What if it had to be split in to multiple parts to be uploaded to where the person is putting it because of individual file size limitations?
How is it courteous, it just adds an extra step for nothing and a bunch of files to deal with for nothing, and slows down transfers. (slower to transfer a bunch of small files than one big one) Just leave the file alone, it's already 1 file. If it's multiple files, then zip it as 1 file. Though unless it's text based data there's no reason to compress anyway.
Another reason could be that splitting it up is better for use with par files.
Pars are courteous because rars can become corrupted. Especially when they are transfered across multiple drives spread out over long distances.How is it courteous, it just adds an extra step for nothing and a bunch of files to deal with for nothing, and slows down transfers. (slower to transfer a bunch of small files than one big one) Just leave the file alone, it's already 1 file. If it's multiple files, then zip it as 1 file. Though unless it's text based data there's no reason to compress anyway.
It's about robustness. news posts get damaged/deleted all the time, smaller files = easier recovery.
Just use p7zip already.
But say 1 guy does it and another guy does it, but one of his files is corrupted, how am I going to obtain that file anyway, one guy might have compressed it differently than the other, so it's not like the files will be interchangeable. I still have to redownload the whole thing to get the file and if it's corrupted from the get go I'm screwed anyway. Typically these multi file rars are inside a single torrent or a single zip file so it defeats that purpose anyway.
And yeah I absolutely hate .flv as well. You can't do anything with that, like if you need to take a clip and put it in an editor or reencode or w/e.
.mp4 is not that bad anymore, seems vlc and xbmc can play it fine now, but when it first came out it was annoying.
And yeah I LOL at people who send email images in BMP format. At least use uncompressed jpg if you are scared to alter the quality, or PNG. The best is when they take a screenshot to send to the help desk, paste it in word, print it, then do scan to email. I've actually seen that lol.
I just hate the compression. If something goes the slightest bit wrong you get that funny "4 pixels are different colors but move in a blob." Do you know what I mean?And yeah I absolutely hate .flv as well. You can't do anything with that, like if you need to take a clip and put it in an editor or reencode or w/e.
.mp4 is not that bad anymore, seems vlc and xbmc can play it fine now, but when it first came out it was annoying
This, so many times......
And yeah I LOL at people who send email images in BMP format. At least use uncompressed jpg if you are scared to alter the quality, or PNG. The best is when they take a screenshot to send to the help desk, paste it in word, print it, then do scan to email. I've actually seen that lol.
OK, so you use *n*x OSes, but are oblivious to PAR and FFMPEG and mplayer? Seriously? FLV isn't directly supported by most editors, but you can work around it easily enough.And yeah I absolutely hate .flv as well. You can't do anything with that, like if you need to take a clip and put it in an editor or reencode or w/e.
You can lose most or all of the file with very little data loss in the file, and yet it still remains larger than an MKV. I've never had a problem playing them, personally, but it's far from a good general format, IMO. Like ExFAT, its blessings from IP holders are what make it common, not its merits..mp4 is not that bad anymore, seems vlc and xbmc can play it fine now, but when it first came out it was annoying.
It's convenient for some users. What if they're not used to stable internet connections? What if your plan includes file hosts with size limits? Or, what if you want to recover files? It's more convenient to recreate a whole file than to try to recover a partial file and work from there, because the recovery will take longer than just running a parity-based recovery. If more than one file got damaged, then those partial recoveries will likely yield a correct working file set in the end, too.How is it courteous, it just adds an extra step for nothing and a bunch of files to deal with for nothing, and slows down transfers. (slower to transfer a bunch of small files than one big one) Just leave the file alone, it's already 1 file. If it's multiple files, then zip it as 1 file. Though unless it's text based data there's no reason to compress anyway.
Well I was trying to think of... Ummm... Legitimate purposes.
A release group puts it out with a .NFO file describing the release contents and specific filenames. You get the missing / corrupted files "filled" by downloading them through an alternate source that is sharing the same release.But say 1 guy does it and another guy does it, but one of his files is corrupted, how am I going to obtain that file anyway, one guy might have compressed it differently than the other, so it's not like the files will be interchangeable. I still have to redownload the whole thing to get the file and if it's corrupted from the get go I'm screwed anyway. Typically these multi file rars are inside a single torrent or a single zip file so it defeats that purpose anyway.
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OK, so you use *n*x OSes, but are oblivious to PAR and FFMPEG and mplayer? Seriously? FLV isn't directly supported by most editors, but you can work around it easily enough.
I've never seen this, except for stuff loaded on free hosting sites that allow a max size per file that is smaller than the full video, but nobody needs those.
There's your problem right there: you assume that the ones doing this are the ones sharing it. No. The ones doing it are the ones releasing it for everyone else to share. Duplicate, modified, or extracted releases are supposed to be rejected from the scene unless there was a problem with the original and it gets "nuked."But say 1 guy does it and another guy does it, but one of his files is corrupted, how am I going to obtain that file anyway, one guy might have compressed it differently than the other, so it's not like the files will be interchangeable. I still have to redownload the whole thing to get the file and if it's corrupted from the get go I'm screwed anyway. Typically these multi file rars are inside a single torrent or a single zip file so it defeats that purpose anyway.
Nobody working in IT can be this clueless.
I think RS is putting together an alibi for his inevitable disappearance by the RIAA and MPAA black helicopters.
I just don't think there's a point to it, it just adds an extra step and requires me to download a program, when they could have just shared the video file normally.
What's generally the quickest and easiest way to deal with not being able to get to video or audio in a FLV? FFMPEG or mplayer from the command line, depending on your tastes. A couple GUIS can do it, like VLC, but they're harder to work than the terminal programs.Huh? What does this have to do with mplayer and ffmpeg? I never even said anything about those.