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Files with the extension
.CDZ are known as "
ROM With a View Project".
This file format was added to our database by a visitor to this site, but no additional information was provided.
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The compression algorithm used in CDZ is based on zlib compression.
This format was created in order to save hard drive space while maintaining the ability to perform random data access (which is required for the games, but not supported with the more common data compression formats).
Images compressed with CDZ also use up less cache memory. As of pSX 1.12, all supported CD image formats besides ISO can be converted into CDZ.
The CDZ converter will include all relevant files in the final CDZ file, so image formats that make use of multiple files (such as CloneCD's CCD/CUE/IMG/SUB images) are stored in the single CDZ file.
Users can convert images using the GUI included in the emulator, or use the commandline utility (cdztool.exe), which is located in the utils folder included with the emulator.(adapted from wokipedia)