Splitting the dat file

[asapy]

it's not beautiful, a dat includes DVD isos with ".iso/2048" and CD with ".bin/2352+.cue".

[iR0b0t]

Nevertheless, this is no real reason!? We everybody are also no twins too

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?

[asapy]

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.

[iR0b0t]

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.

[Jackal]

BD doesn't need preservation.. it doesn't belong here and hopefully it will never be added

[pepsidrinker]

What's BD? Blu-ray Disc?

[Rocknroms]

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.

[iR0b0t]

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

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

[Rocknroms]

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).

[topkat]

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.