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PSP roms cannot be scanned if they are inside a .ZIP file

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bug: scanner platform: psp
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Description

Many games (like NES or SNES) can be perfectly scanned if the rom is inside a .ZIP or .7Z file, it creates the playlists and everything works good

For a strange reason this is not the case of the PSP roms, there's .ISO files that are correctly added to the playlists, that if i zip them, the playlist with them is not created (and I have see the progress bars saying that is reading inside the .zip file)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing a PSP .ISO scan from an uncompressed file and from inside a .ZIP or .7Z archive, then compare the scan path with the working NES and SNES cases. Trace the ROM scanning and playlist-generation entry points involved in archive contents; done means archived PSP games are added to playlists like uncompressed PSP images.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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