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Re: Sorting redundant entries
03/05/19 01:34 AM


> > There are also multiple ways of representing the same thing, which is why there are
> some
> > redundant entries in the cassette list right now; they're for improving the TZX
> > decoder, which isn't perfect.
>
> It would be really useful it there was a way to mass-compare checksums from the data
> blocks inside the files... Not just for TZX, but for any other similar formats where
> each "full dump" is inevitably going to have its own checksum due to small
> differences detected in pauses between blocks, etc.
>
> Then again, there may also exist certain releases where only the pause lengths are
> different (we have to think of every possible situation), so there would have to be a
> threshold for considering them separate things.

pretty sure there are copy protections / loaders where the pause lengths matter too, so even data that isn't data potentially makes a difference ;-)







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* Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight 02/27/19 11:22 AM
. * A headstart for spectrum_cass.xml ICEknight  03/08/19 11:52 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight  03/02/19 06:45 AM
. * New specpls3_flop softlist. ICEknight  03/03/19 10:16 AM
. * Re: New specpls3_flop softlist. Pernod  03/03/19 02:50 PM
. * Re: New specpls3_flop softlist. ICEknight  03/04/19 03:49 PM
. * Re: New specpls3_flop softlist. Haze  03/04/19 04:17 PM
. * Sorting redundant entries ICEknight  03/05/19 01:15 AM
. * Re: Sorting redundant entries Haze  03/05/19 01:34 AM
. * Re: New specpls3_flop softlist. ICEknight  03/05/19 12:56 AM
. * Re: New specpls3_flop softlist. ICEknight  03/06/19 08:15 PM
. * Re: New specpls3_flop softlist. Haze  03/03/19 01:40 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight  02/28/19 09:05 AM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) Pernod  02/28/19 03:05 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight  02/28/19 10:58 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) Pernod  03/01/19 02:29 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight  03/01/19 06:17 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) Vas Crabb  02/28/19 10:07 AM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight  02/28/19 09:43 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) Haze  02/28/19 11:54 AM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight  02/28/19 10:07 PM
. * Re: Submitting MAME hash files Pernod  02/27/19 02:56 PM
. * Re: Submitting MAME hash files Vas Crabb  02/28/19 02:09 AM
. * Re: Submitting MAME hash files F1ReB4LL  02/27/19 02:02 PM
. * Re: Making new hash files for MAME (ZX Spectrum) ICEknight  02/27/19 11:39 PM
. * Re: Submitting MAME hash files Sthiryu  02/27/19 06:04 PM
. * Re: Submitting MAME hash files Haze  02/27/19 11:35 AM

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