On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:34:49 -0600, sitkaman wrote:
>On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:10:56 +0100, J. Knasterhuis <j.knasterhuis@localhost> wrote:
>
>>Thank you very much!!
>>
>>I have a suggestion too.
>>When you create the PAR2 files, you create them not just for the
>>essential files (the VIDEO_TS folder), but also for all the TXT, BMP,
>>JPEG files.
>>
>>This results in missing blocks if any of those non-essential files are
>>missing, and some essential files have to be repaired.
>>
>>This could be aproblem for someone with a very crappy connection, who
>>just needs 1 more block to repair... Or, years into the future, when
>>PAR2 files WILL be needed, it could just all hang on 1 single block
>>missing.
>>
>>Solution: create the recovery files *before* you add the other files
>>(TXT, BMP, JPEG and so on) to the folder where you upload from.
>>
>>See attachement 'Concerning_Recovery_Files.png'.
>>
>>Thanks again!
>>
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>
>Well, I guess I could do that, I have certainly thought about doing it that way.
>
>I'll tell you what, if I hear no conflicting opinions, I'll start doing it that way on
>tomorrows post.
>
>sitkaman
Thank you for listening to my suggestion. We'll see then.
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