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clrmame Discussion / Rebuilder 0.04 released

« on: 12 March 2023, 17:58 »

2023-03-12 V0.04 released
- support reading of (split)rar/(not split)7z and writing of 7z files
- detection of zip, 7z, rar, chd files by byte signature (instead of extensions, but
  not within archives)
- selectable tempfolder in settings.xml
- minor speed up due to upfront matching size check
- updated various 3rd party libs, added 7z.dll
- ctrl-c will stop the rebuilding and cleans up temporary files/folders
- various internal cleanup

https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/rebuilder_v004.zip
https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/readme.html

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.047 released

« on: 20 December 2022, 12:03 »

4.047
misc: updated ziparchive (4.6.9) and unrar (6.20.3)
misc: show warning when trimming removed a whitespace rom names with subfolders

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clrmame Discussion / Rebuilder 0.03 released

« on: 05 October 2022, 15:49 »

2022-10-05 V0.03 released
- use a real move operation in case of copy/deleting single files (incl. chds)
- add option -u, --uselinks to generate filesystem hard or sym links instead doing a file copy or move operation

https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/rebuilder_v003.zip
https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/readme.html

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.046b released

« on: 18 August 2022, 14:01 »

4.046b
fixed: unsorted disk array can rarely cause random unneeded chd messages

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clrmame Discussion / Rebuilder 0.02 released

« on: 16 August 2022, 15:25 »

2022-08-16 V0.02 released
- since MAME can't handle subfolders in decompressed sets, decompressed sets and chds are always stored flat in folders (no clone/dependency subfolders in full or standalone mode). When kept compressed, the archives will hold subfolders
- not existing romOf reference leads to removed merge information for the machine

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.046a released

« on: 16 August 2022, 13:41 »

4.046a
fixed: support for other sample extensions is broken
fixed: more compatibility for standalone rebuilder tool in handling disk names  in full merged mode (hash collision mode) (revert in 4.046a)
fixed: more compatibility for standalone rebuilder tool in handling of devices with romof attributes in full merged mode
misc: updated 7zip sdk/dll tp 2201

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.046 released

« on: 14 August 2022, 16:48 »

4.046
fixed: support for other sample extensions is broken
fixed: more compatibility for standalone rebuilder tool in handling disk names  in full merged mode (hash collision mode)
fixed: more compatibility for standalone rebuilder tool in handling of devices with romof attributes in full merged mode
misc: updated 7zip sdk/dll tp 2201

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clrmame Discussion / Rebuilder 0.01 released

« on: 13 July 2022, 20:35 »

Rebuilder 0.01 released

Yes...something new, something fast, something I've enjoyed coding. Rebuilder is a small commandline tool which has some advantages over the rebuilder in clrmamepro. Faster, Standalone merge mode, CHD rebuild to name a few.

Read more: https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/binaries/readme.html

Download: https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/#downloads



Some examples:

Load a MAME 245 listxml dat, use e:\mame\roms as source, f:\sorted as destination folder, scan the source recursively and create sort the output by manufacturer and year. Rebuild in zipped split merged mode (default):
rebuilder.exe -x e:\temp\245.xml -i e:\mame\roms -o f:\sorted -r -p #MANUFACTURER#/#YEAR#

Generate standalone sets in f:\standalone, based on 245 data with roms from e:\mame\roms but limit it to machines named 194*
rebuilder.exe -x e:\temp\245.xml -i e:\mame\roms -o f:\standalone -r -m standalone -f 194*.

Trust crc32/size hash for an even faster processing...(-s none)
rebuilder -x e:\temp\245.xml -i e:\mame\roms -o f:\test1 -r -s none

Do a really slow but full sha1 input/output check and with recompressing
rebuilder -x e:\temp\245.xml -i e:\mame\roms -o f:\test2 -r -s both -c rezip

Generate a full merged output but decompressed
rebuilder -x e:\temp\245.xml -i e:\mame\roms -o f:\full -r -m full -c none

Load a softwarelist collection dat (mame.exe -listsoftware) and rebuild my unsorted stuff for all software lists at once:
rebuilder -x e:\temp\245_soft.xml -i e:\unsortedstuff -o f:\softwarelists -r

Split my sets by device, mechanical, bios folders
rebuilder -x e:\temp\245.xml -i e:\mame\roms -o f:\clean -r -p #BIOSSPLIT#

Rebuild from a to b and remove rebuilt source files
rebuilder -x e:\temp\245.xml -i e:\a -o f:\b -r -d

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.045 released

« on: 06 June 2022, 15:52 »

4.045
misc: updated to ZipArchive 4.6.8, unrar 6.11.100.427, 7Zip SDK/DLL 21.07
fixed: rarely list a set as missing when it does not contain any files on its own
fixed: 4.044d misplaced a romset regression (full merged sets only)

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.044d released

« on: 01 June 2022, 19:02 »

while working on *something else* I found two little things in the old thingie....

4.044d (2022-06-01)
fixed: wrong bios set assignments for clones which don't use the bios roms themselves (pwrshovla, v4frfact*)
fixed: not showing files as unneeded which became empty sets over time (e.g. microvsn, mach64, msm6222b, o2_voice)

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.044c released

« on: 30 March 2022, 18:25 »

4.044c
fixed: Scanner fix missing, backup fails when replacing a file in an archive and file is replaced silently

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.044b released

« on: 25 February 2022, 10:34 »

4.044b
fixed: xml parser comment/cdata issue (once and for all....)

