Multiple disc games (.m3u files) | RetroArch PC Tutorial

Does this work for sega cd and 32x cd?

Literally unwatchable. You don't pop trays out or push disks in in the PS1, its a flip top loader!....OMGNETtjEHRTKRH...Just kidding, thank you for this! have a great day!

Just ran into this issue with Retrobat, putting all the files into one folder and making the .m3u file then reindexing the games worked like a charm, thank you!

Bit of a late comment, but if you ever do get around to answering this comment I'd like to ask. When i add the .m3u suffix, instead of opening a text file, it opens a media player application. Was wondering if you could help in getting around this. Thanks again, W video.

How did you turn a 30 second video into 9 minutes

thanks for showing this. I didn't know I could scan both m3u and cue files at the same time and they'd combine.

fam just made tutorial intros bearable just like how Caddicarus makes sponsorship segments bearable

Hi, I don't have a computer so doing this process isn't somehting I can do. I have got a retroid pocket 3+ and have jaut been downloading and sorting files onto that and then move into a curated roms file on an SD card. All the games I've played so far play great but are either zip files and work great or are just single disc games in bin/cue which again works absolutely great. My question is is that there are games I want to play that are multi disc and and very nervous about the save states and how I can carry on saves from previous disc's. Is that somehting I can do straight from my handheld or does it have to be done on a computer? Tia for any help

I had no idea about this. I'm 40 hours into FF8 and just got to Galbadia on Disc2...went to load up disc 2 later today and the saves are not on the memory card. Only disc1 saves are showing up. Now I have no idea what to do or how to get it back. I'm pretty annoyed.

This is handy not just for optical disc games, but also for vintage computer games that require more than one floppy disk or cassette side. Also, I've compressed a lot of my roms, so I don't have to worry about bin/cue files.

What if I’m on Disc 2? Do I have to start Disc 1, enter the quick menu, and swap discs every time?

I've done the same as in the video like 5 times and it still doesnt work , the game opened , but there is a black screen , it said that the 1 disc was loaded but nothing happened

I'm having a similar issue as another person in this thread while trying to convert a save file from legend of dragoon on the PC (after completing the first disc and trying to move to disc 2). I have the m3u file along with a copy of the save file in the save directory in Retroarch. I've tried saving it as all the different file types like mcd, mcr, srm, and bsv with nothing working. I've even tried beetle PSX HW and reARMEd cores and couldn't get the save file to populate in game. I'm using 1.15.0 version of retroarch if that matters. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing wrong.

Before I try anything that'd fail, I'd like to ask; will the m3u method work with CHD files as well? If so, I'll be able to clean up my entire file system!

Can you do this on a android device? I followed the steps in the video and all I get when manually scanning the file is the separate discs in the playlist

I was having similar issues and like several of the commenters below it was also with Parasite Eve 2. Glad to see so many people still enjoying this game even after so many years. And thanks for you video; especially the part about the save files. Now I can keep trying for those Retro Achievements too.

Thanks

Legendary info, thanks a lot

How do you do this on ios

Does this work with Retropie? I wanna play Dragon Warrior VII lol

I'm using emulation station on steam deck and it doesn't recognise the M3U file? Looking on my computer, it still tags it as a Text Document rather than an M3U file, is that the problem? I've named it 'Koudelka.m3u'

I'm having trouble switching discs with Shenmue. I followed the steps and made a m3u file and added the .cue files, but when I enter the game it I open disc one. I get to the screen where it asks to change discs and go through the menu options to switch. It's switched to disc 2 and then I get the same message to change to disc 2. There are also .bin and .gdi files that I didn't include. I might need more help with this.

Hello is it working with steamdeck (emustation) and Anbernic RG353V?!?

Does this also work with games that have multiple .bin files.... ie. Lunar silver star story, or panzer dragoon saga?

thanks!

muito obrigado

what if the ROM i installed dont have the .cue file? i create one?

