Why no folder structure on Zen tou

I bought my zen touch few month ago. It is first mp3 player for me. Yes,sound great with crappy stock headphone form creative (for someone in this forum talking about). When connect it to my computer. Oh,not support mass storage device. ok, it is mp3 player not removable dri've (i wish it can be soon...). I have problem to organize my song with ID Tag format structure becuase when i want to remove song from playlist but song still appear on player.
It will be easy to use than ID Tag structure.
If it cannot please fix driver/program to allow delete physical file on player from playlist.
Sorry for my english.
Thank.
No EAX......no problem.
No removable dri've support....no probem.
If all it can......Great Player.:smileyvery-happy:

It's fundamental to the way the player works, explained in more detail here.
If it's a big issue then you'd be better to get a player that works using file/folder structure.

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Hello, in order to install my Zen Touch, I need to uninstall the player first. (Something went wrong with this initial installation, leaving the drivers there.) When I try to uninstall this, I get the error message "Unhandled Exception- Setup could not invoke any of the subscribers..." It does not let me get past that. I looked on this site, and they recommended trying to uninstall this in safe mode, which didn't work. Then the customer service people told me to try to uninstall it with my anti-virus software disabled. This also didn't work. I took my player to work, and the software installed fine and the player downloads music as it should. I just want to be able to use this at home.
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Priceprince,
Try the suggestions in this article:
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/ar...sp?l=2&sid=682
Follow the steps for your specific problem.
Jeremy

Why is Aperture folder structure ignored in iPhoto?

I'm not sure about others but I would like to use iPhoto and Aperture together because I find iPhoto to be a lot quicker to open and work than Aperture, so I would like to be able to do most of my work there, and then use Aperture for more heavy editing etc.
That said, when I first opened up my Aperture Library in iPhoto, I noticed that the folder structure had gone out the window. Projects had become Events, but both albums and folders had disappeared from Aperture, thus throwing my entire Aperture library into disarray. Either Aperture albums or folders should be supported, since albums (that look like folders...) are supported by iPhoto...
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That said, when I first opened up my Aperture Library in iPhoto, I noticed that the folder structure had gone out the window. Projects had become Events, but both albums and folders had disappeared from Aperture, thus throwing my entire Aperture library into disarray
Hmm, I see something different, when I open an Aperture library in iPhoto. Both the nested folders and the albums are there. Can it be, that in your iPhoto view the folders are hidden? There should be a disclosure button to right of the "Events" label in the source list, like this.
Press "HIDE" or "UNHIDE" to reveal or hide any sections in the Source list. These buttons will only appear, if you hover the mouse right beside any caption in capital letters. (Tested with iPhoto 9.4.2)
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Jason-CL wrote:
Have you try pressing the Reset switch to reset the player?
Jason
Did _you_ try fixing your buggy firmware so that your customers don't have to reboot their mp3 players? My kids just got Zen V players and they have hung several times in the past two weeks.
How about providing some useful information:
. How do we find out what firmware version we have?
2. What firmware versions have the hang bug?
3. When can we expect working software?
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IPhoto 09 folder structure bug

