Tools: Port refraction's bulk compression script to Python #11574
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I’ve been using createdvd with my games. Just wondering why createraw is used here - is there a benefit, or much of a muchness?
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I made the script before createdvd was an option, but also I find createraw tends to give slightly better compression, from my own tests.
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Also they share similar options, createraw has more versatility in the way it has more options like createdvd doesn't have No --unitsize Option:'
Both have the same compression types (default is lzma,zlib,huff,flac).
But with createdvd you can easier give the correct hunksize. Createraw will default to correct one but you can change to whatever for more or less compression.
Generally looking at the options they do have the same compression powers just differently handled with the code logic.
Description of Changes
Converts refraction's bulk compression script which was presented as a Windows-only batch file into a cross-platform Python script.
Rationale behind Changes
Makes the tool cross-platform, putting Windows, Linux, and macOS users (freeBSD?) on a more equal footing and allowing us to ship the tool with PCSX2 instead of tucked away in Red's PCloud.
Suggested Testing Steps
Try all 9 options and try them with and without deleting source items as well as different block sizes if compressing. Presently needs tested on all three major OSes, and it may work in freeBSD, but there's no guarantee at all for that. Until it has been properly tested by multiple people, USE THIS IN A CONTROLLED TESTING ENVIRONMENT WITH JUST A FEW FILES WHICH YOU HAVE BACKED UP ELSEWHERE.