Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote at 16:50 on 2009-01-20: > 2009/1/20 Ian Forrester <[email protected]>: > > > > 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 but I'm not sure if it still afflicts current clients. It'll certainly end up being a solved problem as domestic connectiosn gets faster and torrent sizes grow, but I suspect this problem brought about the common (if really, really irritating) habit of packaging torrents in archive formats. S - 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/[email protected]/
