Quade wrote:When I disable Autopar, it's when I'm downloading something large (45GB) and I want Quickpar to Monitor the rars.
I'll think about it. I assume no autopar means download whatever's placed in the download list. For now, you can expand and add a single par before adding the rest of the set. Maybe when autopar is disabled, I should split the pars out and add them above the file set. Why not just keep autopar turned on and then disable "Unrar"?
> For now, you can expand and add a single par before adding the rest of the set.
I don't understand this.
> Why not just keep autopar turned on and then disable "Unrar"?
When disabling Autopar, it's for a good reason. If you have a 45GB download that has significantly damaged RARs, you don't necessarily want it to be repaired using available PARs. This is because you may end up with a par repair that takes hours. In this case, you may wait for reposts, or attempt to retry the rars later if it's a recent post that hadn't fully propagated.
I'll often also start downloading files from a large set before they've finished uploading -- if the uploader takes 3 hours to upload and I take 5 hours to download, if I start downloading when he's 2 hours in, there's no time wasted waiting for the files to complete. Many of us in certain groups do this.
By disabling Autopar, it allows you to use an external app like Quickpar that only scans each file once and lets the user stay in control of the process by adding files to be downloaded arbitrarily.
It's rare that I'll not use automation for paring and unraring, but it's one of the reasons I used Newsbin 5.x so often, as it was probably the best client for letting me decide what to do with the download at the file level -- moving pars up and down the download list, adding new rars etc. I miss that functionality, as do others who have posted here.
I think it's great to have each file collection grouped and compacted, but it would be even better to have the flexibility of individual file manipulation -- the best of both worlds.