There is a program called Replay Media Catcher [available in the appz here] that creates horrible mkv's. Some programs won't convert them and some won't play them. If you do get one to play you can just watch it fall apart to chaotic pixellation. This is the only program that I have trouble regarding MKV's. I wish people who use it would play their output before posting.
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There has already been a question posted on GT.net wondering why the free registration is not open as advertised.
Some knowledgeable mod or admin with access there might want to give more info there and modify the GT.ru main page accordingly.
TR
@Uwe:
Getting a Private Message for each donation could result in floating the Inbox of members having upload quite a lot of torrents. (as far as I can see, the majority of torrents is upload by a rellatively small group of members, uploading regulary).
Everybody so far agreed that the "My torrent" list should show the amount of seed bonus points received as gift.
My experience and a quick examination of the first 20 pages of browse list shows that there is unlikely to be a "flood" of PM's for point donation. 0-4 pretty well covers the most likely range. Those same few posters are soon likely to discover that unacknowledged gifts don't get repeated - so the number of messages they receive will be reduced over time by their own discourtesy.
This may not be ideal for everyone but this is what I have done to solve this issue temporarily. I have 143 torrent uploads to date and it took me a while to set it up. I put my username at the bottom of every torrent upload description I have. So if I go to the search page and search for cumeaternc it will show me only the torrents I have uploaded. I originally did this to get an idea of what torrrents of mine are seeding well and how many times they have been snatched. By adding your name to your torrent uploads, you can sort them pretty much any way you want to. If you don't want to add you screenname then add a unique word or letter sequence that won't return hundreds of results like abcdefg. And yes it will show you how many seed bonus points you have recieved for each upload. It may not be a perfect solution but it works for me. Hope this helps.
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Brandon
GT.ru Staff
That's a good idea, but it doesn't tell you which seed point totals have changed. You still have to manually keep track of that and then identify the new donor if a point total has changed so you can acknowledge the gift. With 143 active uploads that must take quite a bit of time. :cheesy2:
I only have 21 currently active uploads and it takes a while to run through them to look for new points.
I (or any other non-power user) can't use your scheme with any degree of accuracy, since I can't browse for my DVD uploads (the majority - where I have gotten the vast majority of my donated points).
I have encountered two difficulties in acknowledging the gifts:
Figuring out who gave the points [easy soon after posting - harder later]
Sending thanks to those whose security settings don't let you see their member page
The listing of peers on the torrent page does not include a PM button until after the download is complete, so if the donor's security settings are such that you can't see their info and get to the "send message" link, you have to maintain a separate list to go back and check to see if they have completed the download so you can thank them using the PM button on the "completed" listing.
Posters sometimes complain about the lack of thanks they receive for their efforts. Acknowledging those thanks where someone has actually given seed points is the other, and more personal, side of that exchange and should be a priority for all posters. The more posts you have, the harder it is to maintain that courtesy.
The PM for each donation idea could solve both problems mentioned above:
It would identify all donors [especially delayed ones]
It could be structured to allow a reply directly to the donor
Or put a PM button on the listing of current seeders-leechers, not just the completions. Or put a PM button on the membership listing line next to the flag so you can send PM's directly without having to go to the member's page. I never heard of anyone complining about receiving a "Thank You" message.
I seriously doubt that any poster who is currently acknowledging the gifts would complain about the number of messages received since it would make their efforts easier and eliminate the possibility that a donor had been overlooked.
It would only be an annoyance for those that don't send thanks.
A couple of my donors seemed surprised that I took the time to contact them - indicating that it was the first thanks they received for their donations. That lack of courtesy could cause the flow of donations to dry up. Let's just make it easier to be polite.
TR
Hope you haven't forgotten about this. The topic had already moved to page 2.
I try to send a personal Thank You PM for each donation I receive (except for those who have blocked PM's and anonymous). It sometimes gets difficult to figure out which torrent has new points to get the new donor's name.
(If I've missed anyone - please accept my apologies.)
