why "rar" format?

[pdj2]

why most of the private trackers put files in "rar" format? its a reason that makes me download from zamunda how ever the speed is much less tha a site like TL .
now all the new trackers also have files in rar format , if someone needed to download a 4 gig file he has to have 8 gig space and many more negativity which u have to accept if u downloaded a "rar" file .

[mysterious]

It's scene requirement, scene format. If trackers need to have good pres, then the only way is uploading rars

[stoi]

rars are smaller than an iso (for games and apps especially, movies not much better tbh)

its a scene rule for most things

its how newsgroups are done

someone unrars a release, uploads the iso, no one can help him, he leaves the rars in tact, uploads them, a lot of users can help seed it.

unraring a scene release and uploading it as an iso and chenging the name or at least not giving credit to the scene is a big no no imho.

sometimes, but not often i must admit, pieces fail hash checks, and lately with the scene there have been quit a few rar fixes on games. it means you only have to redownload a small chunk, than the whole iso again.

[grimms]

rars are smaller than an iso (for games and apps especially, movies not much better tbh)

its a scene rule for most things

its how newsgroups are done

someone unrars a release, uploads the iso, no one can help him, he leaves the rars in tact, uploads them, a lot of users can help seed it.

unraring a scene release and uploading it as an iso and chenging the name or at least not giving credit to the scene is a big no no imho.

sometimes, but not often i must admit, pieces fail hash checks, and lately with the scene there have been quit a few rar fixes on games. it means you only have to redownload a small chunk, than the whole iso again.

Yup. Plus it benefits you if you want to build up your ratios on sites like bcg or TL. It can be a pain once you download it then have to unrar but i rather have to redownload a small chunk (rar file) if a file is corrupted versus a 4.7 gb iso which is one big file.

[dnzzdmr]

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[fsephie]

The benefits far outweigh the needed harddrive space (which is temporary).

[$we]

if someone needed to download a 4 gig file he has to have 8 gig space

bah, moot point.

[FatBob]

http://whyrar.omfg.se/index_eng.php

[Stevis]

f someone needed to download a 4 gig file he has to have 8 gig space

If you don't have 8 GB of HDD space, you have more to worry about than downloading RARs.

[fstokebanget]

http://whyrar.omfg.se/index_eng.php

good explanation there

also think of this, with so many rars in a torrent, you could select to download partially so you could partially seed that torrent