SuperGoataku Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Hi there, I am trying to complete my ZX Setup, i have a TOSEC set of ZX Spectrum, but have no idea what file format i should be using with Spectaulator 8.0. Is there a difference in the quality of the games depending on format. I really have no idea. So far i have manually renamed 50 or so of the 4828 games on the XML i have. I cant use Dons renamer with that XML for some reason, it errors out on me. Can i use CMP somehow to rename them to match the XML and media? I dont fancy manually renaming 4700 odd roms Any help would be greatly appreciated, Ross
Deadly Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 When using Dons renaming tool, if your files are zipped unzip them first and try it. If it still bombs out then add 300-400 games at a time. I noticed if I selected too many files at once it'd bomb out.
Styphelus Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 TZX is preferred according to what I've read because is an actual image of the tape. Z80 is a memory dump. I can't tell the difference but stick to TZX. If not available than Z80 will be perfectly fine as well.
zxspecticle Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 As above - Think of TZX as no-intro. No rubbish, no cracking group front-ends, just a pure replica of original tape image. I'd recommend people stick with this format. "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time" Abraham Lincoln, (attributed) 16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
MonkeyJug Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 I just did this today. Was fairly painless, thanks to zxspecticle's database from the FTP. It's crc'd, so just use dons renamer, tick only the check CRC box, and point to your tosec set. It should find all but a handful, which you will need to manually download...
MonkeyJug Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 I think I used both a Tosec set and a 'World of Spectrum' set and came up only about 8 or 9 short, of which I managed to manually find about 4 or 5 leaving me just a few short. Zxspecticle's database CRCs match mostly .tzx, but also quite a few .z80 file types too. Edit: the WoS set is on usenet...
zerojay Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 I don't see it anywhere so if you could point me to it or pm me an NZB, it would be massively helpful.
MonkeyJug Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 check you pm mate - it's not showing in my sent folder though, so let me know if you received it...
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