wiithon.formats

Nintendo file formats, readable and writable independently of any ISO.

Every class follows the same shape: read(stream) to parse, write(stream) or get_bytes() to serialise back.

Archives

wiithon.formats.rarc module: Nintendo archive format, used to bundle game assets.
wiithon.formats.u8 module: Archive format used by banners and channel content.

Compression

wiithon.formats.yaz0 module: Run-length compression, common on RARC archives.
wiithon.formats.lz77 module: LZ77 compression, used inside banner assets.

Executable

wiithon.formats.dol module: The main game executable, with section access and code injection.
wiithon.formats.dol_header module: Section table of a DOL.

Data

wiithon.formats.bcsv module: Typed table format with hashed column names.
wiithon.formats.bnr module: opening.bnr, the banner shown in the Wii menu.
wiithon.formats.imet module: IMET header of a banner, holding the localised titles.
wiithon.formats.imd5 module: IMD5 header and checksum, wrapping banner assets.

Protocols

wiithon.formats.archive module: Structural types describing what an archive and a container must provide, used by WiiIsoPatcher.edit_as.