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buzzing · « **Reply #120 on:** September 13, 2011, 05:24:54 pm »

Edit: I was mistaken. The info in the link uses somethign other thatn what i have. I use newbin

scatman · « **Reply #121 on:** September 13, 2011, 05:43:06 pm »

ive been using grabit now for over a year, used to use newsleecher before that, but grabit is free and it pars and unpacks your rars auto as well

.adam · « **Reply #122 on:** October 28, 2011, 11:34:23 pm »

Kash - NZBMatrix seems to be suffering with hosting problems a lot. Any suggestions for other index sites?

markcd · « **Reply #123 on:** December 25, 2011, 04:26:35 pm »

Is it just for me, or has AstraWeb gone shite? Nothing ever finishes, so I bought a block from BlockNews to fill in the gaps - but not sure I can be arsed with Astraweb at all - maybe just stick with BlockNews?

JoeH · « **Reply #124 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:03:47 pm »

Quote from: markcd on December 25, 2011, 04:26:35 pm

Is it just for me, or has AstraWeb gone shite? Nothing ever finishes, so I bought a block from BlockNews to fill in the gaps - but not sure I can be arsed with Astraweb at all - maybe just stick with BlockNews?

I usually split my connections over a few servers,. I put 10 on the EU SSL and 10 on the US SSL. I used sabnzb.

Graeme · « **Reply #125 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:46:28 pm »

No problems with Astraweb for me, been downloading some stuff over the last few days which which has been on the group between 700 - 1000 days. I do find the EU server occasionally a bit slow so normally use the US one.

markcd · « **Reply #126 on:** December 25, 2011, 06:38:08 pm »

could it be Grabit that's messing things up? I was looking for something else anyway, as you only specify which server all the files come from at the start of a batch download, I can't see anywhere where I can specify looking for files that are missing from another server... (does that make sense?)

Graeme · « **Reply #127 on:** December 25, 2011, 07:08:02 pm »

I think I know what you mean.

In Newsleecher I have two servers added, Virgin Media and Astraweb. It is configured to attempt to get each file from Virgin first (because its free) and anything it can't download from Virgin it will then attempt to download from Astraweb.

markcd · « **Reply #128 on:** December 25, 2011, 07:22:33 pm »

That's exactly what I meant. Will try newsleecher tomorrow. Have spent hours trying to dl the movie Submarine. Just know its going to be garbage after this much effort.

wacko · « **Reply #129 on:** December 31, 2011, 08:07:37 am »

Quote from: Graeme on December 25, 2011, 07:08:02 pm

I think I know what you mean.

In Newsleecher I have two servers added, Virgin Media and Astraweb. It is configured to attempt to get each file from Virgin first (because its free) and anything it can't download from Virgin it will then attempt to download from Astraweb.

I do the same, but with Astraweb and Blocknews as fallback. Haven't had any more trouble than usual over the last few weeks. No problems with recent stuff.

cissepower · « **Reply #130 on:** January 21, 2012, 09:07:02 pm »

Thanks for this Kashinoda. Up and running in no time, top stuff

scatman · « **Reply #131 on:** January 23, 2012, 10:47:51 am »

Quote from: El Campeador on March 25, 2011, 01:53:30 pm

Usenet is the bomb. Been using it since 1992ish. My only worry is that it once the geek barrier to entry is eliminated, and usage increases through ease of use with tools like Giganews, GrabIt and Newzbin, it will come onto the radar of the establishment.

ITS HAPPENING!

Am i the only one on here who's with giganews as my provider and using nzbsrus instead of nzbmatrix?

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #132 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:06:59 am »

And thanks from me too Kash - much obliged. SSL too? Don't know why I didn't sign up earlier.

Kashinoda · « **Reply #133 on:** January 23, 2012, 07:58:27 pm »

Quote from: cissepower on January 21, 2012, 09:07:02 pm

Thanks for this Kashinoda. Up and running in no time, top stuff

Quote from: Uhoh AureliOs on January 23, 2012, 11:06:59 am

And thanks from me too Kash - much obliged. SSL too? Don't know why I didn't sign up earlier.