Let me start by saying that I am a big Apple fan. I have a Macbook Pro (end 2006) running 10.6 with a 30 inch Cinema Display, a 23 inch iMac (mid 2007), and an iPhone 3G and a Nano 5th G. I am an Apple Certified Systems Administrator and was also the first person in Japan to be certified on OS X 10.5 as an Apple Certified Support Professional, however I am primarily an Windows Active Directory/Exchange Server engineer.
I have been using iPhoto since version 06 (end of 2006). I upgraded to 08 as soon as it was released then last year I upgraded to 09. Until recently I had about 18,000 photos in my iPhoto library, but due to the issue listed below I have now switched to Windows Live Photo Gallery on Windows 7 for managing my photos (these are synced using Windows Live Sync to my Mac's Photo folder where I then use Picasa for Mac. Sounds complicated but actually not and it means I can import my photos on my Mac or PC and they are synced both ways. Anyway...
I posted the following Bug Report to: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html
If you use iPhoto and don't want to spend days/weeks fixing your folder names and reorganizing photos into correct folders if your library becomes corrupt or you ever want to move your photos out of iPhoto then please provide feedback to Apple so that they know that we are not happy about this.
Bug Report.
The problem with iPhoto 09 is that the the folder structure inside the iPhoto Library package no longer matches the event names in iPhoto.
Previously in iPhoto 08, when renaming an event in iPhoto the folder structure would also be updated. Additionally splitting or merging events would move the files in the iPhoto Library package's folder structure. This is a major problem for me and many other users on the Apple.com iPhoto 09 discussion forums, and this issue has existed since the beginning of 2009!
I need my photo's folders named correctly for the following reasons:
1). Incase I should ever need to move photos out of iPhoto and to another application or platform, I would' have to spend days or even weeks renaming all the folders.
2). If my iPhoto library ever become corrupt and I needed to recreate it then I would loose ALL my event names (hence the details) if iPhoto doesn't keep the folder names the same as the events.
I have recently spent many hours migrating my photos out of iPhoto and renaming the folders manually. iPhoto really was all I ever needed in a photo management application but with this underling bug/issue I can't trust all my photos to it's library format of storage, but I do hope this gets fixed so that I can migrate back to iPhoto in the near future. Might I suggest that the best way forward for the future would be change iPhoto so that it can monitor folders (the same way Picasa does so, this is open and then gives customers the choice of using multiple apps for accessing their photos).
Regards,
Andrew

A bug can be an error or fault in the software but it can also be a design flaw which IMO this is.
No it can't. A design flaw is just that. A bug is when the software fails to works as designed. iPhoto is working as designed. You may prefer it work another way, but that's your preference. Remember you can always use a different product for managing your photos. You're not required to use iPhoto, you know.
Exporting dumps all the photos into a single folder which again doesn't solve either points 1 or 2 that I made.
Yes - if you export the entire Library at once.
If, however, you export each Event in turn (an process that can be automated with either Automator or AppleScript) then it will export to appropriately named folders.
And, as to any issue of corruption, the simple fact is that backing up is the ultimate protection.
What you want will possibly preserve your Event names. But that's all. It won't preserve albums, slideshows, metadata, the relationship between original and modified versions, the non-destructive editing and so on and so forth. All you'll get will be some folder names.
Now that's both your points answered. For the second time.
I'm not sure why there are so many Apple apologists on these forums.
I see, so someone who explains to you that you have misunderstood something, explains to you a better way of doing what you want to do is an "apologist"? Just like your definition of "bug" it's a mite idiosyncratic. And rude.
I am pretty sure that at some point there will be many users who will want to migrate out of iPhoto and when they do they won't be very happy when they realize that they are locked in.
Nobody, I repeat nobody, is locked into iPhoto. That statement is a falsehood. File -> Export and off you go.
we can either sit back and just accept these limitations, anti-competative vender lockins and design flaws or we can voice our concerns to Apple and get things changed for the better of everyone.
Every software has limitations. What you have failed to show is that any of the matters that concern you are actually "limitations". There are no
anti-competative (sic) vender (sic) lockins (sic)
iPhoto works with entirely standard formats. All your files and metadata are easily accessible throughout the OS and can be easily exported.
Regards
TD

Assign specific metadata for folder structures in the Content Server

Assign specific metadata for folder structures in the Content Server
Hi to all,
I working with Oracle Content Server 10g and Desktop Integration Suite and I will like to know how can I restrict or enable some specific metadatas from the default metadata, for differents content folder. This is different from the function: Information Field Inherit Configuration.
tnks!

I am a bit unclear about your question:
- do you ask about metadata assigned to folders, or
- do you ask about metadata assigned to items in folders?
Starting from #2, if you forget about folders, there is standard functionality that you can use to restrict, enable, ... metadata for an item. Read this chapter: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21764_01/doc.1111/e10978/c04_metadata.htm#sthref288 to get full details.
I am not sure whether you can use anything of this functionality (profiles, option lists, etc.) when you check in a new folder. I doubt it, though. The logic of folders is slightly different - whilst e.g. profiles correspond to "content item", you don't find such a correspondence in folder's hierarchy (why a folder could not contain various content types, for instance?)
Last question is, from where you want to use this functionality - even for items. In 10g, Desktop Integration Suite's functionality was rather limited (often it was supposed that a user will just 'throw' an item to a folder, and metadata will be inherited from folders). You might have to upgrade your DIS to 11g; it should work even with 10g Content Server, but make sure you verify it before mass upgrade. In 11g, DIS should offer profiles, etc. with full capabilities.

