Posted by kim on 12/29/07 00:36

Greg Farr wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:24:54 -0000, "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>> BTW I'm curently using v3.54 beta 4 which I think is the latest
>>>> version?
>>>
>>> That's the one I've been using since September, about. Still
>>> works fine. Haven't seen any fake file problem whatsoever, so
>>> I'm not sure what other people are seeing.
>>
>> As I told Greg before, WinMX is not a place I would go looking for
>> movie files. Even if I found one one the chances of it playing back
>> _smoothly_ with decent picture and sound quality are remote.
>>
>> (kim)
>
>
> I've also been using v3.54 beta 4 for quite a while now. I don't
> understand why Winmx should not be considered for films,

WinMX doesn't have parity checking. That means is a download is interrupted
and then resumed (often from another source) the file may be corrupted but
complete all the same. Later p2p apps have built-in parity checking to avoid
that situation. This is only a problem for long files as a short file is
likely to be downloaded quickly all in one go. The only movie I've ever
watched via WinMX was a cam of Starsky & Hutch and the movie was so bad to
begin with it hardly mattered how corrupted the file was.

> as I've been
> using them for over two yrs and seen tons of them, yes there are some
> that are cam done, and too small, and some bad copies. Lately one
> comes up that says, after you've d/l the whole thing and started it;
> This can only be played on a Dom player, with a URL, and it doesn't
> play. What is best for films, Mule?

It depends on the quality you're after. I generally prefer DVD files which
are too big for eMule so I use newgroups instead. The most popular movie
format is 700MB XviD downloaded via BitTorrent. These can be burned on a
regular CD and played back on many (but not all) standalone DVD players.
BT's built-in parity checking ensures the file won't be corrupted. You can
also check on the quality of any XviD you plan to download at VCDQuality.com
but don't try posting any questions there :o)

(kim)

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