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Morpheus (Morpheus@dreamland.com) 2010/05/26 20:25

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From: Morpheus <Morpheus@dreamland.com>
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Subject: Re: PING: Cosmos-I need help with Quickpar...
Date: 26 May 2010 21:25:01 -0500
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On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:03:54 -0700, C\0,SM'0S. wrote
(in article <4bfd8cb9$0$15641$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>):

> insane4boyz! <nevermind@notsaying.net> wrote in news:4bfcbcde$0$15691
> $c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
>
>> I used Quickpar to split a file that was 500MB in size and the par2
>> files it created added up to 490MB! I noticed, for example, on your
>> recent post, the split files totalled 108MB and the par2 files only
>> totalled 12MB. So, a 500MB file split should only be about 50-60MB
>> worth of par2 files, correct? I wonder if I have to change some
>> settings. Could you tell me what your settings are and I'll try to
>> match them? Thanks much!
>>
>>
> Hi IFB
>
> I usually set the redundancy in quick par for around 10/15%
>
> If you limit the file size to 384,000 / 750,000 max then the parts will
> propagate to the minor company servers with greater reliability and
> completion.
>
> Cosmos
>

Smaller parts propagate better.  That was my experience when I was posting a
lot of music.


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