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I have recently bought bundled PSE 10 and Prem Elements 10 ... (but have been using PSE6 for years)
I have lots of jpeg photos on an external drive in folders with a heirarchical structure eg. Pictures ... Friends ... 2011 ... 2011_12_02_Margate_seagulls.jpg I also have loads of photos that are simply there waiting to be sorted and are in their native format e.g PIC_6120.jpg Additionally I have .MOV files dumped from my JVC standard def camera some of which are custom named, others are left as is. I now own a hi-def lumix which takes great jpgs and also video MTS files. After lots of searching on the net for the best way to get all this organised I am at a standstill. I feel that I need an external folder system (ie one that does not rely 100% on adobe and its categotries and tags) because I have had catastropic losses when using earlier photoshop progs. I also see the benefit of using tags. So...
Is there a simple (and best) way to order my photos and hi-def video while taking into account content I already have shot/videod? I am happy to hear reasons and see examples why I should trust PSE/Prem E - but I would also like to see if it makes sense to use folders. Ideally i would love a practical folder structuring method that incorporates both video and still content. I have posted here because it is important I organise my video better and have a flexible system that allows for drafts and reworking my Hi-def content.
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In generic terms there are three methods of filing just about anything:
Structured by event
Structured by type
Unstructured
Event might be occasion or date or a specific project. For this type of structure you would store all your assets related to that event, regardless of whether it is still, image or audio, in one place.
Type would typically be by the type of asset. All your videos in one place, stills in another, audio in another etc... In business for example in the eighties (when personal computing became prevalent in the workplace) staff would religiously have all their word processor documents in one place, spreadsheets in another, powerpoints in yet another etc.... Dreadfully inefficient.
Unstructured would be a case of storing things wherever you liked and accessing them via tags or albums - but you've said you want to avoid this.
Personally I let the application store things according to the defaults for the different import types but then tag them. Essentially I follow the 'unstructured' style. For anything major I create a project directory and move all the project assets into it (i.e. selective structure by event).
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New iPhoto 6 Library/Folder Structure - Driving us nuts!

All of our photos were previously stored in iPhoto 5 in folders listed by year, month then day. This was perfect for us as we take multiple photos on one card on differant dates and made for easy tracking/finding. On upgrading to iPhoto 6 we now have the following:
Originals - Okay the folder name makes sense but they are stored by year and the a roll number, no month no day.
Modified - Again folder name makes sense (photos that were modified from original) but the same lame date/roll number filing
iPhoto Cache - Not sure what this is for (temp storage?). When and should it be cleaned out, like internet cache?
Data - Not sure what this folder is for, but has many of the same images as other folders. Same issue with they structure (year/roll)
Also 10 other files which I am sure are for library database etc.
We then have 3 addtional folders with year (2004, 05 and 06) with the structure of (year/month/day). Why are these outside of Originals? How did they maintain the preferred file structure.
Can we get back to the year/month/date file structure? In addtion, some of the dates of photos are whacked out. Trip to Oregon in 2004 is listed as 1999. I didn't even have a digitial camera then. Others of the same trip are in 2004.
Help...

