<![CDATA[Redump Forum — Splitting the dat file]]> 2010-02-16T15:04:41Z PunBB http://forum.redump.org/topic/2009/splitting-the-dat-file/ <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> Are there any plans to add parent / clone dat files like No-Intro does?

I think this would be beneficial and would save space on your harddrive.

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/8168/ 2010-02-16T15:04:41Z http://forum.redump.org/post/23660/#p23660 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> thehealthyone wrote:

you can split .DAT file by using a software called total video converter.. its the best software for conversion..

Wrong kind of dat file.

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/485/ 2009-11-16T03:43:25Z http://forum.redump.org/post/21724/#p21724 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> why not do it like no-intro you can generate a dat the way "u" want it if you only want greek games then you could generate the dat smile

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4197/ 2009-08-16T06:23:35Z http://forum.redump.org/post/19923/#p19923 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> Another vote to split the DAT in terms of region. Furthermore, I would like to separate the Js from the non-Js like Asia and Korea (I'm only interested in the Js).

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/9924/ 2009-08-12T16:09:22Z http://forum.redump.org/post/19882/#p19882 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> I would also love to be able to download the dat files in regions, or via systems with clearmamepro.  As an alternative to manually doing it, I did create a simple GUI program that grabs games/regions from a DAT for me that I've been using with Redumps PSX set to grab the USA games; anyone is free to use/edit/etc if they wish.

Convert DAT Program + src

The source code is for Visual C#, the free express version should be able to compile it.  The EXE requires a Windows Machine (XP, Vista, Win2003, etc), and .NET Framework 3.5 to run.

Basically what the program does is use a regular expression.  This grabs each game from the dat, and if the game contains an element in the containing text box then it'll add that game to the new list.

For example " (Spain) , (Europe) , (German) " would grab every game that contains one of those three strings.

Any questions feel free to ask.  I've never tested this with other DAT's, other than Redumps PSX, but theoretically it should work for any ClearMamePro DAT file.

2009-11-16 - EDIT: Updated to v3.  Removed the Reverse Region check (Only worked with single letter tags like (U) or (J), and problem was already fixed in redump).  Updated to work with the new XML layout, still works with old format as well though.

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4688/ 2009-01-05T03:26:37Z http://forum.redump.org/post/14415/#p14415 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> It would be awesome to have a DAT-o-MATiC like No-Intro does, where you can select exactly what you want in a .dat. Like have checkboxes for:

NTSC / PAL

Game Discs / Demos / Bonus Material

English / Japanese / German / French / etc.

Users can just check exactly what they want, and have a custom .dat built for them.

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4703/ 2008-10-18T03:03:45Z http://forum.redump.org/post/12629/#p12629 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> Any progress in splitting up the dats?

I would really appriciate that. Like TOSEC, there should be dats for games, demo, coverdisc etc.  For the large sets like psx the games folder should be further divided into regions (usa, asia, pal). As my collections grows, messing around with 500+ gb of data in clrmame isn't fun.

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/1634/ 2008-10-17T10:03:43Z http://forum.redump.org/post/12618/#p12618 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> roms = cartridges -> yes!:)
CD and DVD are very similar to floppy until a new format come out CD -> DVD -> BD -> ? (Probably we will see some Wii games on 4 DVDs in future, Phantasm on SS has 8 CDs and many other PC games are similar).

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4288/ 2008-07-04T14:32:54Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10484/#p10484 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> Rocknroms wrote:

I hope future gen consoles will come back to rom media.

Do you mean cartridges? big_smile
We don't really wont to have the old "Floppy Disc Times" back, to have 100s of discs for one simple game !

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4357/ 2008-07-04T12:42:09Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10480/#p10480 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> pepsidrinker wrote:

What's BD? Blu-ray Disc?

Yes. I hope future gen consoles will come back to rom media. Today the prices are continuosly raising down so I won't understand why (if) they will use again cd based media.

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4288/ 2008-07-04T04:49:32Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10461/#p10461 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> What's BD? Blu-ray Disc?

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/700/ 2008-07-04T03:59:06Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10460/#p10460 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> BD doesn't need preservation.. it doesn't belong here and hopefully it will never be added

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/8/ 2008-07-03T18:33:26Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10428/#p10428 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> Well, I see, you will also separate different media types.

If there are no combined media, then I would also welcome your idea too, also CD / DVD / BD / etc. big_smile

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4357/ 2008-07-03T16:16:25Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10427/#p10427 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> Well, i'm neutral with DVD9. But, i think we should separate BD.
They're dumped from different media.
If someone dumped floppy disc PC games, I agree to separate FD games from CD and DVD.

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4208/ 2008-07-03T15:51:07Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10426/#p10426 <![CDATA[Re: Splitting the dat file]]> Nevertheless, this is no real reason!? We everybody are also no twins too big_smile

But seriously, if there should be later "Media Description Files" for DVD-9 or BLU-RAY dumps (I do not mean MDS files),
would you want to separate them then also from DVD-5?

]]> http://forum.redump.org/user/4357/ 2008-07-03T15:22:52Z http://forum.redump.org/post/10424/#p10424