multiMAN ver 04.17.00

Subject: multiMAN ver 04.17.00 Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:50 pm

multiMAN ver 04.17.00 BASE (20121220).rar (111.88MB)
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Includes:
* multiMAN ver 04.17.00 BASE CEX (20121220).pkg
* multiMAN ver 04.17.00 BASE DEX (20121220).pkg
* multiMAN ver 04.17.00 BASE CEX STEALTH (20121220).rar
* Latest versions of mmRAS and mmRAS_server by aldostools
* Latest version of installPKG (with support for /dev_hdd0/PKGTMP)
* Showtime, bdRESET, stDISC, gameDATA, lastGAME as usual

multiMAN ver 04.17.00 BASE CEX (20121220)
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multiMAN ver 04.17.00 BASE DEX (20121220)
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multiMAN ver 04.17.00 BASE CEX STEALTH (20121220)
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Here are the changes from 04.16.02/03/04/05/06 to the latest:

* Improved overall speed of all functions and GUI
* Data Test/Verify functions now take fraction of the time compared to previous versions
* Improved 'Verifying data' of USB games by a factor of 50
* Improved scan before copying a game/folder
* Improved loading folders in mmOS
* Improved just a bit deleting games/folders
* Greatly improved loading content when browsing PS3 HDD/USB drives in game modes
* Loading Retro ROM/Video/Photo and ISO folders while browsing PS3 HDD/USB is now about 15 times faster
* Added "Friendly" name option in "Settings"/"Network Servers" for /net_host parties
* Fixed over-scrolling when browsing through large number of entries
* Increased max number of entries in game modes by 50% to 3072 (from 2048)
* Improved speed when copying games/files from/to USB HDDs
* Improved speed when copying games from PS3 Game Discs
* Improved speed when copying/browsing folders via FTP (LIST/MLSD)
* Added support for up to 99 pkg files in the [* Install Package Files] queue
*
[* Install Package Files] function will scan /dev_hdd0/PKGTMP and will
MOVE the queued pkg files from this folder (saving HDD space by not
copying to temp location)
* mmOS will now honor the "Verify USB Games" setting when starting games from icons/shortcuts/game-folder
* Scanning for active USB storage devices is now performed in the background and will speed up loading games on 4.**CFW
* Verifying games in now performed in the background (when possible) to avoid delays when loading games

While
on the 'improvement' track I decided to remove and completely rewrite
another major function in mM - copying folders/games. Currently the
memory used by the new function is down to 6MB (from 12MB - used to be
32MB in the beginning). While at it I added the double progress bar so
you can monitor the progress for each file and the overall progress.

I
used LittleBigPlanet game as a test/reference when I started improving
things last week and finally got about 15-30% speed increase.

8343MB (240 files):

Before the optimizations:
HDD->USB = 13:20min (800 seconds) (~10.4MB/s)
USB->HDD = 11:30min (690 seconds) (~12.1MB/s)

After the optimizations:
HDD->USB = 10:30min (630 seconds) (~13.3MB/s) (about 28% faster)
USB->HDD = 08:30min (510 seconds) (~16.4MB/s) (about 35% faster)

Of
course with games with less files the transfer speed hits the limit of
the internal HDD (~30MB/s) or the external USB (~20MB/s) like for
example copying GT5 (14056MB in 19 files):

HDD->USB = 15:05min (905 seconds) (~15.5MB/s)
USB->HDD = 11:58min (718 seconds) (~19.6MB/s)

Copying from PS3 Game Disc is at ~8.4MB/s (which is the max. read rate of the ps3 bd-drive).

It
may not look THAT much faster, but probably with larger games the saved
time will be a lot more. 5 or 15 mins saved is still something.

D

p.s.
To those who wonder about the latest speed improvements - you may
remember my posts during the year: "Saved 5MB or RAM here... 20MB or RAM
there... another 15MB RAM saved..." so finally I found time to utilize
the resources I managed to free. Now I had to rewrite a lot of functions
from scratch and optimize them as much as I can. The result is more
speed and stability.
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Subject: Re: multiMAN ver 04.17.00 Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:48 pm

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Subject: Re: multiMAN ver 04.17.00 Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:50 pm

Multiman is brill!
But can anyone explain to me why it is taking over 40Gb of my hard drive?
(Seriously low on space now)
Checked through all the folders and nothing stands out.
I have no games cached either.
I would love to get my HDD space sorted out.

I even tried the old startup Multiman in debug mode and update... but that didnt have any impact either.

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But can anyone explain to me why it is taking over 40Gb of my hard drive?

<blockquote class="posttext restore restore_margin">

mM creates links/shortcuts to all your XMB Video file in its "XMB Video
Files" subfolder so that you can quickly play any video (via mM's
showtime) without browsing countless folders (you can see the files in
mmOS /ps3_home/video or in game modes when you browse Video ->
PS3 HDD -> XMB Video). This was an automated function in earlier
versions, but for a long time mM won't do that unless you use "Create Links To Video Files" option in "Video" column of mM's game modes.

The PS3's 'information/check' function in XMB counts these links as
actual files hence the 40GB report. If you wish, go to mmOS, double
click the "multiMAN" icon and go into "XMB Video Files" subfolder and
delete all files (these are shortcuts - don't worry). Then exit to XMB
and re-check the size of mM.
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Subject: Re: multiMAN ver 04.17.00

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