I started to do this before I realized it was above my ability (mostly because I suck =P), but I thought it would be a really good idea to support tar.gz files. Gzipped files are very compressed, much more so than .zip'd files, and could really increase the amount of stuff you could put on an SMC. And, of course, making it an uncompressed tarball is just because zlib can only compress a single file.
I imagine it like this: Let's say you used your GP32 for three different things: Playing MP3's, playing your large collection of SNES games and playing your large collection of PC Engine games. You'd create a gzipped tarball of each. Whenever you want to do something, like play your SNES collection, you'd extract the files and delete the archive using the program. Then, when you're done, you'd have the program archive them back up, deleting the files as it goes.
From what I can tell, this dream seems very possible, albeit above my abilities... but do you guys think this could be a reality or just a pipe dream?
I imagine it like this: Let's say you used your GP32 for three different things: Playing MP3's, playing your large collection of SNES games and playing your large collection of PC Engine games. You'd create a gzipped tarball of each. Whenever you want to do something, like play your SNES collection, you'd extract the files and delete the archive using the program. Then, when you're done, you'd have the program archive them back up, deleting the files as it goes.
From what I can tell, this dream seems very possible, albeit above my abilities... but do you guys think this could be a reality or just a pipe dream?
