On 19 Jul 2003, I vada'd that Yeti had trolled into
alt.binaries.sounds.radio.bbc and left a bona messagette; to which I have
responded as follows:
> 1. PAR files have to be as large as the largest file in a set. Fine
> when dealing with a split RAR archive but very wasteful when dealing
> with varied mp3s. It's daft to post a 15Mb P0N to recover a missing
> 5Mb mp3
This is no longer the case with PAR2 - the PAR2 files can be as small as
100k for the purpose of fixing a small fault in one part of one file.
Lennier
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come together in cyber space, in the end of time. If I do not see you, I'll
see you again soon - at the place where no Shadows fall."
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 02:19:50 GMT, Lennier <Please.Dont@no-spam>
wrote:
>
>> 1. PAR files have to be as large as the largest file in a set. Fine
>> when dealing with a split RAR archive but very wasteful when dealing
>> with varied mp3s. It's daft to post a 15Mb P0N to recover a missing
>> 5Mb mp3
>
>This is no longer the case with PAR2 - the PAR2 files can be as small as
>100k for the purpose of fixing a small fault in one part of one file.
>
>
>Lennier
Given that my whole post was about PAR1 vs PAR2 why didn't you read
the rest before you repeated me!?!?