restuart:
Isn't the cache folder titled "iPod Photo Cache"? It has to do with adding photos to an iPod. Even if you don't sync photos to an ipod there'll be that folder if you've ever connected an iPod.
The Data folder contains the thumbnail files for each photo.
Regarding the year folder with the old structure, I believe it's like our appendix, no longer needed. I had a 2005 folder with just photo in it. I moved it to the desktop and opened iPhoto, went to the roll that had that picture in and it was there and useable. I've since trashed that 2005 folder. Give it a try. and see if there's any problems with removing it. Make a backup of the library folder beforehand just in case.
There is some sort of bug with the roll dates. When you import an old folder of files it uses one of the modified dates instead of the captured date on many of the rolls. I haven't figured out how it determines which date on which photo to use. It's easy to change the date of the roll so it is located in the proper chronological position among the other rolls.
The current folder structure is a result of many requests to get iPhoto in line with other more professional image management applications. iPhoto's new capability of being able to use alias files instead of copying the entire file into it's new folder system allows it to be able to use soruce image files that are on another HD/CD /DVD and if the source files are not mounted iPhoto can still see the thumbnails, make and manipulate albums but cannot edit or work with books, slideshow or calendars. Once the photos come back on line iPhoto can use them again. This way users can develop their own folder/cataloging system and iPhoto will construct it's library in accordance with it.

How is iPhoto 6 Folder Structure Working Now? (Straggling year folders)

I can see in iPhoto 6 that the new iPhoto Library folder structure is now based on YEAR>ROLL#, in place of YEAR>MONTH>DAY. After upgrading from iPhoto 5 to 6, I see the new ORIGINALS and MODIFIED folders with YEAR>ROLLS within, but what of the remaining YEAR folders right above at the same heirarchy? They still have the YEAR>MONTH>DAY format, and they only have a few pix within each.
Assuming one was not a previous iPhoto version user, would this be a correct statement: The fresh v.6 install would only create two folders within IPHOTO LIBRARY--namely, ORIGINALS and MODIFIED? Then v6 would add newly imported photos to ORIGINALS>2006>ROLL 1?
Then, as one modifies his photos, these new mods are saved as copies in MODIFIED>SAME YEAR>SAME ROLL#, correct?
But most of us are upgrading from iPhoto 5 to 6, and we end up with mostly empty YEAR folders at the same folder level with ORIGINALS & MODIFIED. Why are these year folders here? How to get rid of them, if possible?

Steve,
If you don't care about losing albums, keywords, books, slideshows...and just want to import the images it can be easily done manually now with iPhoto 6.
The only thing you will have to do is replace the original image with the modified image. I did just notice that on two images that I rotated in iPhoto, they are not in the roll in the Originals folder, but are in the same named roll in the modified folder.
For images that have been edited as far as cropping, red-eye, etc. You will find the same named image in both folders.
It might be just a matter of dropping the rotated images back into the correct folder of the Originals. then dropping the edited image in the modified folder back in the same roll in the originals folder and have it replace the same named one there.
Once all that is done, then import the Originals folder into iPhoto.
This should all be done when iPhoto is closed AND on a duplicate iPhoto Library folder.
If you don't understand anything I said, then leave it all alone.
If you do understand and want to go through with it then do it on a duplicate iPhoto Library folder.
-close iPhoto
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-follow the instructions above to get rid of the files you don't want
-When all is done drag the Originals folder into the open viewing window of iPhoto to import the folders/rolls.
since I have not done this, you will have to tell me how it worked out.
You still have your Original library to fall back on if it doesn't work out the way you like.
Lori

Publish to hard drive mirroring folder structure

Hello,
The publish to hard drive feature was one of my most anticipated additions in LR3. I use this to maintain a backup of all my images with the edits baked in, which offers a great level of security.
My only disappointment is that it flattens the folder structure. Backing up an entire catalogue to a single folder is less than convenient, so I ended up creating multiple publish folders in order to keep the file counts reasonable.
But the ideal would be the ability for the publish feature to mirror the folder structure, creating a backup that is organised just how I like it.
Kind regards,
Tom

threeshinyapples wrote:
The publish to hard drive feature was one of my most anticipated additions in LR3. I use this to maintain a backup of all my images with the edits baked in, which offers a great level of security.
My only disappointment is that it flattens the folder structure. Backing up an entire catalogue to a single folder is less than convenient, so I ended up creating multiple publish folders in order to keep the file counts reasonable.
But the ideal would be the ability for the publish feature to mirror the folder structure, creating a backup that is organised just how I like it.
You seem to be using the wrong tool for the job of backing up, why not use ChronoSync on Mac or Clone on PC to back up your folders [and structure] to a location of your choosing independently of LR? They can also back up any folders like your preferences or catalogue not just your images and do so according to a schedule that you designate.
Both are very easy to use and can back up single folders or entire hard drives or anything in between. I also find them very handy for location work as these programmes always keep my backup ext. HD in sync with my main ext HD without my having to think about it.

