2009/1/20 Steffan Davies <st...@steff.name>: > Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote at 16:50 on 2009-01-20: > >> 2009/1/20 Ian Forrester <ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk>: >> > >> > The reason why we would like to Tar the files together is because of >> > things like subtitles, artwork, cuts of music, >> > other metadata pieces, etc. We're not just talking a collection of video >> > files. >> >> What does Tar add to the ability to organise files in a set into a >> hierarchy, that a directory tree in the Torrent doesn't? Except >> stopping people from downloading only the files that they want from >> that set? > > It limits the number of file descriptors the torrent client has to deal > with. I know this has been a problem for some torrent clients in the > past
I think Backstage should be pushing the envelope so this isn't persuasive for me :-) -- Regards, Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
