Thread: Why do people rar videos?

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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
    2% may not seem like much, but its enough to save on the upload time which is realyl what most distributers are worried about.
    Squeezing 2% of the file size seems like an argument. But it isn't. They rar the thing and split the rar because that's how they do it. Period.

    It's the stupid habit idea. Nothing wrong with it. Files were being RARed and split long before video files had such an high rate of compression. They just do it this way because that's what they have been doing for years.

    The 2% used to be important. Not anymore on non centralized p2p networks. So yeah, again, it's an habit. Sheesh!
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    You seem to think that p2p == infinite bandwidth, it does not. The file is still going over finite connection speeds and the smaller the overall file, the faster it will transfer. Perhaps 2% doesnt matter on a 1MB file where the difference woudl mean only a second or two, but particularly on large files, 2% of a 4 hour download means it finishes several minutes earlier.

    You have taken the stance that 'oh its stupid they have no reason to do it' and simply refuse to accept any of the reasons presented because they disagree with your notion that they do it because they are stupid.

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    Should we take into the account the power it takes to unrar that crap then (and the time; of gods, the time it takes, especially on a slow machine!)? It can probably cost just as much as the bandwidth providers for that little extra MB or two.
    Hehehe... I'm trolling, but I don't see the need for compressing to save a MB or two when it's just 2-3&#37; save.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
    You have taken the stance that 'oh its stupid they have no reason to do it' and simply refuse to accept any of the reasons presented because they disagree with your notion that they do it because they are stupid.
    Yes. I think it's (today) a stupid and annoying habit that got popular probably from the earlier days of usenet sharing.

    I presented my reasons, too. 2% of a 4GB file is ~80Mb. This is nothing on today's broadband networks. You get that much from just surfing the web. On my ADSL 12Mbps, 80Mb takes me 5 minutes on a bad day.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    Should we take into the account the power it takes to unrar that crap then (and the time; of gods, the time it takes, especially on a slow machine!)? It can probably cost just as much as the bandwidth providers for that little extra MB or two.
    Hehehe... I'm trolling, but I don't see the need for compressing to save a MB or two when it's just 2-3&#37; save.
    And as Ive shown, its not alwasy 2% which necessitates the process of compressing first, then comparing the results, then using the smaller file.

    If it takes you more than 5 minutes to decompress a 4GB RAR then you need to get rid of your 386SX and find somehting newer. Belly-aching because you have a modern connection and an antiquated system is not a plausable reason to expect everyone else to spend more time downlaoding files.

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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
    And as Ive shown, its not alwasy 2&#37; which necessitates the process of compressing first, then comparing the results, then using the smaller file.

    I seriously doubt they compress first to compare results, abachler. Compression ratios are pretty much well known these days. Don't buy that argument too, sorry.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mario F. View Post
    I seriously doubt they compress first to compare results, abachler. Compression ratios are pretty much well known these days. Don't buy that argument too, sorry.
    Sorry, but as demonstrated, compression ratios even for a given media type are not fixed. Therefor most people compress. If you dont like it then dont download compressed files (lolz).

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    Ok. I got it. Sorry. You are right. Silly me.

    So, fine then. I think this is it.... fine. Right.... yes. Ok.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
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    Also, MPEG-4 is lossy and RAR is not lossy.

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    That argument doesn't hold when you're RAR-compressing an MPEG-4-compressed movie.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mario F. View Post
    Ok. I got it. Sorry. You are right. Silly me.

    So, fine then. I think this is it.... fine. Right.... yes. Ok.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CornedBee View Post
    That argument doesn't hold when you're RAR-compressing an MPEG-4-compressed movie.
    Why not?

    It's lossless compression of RAR vs more compression of MPEG-4.

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    You already have the losses of MPEG-4. So you won't save your quality by then RARing the thing.

    But I guess you meant something else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
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    I was actually giving up on the discussion. You can decrement that again.

    You see, your sample wasn't representative. Not only because it was mostly a still image (as it was mentioned), but also because (and this was mentioned too) you would need to do it for a lot more files to be able to do draw conclusions as you are trying to.

    And it is exactly because millions of video streams have been compressed before that the compress ratios are more or less well known. And they, statistically contradict your sample.

    The original question was exactly about that. Files that get RARed and yet don't benefit from it.

    All this was mentioned by others, but you seem to have ignored it. So.. yeah, I gave up.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
    except again, you are choosing specific examples, whereas I have also shown examples that show excellent compression adn are also Mpeg4.
    Your video was practically a still image and you accuse someone else of choosing specific examples?
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