(20/04/2011 03:57 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  But "SSIS01HD" gives no additional information to the main filename.

"SSIS01HD" gives the advantage that it's predictable.  That is, knowing it, you can predict episode 12 to be "SSIS12HD".  On the other hand, to know the hash of the twelfth episode, you will need to either know the full filename, or have the actual file.  If you have to search the full file name first, then that sort of defeats the purpose of "easier to search" because you have to do 2 searches, 1 for the file name, then again with the hash.

(20/04/2011 03:57 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  Random strings are used as identifiers in a number of places, eg MKV segment IDs.  It can be said that the CRC allows you to both verify the file as well as provide an easy identifier to search for

That's different because it's both computer generated and computer read (so assigning something random would be easier than assigning something sensible).  And also because it needs absolute uniqueness (if 2 segments have the same segment ID, bad stuff would probably happen).

(20/04/2011 03:57 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  as opposed to supplying an SFV file.

Because the way fansubs are released (progressively), it would mean a separate sfv file for every episode, which causes all sort of annoyances.

(This post was last modified: 20/04/2011 04:37 AM by Assassinator.)