Exporting folder structure

Hi all,
I'm a newbie to Adobe Lightroom. I have been playing with it and love it. However, I have one concern. I notice that changes you make in Lightroom are not applied to the original file, which has its obvious advantages. I also noticed that export will only move pictures into a single flat folder, i.e. there doesn't seem to be a way to tell it to export into a folder structure resembling the original one.
I am concerned that if, one day, I decide to move away from Lightroom, I will have to go through a very painful export process: either exporting every folder individually or having to recreate my original folder structure.
Is there any way to either:
1. Tell Lightroom to export all pictures to the same folder structure as before, or
2. Tell Lightroom to apply changes that you've made to the original image so that I can actually just use the original folder structure?
If this has been asked anywhere else, I apologize in advance, and please send me a pointer in the right direction. I looked in the forums, Google, and some FAQs and couldn't find an answer to this question.
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This is another missed, conventional, standard, industry wide feature that defies explnation as to why it was left out. Add it to the list of inane I/O features (or lack thereof) in LR, and wait to see if it is fixed in the dot version.
While i don't use jpegs (well, very rarely, if a customer wants them), Lee Jay's suggestion is a good one, but I think there is an even better one. Make sure that your work in LR is written to either sidecars or files directly (dng, jpeg, or tiff). And, make sure that is very regularly backed up offline. That should insure that your work will not be lost--as you can always open it in Bridge or other metadata aware DAMS or editors should you decide to move from LR.
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Hey all,
I'm new to the forum but have been using LIghtroom for a couple of years to organise and tweak my photos as an amateur. I use predominatly a 5dmk2 for professional video and amateur photography. I'm on a Macpro using Lightroom 3. I have 4 internal drives on the MacPro, and one is a dedicated Lightroom drive, where I import all my photos to via lightroom. This is my master catalog that I backup. The photos date back to 2003, and are all displyed by date in correct folders etc. Lovely and organised.
I also use a macbook pro, and occassionally have to merge catalogs. I merga catalogs if I have tweaked the files on the macbook and want to add them to my master catalog complete with edits. On occasions, when I simply want the photos to be a part of the master catalog, and to tweak them from there, I have simply imported the photos by connecting the macbook via firewire so it mounts as a disk.
What I have (on the drive) is largely how I want it, which is all photos on the drive organised by month and year as they were taken, as per the metadata for each image. There are however a few folders that both annoy me from an OCD point of view, and also do not fall into the correct date folders and so cannot be so easily found and organise into colelctions etc.
The problem folders look like this:
[URL=http://s556.photobucket.com/user/DaveBaum/media/Screenshot2013-10-11at124017.png.html][IMG]http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss3/DaveBaum/Screenshot2013-10-11at124017.png[/IMG][/URL]
The opened example folders shown in the image don't relate to dates at all - so the 2012 > 08 > 27 is not august 27th 2012. Just a folder with a load of images in it taken over a variety of dates.
Can anyone help me understand:
1 - why this happens
2 - how I can re-organise them into the correct, unform folder structure used for 95% of the images, without having to manually check the date for each, move them into new folders etc etc and delete the current folders when they are empty?
I want all images to be displayed in the date they were taken, and to be added to folder database in the uniform manner. I have tried the "move" import option, but as they are all present on the same drive, this doesn't work.
Life is arguably too short to worry about this sort of thing - but it has been bugging me for months! And it's making it difficult to organise images form multiplt sources - I think that's what is causing me the issue.
Many thanks in advance.
Dave

Thanks for your reply Rob, it gave me an idea.
I have gone into the finder, to the folders that don't match and are out of sync with the correct dates etc, and copied all media from within them to a new location, and selected the "move" option on import. I've removed the link to them in Lightroom, and I'm re-importing them.
Consequently, on re-importing them, LIghtrrom is rebuilding a folder structure in the finder and all seems to be well with the world again.
Thanks very much
Dave

