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bucanero/saroo-cover-editor — explained in plain English

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tl;dr

A browser based editor for SAROO's cover.bin file, letting you view, edit, and rebuild Sega Saturn cover art databases with no install needed.

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  root((SAROO Cover Editor))
    What it does
      Views cover.bin files
      Edits cover images
      Rebuilds cover.bin
    Tech stack
      HTML
      JavaScript
      Runs in browser only
    Use cases
      Batch add cover images
      Compute disc hash
      Export new cover.bin
    Audience
      SAROO users
      Sega Saturn hobbyists
    Constraints
      8 bit 256 color images
      128x192 or 128x128 size

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Open an existing SAROO cover.bin file and browse or edit its cover images in a browser.

VIBE 2

Convert full-color PNG images into the exact 8-bit format SAROO cover files require.

VIBE 3

Compute a Saturn disc's identifying hash and serial number from a disc image file.

VIBE 4

Rebuild and export a new cover.bin after adding, editing, or removing covers.

what's the stack?

HTMLJavaScript

how it stacks up fr

bucanero/saroo-cover-editorabhishek-kumar09/mern-live-js-june-2021abhishek-kumar09/z
Stars111
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Last pushed2021-09-132019-12-23
MaintenanceDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasymoderateeasy
Complexity2/52/51/5
Audiencevibe coderdevelopergeneral

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Just open index.html in a browser, no build step or server needed.

You can use and modify this freely, but any distributed version, including modified copies, must also be released under the same GPLv3 license with source code available.

in plain english

This project is a small web page that lets you open, edit, and rebuild the cover-image files used by SAROO, a tool for Sega Saturn game discs. Those cover files, named cover.bin, hold the little box art thumbnails that SAROO shows for each game. Normally you would need a command line tool called covertool to work with these files, but this project rebuilds that same logic to run entirely inside your browser, so there is nothing to install and nothing to upload anywhere. Your files stay on your own computer the whole time. To use it, you just open the index.html file in a browser, either by double clicking it or dragging it into a browser window. From there you can load an existing cover.bin and see every cover it contains, or start a new empty set. You can add cover images one at a time or in a batch, edit details like the serial number or hash for each one, and download individual covers as PNG or BMP files. There is also a tool to compute a disc's identifying hash directly from a Saturn disc image file, matching what the original command line tool does. Once you are happy with your changes, you export a new cover.bin to download. The covers themselves have strict rules: they must be 8-bit images with a 256-color palette, and sized at either 128 by 192 or 128 by 128 pixels. If you add a full-color PNG, the tool automatically reduces its colors and resizes it to fit one of those two valid sizes. The README states that files produced here match the original command line tool byte for byte, so a cover.bin built in the browser should work exactly like one built with the original software. This is a narrow, hobbyist tool aimed at people already working with SAROO and Sega Saturn disc images, not a general purpose image editor. It is licensed under the GNU GPLv3.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Explain how the cover.bin index entry format described in this project's README is structured, byte by byte.
prompt 2
Help me write a script that batch converts a folder of PNG images into 128x192 8-bit BMPs compatible with this SAROO cover editor.
prompt 3
Walk me through how median-cut color quantization works, since this tool uses it to shrink PNGs to 256 colors.
prompt 4
Show me how to verify that a cover.bin file I exported from this tool matches one built with the original covertool CLI.

Frequently asked questions

what is saroo-cover-editor fr?

A browser based editor for SAROO's cover.bin file, letting you view, edit, and rebuild Sega Saturn cover art databases with no install needed.

What language is saroo-cover-editor written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes HTML, JavaScript.

What license does saroo-cover-editor use?

You can use and modify this freely, but any distributed version, including modified copies, must also be released under the same GPLv3 license with source code available.

How hard is saroo-cover-editor to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is saroo-cover-editor for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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