> > 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.
Which is the purpose of gain 5 GB of space when you can buy one or more cheap terabyte HDDs? Just curious...
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