will find it in nkit folder/Processed/Wii (or Processed/Wii_MatchFail if it was able to convert, but unable to verify)
Ok, so we have our iso file, now what? Now we convert the iso to a wbfs file using WIT. You can either install the files (which will require a reboot on windows), or you can access them directly in "wit folder/bin/". You will need to open a command line because WIT has no graphical version. If you are accessing the wit files directly, you will need to navigate to the bin folder before running. If you have installed it, you can access the command from anywhere.
To convert, use "wit --wbfs convert /path/to/iso/file". This will convert the file to wbfs and *will* remove the original iso (if you want to keep the original file, use "wit --wbfs copy /path/to/iso/file /output/path/for/wbfs/file"). Your final wbfs file will be located in where the original file was (or if you used copy, then the file will be located at the /output/path/for/wbfs/file you provided earlier)
Iv been trying using 7zip and it just won't convert.