John IV |
IV/Play, MAME, MAMEUI
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Reged: 09/22/03
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Posts: 1970
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Loc: Washington, USA
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Re: Space savings from new CHD delta feature?
10/22/23 06:27 PM
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Yes, it basically creates a diff between the existing clone and the parent, which can share a lot of data. The space savings can be enormous for a full set collection. I already shaved off 20GB with just four CHDs converted.
Also, Roman just cranked out a test .exe of cmpro if anyone wants to test it before he releases a full build.
https://www.emulab.it/forum/index.php?topic=9148.0
Note the conversions take a while if you haven't dealt with CHD 'editing' in a bit, as it has to do a validate extract and re-compress.
john iv
http://www.mameui.info/
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