Re:LibGen's Bloat Problem
by crazygringo on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:03PM
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I do too, but I find that they're just too big in file size.
Bilevel at around 300 DPI means scanned books that run 2-5 MB. Grayscale/color tends to mean 10-50 MB.
For me it's less about the storage and more about performance -- for everything from downloading to copying to e-mailing to previews to autosaving while highlighting, apps and cloud services seem to cope well and quickly with 3 MB PDF's, but just seem to slow down dramatically with 30 MB ones.
Bilevel at around 300 DPI means scanned books that run 2-5 MB. Grayscale/color tends to mean 10-50 MB.
For me it's less about the storage and more about performance -- for everything from downloading to copying to e-mailing to previews to autosaving while highlighting, apps and cloud services seem to cope well and quickly with 3 MB PDF's, but just seem to slow down dramatically with 30 MB ones.