thanks for the appreciation. Works ok with "non-merget set"

> > For example with romset "hharry.zip" (14 roms) when clrmame rebuilt it, it
> makes
> > two folders, "Irem" that contain "hharry.zip"(with 13 roms) & "Irem America" -
> > "hharry.zip" (with 1 rom). And romset is incomplete in both cases.
> >
> > Is it a little bug of clrmame or the problem is relationate with the datafile
> > ??? It fixable ????
>
> it's normal. in a lot of cases, clones have slightly or completely different
> manufacturer names. this is true in less cases but still happens for years and
> sourcefiles.
>
> you can't "fix" it, unless you want games always playable. in this case you can
> do two things: create merged sets so clones are always inside the parent, or
> non-merged sets which will make separate playable clones, but will make your rom
> sets much much much bigger.
>
> personally i would create merged sets if i were for separating games by
> manufacturer.
>
>
> > Another cuestion, I have the romsets compressed by ZipMax, when I use the
> > Rebuilder with "Recompress files" unchecked to split by manufacturer, is it
> > necesary recompress again with Zipmax ????
>
> nope, since the compressed data doesn't change. that's what unckecking that
> option does.
>
>
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