> > 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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