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Re: MAME .145
02/18/12 07:36 PM
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> just some comments: > > - MAME will still support zip even if 7z support is added > - if the chd format is put to version 5, you most likely have to run a chdman -update > on all your chds to recompress them to the new format. > > > Regarding cmpro: > > - of course I will add support for v5 chds but this will not include the actual > update step. You should use chdman for this. I will add an option which will show a > warning if you did not convert a found chd. > > - cmpro already works rather fine with 7z, while reading 7z archives is internal, > writing is done by calling an external 7z executable. Keep in mind that 7z operations > are slower, especially if we're talking about solid archives. As soon as I find time > and a better 7z sdk, I may include the writing part as well. > > Currently I see a new cmpro at end of February, hopefully with the chd update and > definetly with the multi softwarelist support.
I just used clrmame to build a 7z'd set of ROMs. It was quite easy and went without problem. All I had to do was point clrmame to my 7 zip exe file. I went from 36.2 GB to 29.7 GB. Not bad.
I checked out the latest MAME source from http://git.redump.net/mame/. It works fine with 7z ROMs.
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