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All My Torrents Banned From Dime
Hi, I have just recently started on with torrents a few months ago, and have been converting some of my recordings and posting them on Dime. Last night, the admin banned all 5 of the concerts I posted with the following message:
Torrent: 543251 Title: Phish 1994-07-10 Saratoga NY USA Uploaded by: freddysneaks Banned by: DIME Site Mod Reason ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Without more details on the original format and at a bitrate of 192 kbps this one can't fly here: http://wiki.dimeadozen.org/index.php...sy_Audio_Seeds A torrent has been banned from DIME. Torrent: 551875 Title: Bob Dylan 1994-07-10 Tanzbrunnen Cologne Germany Uploaded by: freddysneaks Banned by: DIME Administrator Reason ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Without more details on the original format and at a bitrate of 192 kbps this one can't fly here: etc. etc. So I'm wondering what I did wrong. This is the information I'm posting on the conversion: Source & Location: DSBD source, location Unknown Conversion: JVC TDV661 Tape Deck to a Tascam SSR1 (44.1kHz stereo with 192Kbps bitrate)>CDWave> flac Renamed and Organized via CD Wave Editor, converted to flac via Trader's Little Helper However, I have hundreds of recordings, most of which I did not tape myself, so I'm not always going to know the provence of a particular recording unless I was standing there taping it myself. Also I'm not sure how the 192kbps bit rate is so low? I'm converting from .wav to .flac. hmmmm No members have liked this post.
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
I think it's the "192kbps" in your info file that's throwing the mods off, at least in part.
Check page 35 of the Tascam owner's manual, and you'll see that even though "192 kbps" is shown on your "Record Format" screen, if you are recording .wav, the "192" is not part of the record chain, that's just the default for recording mp3s. You may wish to make sure that you are indeed ending up with lossless files, but I'm guessing you are. traderslittlehelper will do this. The rest of the problem is likely your lineage in your info text. As these are your own cassette recordings, your lineage should look something like this: Recording: Sony ECM-909 > Sony TC-D5M Lineage: Master cassette > JVC TDV661 > Tascam SSR1 @16/44.1 > SDHC memory card > PC > tracked and renamed with CD Wav Editor > flac and checksums with traderslittlehelper. I hope this helps. The following members like this post: sonofedg
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
Been there. Done that.
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
Thank You! Your thoughtful reply will get me back on track!!!
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
Not that mwonter didn't give good advice, don't you think the place to ask is over at Dime? They do have a mod email and they do have a yahoo group. They are going to be the best people to tell you why they banned your torrents.
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
Because what you likely should have put was....16 bit/192 kHz
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
dime mods and admins are always right and never second-guess themselves, so why would they even bother reading an email from someone on the other end of a ban?
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
Youīve right, the mods of Dime are arrogant wiseacre. Reading emails from an user who needs help, why?
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
Main reason I post nothing there anymore.....
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
The only qualification to become a Dime Mod is that you must be able to stick your own head up your arse.
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
I'm sure that you and mods and admins here hate it when people post questions about other torrent sites, but one of the greatest things about this place is that you have these forums where we can ask questions. And like others have mentioned, the Dime mods can be jerks (I don't know if that's the official policy there, or if they just have to deal with a lot of crap, but it is what it is).
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
You won't kicka dwarfs teeth out, want ya?
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
I guess I've been awfully lucky there - I've had help and positive response from Dime mods when I've had to ask questions about a couple of torrents I wanted to upload there. There were a couple of possible things in each that I wasn't sure about, and they replied within a day to clear up my hesitations and in one case give me permission to upload an upgrade in it's most complete form to something that had previously been posted with missing (and omitted) tracks...
I mean, I've heard stories of woe and horror of mods with egos and shit - just haven't really seen it first-hand... To the O.P.: any luck getting answers from them yet? email them, and explain what's going on. You might hit a "good" mod by the luck of the draw... I wonder how many mods they have there, anyway???
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
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for more info on audio calculations: http://www.audiomountain.com/tech/ca...culations.html "PCM Stereo Calculations Formula: Bits per sample x samples per second = bits per second x 2 channels = bits per second of stereo / 8 = Bytes per second of stereo x 60 seconds = Bytes per minute of stereo x 60 minutes = Bytes per hour of stereo. 16 bit, 44.1 KHz, Stereo: [176.4 KB per second; 10.584 MB per minute; 635.04 MB per hour] (Note: This is the standard setting for CD audio files) 16 bits per sample x 44,100 samples per second = 705,600 bits per second x 2 channels = 1,411,200 bits per second of stereo. 1,411,200 bits per second / 8 = 176,400 Bytes per second x 60 seconds = 10,584,000 Bytes or 10.584 MB per minute of stereo. 10.584 MB per minute of stereo x 60 minutes = 635.04 MB per hour of stereo. 16 bit, 48 KHz, Stereo: [192 KB per second; 11.520 MB per minute; 691.2 MB per hour] 16 bits per sample x 48,000 samples per second = 768,000 bits per second x 2 channels = 1,536,000 bits per second of stereo. 1,536,000 bits per second / 8 = 192,000 Bytes per second x 60 seconds = 11,520,000 Bytes or 11.52 MB per minute of stereo. 11.52 MB per minute of stereo x 60 minutes = 691.2 MB per hour of stereo" No members have liked this post.
Last edited by marksg; 2016-01-31 at 09:12 AM. |
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Re: All My Torrents Banned From Dime
So in the end you are confusing file size 192 KB with bitrate [Kbps]
Stereo Formula: Bits per sample x samples per second = bits per second x 2 channels = bits per second of stereo / 8 = Bytes per second of stereo x 60 seconds = Bytes per minute of stereo x 60 minutes = Bytes per hour of stereo. Settings Bitrate |File size per second | File size per minute | File size per hour 16 bit, 44.1 KHz | 1,411.2 Kbps |176.4 KB | 10.584 MB | 635.04 MB 16 bit, 48 KHz1 | ,536 Kbps | 192 KB | 11.520 MB | 691.2 MB 24 bit, 48KHz | 2,304 Kbps | 288 KB | 17.28 MB | 1.036 GB 24 bit, 96KHz | 4,608 Kbps | 576 KB |34.56 MB | 2.0736 GB No members have liked this post.
Last edited by marksg; 2016-01-31 at 09:54 AM. |
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