Ok, just noticed that there is a check box for "Compress", but it seems to have no effect when you upload directly from disk (perhaps it works if you upload from the browser - but I'm not going to do that for a file this size).
Ian. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Ian Clarke <ian at sensearray.com> wrote: > I'm trying to upload a?1.25 GiB?AVI recording of a lecture, and its > been compressing for over an hour. ?Why is Freenet trying to compress > files that are already compressed, and why does it take so long? > > We need more content in Freenet, its rather discouraging when you try > to upload something and it uses 100% of your CPU for several hours > trying to compress something that is probably incompressible. > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke > CEO, SenseArray > Email: ian at sensearray.com > Ph: +1 512 422 3588 > -- Ian Clarke CEO, SenseArray Email: ian at sensearray.com Ph: +1 512 422 3588