Sorry if this has been answered already. I searched the forums and the Wiki, and couldn’t find anything.
For the disk based systems (TurboGrafx-CD, Sega CD, PSX) is it possible to run a game off of a mounted disk image? For example, if I have CCD/IMG/SUB files, and I mount them with Daemon Tools, can I load the game that way? If so, what is the command line syntax for that? If not, is that feature in the pipeline?
Edit: I’m using the latest Windows x64 version of RetroArch
I don’t believe there’s any method for that at the moment. Is there any reason why you want to mount the image first instead of loading it directly?
I’d rather load it directly. But, it seems the CCD/IMG/SUB is the preferred format nowadays, and I was just curious if those files could be run without having to first convert to a BIN/CUE format.
No. That would require CD/DVD reading support, which is highly platform specific. It’s pointless to support when you can use far more convenient ISOs directly to begin with.
OK, I understand. Thanks for the information.
What about other disc image formats, like CCD/IMG/SUB. Is it likely that they will be included in the future?
I’ve seen mention of a “Cores Help Guide” that says what extensions each core supports. Is that still available?
The IMG file is the ISO you need (only the extension is different); you may be able to find a script to generate a cue file from the ccd if the core really needs it.
I don’t know if it helps but Android’s Retroarch can load all the files type mentioned above (.img;.sub;.ccd). There’s no need to convert into a .bin/.cue format.
To be clear, it’s not RetroArch per se that supports image formats, it’s the core.
Is there a document or page somewhere that lists the file formats each core supports?
what about mounting games via network?
@vaalir If you mean launching games located on a fileshare somewhere, yes, it works fine. I personally keep all of my ROMs on a SMB share and launch directly from it.
oh my lord… i gotta read that manual 
Could you explain how you did it? I want to do the same thing. Thanks.
I generally play on PC so it’s no biggie for me. I just mount the share and go. On mobile, it’s significantly more difficult, but you should be able to use CIFS Manager or something similar to setup a mount point that adds transparent access to the network directory (assuming you have the root access that CIFS Manager requires).