7z archive support

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The ability to open any rom zipped with a 7z compatible archive (7z, rar,
zip, etc)

If more than 1 valid rom, open a dialog with a list of available choices.

For reference, Nestopia and FCEUX have this.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andres.d...@gmail.com on 25 Jul 2008 at 2:17

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OK, as of revision 205 the following formats should be supported: 7z, rar, zip, 
gzip,
bzip2, lzh, lzma, split, tar.

Additionally, it should work even with nested archives (so you can put a ROM in 
a zip
file that's in a rar file that's in a 7z file and it will still find and load 
the ROM
immediately).

After opening a compressed ROM, the thing that gets added to the recent files 
menu
fully specifies which ROM within the file to load (again, even if nested).

The file extension of the archive files generally doesn't matter. For example, 
a rar
file or an uncompressed ROM that's mistakenly named as .zip will open without
problems. The only exceptions are the formats that have no magic number inside 
to
identify them with. In this case I believe that means only an extension of 
.lzma,
.lzma86, or .001 can affect how the file is interpreted.

There's currently no support for loading encrypted archives, so the archives 
must not
be password-protected.

Original comment by nitsuja-@hotmail.com on 3 Feb 2009 at 11:28

• Changed state: Fixed

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TODO: Support this for movie files as well. That way I can be more lazy and not 
even
have to unzip published movies to view them.

Original comment by nitsuja-@hotmail.com on 24 Feb 2009 at 4:50

• Changed state: Accepted

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Yeah, I'd like support for movie files as well.

It is set up that way in FCEUX, and it is nice not having to unzip a 
submission.  
Save a few clicks ^_^

Original comment by andres.d...@gmail.com on 24 Feb 2009 at 12:54

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Original comment by nitsuja-@hotmail.com on 2 Mar 2009 at 2:40

• Changed state: Fixed

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Now with full drag&drop support too, to take it one step further.

Original comment by nitsuja-@hotmail.com on 2 Mar 2009 at 8:40