You're welcome.

Quote from: scatman on January 23, 2012, 10:47:51 am

ITS HAPPENING!

Am i the only one on here who's with giganews as my provider and using nzbsrus instead of nzbmatrix?

Giganews is great but far too expensive for me, Astraweb is $11 a month and haven't had any problems, use Blocknews as a secondary server for any missing blocks (if any!).

scatman · « **Reply #134 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:03:46 pm »

Not had any problems with giganews in terms of missing blocks, great retention, just never changed from it

cissepower · « **Reply #135 on:** January 26, 2012, 12:05:08 am »

If I get an error message stating that "Article not found" am I screwed in the sense that I'll have to find another source and download the .nzb again?

I wouldnt mind normally, but the package that I was after was greater than 20gb

FiSh77 · « **Reply #136 on:** January 26, 2012, 11:27:03 am »

a single 20gb file or split into rar's?

cissepower · « **Reply #137 on:** January 26, 2012, 12:25:37 pm »

Quote from: FiSh77 on January 26, 2012, 11:27:03 am

a single 20gb file or split into rar's?

Not a single file mate. Although I did have a look through some of the comments and it seems that quite a few people have had trouble with it. Oh well, lesson learnt I guess

FiSh77 · « **Reply #138 on:** January 26, 2012, 01:44:53 pm »

sometimes it depends on your usenet provider, my main account is with maximumusenet.com and their retention is very good but i have a payg account with astraweb which i only use if i've got missing files and not enough blocks to repair the archive, if i do need to use the astraweb account i only download as few files as possible to give me enough blocks to repair

might be something worth considering if you can afford it, it's $10 for 25gb or $25 for 180gb, i use the 25gb package and haven't needed to top it up for over a year but it comes in very handy when there's missing files on my normal server

scatman · « **Reply #139 on:** January 26, 2012, 02:50:25 pm »

Quote from: cissepower on January 26, 2012, 12:25:37 pm

Not a single file mate. Although I did have a look through some of the comments and it seems that quite a few people have had trouble with it. Oh well, lesson learnt I guess

some usenet providers have the rar's missing, however sometimes these rar's missing are not essential as the par's can rebuild the file using the blocks.

I think i'm correct.

buzzing · « **Reply #140 on:** January 26, 2012, 10:24:34 pm »

Right, not sure if i've mentioned in the thread before but why the fucking fuck is everything always German, French or Dutch and not english...the originals are English so WTF

buzzing · « **Reply #141 on:** January 26, 2012, 10:25:58 pm »

Quote from: scatman on January 26, 2012, 02:50:25 pm

some usenet providers have the rar's missing, however sometimes these rar's missing are not essential as the par's can rebuild the file using the blocks.

I think i'm correct.

Yup. I find that error at times. It seems it stil manages to ge the fiel from elsewhere, be it another server or by using the PAR files

Harinder · « **Reply #142 on:** January 26, 2012, 10:45:29 pm »

Quote from: buzzing on January 26, 2012, 10:24:34 pm

Right, not sure if i've mentioned in the thread before but why the fucking fuck is everything always German, French or Dutch and not english...the originals are English so WTF

Never got this myself either. German I kinda did as Usenext seems to be based there

wacko · « **Reply #143 on:** February 1, 2012, 05:19:34 pm »

Quote from: buzzing on January 26, 2012, 10:24:34 pm

Right, not sure if i've mentioned in the thread before but why the fucking fuck is everything always German, French or Dutch and not english...the originals are English so WTF

What a truly ~~dumb~~ ignorant question. You think the Internet is reserved only for English-speakers or something?

Most people (by which I mean the 5.7 billion people who didn't grow up speaking English) don't speak such good English, and certainly can't understand the blather spoken in most films, so quite understandably, they prefer to watch dubbed/subtitled versions of English-language films.

