Major changes in v2.8 include:
- PlayStation TIM textures
- S98 audio files
- Support for Kitty and Sixel protocols in terminals to display file icons and banners.
- Improvements for Wii U firmware files, amiibo, and Lua bytecode.
- Numerous improvements for Windows icon handling.
- More ARM NEON optimizations.
- Windows icon allback fix for certain types of files, e.g. Powershell scripts.
- GNU gettext is now built as part of rom-properties using a custom CMake build.
See NEWS.md for the full changelog, including a list of bugs fixed.
The Windows version is now packaged as an installer using Inno Setup.
- For Windows 7 and later, use
SetupRomProperties-2.8.exe. (Inno Setup 6.7.3; supports i386, amd64, and arm64) - For Windows XP, 2003, and Vista, use
SetupRomPropertiesXP-2.8.exe. (Inno Setup 5.6.1; supports i386 and amd64)
Ubuntu packages are available from an Ubuntu PPA for the following Ubuntu releases:
- Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" Xerus
- Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" Beaver
- Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" Fossa
- Ubuntu 22.04 "Jammy" Jellyfish
- Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble" Numbat
- Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute" Raccoon
To add the PPA and install rom-properties, run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gerbilsoft/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rom-properties-all
This will install all rom-properties frontends and executables. Individual frontends can be installed by installing the relevant rom-properties-* package.