Stop trying to repair useless files

[Deckard]

Will it be possible not to try to repair unneeded .nfo, .sfv, etc... ?
Sometimes, the only damaged/not present file is a useless one (non .rar). I don't need to repair them.
Most of the times, only .rar files are needed. Other files can although be found elsewhere, easier than repairing them (!).

Thank you.

[Ascathon]

Why is it easier to find them elsewhere, why should you? Repairing them doesn't cost you any time. And repairing files like .nfo does take only a second.

[Deckard]

Repairing them doesn't cost you any time. And repairing files like .nfo does take only a second.

Before repairing any file, AltBinz re-checks all files. Which doesn't take only a second.
Also, sometimes, repairing concerns movie sample, which is much bigger than .nfo.
For these reasons, I would like AltBinz to just start unraring if all .rar files are ok.

[Ascathon]

For these reasons, I would like AltBinz to just start unraring if all .rar files are ok.

That would be nice... But you didn't say that in your start post.
You only talked about the non-rar files which are normally quite small (except sample files).

[rafster]

It's not Altbinz fault is it, it's whoever made the PAR2 set. The files need to be there for proper Par2 usage anyway if theyre part of it.

[Deckard]

It's not Altbinz fault is it, it's whoever made the PAR2 set. The files need to be there for proper Par2 usage anyway if theyre part of it.

Of course. But Altbinz can easily identify if all important files, .rar ones I mean, are ok before starting anything else than unraring.

[rafster]

Surely then it would be against the whole point of PAR2. You either repair or don't, you don't partial repair. As the PAR2 is created by the uploader, it is more his/her "fault" of including such files, but personally NFOs etc ARE part of the release. 

[Syntoxic]

Of course. But Altbinz can easily identify if all important files, .rar ones I mean, are ok before starting anything else than unraring.

That would mean a rewrite of the PAR checking dll (third party stuff) I think, and that is beyond the scope of Alt.Binz imho.

[Deckard]

Once again I forgot to download sample file, mkv format, 45MB, included in par2 set.
All rar files are ok so unraring could be done. But once again, AB starts repairing missing file.
That's exactly what I would like to avoid in the future.

Simply add a check step on damaged files. If not .rar, unrar. If .rar, repair. Am I wrong ?

[Mystic2010]

As said, it depends on both the .par2 file being uploaded and the par.dll, which goes beyond alt.binz scope probably. There is not other way than to have par2 uploaded which does not include the sample file. Mainly it all depends on the .par2 file being uploaded as I see it.