Lightroom 3 folder structure display

I have been using Lightroom 3 for a number of years quite happily. My folders in Lightroom nicely reflected the folder names for their respective photo folders on my external drive. The top level folders were the years (e.g. 2012, 2013, etc) with subfolder names which reflected various photos taken that year e.g. Christmas 2013, Johnny's birthday, etc.
For some strange reason since my last photo import my folder structure has changed in Lightroom and instead of showing the folder names it shows the number of photos in the folders. So instead of showing Christmas 2013 the folder name displays as 45 if there are 45 photos in the Christmas 2013 folder. The structure and hierarchy of the folders are still correct but the names have turned into numbers which is nonsensical and makes navigation between folders a headache.
I have no idea why this has happened. I have done a lot of digging on the online forums and can't find anything else similar to this. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you very much for your help in advance.

Sounds like an unusual bug. Has anything changed recently in your system?
If rebooting doesn't solve it, I'd try re-installing Lightroom (and if still no go, try deleting preferences (.agprefs file).
Rob

Exporting project- folder structure to other Non-Aperture applications

Hello,
I'm about to lay the foundation for a new Aperture installation. As far as organizational structure goes, this what I have in mind:
1 Project / year
1 Album / event
Example:
Project 1993
Derek's Birthday album
Linda's wedding album
Project 1994
Robert Birthday album
Bob wedding album
At some point, I will want to export the whole structure or some projects to family and friends who would like to view these images on their PC (not everyone is converted to MAC, yet).
I understand the Export>Projects command generates a file that can only be understood by Aperture, so useless for sharing with non-aperture users. What I'd like to do is:
1) Translate the project-album structure to a folder-subfolder structure in order to share images with other PC users.
2) At the same time export images versions as opposed to masters.
3) At the same time export all added Metadata.
I have the feeling Aperture is not ready to do all of the above with one command only. How can I maintain the project structure in order to share with other PC users? I guess only a script will be able to do this...
Thanks for your feedback.

fbellay wrote:
At some point, I will want to export the whole structure or some projects to family and friends who would like to view these images on their PC (not everyone is converted to MAC, yet).
1) Translate the project-album structure to a folder-subfolder structure in order to share images with other PC users.
Albums simply don't translate sensibly into Finder folders, in the same way that iTunes playlists don't. Any one Version can exist in any number of Albums, so you'd either end up having to choose one place for the exported file to be and remove it from all the other folders representing Albums, or end up with multiple duplicate copies of the same file.
Projects, on the other hand, can be mapped directly to Finder folders. So you might be better off using Blue Folders and Projects rather than Projects and Albums.
2) At the same time export images versions as opposed to masters.
3) At the same time export all added Metadata.
Exported Versions will automatically include IPTC & EXIF metadata, assuming you chose an export preset with metadata included.
I have the feeling Aperture is not ready to do all of the above with one command only.
There are some AppleScripts that will replicate the structure within Aperture when exporting (or Aperture Assistant* to do it without any scripting knowledge), but as I mentioned already, you will end up with multiple duplicate files.
Also, you would have to do this again every time that you alter a Version, import files or move Versions around.
Basically, the virtual nature of both images and organisation in Aperture mean that it won't really work in the way that you wish, and LightRoom wouldn't be much better even though it has closer ties to the folder structure.
Why not simply export a Projects-worth of images in this way rather than your whole Library?
Ian
* http://aperture-assistant.com/docs/how-do-i-copy-apertures-organisational-struct ure-when-exporting
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Hi, I've backed up raw .MTS files to Blu-ray data discs, just the files not the AVCHD folder structures.
I've read about this and everyone says it's not the right way of doing things, that it requires the entire ACVHD folder structure to function.
However when I load these files back onto my Mac from the discs they import just fine into FCPX 10.1.1 natively or optimized. I've had no issues with it at all so why are people so against that way of doing things?
Just curious.

saddact wrote:
Can you explain why they would have gone through multiple generations of compression?
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