On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:47:02 -0600, sitkaman wrote:
>On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:17:33 +0100, J. Knasterhuis <j.knasterhuis@localhost> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:33:34 -0800, Solly <solly1@REMOVEnewsguy.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>etu <etu@lasbud.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>>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!
>>>>>>
>>>>>snip
>>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>I think the texts and images are worthy to also be included in a .PAR
>>>>repair option so that they can be repaired when they get damaged. You
>>>>could do a seperate set of .PAR for them. You could also include the
>>>>text and images in the .RAR archive when it is up to me.
>>>>
>>>>Waste of space imho is to include sample.mpg's in .PAR repair specialy
>>>>when that is combined with the main RAR achive.
>>>
>>>Placing the supporting files (jpg, nfo, txt, samples) into the RARs defeats
>>>the purpose of allowing the down loader to view these before deciding
>>>whether to download the RARs or not.
>>
>>Place them into the RAR's, make PAR's for it like that. Then upload
>>the resulting files PLUS the TXT and image files.
>>
>>You'll end up with TXT and image files inside RAR's AND outside RAR's.
>>The good thing is then that a repair doesn't hang on maybe a single
>>block because a JPG image is missing. Anyone of these small files each
>>take ONE block of repairfiles... (if PAR-red seperately).
>>
>>>I have no problem with the supporting files being included in the PAR set
>>>but personally I prefer not to do so.
>>>
>>>You can't please everyone.
>>>
>>>Thank you for the effort you have been doing on this project. I once
>>>wondered how you knew the size etc. for your list of posted DVDs because I
>>>did not figure that you had downloaded everything that was posted. I now
>>>realize that I was mistaken.
>>
>>Jaap Knasterhuis.
>
>Wow, a lot of opinions on how this should be done. What I've gathered is that an RAR and
>PAR set for the movie, and a seperate RAR/PAR set for the ancillary files might be the
>best way to go, as for as current user, and way future user.
It's all just details, but it had happened to me that I could not
download a DVD, posted years ago, only because in the end it was short
of just 1 or 2 blocks...
>I'll try that for a while.
Thank you so much!
>thanks for all the feed back guys, it does make be want to keep going.
>
>sitkaman
Jaap Knasterhuis.
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