Quote from: Harinder on January 26, 2012, 10:45:29 pm

Never got this myself either. German I kinda did as Usenext seems to be based there

The content of the usenet is the same wherever your particular provider happens to be based.

If it bothers you that much, you'll just have to pay up for an account at a search site that allows you to include/exclude particular languages (nzbmatrix and newzbin spring to mind).

buzzing · « **Reply #144 on:** February 2, 2012, 08:18:33 pm »

Quote from: wacko on February 1, 2012, 05:19:34 pm

What a truly ~~dumb~~ ignorant question. You think the Internet is reserved only for English-speakers or something?

Most people (by which I mean the 5.7 billion people who didn't grow up speaking English) don't speak such good English, and certainly can't understand the blather spoken in most films, so quite understandably, they prefer to watch dubbed/subtitled versions of English-language films.

The content of the usenet is the same wherever your particular provider happens to be based.

If it bothers you that much, you'll just have to pay up for an account at a search site that allows you to include/exclude particular languages (nzbmatrix and newzbin spring to mind).

Yes because that's what i said. The whole world should speak English. Fuck me what an OTT reaction

Most of the world dont speak German, French or Dutch either do they? My point was an English film which has been leaked comes out in all formats that are watchable in the above languages but nothing in English

wacko · « **Reply #145 on:** February 3, 2012, 11:33:36 am »

Quote from: buzzing on February 2, 2012, 08:18:33 pm

Yes because that's what i said. The whole world should speak English. Fuck me what an OTT reaction

Most of the world dont speak German, French or Dutch either do they? My point was an English film which has been leaked comes out in all formats that are watchable in the above languages but nothing in English

Sorry, your point did not come across very clearly in your post.

If you're looking at newsgroups, the answer is because NZB sites are more international than BitTorrent sites. Germans have their own BitTorrent index sites, the French theirs. This is much less true of NZB sites.

NZBMatrix and Newzbin index many French and German groups, but they both offer search filters in your account settings where you can choose to only show English results in your searches.

Kashinoda · « **Reply #146 on:** February 4, 2012, 06:31:39 am »

To be honest on NZBMatrix the releases are very clearly marked in terms of nationality, never have a problem with downloading things in English. Used to get a lot of releases on Newzbin which weren't labelled correctly or had no specification, likewise on Binsearch.info which is just a raw search anyway.

Trada · « **Reply #147 on:** February 4, 2012, 07:52:12 am »

Quote from: Kashinoda on February 4, 2012, 06:31:39 am

To be honest on NZBMatrix the releases are very clearly marked in terms of nationality, never have a problem with downloading things in English. Used to get a lot of releases on Newzbin which weren't labelled correctly or had no specification, likewise on Binsearch.info which is just a raw search anyway.

I also use NZBMatrix and have no problems you can also change the options that it only shows English versions.

buzzing · « **Reply #148 on:** February 4, 2012, 01:43:17 pm »

Quote from: wacko on February 3, 2012, 11:33:36 am

Sorry, your point did not come across very clearly in your post.

If you're looking at newsgroups, the answer is because NZB sites are more international than BitTorrent sites. Germans have their own BitTorrent index sites, the French theirs. This is much less true of NZB sites.

NZBMatrix and Newzbin index many French and German groups, but they both offer search filters in your account settings where you can choose to only show English results in your searches.

Cool no probs

Yup that's what i was after i.e. why them ones are more popular

Looks like i need to move away from BS.info

wacko · « **Reply #149 on:** February 4, 2012, 03:10:49 pm »

Yup. I'd definitely recommend NZBMatrix for that reason alone. It is a pain in the arse wading through all the different language versions of stuff on BS.info, nzbindex.nl etc. It'd be different (and so much better) if people tagged English-language files with the language name, like they do non-English files, but that's just not the way English-speakers think.

buzzing · « **Reply #150 on:** February 4, 2012, 09:28:36 pm »

wont allow webmail domains. Cant use work's. What did you guys use? ISP emails? - This not risky with recent clamp downs?

wacko · « **Reply #151 on:** February 4, 2012, 11:43:18 pm »

Quote from: buzzing on February 4, 2012, 09:28:36 pm

wont allow webmail domains. Cant use work's. What did you guys use? ISP emails? - This not risky with recent clamp downs?

