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Didi
Registered: Nov 2011
Posts: 486 |
CSDb compression
Hiya,
does it make sense to compress single d64 files when posting an entry to save space or are the files stored compressed on fileserver/in database anyway.
Greets
Didi |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11365 |
Quote:if only because ZIP and other archives retain file timestamps which the uncompressed D64s don't.
if only ppl wouldnt rip apart spreaddisks and copy each release into a new d64, then it'd be a good point :) |
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Bitbreaker
Registered: Oct 2002
Posts: 504 |
As if there would be so many new releases that unzipping becomes uncomfortable :-) |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2970 |
As others have commented, uploading compressed single disk images is completely pointless due to network transport compression (and also transparent compression in filesystems and databases).
Quoting wackeeI think it only makes sense for multi-disk releases, just to make sure that people download complete release.
Yes, and there, we'd be better off with some container format as seen on commercial C-64 emulators (see http://www.retroplatform.com/kb/15-122), which is basically a standard archive (usually compressed, think tarball or zip) with all required disk images and a manifest file (with meta-data like emulator settings), and possibly also other stuff like screenshots and .sid files, scrollers in plaintext and whatnot. Such a scheme would also make disk-changing in emulators and modern 1541 replacements a breeze.
It's long overdue for our community to define an open standard similar to that.
Are there any plans to support something like that in VICE, once it exists, groepaz? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11365 |
no. else we had already included cloantos format. |
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Doc Strange
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 101 |
Good to know. I usually compress them but since it's not really needed I won't do it anymore. |
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Urban Space Cowboy
Registered: Nov 2004
Posts: 45 |
Quoting Groepazif only ppl wouldnt rip apart spreaddisks and copy each release into a new d64, then it'd be a good point :) don't complain to me, complain to them :)
Just recently, it's obvious that Modul Utility V1.3, Edit Memory, and Save Program are all the same disk with all files but one scratched. What a waste of time! The uploader could've uploaded the original disk image for one database entry, then copied and pasted the URL into the others. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11365 |
personally i love it when someone makes a "clean" d64 and then breaks the release in the process =P |
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