"HK" wrote in message
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I agree. I think "multi-part files" are a pain in the ass.

One advantage of using multi-part files is that you can sample the music for
quality without having to download the whole song file. I occasionally
check the binary music newsgroups mainly for acoustical music or unusual
recordings that you don't find everywhere. I simply download the first one
or two sections of the multi-part file, then open them and listen to the
first 10-15 seconds of the music. It only takes a couple of seconds to do.
If it sounds promising and is of decent quality, I'll go back and highlight
all the files and get the whole recording.

BTW ... there's a few little tricks I've stumbled across that makes
downloading multi-part files fast and easy using OE. For example, it you
click and highlight the first file, the scroll down to the last one, hit
"Shift" and click on it at the same time, it highlights all the multi-part
files associated with the particular song. Then right click, click on
"Combine and decode" and it automatically downloads and combines the song
files.

When I first discovered multi-part files I was clicking away on each section
which was a pain. Doing it as described above can't be much easier or
faster. Often I'll find two or three songs that I like and download them
all at once while I use the browser for something else.

Eisboch