Which site? I'm signed up to NZBMatrix with a Gmail account.

blert596 · « **Reply #152 on:** February 5, 2012, 07:16:25 pm »

Hi guys, I've decided to have a go at this Usenet malarky but dont seem to be able to get anything to work. I'm obviously doing something wrong but cant figure it out. So, some help would be appreciated.

I'm with Virginmedia and have downloaded Grabit and registered with NZBMatrix. I'm trying to follow the guide at the start but I'm not seeing anything downloading in Grabit.

The basic sequence I'm doing is finding a movie on NZB, ckicking it and choosing the ZIP format. Then selecting open using Grabit from the Other option after that. But when I look in Grabit nothing appears to be happening. Anybody got any ideas? If the movie isnt on Virginmedia would Grabit indicate this.

Oh, when setting up Grabit I used news.virginmeda.com for the server, and put the same in for the news provider under NZB.

Anyone got any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Graeme · « **Reply #153 on:** February 5, 2012, 07:31:18 pm »

How old are the NZB's that you are downloading from NZBMatrix? Retention for most groups on Virgin isn't very good, 10-14 days at best.

blert596 · « **Reply #154 on:** February 5, 2012, 07:34:40 pm »

Quote from: Graeme on February 5, 2012, 07:31:18 pm

How old are the NZB's that you are downloading from NZBMatrix? Retention for most groups on Virgin isn't very good, 10-14 days at best.

Its saying that they were Added to Usenet 3 days ago Graeme.

Graeme · « **Reply #155 on:** February 5, 2012, 07:43:15 pm »

Looking back at your post, you said that you are downloading it in Zip and then telling Grabit to open the Zip file - I think this might be where you are going wrong.

Download from NZBMatrix as an NZB and not a Zip and then use Grabit to open the NZB instead of the Zip.

blert596 · « **Reply #156 on:** February 5, 2012, 08:07:01 pm »

Ah right then Graeme. I thought NZB was free. I need to upgrade to a VIP account to download the NZB direct then?

I've just tried saving the ZIP file and then opening it direct from the save folder. It then opens and lets me run the unrar'd NZB file which it associates with Grabit automatically. Then it downloads OK - or it seems to be anyway :-)

An extra step but hey ho I'm a cheap skate.

just checked and the movies downloaded and plays OK. Happy days. Thanks for the help mate.

Graeme · « **Reply #157 on:** February 5, 2012, 08:11:55 pm »

No probs

buzzing · « **Reply #158 on:** February 5, 2012, 11:36:14 pm »

Quote from: wacko on February 4, 2012, 11:43:18 pm

Which site? I'm signed up to NZBMatrix with a Gmail account.

Same site - Tried yahoo and hotmail. Wil give gmail a bash.

blert596 · « **Reply #159 on:** February 8, 2012, 11:05:12 am »

Quote from: buzzing on February 5, 2012, 11:36:14 pm

Same site - Tried yahoo and hotmail. Wil give gmail a bash.

I signed up to NZBMatrix with a hotmail account the other day mate.

Am actually enjoying using them at the moment and have downloaded a few films to watch. I'm not sure if its any quicker than torrents, but most of the torrents I use are well seeded anyway. Plus having only just got a decent broadband speed (30M) I seem to have no problem getting good speeds (2.5 to 3.5M/s) on both torrents and Usenet.

The only problem I've had so far is downloading a movie and all I ended up with was various parts with and avi.001, avi.002... which looks to me like it hasnt been reconstituted properly from the rars, but I'm not sure if thats the case. looking on the net it seems I'll have to run HJsplit/Join or something of that sort. Is this normal, or should I expect a few downloads like this, as all my others have automatically created the avi/mkv file?

Cheers