TY MAN

thank you so much

When i go to edit the m3u file it changes it to not open a text document only media player, will it work to add the .cue files as .txt document and then change it to a .m3u file?

One shows up as metal gear solid, two show up as metal gear solid disc one and two show up as metal gear solid disc two not sure which one to play and if any of them even work if anyone has a solution feel free to reply.

Sorry for asking but my txt file turns into a media player when I change the format to m3u, can you help me please?

For some reason renaming the text files refuses to change them from Txt files to .m3u. (And refuses to have any effect as a result). Anyone know what the issue could be? :v

EDIT: nvm I figured out that sticking point. You absolutely have to select "Show file name extensions" in the "view" dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the window. Otherwise it will just segregate the file name away from the file type.

Will this work on PCSX2?

I have started this painfull convertion , but I am still quite unhappy with this. It is still a mess of roms files and folders. I would like a single file per game period. How we cannot have in 2023 a file format which includes multi discs + multi versions (pal , ntsc, Japan usa) into a simple file (compressed or not )? All of this is still a bandaid and we cannot easily handle games roms.

Leaving a comment here so that I remember which video I used

I have 4-disc game and created the .m3u with 4 text lines in there (.ccd files). Do I need to press Enter in the notepad after the line 4 to activate that line? Because it seems that I have a problem where first 3 discs are switching without problems and disc #4 stops with a phrase "Please Wait" during switching process. I'm just having a bad image file or I didn't complete my .m3u properly
I have Legend of Dragoon
so I have
LoD1.ccd
LoD2.ccd
LoD3.ccd
LoD4.ccd
in a LoD.m3u
all in the same directory
after each line I pressed enter without any empty spaces to move to the next line but I hadn't do it after the last one.
also can I have a mix of .cue and .ccd files in the .m3u? I have a bin file that I need to transform into .img/.ccd because my Retroarch platform only read .img files for PS1. The first 3 discs are transformed and worked properly but disc 4 seems not... So can I just create a .cue for my .bin file and put it like
.ccd
.ccd
.ccd
.cue
in my .m3u or it 100% won't work?

a small tip from me: I like to place all my single disk ps1 games and my m3u files in the same folder (Sony Playstation). and then have subfolders for each multidisk game.
I then leave the m3u in the main folder and let them just point to the subfolders like this:

# Resident Evil 2 (Europe)
/Resident Evil 2 (Europe)/Resident Evil 2 (Europe) (Disc 1).chd
/Resident Evil 2 (Europe)/Resident Evil 2 (Europe) (Disc 2).chd

that is the content of my Resident Evil 2 (Europe).m3u
The first line is what Launchbox will read the game as, though it is not needed - but might be good for roms where the romnaming is not what you want.

this helped me, but the game tells me to switch disc 2 with disc 1 whenever I load disc 2. I just want to continue the game :(

Will this work with the PS classic running Autobleem 1.0? I'm trying to run Policenauts and I'm having some difficulties to run it properly.

omg I thought you were Pauly Shore when your face came on screen

Would this work with lemuroid?

This isn't working at all.

Hey having trouble loading the m3u files. My normal rom files (bin files) work just fine in the emulator but when i try load the m3u file retroarch immediately closes application. i followed the instructions too a t, watched other videos and still cant get the rom to load. I already felt the pain of of completing the first disc only to find my save didnt carry over lol. pls help us out, i just want to play panzer dragoon saga aha

is the .m3u file supposed to turn into an audio file??? i think i fucked something up

is it possible for you to share the savestate file just before the change disc message please?

FF IX won't open. :(

thank you so much for this! you saved me. Was in the middle of playing Parasite Eve and had this issue when it asked me to swap discs. I will add that i messed up a couple times because didnt realize my files were 7z and had to be unzipped, i used 7zip to help with that and was able to get the cue files

Do you know how to get it to work on android? I try it, and it keeps making it a music file. Thanks for the video tutorial!
Nevermind, I discovered how to make it work.

Thanks for this. Would this work for any file type (like .chd, etc)?