I don't know what MD5 is but the uploader for kickass and bay told me he had to remove some files from the subtitle folder because with them the torrent didn't work. Those files are basically inconsequential to the release.

Airwave said:

 

bilditup1 said:

So I didn't touch the Threepio folders in anyway. Which extraneous files are you referring to?

The following files are present in the Threepio folder in the MySpleen torrent, but not in the TPB torrent: _README.html, prep_subs-match.pl, preb_subs-rtl.pl, prep_subs.pl, and the folder "vsfilter.dll", containing centerleft_mod_src.7z and VSFilter.dll. Whether they're supposed to be included or not, I don't know, but it's an anomaly between the two torrents.

 

OK. Those were part of the original download so I left them in. It's a shame that the tpb downloaders won't have the readme though; it's dead-useful.

If I'm uploading a corrupted file then someone please tell me how I should figure that out. I watched the film without any issue whatsoever (wrote an email to the uploader group earlier) but that is no guarantee.

In other news: my upload speed is now maxed out at 3.0MB/s which almost never happens :) I usually limit it to 2.2 so that there's some bandwidth left for other stuff, but I think the occasion calls for it, don't you? :)

I am currently downloading the PAR2 files to double-check my upload but I've left the current torrent up just in case. I'm stepping out and it'll take an hour-an hour and half to download, just in case anybody is planning on holding off until I do so.

EDIT: I was just told by boongee that 'If you were able to extract the final product, your rars are fine.'  So it seems like this is pointless. So don't hold off! Come one, come all!

Might wanna rethink that; word on the street is that the TPB torrent is corrupted.

Airwave said:

The one from MySpleen also seems to have some extraneous files in the Project Threepio folder.

I can confirm this.  That is why I cleaned things up for 1337x and TPB.  I kept getting bencode errors at MS, so I'm glad someone was successful.  Those extraneous files account for the "difference" between the torrents.  Also, the html readme file had to be removed because they are not allowed with video files.

Why wasn't the torrent just upped in its original format, ie rar parts and pars?

The TPB torrent is useless, how can you repair with any rar program when there are no rars?

bilditup1 said:

Airwave said:

 

bilditup1 said:

So I didn't touch the Threepio folders in anyway. Which extraneous files are you referring to?

The following files are present in the Threepio folder in the MySpleen torrent, but not in the TPB torrent: _README.html, prep_subs-match.pl, preb_subs-rtl.pl, prep_subs.pl, and the folder "vsfilter.dll", containing centerleft_mod_src.7z and VSFilter.dll. Whether they're supposed to be included or not, I don't know, but it's an anomaly between the two torrents.

 

OK. Those were part of the original download so I left them in. It's a shame that the tpb downloaders won't have the readme though; it's dead-useful.

If I'm uploading a corrupted file then someone please tell me how I should figure that out. I watched the film without any issue whatsoever (wrote an email to the uploader group earlier) but that is no guarantee.

It would of helpful if you uploaded the release as is, not your extraction of the release. Your MKV is toast.

Has anybody started a torrent of the release the way it was released in the first place as a rar archive with pars?

Airwave said:

 

vbangle said:

Why wasn't the torrent just upped in its original format, ie rar parts and pars?

The TPB torrent is useless, how can you repair with any rar program when there are no rars?

Torrents already repair on their own, without any need for RAR or PAR files.

 

Not true. If you upload a corrupt file you will download a corrupted file.

Rox64 said:

Harmy said:

I don't know what MD5 is but the uploader for kickass and bay told me he had to remove some files from the subtitle folder because with them the torrent didn't work. Those files are basically inconsequential to the release.

MD5 and SHA are used to check the integrity of a file. If two files has the same MD5 or SHA sum, then they are the same file byte per byte. If they doesn't match, they are not the same exact file.

They are useful for security and cryptoanalysis, and many software developers like Microsoft and Linux distros publish the MD5 and SHA sums of their releases.

 

Minor nitpick: Hash collisions are unlikely, but can occur, as non-"perfect" hashing algorithms are surjective functions. That is, it's rare, but you can have two files hash to the same value. This is less likely with MD5 and the SHA family than, e.g., CRC-32.