Musouka
join:2008-05-25
| [Newsgroups] It seems everyone was right about Newsgroups...
I used BT for a LONG time, but I finally decided to try out newsgroups today. Why didn't I switch sooner. I'm currently getting just over 2100 kbs on my first download.
I have a question though and the FAQs/guides are still confusing me on this. I have a ton of .r01, .r02, etc. files for my download, but what do I do with them when I'm finished the download? I have WinRAR, but how do I combine all of these parts back into the original file (it's a movie file)? |
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nfx
The Wire
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join:2001-05-21
Vancouver, BC
clubs: | Click on the the first RAR file, .r01, and then extract the contents of the archive.
That's it.
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gallowsroad
join:2004-08-09
Tulsa, OK | reply to Musouka
And if you encounter errors when opening the archive, run Quickpar on the accompanying .par files. |
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removed
I'm the bobblehead
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join:2002-02-08
Houston, TX
clubs: | reply to Musouka
Or just install »www.sabnzbd.org/ and let it do all the work for you. |
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unoriginal
join:2000-07-12
San Diego, CA
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| said by removed  :Or just install » www.sabnzbd.org/ and let it do all the work for you. +1
This is hands down the best and easiest program that I can recommend for downloading binaries from NG's. |
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St0ry
join:2004-02-16
Millbrae, CA | reply to Musouka
You can also use Par N Rar if you don't want to switch newsreaders. |
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dumwaldo
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| reply to nfx
said by nfx :Click on the the first RAR file, .r01, and then extract the contents of the archive. That's it. For the record this is entirely wrong. If there is a .r01 file then the first file in the set would end in .rar and that is the file you should start the extraction from.
for a pretty good explanation of rar's and pars check out...
»www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=5 & »www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=6
good luck,
dumwaldo |
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darcilicious
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| said by dumwaldo :said by nfx :Click on the the first RAR file, .r01, and then extract the contents of the archive. That's it. For the record this is entirely wrong. Well, WinRar is smart enough to let you click on any .rXX file in the set and still figure out the right thing to do. |
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swintec
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| said by darcilicious :said by dumwaldo :said by nfx :Click on the the first RAR file, .r01, and then extract the contents of the archive. That's it. For the record this is entirely wrong. Well, WinRar is smart enough to let you click on any .rXX file in the set and still figure out the right thing to do. I have seen this to not always be the case.
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jmorlan
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| said by swintec :I have seen this to not always be the case. The only time I have seen WinRar fail to work regardless of which .R?? you click is if one or more parts are misnamed, missing, corrupted or incomplete.
If you want to check out the first part of a movie though, without downloading the whole thing, you will need to start with the .RAR file. Otherwise it will fail.
One annoyance is posters who post everything except the .RAR file first and finish with the .RAR.
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sapo
Computer Love
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join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA
| Sometimes there may be small files that will get skipped if you start with r15 or something. Winrar will recognize that only part of the movie file is in r15 so it looks for it in the beginning of the achieve ignoring any files that are only like 2mb or so and only present in the first archive. |
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
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join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR | I guess the rar files I download are well-behaved ones then  |
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sapo
Computer Love
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Sacramento, CA | What type of media do you download?
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
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Forest Grove, OR | digital of course! j/k. primarily audio and video. |
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prestonlewis
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| reply to Musouka
Grabit is a nice program for downloading nzb files used in usenet downloading. Use Newzleech.com to find your selection, load the nzb file, Grabit should take over and download it, decompress it, and leave it ready to use. If all goes as expected, no need to worry about rar files or anything like that.
Grabit is a "pay" service meaning that they'll try to get you to subscribe to their service. However, paying is not required. You can you Grabit for free without nags which is what I do.
An important aspect to usenet downloading is retention. Some sites like Giganews.com (news.giganews.com) have 200 day retention of usenet files, making the chance of actually downloading a file posted a while back possible. Other sites like usenet.net only have 100 day retention which often results in failed download.
I do find usenet.net faster in downloading than Giganews. However, Giganews allows for 20 download links while usenet.news only allows 10 so it kind of balances out.
Others use different software and have different success stories. This is just my experience. |
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kywirelessgu
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Nicholasville, KY
clubs: | Newsleecher has a built in par and extract tab nowadays. I pay $25 or whatever a year for their supersearch feature, the par n extract is a nice touch.
I just need to dish out the cash for hosting, my isp only gets up to about 200 kb/s |
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Postal
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Ventura, CA
| said by kywirelessgu :Newsleecher has a built in par and extract tab nowadays. Does 3.8 Final have this? I don't see it anywhere.
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kywirelessgu
Premium
join:2004-01-25
Nicholasville, KY
clubs:
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June 2nd, @02:02PM
| Does not look like it. I think 3.9 and above.
Edit: Now it does still have the old rarslave functionality, but that requires alot more setup and download/install of a third party program.
Last I remember rarslave was command line and kind of a pain in the butt to setup, but it was nice to download stuff for a week straight and par/unrar all of it with one click. |
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gjrhine
join:2001-12-12
Pawleys Island, SC
| reply to Postal
said by Postal :said by kywirelessgu :Newsleecher has a built in par and extract tab nowadays. Does 3.8 Final have this? I don't see it anywhere. Yes and it works well.
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Postal
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join:2000-08-30
Ventura, CA
| So how do I access it?
I don't see the option anywhere, and according to this site the extract option was added in 3.9 beta 1.
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