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ACID POLICE posted:My roommate indiscriminately signed up for a Newshosting.com Unlimited account and paid for a whole year up front. What are you using for an indexer? Try signing up for a free NZBMatrix or nzb.su account.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 23:47 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:35 |
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I just came across FlexGet which can be used as a very, very lightweight replacement for Sickbeard. It doesn't manage upgrading qualities or anything...just keeps track of what you've downloaded so far if you use the series plugin. Works with indexers that have RSS feeds. It's a pretty nice little thingy if you don't want or need all of the features of SB. I love SB, so I'm continuing to use it, but I'm using FG to do some stuff from private trackers for stuff that consistently gets DMCA'ed from Usenet.
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# ? Nov 9, 2012 00:59 |
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Roving Reporter posted:What are you using for an indexer? Try signing up for a free NZBMatrix or nzb.su account. I have a nzb.su account already, from when I was hopping from trial account to trial account, but friend bought a lot of time on Newzbin2. Glad to hear Newshosting is chill though.
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# ? Nov 9, 2012 01:07 |
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I'm an idiot and only just realized that you can use wildcards in the Category setup. So if your provider has TV-HD, TV-SD, TV-Box, etc, you can just use "TV*" to put all of those into the "TV Shows" category. Same thing with movies (Movies-3D, Movies-xvid, Movies-x264 should all use "Movies*"). I had previously just setup a category for each sub-category the indexer provides.
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# ? Nov 9, 2012 23:29 |
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SAB has decided (for a few months, I think) that it's not going to put downloads into folders anymore. I only really use a little bit of sorting (TV/Movies/Music), but within the sorting folders, everything is bare files instead of their own folders. The sorting page in config is weird and doesn't seem to work how I'd expect it. What am I missing? e: Renames don't happen, either.
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# ? Nov 10, 2012 18:45 |
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Is supernews down? Can't seem to connect, but there's nothing on their website.
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# ? Nov 11, 2012 17:49 |
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Oops, old error. Working fine.
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# ? Nov 11, 2012 17:59 |
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So those who use non-binary builds of Sickbeard, have they added 1080p WEB-DL to the dropdowns yet? I'm not entirely sold, on my 27" iMac screen I'm not seeing a huge difference between the 720p and 1080p versions from a brief check, and the fact they won't stream to my Apple TV due to crappy wireless networking here means I might hold off, but it is tempting to add that to the list of preferred formats.
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# ? Nov 11, 2012 18:25 |
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The bitrate from a WEBDL is probably so low you won't really notice much of a difference. For your wireless if you can't run an ethernet cable you can try the Powerline adapter things. It's basically an ethernet over your powerline. One plug goes next to your router with an ethernet cable from the router -> plug and then you'd have more powerplugs with ethernet cables to all of your devices wherever you want. I've read they always work so long as the plugs are on the same mains ring - I've no idea what this means or how you check it, though. http://www.newegg.com/Powerline-Networking/SubCategory/ID-294?Tpk=powerline http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=&groupid=&search=powerline uhhhhahhhhohahhh fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Nov 11, 2012 |
# ? Nov 11, 2012 18:53 |
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Yeah, the file sizes seem to be around 1GB compared to a 700MB file before. I recall talk of them using a different encoding profile for better compression though, I'll try the same comparison on my plasma to see if it's worthwhile jumping to. Have considered the powerline plugs, might have to nose around and see if anyone here has them to trial with. I'm presuming our electricity supply is pretty clean here despite the age of the house, as it kinda caught fire a few years ago and I think all of that was redone. The main culprit is our ISP provided router (Virgin Media with a rebadged and lacking in features Netgear) is dreadful so I have an old Linksys wired into it to provide wifi for upstairs, but unfortunately saps the signal down to G band. I'll probably just tape up some cat5 and have it go under my door at some point and not have to deal with the wireless at all then.