Maybe an auto-PM to the poster (like when a comment is added) could be done when points are given.
TR
And I have some evidence that it is a bigger factor than you might imagine.
It seems there would be two issues.
- How much does this jump-seeding occur?
My inclination was not much, but if you have evidence otherwise, it would be interesting to see.- How much does it really affect the ratio of others?
My rough mental calculations would suggest that a couple of jump-seeders wouldn't be much of a factor on a torrent with lots of leechers, unless they made up a significant percentage of the cloud. All things dissipate over large numbers. A jump-seeder is only contributing one extra copy to the cloud. If they seed to a ratio of 1.0 or so, not much impact. Far more likely of a problem, causing others difficulty getting to a higher ratio, is power-seeding, regardless if they got the file here or elsewhere. Power-seeders with strong upload ability can contribute many more copies to the cloud, which is really what throws off a ratio. There is another thread elsewhere in the forum where power-seeding is discussed more in depth.
I will use a torrent you uploaded as an example. (#47070)
Within a short time of you posting the torrent there were 11 seeders. I would guess that no more than 1 or 2 downloaded from here.
Anyone who does download from here will have to contend with the others to upload a significant ratio of what they have acquired here. It is not just your torrent, it is very widespread. And it is not just a matter of 1 or 2 jumping on.
If you want to test this, upload a torrent from another site and watch how many completions there are before you are anywhere near 1.0 on your torrent.
More complete info will be coming later (next month).
TR
@mgr:
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For the new steps up to 0.8 in Version 2.2 - they are intended to reach Power User status a bit easier.
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.All in all: Rationator 2.2 doesn't change ratio requirements for users with lower download traffic, but will make ratio keeping for user with high traffic a bit more easy.
Actually, 2.2 has absolutely no effect on making either easier.
TR
I think this kind of jump-on seeding would be hard to police. Regardless of the technical problems (which I leave to the more knowledgeable), the question of fairness isn't as cut and dry as you say. As example from my personal experience: I ripped one of my DVD's and posted it on another site. I was going to post here next, as soon as I had seeded enough on other site. When I got here, someone else who had DLed it at the other site had posted it here before me. So I added myself to the seeding pile, with a 0.0 DL of the file here. In your scenario that makes me bad, but I was the original ripper and poster. I am not complaining; I have posted files DLed from other sites occasionally as well. Just pointing out that things are rarely as simply as they can seem.
You do make a good point as the original ripper. But my question is why didn't you post to both at the same time? That would have avoided the problem. I have seen quite a few who do that.
… If they got it elsewhere, they probably took a hit to their ratio there (if the elsewhere has ratios). So they couldn't play the transference game long. And its a lot of trouble to go to on any sort of sustained basis.
They could have continued seeding at the other site, while also jumping on the post here.
Also, whoever posted the torrent here has their leech/seed connections number limited. These additional seeders are not so restricted. They could have any number of these going.
And I have some evidence that it is a bigger factor than you might imagine.
TR
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While the tracker may not show it accurately on the seeders/leechers page for a torrent, I think you will find that it does show the DL value accurately for each individual torrent on the user's own page.
TR
How about some limitation on seeding torrents acquired elsewhere but posted here by someone else?
For example - look at: http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=47070&dllist=1#seeders
At the time I viewed it 16 of the 26 seeders had 0.0 kb downloaded for that torrent, meaning they got it from somewhere else.
Look at the ratios for the people who did download it from here or are in the process of downloading. There is very little liklihood they will ever be able to get a decent ratio for that torrent.
I have no problem with the original torrent poster having 0.0 because he took the time to share it here, but the others are just jumping in to inflate their own ratios at the expense of others who might need to upload.
How about having the tracker reject all such attempts if the person's ratio is over 1.0 and he is not the poster? Give the rest of us a chance to give back what we download.
At least limit the number of such active "seeders" after there are actual completions here.
I wonder how many power users got their status this way?
TR
Just thought I would move this topic up so it doesn't get auto-locked for not being used.
Maybe mods could make it sticky.
TR