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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: orange on November 25, 2014, 09:33:44 AM

Title: DMS inconsistency
Post by: orange on November 25, 2014, 09:33:44 AM

I noticed that sometimes last one or two bytes in compressed track are different, using same input .adf and same DMS version; why is it so? (both .dms verify ok)

BTW, is there source code for DMS, so it can be ported to linux (not just the unpacker)?

Title: Re: DMS inconsistency
Post by: cgutjahr on November 25, 2014, 12:40:16 PM

Quote from: orange;778192

BTW, is there source code for DMS, so it can be ported to linux (not just the unpacker)?

You shouldn't use DMS anymore. There's a myriad of different DMS packers and unpackers, most of them created by patching existing binaries. Some of the have bugs, some of them produce buggy archives, some of them ignore errors.

Stay clear of DMS - use ADF or ADZ (gzipped ADF).

Title: Re: DMS inconsistency
Post by: orange on November 26, 2014, 06:33:58 AM

Quote from: cgutjahr;778210

You shouldn't use DMS anymore. There's a myriad of different DMS packers and unpackers, most of them created by patching existing binaries. Some of the have bugs, some of them produce buggy archives, some of them ignore errors.

Stay clear of DMS - use ADF or ADZ (gzipped ADF).

thanks, but I didn't intend on making new .dms archives anyway, its for verifying repack script of old ones.