Thanks again for the information. I think I'd go with 3% PAR sets.
This is my final question, for now: Since my entire DVD collection is
DVD-5 (with maybe three or four exceptions), is there a movie group
where lossy uploads is accepted?
I see newsgroups for DivX and XVid, and a couple for WMV, but that's
not the same as what I have, of course.
My DVD collection is broad and extensive, but again, not lossless, so
I'm wondering what the best strategy is for posting what I have.
Smeggy
>
>The precise settings would mostly benefit you. If your part size is really 128
>MB, then 8 of them would equal 1024 MB which is exactly 1.0 GB. (32 of them
>would be 4.0 GB... it just makes it easier to tell the size of the post, and
>whether it's a DVD5 or DVD9.)
>
>:And regarding a PAR set: What is the recommended Redundancy setting?
>:My test was done with 10%, which generated 241 blocks. This would
>:lead to a maximum of five recoverable files. Should it be higher?
>:Lower?
>
>I'm sure everyone is holding their breath on this one, but I'm not going to
>recommend doing what I do. I give new meaning to the word 'frugal' when it comes
>to .PAR2's. In fact, I'm downright stingy! (I post about 1%.)
>
>Generally, 4% is considered 'Generous', 3% 'Standard'. This assumes that you are
>posting 'Universal' .PAR2 blocks. That means that one .PAR2 block is equal to
>the size of one yEnc article (plus overhead). To do that, the 'Source Block
>Count' slider must be set to maximum. Also, it is a good idea to set the format
>to 'Variable (Powers of Two Sizing Scheme)'. Lastly, things work out more
>elegantly if you choose a precise number of blocks to create from the 'Powers of
>Two Minus One' series, to wit: 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023, 2047...
>etc. (One of those numbers will always be close to the % of .PAR2's you wish to
>create.)
>
>Isis
>
>:Thanks!
>:Smeggy
>:
>:
>:>His part size is set to 128000000 Bytes and his yEnc line setting is set to
>:>10000. These are the 'decimal' settings, and although they aren't precise, they
>:>have the distinct advantage of being easy to remember and you can do the
>:>arithmetic in your head.
>:>
>:>The more precise 'binary' settings would be a part size of 134217728 Bytes, and
>:>a yEnc line setting of 10592. This will give you a part size of 128 MB as
>:>measured on your hard drive (magnetic media).
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