7z possible?

31 March 2008, 23:54

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 · 01 April 2008, 00:19

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 · 01 April 2008, 01:00

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

Anubis · 01 April 2008, 18:01

In spain they sell them per RPM

killergorilla · 02 April 2008, 01:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

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 · 02 April 2008, 01:25

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

Retro-Nerd · 02 April 2008, 01:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by bLAZER

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

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

Shoonay · 02 April 2008, 01:37

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

Ian · 02 April 2008, 02:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by killergorilla

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

31 March 2008, 23:54	#1
VooD Posts: n/a	7z possible? 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?

01 April 2008, 00:19	#2
Ian Global Moderator Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 46 Posts: 2,287	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.

01 April 2008, 01:00	#3
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	Why bother? Amiga disk images are small and drive space is cheap.

01 April 2008, 18:01	#4
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,061	In spain they sell them per RPM

02 April 2008, 01:25	#6
bLAZER Awesome to the max Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gothenburg / Sweden Age: 48 Posts: 1,006	Hey, that's the kind of attitude that creates bloatware! Always optimize, optimize, optimize!!

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Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,107	That's the kind of attitude that created Vista. Always enhance, expand, extend!!

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