[ scummvm-Feature Requests-2820182 ] DC: Game Listing Utility

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Feature Requests item #2820182, was opened at 2009-07-11 18:56
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: E.J. (stryfe-dc)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: DC: Game Listing Utility

Initial Comment:
I notice that the DC scummvm has to do quite a bit of scanning of the disc every time it's initially loaded, and after returning to the menu on the games that support it. This cause the drive to do quite a lot of work, making it get worn out quicker.

As ScummVM replaces the original executables, there would be no purpose to have a file browser that could browse through the disc and then load the particular game. I had also thought  that a file-listing utility, like the one used by the GenPlusDc and DreamSNES emulators would also be useless.

But...after some thought I realized that maybe an utility could scan the directories pointed to, just like scummvm already does to indentify the games on the disc, and create a file/game list that could be included on the disc for ScummVM to read once each load, or return to menu. 

Would this be possible/plausible?

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