7z possible?

[VooD]

There is a huge space save compressing the adf's in 7z instead zip.
Can GameBase be modified to accept 7z files? Will ever support 7z officially?

[Ian]

You have to change a couple of files to add the 7z extension.

It's got nothing to do with GameBase, as long as the emulator supports it (which WinUAE does) GameBase can use it.

I did it myself last year. You just need to open the databases and change the relevant filenames to be (whatever).7z instead of (whatever).zip

I forget which config files holds the file extensions so you will have to have a look for that yourself.

[alexh]

Why bother? Amiga disk images are small and drive space is cheap.

[Anubis]

In spain they sell them per RPM :cheese

[killergorilla]

Why bother? Amiga disk images are small and drive space is cheap.

Exactly. The space saved is tiny.

I'm surpised Ian bothered as he's a HD fanatic ;)

[bLAZER]

Hey, that's the kind of attitude that creates bloatware! Always optimize, optimize, optimize!! :p

[Retro-Nerd]

Hey, that's the kind of attitude that creates bloatware! Always optimize, optimize, optimize!! :p

No, that's the bloody truth. It's 2008!!! ;)

[Shoonay]

That's the kind of attitude that created Vista. Always enhance, expand, extend!! :cheese

[Ian]

Exactly. The space saved is tiny.

I'm surpised Ian bothered as he's a HD fanatic ;)
HDs might be cheap but Internet is still slow as fuck for uploads.

It is not a small saving, if memory serves correctly the games directory of tosec is about 800mb to a gig smaller.

Jmmijo would've spent an extra day on my server if everything wasn't 7zipped :lol