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Old 10-10-2005, 01:14 AM
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UL: 153.94 gb DL: 74.06 gb Ratio: 2.08
I knew that it is a one song. There is nothing wrong about it. My suggestions was for your next releases (where it may be multiple files). I would like to explain my point of view.

You admitted you squeezed 5-8 Mbyte, so original file is around 78Mbyte. Zipping saved atmost 10/15 minutes of download time for us. It's good and nothing wrong with it. But there are some consequences that must be taken in consideration.

When this zip file is downloaded, a user will need to unzip it. It will take 70MB.zip + 78MB.mpg file space in HDD. Moreover, it is most likely after unzipping user won't keep the zip file. So, we are loosing seeders. If it were a regular file user would seed/share as long as it is in the hdd.

Another important thing is, for a movie/mp3 file if we are stuck at 98%+ we can still watch it, with some glitches. But we need 100% of a zip file before we can unzip it. We have seen cases where months after the release of a video some late-users get stuck at 98%+ and there is no seeder. it would be less frustrating for them if the file is not a .zip.

You said that "....r amer pokka kono boro file seed dawa kuv problem", it is really situational. Like, it was a 78MB file, you zipped it to 70MB and sharing it. But if it were, 100MB mpeg file, you wold have been seeding a 90MB zip file. Size doesn't matter, what does matter is willingness to seed.

I was just asking for your consideration of the fact that we are loosing much flexibility only for few megabytes of data.
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