Just asking...

[berniechan.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,

I'd just like to ask if anyone, like me, was frantically searching for Arashi videos and when you finally find the download link for it, you realise that it's an MU or DivShare link (or some other link to a website that you can't download from for certain reasons.) and you end up back at square one beacuse the site won't let you download the file?

MU used to totally hate me (and still does now, most times), I can't download from DivShare cause of where I live... and ZShare must be biased against me too. (does anyone else face these problems?)

Because recently, I finally found the T!SD clips I was looking for, and after a bit of a wrangle with MU, manged to get my hands on a few.
Thus, because it's really quite difficult to find those files and all...they are quite old, I was wondering if anyone would like me to reupload the files to MediaFire (which commonly works though it can get cranky, but it's difficult to please everyone, ne?).

I guess this doesn't apply only to those T!SD files, so if anyone has files that they want to download but can't and would like them reuploaded (on MF, for now), I wouldn't mind doing that.

On a side note, I'm not sure if I'd need to the approval of the original uploaders to reupload the files...so yeah.

EDIT: I've sent a message to Becky, the uploader of the 2004-2006 T!SD files. If there are any other files that people want, I'll go off to ask the original uploaders as well. And just to clarify, most of the videos are unsubbed. I'll start uploading only after she replies.

EDIT EDIT: She's replied and I've got the A-OKAY to reupload. So yash, will post when I've upped them.

So if anyone wants me to reupload the files, I won't mind (drop me a comment or anything here or @ berniechan ).

-Bernie

Comments

[honooko.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to mention that MF isn't that great either; I've never had problems with MU, but MF never works for me. From what I've seen, they seem to work just as infrequently as the other. XD

[berniechan.livejournal.com]

=o Really? I've never really had problems with MF much...it always works for me (though one in a while it gets cranky) while MU usually never works much, lol. XD

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[sparklesifu.livejournal.com]

LOL just coz you can afford premium doesn't mean everyone can.

[honooko.livejournal.com]

It worked just fine for me before I had premium. Sendspace works too, and dizshare and zshare. But MF doesn't work on either of my computers.

[kirana-jun.livejournal.com]

hye!I'm also had a great problem with MU..that's why I prefer MF or ADrive..MU always suck to me..but..for your information..now,I'm using software name RAPGET which can download MU link if they dont have password and the link is still alive..it seems work for me even the speed is not fast like MF..=P

[kahs2aiba-chan.livejournal.com]

awww bernie-chan so sweet of u to offer to reupload on MF for people who cant download from MU :)
I'm not sure, but you MIGHT need the original uploaders approval? I dont think you're doin any harm tho...
I've been doin OK with both.. but MF works much faster to me.. just it kinda bothers me to have to download a lot of parts.. so sometimes I use MU :)
thank you bernie-chan :D

[berniechan.livejournal.com]

Yup, MF is much faster compared to MU so I don't mind joining parts with HJSplit. I guess it's better if there are more mirrors/download links for files, cause not everyone can download from one place, ne?

[kahs2aiba-chan.livejournal.com]

so dayo ne?
u need a payed acount to upload things at MF?

[berniechan.livejournal.com]

Nope. MF is free.

[kegom.livejournal.com]

I think the best thing would be to ask the original uploader whether they will upload the files on another site, and if they don't plan to, to offer to do it for them and give them the links to put into the original post.
That way you won't get into trouble with people for distributing their files unasked. Reuploading shouldn't generally be a problem with most unsubbed files, I think, since most people could also get these files from clubbox; but it might get more difficult when it's something a person ripped themselves and it will definitely get more difficult when it's subbed things that you want to reupload, so I think it's better to ask first. Plus, it's the polite thing to do. ;P

[crazyining.livejournal.com]

thx for being so kind to make this offer...!!!!
i'd love to have those on MF cos MU nv works for me either XP
but still, i guess it's better to get the permission from the original uploaders?
haha thx anyways~~~~! pls do update if u reupload them ;)

[hontowa.livejournal.com]

I second what honooko said - even before I got the premium MU account, it always worked much better for me than MF did, even though now I can generally use both for whatever reason.

The problem is all of these free uploader sites have their problems - the are free, afterall. All of them work differently depending on what country you live in, what type of computer you use, what sort of firewall/internet security you have, what download manager if any you prefer, and what ISP you use. I've seen several people say MF is faster in this thread, but for me both have always been about the same. It really depends on the person.

I personaly would never ask an uploader to re-upload something to a different server unless it was just one small file or extremely rare. It takes a lot of time to upload shows, and you can never please everyone with free downloading services, so it comes off as really rude and demanding to ask someone to take that same amount of time all over again. Especially with MF - MU allows you to upload bigger files at one time, and with MF you have to break the file into lots of tiny pieces which takes even more time. If you want to offer to reupload FOR the person, it's always good to get permission but I'm sure most people would be happy to allow that.

[berniechan.livejournal.com]

Lol, maybe I should have stated that I'm offering to re-up some older/rarer files to other sites. =x

[hontowa.livejournal.com]

I'm...not really understanding which part that's in response to but...you did state that. Hence why people are suggesting you get permission first which your edit shows that you are doing.

[berniechan.livejournal.com]

Well, most of them commented before I stated the edit...so can't blame them, really.