ISO Loader 0.8.x Beta + preview of DreamShell v4.0 RC 5

[SWAT]

(12.10.2023 00:23)fafadou писал(а):  @Swat Are you still opposed to the idea to build two small loaders optimized for homebrew and wince games with cdda ?

Without low level, vmu, screenshot, no SQ and no PIO etc, only DMA for datas and dma tmu1 for homebrews
DMA for datas and dma tmu2 for wince ?
Just in order to see the difference, no need to build them for each version, not necessary to add them to the three you already built every-time.

For homebrew any loader works identically. No need reduce memory usage for it, because in low memory we have full 64 KB. So the extended loader (with CDDA but without additional features) is the best choice for CDDA games, or any loader for non-CDDA games. All the same and for WinCE.
The main problem in memory is for KATANA only. The main problem for WinCE is data flow. If I fix it somewhere, I'll fix it in all current loaders automatically.
The low-level mode is a completely different mode, it cannot be combined with CDDA so easily.
This will only be possible in a fundamentally new version of the iso loader, which I have in my minds, but it has a lot of work.
BTW, I figured out how to get rid of the buffer for CDDA in SQ mode, this will be exactly what is needed for such a new version. But I haven't implemented this yet, I'll have to take the time to add this capability to the current loaders first to test it.

(12.10.2023 00:23)fafadou писал(а):  The 0.8.0 previous loaders are compatible with this isoloader version ?

No, old builds of loaders can't handle Extended CDDA mode, only old-style mode.