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# ? Nov 11, 2012 19:02 |
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Both Virgin and BT routers are pretty terrible. With BT Infinity and their lovely Home Hubs our connection used to drop a lot, we got an ASUS RT-N56U, it's good and doesn't ever go down. Try swapping to BT Infinity if you can. It's much less restrictive than anything Virgin has and since there is so few people on it still, at least down my road anyway, it's still really fast and great pings. We had to run a thick data cable from the phone socket downstairs to have the modem and router in my room when we got the BT Infinity though, don't remember why they insisted on it being like that. We ran it under the floor and through a wiring hole in the stairs and then under the floor in the upstairs hall into my room, it was a loving nightmare and we had to get the carpet up and everything. I'd probably just use the Powerline plugs if I had to do it again and keep the router/modem down stairs.
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# ? Nov 11, 2012 19:23 |
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I think BTI tops out at 40mbit or so? We're on the Virgin 100mbit service and to be honest it's generally pretty good (we're in an oversubscribed area due to students, but we get at least 50mbit at worst and the full 100 on a good day). I never really cared for DSL that much whenever I've had it, been with Virgin about 10 years now and I'm pretty satisfied. We'll probably swap the router out at some point and run it in modem mode. I bought an ASUS router for my parents a few years back, seems OK the few times I've had to mess about with it. The only bad thing was Argos' fault - it came preinstalled with someone elses DSL details on it, despite being sold as new. Gits.
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# ? Nov 11, 2012 19:38 |
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They upgraded everyone for free a little while ago, I'm on 69/16. It goes up to 76/19 for most or 160/20 if you're in one of the areas where they've put fibre everywhere.
uhhhhahhhhohahhh fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Nov 11, 2012 |
# ? Nov 11, 2012 19:41 |
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So how does SABnzbds quota system work? It has never really been accurate for me. For instance, this month I've pulled 47GB according to SAB, but it says I've only used 25GB of my quota. I think I have it set to reset on the 20th, which is when my ISP resets the count, but it has never matched up. I'm not sure what I'm getting wrong. I have it set as 19 23:59 to get the time in there, but it doesn't seem to change anything.
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# ? Nov 12, 2012 09:57 |
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uhhhhahhhhohahhh posted:I've read they always work so long as the plugs are on the same mains ring - I've no idea what this means or how you check it, though. I can explain it based on my workings with the X10 system (similar concept) in the US. Your house is fed 3 wires from a power transformer in the following configuration: code:
X10 sells adapters that can bridge the 2 circuits at a 240v appliance (dryer) and cross the signal over. I don't know if PL adapters have these bridges available, however. edit: one way to check might be to see what breakers are on which side of the panel. If your electrician wasn't high on meth, the breakers are usually split on the two sides for the two circuits giving you a rough idea of the layout. B-Nasty fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Nov 12, 2012 |
# ? Nov 12, 2012 16:43 |
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What is the difference between DVD-R and DVD-Rip? Is DVD-Rip a direct raw rip of the DVD or a compressed version?
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# ? Nov 12, 2012 23:09 |
YouTuber posted:What is the difference between DVD-R and DVD-Rip? Is DVD-Rip a direct raw rip of the DVD or a compressed version? DVD-Rip is a rip and re-encode of the video, generally 700MB or 1.37GB.
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# ? Nov 12, 2012 23:14 |
How come there is so much German stuff on nzb.su? Is there a huge Usenet following in Germany?
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# ? Nov 12, 2012 23:29 |
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Red Robin Hood posted:How come there is so much German stuff on nzb.su? Is there a huge Usenet following in Germany? Probably because a lot of USENET content comes from the scene, and there are a lot of scene groups in Europe
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# ? Nov 13, 2012 00:12 |
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I disabled the pop-up box that shows up in the lower right-hand corner when things are done downloading. Now I can't see the integrated download with sabnzbd button with the index sites. How do I fix this?
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 00:41 |
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As far as I know, you can't. Both of those features are part of the same plugin, nzbdStatus.
...! fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Nov 14, 2012 |
# ? Nov 14, 2012 01:19 |
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Why is it that there never seems to be any sites for a lot of the "release groups" or whatever they're called? It seems like such a group of people would at least have a web presence.
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:10 |
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How would that benefit them, other than provide a direct link to people who are committing crimes?
