Load hires textures faster

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Describe your system:
 - Operating System (be specific): Arch Linux
 - Machine type (32-bit or 64-bit): 32-bit
 - Mupen64Plus version: 1.99.4
 - Plugins used: The ones that come with it

Describe the problem:
Using the Ocarina of Time Community Retexture Pack, it takes a minute or two to 
start The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.  It's almost instantaneous with a 
smaller, older, hires texture pack, or with no hires textures at all.

Please provide any additional information below.
- LoZ: OoT Community Retexture Pack: 
http://www.n64redux.com/content/ocarina-time-community-retexture-project 
(~590MiB compressed, ~760MiB decompressed)
- I no longer have a link to the older hires texture pack.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by edelstah...@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2011 at 12:23

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This should be "enhancement", but the option wasn't given.

Original comment by edelstah...@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2011 at 12:25

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Original comment by s...@narfation.org on 23 Sep 2011 at 8:20

• Added labels: Component-RiceVideo, Performance, Type-Enhancement

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The performance bottleneck of the hi-res texture loading is not the software; 
it is your disk I/O system.  The appropriate solution to this problem is to get 
a solid-state disk and possibly a faster CPU.  750MB of textures is a lot.

Original comment by richard...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2011 at 12:42

• Changed state: WontFix

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Thanks for the info.

Original comment by edelstah...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2011 at 11:49