Picture associations in Torrents with multiple videos
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Pictures associated with a torrent that have only one video file are obviously from THAT video.
However, pictures associated with a torrent that has multiple files have no indication WHICH of the video files that picture is associated with.
This is a problem because often I have only interest in one picture from a collection posted, but I have no idea WHICH video that picture is associated with. Also, I would rather not download a 200 gig collection when there is only one movie that interests me in that collection.
One solution to that would be.. when uploading a FOLDER.. QTM would cycle through all the MP4, AVI, MPG, and WMV files, and prompt the uploader for one (or more) pictures from each of those files - and associate it with that file. If they are too lazy to make those associations, fine.. don't upload a picture. But don't upload a bunch of pictures to use as "click-bait" to get people to download a 200 gig collection.. of which 190 gigs of it is unwanted.
Also.. very few members here are willing OR able to download massive collections, so those massive collections are a waste of time to the site.
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Another solution - when uploading pictures - especially when uploading pictures for a collection - require the uploader to give each picture a NAME which is viewable on the torrent description - or on the picture itself.Other sites don't even allow collections / folders - because of the problems that come with them.
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Pictures associated with a torrent that have only one video file are obviously from THAT video.
However, pictures associated with a torrent that has multiple files have no indication WHICH of the video files that picture is associated with.
This is a problem because often I have only interest in one picture from a collection posted, but I have no idea WHICH video that picture is associated with. Also, I would rather not download a 200 gig collection when there is only one movie that interests me in that collection.
You don't have to download the entire collection. Most or all torrent clients allow you to choose to download only some of the files in a multiple-file torrent. If you are downloading an entire collection to try to figure out which video a photo goes with, try asking on the "Who is this? What video is this?" board instead. https://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?board=108.0
There have been several discussions about the problems and disadvantages of collections, especially large ones. You might be interested in looking back through this board for those threads. Your particular complaint is poor documentation of the content in a collection, a frequent issue.
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You don't have to download the entire collection. Most or all torrent clients allow you to choose to download only some of the files in a multiple-file torrent. If you are downloading an entire collection to try to figure out which video a photo goes with, try asking on the "Who is this? What video is this?" board instead. https://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?board=108.0
Posting individual photos to the forum hoping that someone (which is often ME) can identify what movie it came from is a lot of work and can take several days if ever to get a response. That is not practical.
If someone is too lazy to post one scene or movie per torrent.. they can at least indicate which picture goes with which video in the collection. They are not helping anybody.. and wasting their own time by not doing so.. because very few people are going to piss their hard earned credits away on collection that is 200 GB.. 100 GB.. or even 10 GB.While we are at it.. the people who included filmstrips of tiny-low quality images that can't be viewed without running the magnifier over them are also quite lazy and wasting their own time and ours.
In fact.. I just thought of ANOTHER solution to this mess with a suggestion for the amount of points to be awarded instead of the current insignificant points awarded for pictures.
–-----When someone uploads a torrent... award them 100 points per photo.. (a filmstrip of 15 images counts as ONE photo).
Then, have THREE buttons for other members to use..Button #1 would be ADD PHOTOS which if approved, would give that member 100 points per photo.
Button #2 would be REPLACE photos which if approved would give that member 200 points (100 for their new photo, and another 100 for replacing a crappy image with a relevant good one).
Button #3 would be ASSIGN photos which would award the member who made the effort to assign the EXISTING images to the files in the
torrent 100 points for doing the work that the lazy uploader didn't do to begin with.I would also suggest - deducting 100 points for each image that the uploader was awarded for the photo they stuck on the torrent. The uploader wouldn't be losing anything, but rather having what they were awarded rescinded / taken back.
Finally, this process would be a bit of work for an admin. I suggest that the admin handling this should get 100 points per torrent they evaluate for proper images.
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Finally, this process would be a bit of work for an admin. I suggest that the admin handling this should get 100 points per torrent they evaluate for proper images.
The admins and mods are volunteers and already seemed stretched to keep the site functioning and aren't likely to want to take on something like that. I am guessing that they don't need points, anyway. I would imagine they all have excellent ratios, can make torrents freeleech without spending points, etc.
I definitely wasn't disagreeing with you about the need for better documentation of torrent collections and of course asking on the "Who is this? What video is this?" board should NOT be necessary but was just offering a practical alternative to downloading an entire collection to find one video.
There is already a rule requiring a minimal number of photos and on torrents that don't have a lot of photos, members already get points for adding photos. Not sure how many points, though.
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Finally, this process would be a bit of work for an admin. I suggest that the admin handling this should get 100 points per torrent they evaluate for proper images.
The admins and mods are volunteers and already seemed stretched to keep the site functioning and aren't likely to want to take on something like that. I am guessing that they don't need points, anyway. I would imagine they all have excellent ratios, can make torrents freeleech without spending points, etc.
I definitely wasn't disagreeing with you about the need for better documentation of torrent collections and of course asking on the "Who is this? What video is this?" board should NOT be necessary but was just offering a practical alternative to downloading an entire collection to find one video.
There is already a rule requiring a minimal number of photos and on torrents that don't have a lot of photos, members already get points for adding photos. Not sure how many points, though.
I'm sure there would be plenty of people who would like to be admins to handle the pictures. They could be admin/mods with "powers" limited to ONLY that function.
The points currently awarded for pictures are VERY minimal - and there is no distinction between relevant and irrelevant photos.My main issue about this is when people upload a collection that is something like 200 GB.. which is 199 GB of garbage with ONE good video, and they post a picture from that one good video with the torrent, but there is no indication of which file in the collection that picture is associated with (if any). That makes that one good picture work as "bait" to get people to download the 200 GB torrent.
I don't expect a poster to include pictures for every file in their torrent. But if they are going to post a picture - I would like to know WHICH file it is associated with so I don't have to get stuck downloading things I don't want, and searching for hours. I think the maximum pictures per torrent is something like 10. Again.. if someone is going to post a picture that acts as "bait", I want to know which file it is associated with.
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- and there is no distinction between relevant and irrelevant photos.
Yes there is. An irrelevant photo can be reported and removed. The poster will lose points for that. If its done egregiously, for example posting irrelevant pictures on several videos, the poster can be muted.
I would like to see better ids on photos in collections but I've noticed a tendency for even the files to be labelled in unhelpful ways. I suspect that the very large files are often full of junk on purpose.