Feedback - Feature Requests

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Ability to scan/fix CHD contents against a redump.org DAT

Open

This would require treating CHDs as a container and validating contents against an external DAT. This may be complicated since CHDs store data as a single stream and the DAT may have contents as individual tracks.

Support for reading RAR archives

Open

Scanning

Today all RAR archives are treated as files and their contents are not hashed.

Allow Retool-like functionality to split and tailor DATs to the user's preferences

Open

Core

This would allow flexibility to create 1G1R sets.

Ability to delete duplicate files from ToSort

Open

Fixing

A dedupe cleanup option would allow users to remove duplicate files in a ToSort.

Update the UI from WinForms to Avalonia

Open

General UX

Linux

The current RomVault UI uses WinForms which has poor support across platforms. Linux users must use RomVault with mono which results in an inconsistent and buggy experience. A more modern cross-platform UI framework is preferred. Avalonia seems to be the most popular choice with the largest community and active development.

Show total size of DAT contents

Open

Info Panels

The main RomVault UI currently only displays file count statistics. The DAT content size is visible in DATVault, but not anywhere else.

Parallel file scanning

Open

RV4

Consideration for RV4.

Support archives scanned as files

Open

RV4

Consideration for RV4. The goal is to have DATs with zip files in the DAT scan and fix correctly.

Show set level statistics

Open

Info Panels

Display complete, incomplete, missing, MIA, etc. at the set level. Today RomVault only shows file count information.

Add a progress bar or percentage indicator for compress/decompress actions

Open

Fixing

Some archives may take a very long time to process, and a percentage indicator would reassure the user the program did not hang.

Implement a check to ensure a network share is accessible to prevent unwanted removals from the cache

Open

Scanning

One of the most common causes for unintentional deletion of data from the cache is from scanning when a USB or Network drive is disconnected.

Ability to directly enter paths instead of forcing the user to choose from a directory picker

Open

General UX

A forced directory picker limits power users from easily assigning paths. This enhancement would add flexibility and help Linux users.

Global search

Open

General UX

A global search function that can also search for hashes and not just filenames. The current search function only filters the game list grid by set name matching.

Show inherited directory rules

Open

Settings

The directory settings view shows default settings when viewing a directory without any specific rules set. It would be more intuitive to show the inherited settings.

Show scanning progress of current file

Open

Scanning

Large files and archives can take several minutes to scan. A progress indicator in the scanning status window for the current file would reassure users the RomVault is not frozen and is in the process of scanning. This could be displayed as a progress bar or percentage similar to CHD scans with chdman.

Keyboard only navigation for DatRoot Tree

Open

General UX

Allow keyboard navigation of the DatRoot Tree. Suggested keyboard mappings: Navigate Up: Up arrow Navigate Down: Down arrow Expand branch: Right arrow Expand recursively: Shift + Right arrow Collapse branch: Left arrow Collapse recursively: Shift + Left arrow Tick/Untick branch: Space Tick/Untick item: Shift + Space Lock branch: Ctrl + Space Lock item: Ctrl + Shift + Space

Fix action to move entire directories

Open

Fixing

Rearranging your DatRoot requires a large fix where each file or archive needs to be moved individually. ZipMove helps with this, but it would be even better if RomVault could also detect when an entire directory is no longer needed and its entire contents are required in another location. In this scenario RV could do a single move action for the entire directory. This would significantly help with cloud implementations.

Add a visual indicator in the tree view to show which DATs you have managed by DATVault

Open

Tree

It is currently difficult to know which DATs are managed by DatVault and which are manually managed.

Add a “Cache Cleanup” operation

Open

Core

This would evaluate all files but does not rehash to ensure the cache is up-to-date with the latest RV logic. This should also detect missing data points like AltSize and AltCRC.

Add an option for “Open DAT Directory”

Open

Tree

The ability to open the DAT directory from the Tree context menu would save several clicks if you need to go to the DAT to view in a text editor.

Ability to sort the “ROM Status” column

Open

Game / Detail Grids

This is currently the only column which is not sortable. The statuses could be sorted by groups, for example: Good statuses, fixing status, bad statuses.

Deep scan CHDs within archives

Open

Scanning

If a CHD is in a zip or 7z archive is it scanned by RomVault properly, but it is processed as a normal file. If a CHD is detected within an archive the inner hash of the CHD contents should also be calculated so it can match DATs that use this inner SHA1.

Add a time estimate until next DAT update, or how long since the last backend DATVault update

Open

DATVault

This would allow users to know when DATs are updated before checking explictly.

Allow the user to pause scanning or fixing

Open

Core

Sometimes scanning and fixing can take a very long time, and you may want to pause just to make sure the cache is up-to-date in case an issue occurs. This feature would allow an on-demand cache update in the middle of the scan or fix when the user pauses.

Ability to write 7z or zip archives with no compression

Open

Settings

Today RomVault only writes archives in TorrentZip or RV7Z format.