4.044a
fixed: xml parser comment/cdata issue
fixed: falsely prompt for creating not existing but not active sysdefpaths

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clrmame Discussion / cmpro 4.044 released

« on: 29 November 2021, 15:40 »

4.044

fixed: file can get lost under some rare rename/set conditions (MAME238 diablo68 u2)
misc: update 7Zip SDK/DLL to 21.06, update unrar SDK/DLL to 6.10.2
misc: compiled with Visual Studio 2022 / Win 11

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.043 released

« on: 08 October 2021, 15:14 »

4.043
fixed: xml cdata parsing error
fixed: sample stats count for nodump sets which reference a sampleonly set

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.042 released

« on: 14 September 2021, 07:40 »

4.042

misc: support romof handling in device sets
misc: systems auto assign can detect empty software list folders in case they are named accordingly
misc: software list import's default setting is off
misc: changed behaviour of context menu "move all incomplete sets" to "move all sets with problems" (similar for delete).
      This also covers wrong named etc ones, not only missing files.
misc: contextMenu options Delete/Move/Copy Current/all [not fixed]/all sets with problems use the parent set in full merged mode
misc: cleaning cache also cleans hashes folder
misc: batcher's scanner merge mode overwrite does not overwrite the information from a datfile's forcemerging option
misc: batcher's rebuilder pack overwrite does not overwrite the information from a datfile's forcepacking option
misc: don't stop multiple downloads on first failure
misc: wrote a wrapper class to handle all filefind calls which weren't 32k path length ready.
      This should fix all remaining long path (32k) issues.

fixed: invalid wrong-case messages on chds with very long filenames
fixed: wrongly list valid chds as unneeded when a no dump chd of the same name exists and 'mark no dump as unneeded' option is enabled

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.041 released

« on: 28 February 2021, 18:30 »

4.041

added: Select Sets variables %R %G to filter by for Region / Language
added: Batcher, rebuilder setting to avoid message prompts
misc: support dat date attribute format YYYY-MM-DD without specifying timestamp
misc: rar/7z/uncompressed files timestamps are handled as UTC based, zip as non UTC based
fixed: some unpack/pack zip operation fail on very long file/path names
fixed: interative folder creation for UNC paths is broken
fixed: systems auto assign fails for software lists
fixed: fail to load dats from www when www profiler definition file doesn't use http/https in the links

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.040 released

« on: 01 January 2021, 18:22 »

Nothing big, but I'd like to start the new year with some better version number  than a or b or something......
Happy New Year, I'm sure it will be better than last. Stay healthy

4.040

fixed: falsely hiding some missing information (split merged sets with nodump chds)

(e.g. MAME AmericanLaser sets)

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.039a released

« on: 13 December 2020, 17:42 »

4.039a

fixed: www profiler, don't truncate protocol from page url, so you can use http or https (however you need to update your settings once)
fixed: www profiler shows downloaded and updated dats still as update
fixed: don't prompt user that the download was ok when www profiler loaded a decompressed dat
fixed: downloaded and not moved decompressed dats get removed when closing cmpro
fixed: some sets don't get marked as unneeded or weird renames are proposed in mame/software list combined mode only
fixed: parent/clone relationship of software list roms got lost under some circumstance
fixed: 32k pathlength support doesn't work for profiles/datfiles
fixed: fixing a wrong sysdefpath issue only worked when you got "ask before fixing" enabled
fixed: xml parser fails on xml files with <?xml-stylesheet ...?>
fixed: falsely trim "." characters at the end of filenames
fixed: falesly check 'marked disabled sets as unneeded' sets for wrong names
fixed: falsely hide missing bios roms in bios sets when separate bios sets is disabled
fixed: falsely skip rebuilding bios roms in bios sets when separate bios sets is disabled
fixed: falsely load not updated profiler cache after delete profile operations
fixed: 32k path support failed for paths which are exactly MAX_PATH long
fixed: scanner font selection isn't applied/saved when you use the default font (blank name)
fixed: misleading wrong merged messages when using regions/languages
misc:  www profiler, allow redownload of local datfiles
misc:  use UTC based time/date for date/time fixing
misc:  allow odd second values (MS DOS times are over)
misc:  allow yyyymmddTHHMMSS as date/timestamp in dat
misc:  www profiler can handle urls which provide filenames by content-disposition header information
misc:  updated rar ddl
added: %L=1/0 option for set-info select sets to enable/disble sets which reference software lists
added: show number of selected profiles/datfiles in profiler window title

4.039a fixes a crash bug when loading dats with bad date entries

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clrmame Discussion / clrmamepro 4.038a released

« on: 07 August 2020, 15:01 »

4.038a
added: support for zip/rar/7z aliases (e.g. jar/cbz/cbr/cb7, etc) in Settings->Compressor tabs.
       So you can now scan e.g. jar files like zip files etc
       The alias settings allow multiple values separated by space, so e.g. .cbz .jar .war
added: zip property tab in Settings-Ccompressor with e.g. zip compression level setting option
misc:  use a private use utf8 char for internal set subfolder handling, so all kind of apostrophes
       '´` in rom/setnames are allowed again and won't be replaced
misc:  speedup multi 7z/rar delete opertions by using filelists
misc:  updated rar dll
fixed: some zip circular rename operations could kill files
fixed: some zip renames could create dupes (4.038a) (MAME .223 v4mdice v4monte issue)

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clrmame Discussion / cmpro 4.037a released

« on: 22 June 2020, 18:31 »

Very tiny update...

4.037a
misc:  for softwarelist combined mode scanning a software list set is now strictly restricted to the assigned rompath. Should resolve all possible false-positive detection of unneeded stuff
fixed: falsely allow user to enter settings/scanner/rebuilder/merger when no profile is loaded
added: copy functions (not only move) to warnings window context menu