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:18 |
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^^^drat you Given what they do, what possible upside would a scene group get from a "web presence?"
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:32 |
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I don't know, what benefit do they get from spending so much time uploading content on Usenet?
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:38 |
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hayden. posted:I don't know, what benefit do they get from spending so much time uploading content on Usenet? If I remember correctly the uploads take a couple of minutes for even very large files.
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:46 |
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Scene groups do not upload anything to usenet, those are just people who have access to files whether it be from source or elsewhere.
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:46 |
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hayden. posted:I don't know, what benefit do they get from spending so much time uploading content on Usenet? Download bandwidth on the topsites they upload to, but that's an ancillary benefit - it's mainly just to earn respect with their peers. The groups all do have a web presence, it's just a private web presence.
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:46 |
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hayden. posted:I don't know, what benefit do they get from spending so much time uploading content on Usenet? They spend exactly zero time uploading anything to Usenet.
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 03:51 |
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...! posted:As far as I know, you can't. Both of those features are part of the same plugin, nzbdStatus. how do I re-enable this feature?
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 15:40 |
I had a weird issue with SAB... I feel like the file was completely downloaded but it is giving the little skull icon in the completed area. If I do retry it shows it is downloading at 5kb/s and does all 1gig or whatever but when it completes it just shows the skull again. Incompleted folders seem to be pretty much empty.
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 17:27 |
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Red Robin Hood posted:I had a weird issue with SAB... I feel like the file was completely downloaded but it is giving the little skull icon in the completed area. If I do retry it shows it is downloading at 5kb/s and does all 1gig or whatever but when it completes it just shows the skull again. Incompleted folders seem to be pretty much empty. The data has been removed from the server, either because it's outside the retention window, or more likely from a DMCA takedown request. You can try with a different provider or just hope somebody reuploads it.
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 19:08 |
Vykk.Draygo posted:The data has been removed from the server, either because it's outside the retention window, or more likely from a DMCA takedown request. You can try with a different provider or just hope somebody reuploads it. Thanks!
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# ? Nov 14, 2012 19:09 |
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I went forever without really getting much in the way of DMCA'ed downloads, now it seems like I get them all the time. I currently use Supernews and Blocknews...I'm thinking maybe a cheap EU-only usenet provider would be less likely to have been DMCA'ed. Any thoughts about that? Any cheap EU-only providers anyone can recommend?
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 01:45 |
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Thermopyle posted:I went forever without really getting much in the way of DMCA'ed downloads, now it seems like I get them all the time. Even the EU only ones will have some DMCAs. I haven't really compared to see when it'll hit. But it's definitely not as much of a problem. If you want to use an unlimited type account newsgrabber.nl seems to be the best price. TweakNews/Cheapnews is also ok for that type of account, just a little more expensive. Speeds might be a little better. Newsgrabber.nl can be slow at times.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 01:54 |
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Sperg Victorious posted:Even the EU only ones will have some DMCAs. I haven't really compared to see when it'll hit. But it's definitely not as much of a problem. Yeah, I should have mentioned that I meant to use it as a backup server only. Hopefully a combination of Supernews, Blocknews, and a EU server will help with completed downloads. I guess what I really need is a EU block provider.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 01:56 |
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Tweaknews/Cheapnews (same feed) should fit the bill. http://new.xsnews.com/index.php/en/home// is good, but it's a little pricey.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 01:58 |
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Sperg Victorious posted:Tweaknews/Cheapnews (same feed) should fit the bill. Giving a 50GB Tweaknews account a shot. We'll see how that helps. Thanks for the help!
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 02:11 |
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I'm getting sick of PROPERS coming across for some videos. All the import stuff supports adding but not deleting obsolete things so you end up with doubles and one is somehow wrong.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 02:44 |
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Thermopyle posted:Giving a 50GB Tweaknews account a shot. We'll see how that helps. Guess I'm a little late but: http://www.newsgroupservers.net/newsgroup_server_resellers Might help you in picking one that isn't another Highwinds reseller, they do have a European presence even though it's not advertised and I've seen at least one EU reseller that claims independence but was actually connected to Highwinds and had the same DMCA takedowns.
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