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Dir2Dat

optyfr edited this page Sep 2, 2018 · 5 revisions

Available since v1.8

Dir2Dat

Permit to generate a dat file from a given directory

With the following available options:

  • Scan subfolders will include subdirs found in containers
  • Deep scan for containers will search for containers recursively and not stop at first level
  • Add MD5 for ROMs will compute and add MD5 for ROMs
  • Add SHA1 for ROMs will compute and add SHA1 for ROMs
  • Junk subfolders will remove folder path from entries
  • Archives and CHDs as ROMs will not read Archives and CHDs and consider as simple files (ROMs)
  • Match current profile will try to gather information from current profile
  • Include empty dirs will include empty directories when possible

Multiple export format:

  • Mame Dat: the Mame machine standard format
  • Logiqx Dat: the Logiqx universal format
  • SW List Dat: will create mame software list either multiple or single depending what was found