PSX: ROM only contains a bin.ecm -> bin where is the .cue?

Spast

Hello!

I downloaded quite some PS1 / PSX games. They all came inside of a RAR file of course and upon unpacking I am left with either:

ONLY the XXX.bin.ecm file
I have a XXX.bin.ecm file and some XXX.api files

But that means I can unpack the bin.ecm –> bin

But then I still dont have a .cue file. And therefore also all of these games dont show up in Batocera. That is weird because I downloaded them from Emuparadise. And that is of course a pretty reputable source and therefore the ROM cant be just missing some files because of bad quality or similar.

So how can I get those corresponding .cue file?

joinski

Spast

https://github.com/opsxcq/psx-cue-sbi-collection

Spast

Thanks - but sadly I never understand where to download on Github. It is mostly to share data and they never have a clear download button xD

Here is the picture:

https://ibb.co/B3Rsh1f

Where to press?

I used JDownloader to bypass that problem by copying the link … but JDownloader says 0/1 online = .cue data is offline, cannot load anything.

chencingyen

@Spast just click on RAW button and right click then Save as…. change the extension with .cue

Spast

To me it was now much easier to just use this service:

https://www.duckstation.org/cue-maker/

Drag & Drop .bin file and dont even need to worry to download the wrong one.

joinski

Spast

If this cue-maker only creates generic cue-files, then you may face some audio/sound-track issues with certain games.
I believe Tomb Raider is such an example, where on the Training-Level some audio tracks (when Lara is talking to you, what you have to do) will not play correctly.

Spast

I guess it will no problem if the game does not extract into .bin + multiple .api tracks. Then probably those other sound data is lost. But if it will just extract into 1x .bin and nothing else then the .cue will not a problem. The ones from the database also just link to this 1 data so auto generation would be ok. But now I see Dead Or Alive, Rayman 2, Tombraider, Resident Evil 2, Castlevania have multiple .api and so I just downloaded that stuff from Github.#

It might be obvious for people who use that website often what to do with those files. But by randomly clicking I would absolutely never realize how to get this .cue file. At the end just grabbed it from browser with JDownloader 2.