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Mr Ric
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Re: MAME Classic 9.9.0
05/10/23 11:04 PM


> > Am I understanding your concern correctly?
>
> yep. Because I use a NAS as a single repository and access it using a couple
> different computers (saves me disk space, gives me redundancy, and keeps me from
> having to manage multiple instances) it is VERY slow to rescan. After I made my last
> filter change last night I'd estimate it took 3 to 4 hours for a rescan. Today I
> turned on my PC, started MAME Classic again and it started to rescan again as if it
> had never done it before. With IV/Play it assumes you have everything and shows
> everything immediately. If you click on a game that you don't have ROMS for it just
> gives you an error that it can't find the ROMS and you're back in business.
>
> So if there was a setting in a future version of MAME Classic were to assume you have
> everything and you were to filter some choices out, it just needs to filter them from
> the available list, not do a rescan.
>
> I'm sure I'm the outlier in this situation as most people just have all of their ROMS
> on the HD with their MAME installation.
>
> Thanks!

I'll send you a PM for further discussion.







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* MAME Classic 9.9.0 Mr Ric 05/09/23 11:55 PM
. * Re: MAME Classic 9.9.0 McHale  05/10/23 05:56 AM
. * Re: MAME Classic 9.9.0 Mr Ric  05/10/23 07:21 PM
. * Re: MAME Classic 9.9.0 McHale  05/10/23 09:53 PM
. * Re: MAME Classic 9.9.0 Mr Ric  05/10/23 11:04 PM
. * Re: MAME Classic 9.9.0 RobbbertModerator  05/10/23 03:55 AM

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