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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
wiseD
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Originally Posted by
saulin
I'm sorry but there isn't a single tracker that could take on usnet. You are wrong. Get your facts straight.
I'd be interested to know what trackers you have actually used.
From TPB to ScT
Let me give you another example. Maybe you guys that, haven't tried usenet have a hard time understanding retention. Ok if every uploaded torrent would stick around for a very long time. The best torrent sites would have what?? at least 250, 000 torrents? Like I said. Unless you want to count public trackers or music trackers. In reality most torrent trackers don't have retention that good. Music trackers have a lot of stuff because releases are rather small. But imagine how much music is out there on usenet as well. That should give you guys an idea of what I mean by retention and content.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
saulin
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Originally Posted by
wiseD
I'd be interested to know what trackers you have actually used.
From TPB to ScT
So I'm sure you'll agree, each to their own :huh:
I have no idea why there's even an argument here lol, it's the bittorrent section, ofc people are gonna prefer it :blink:
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
It's not just SCT. The oldest torrent on TL was added in October 2005, and still has 62 seeders. So to claim that retention is generally better on Usenet is simply wrong.
I don't get this discussion anyway. Just use whatever you prefer. And unless you have other motives (e.g. financial), I don't see why you should try to 'convince' others to use your prefered file distribution network.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
One other thing. You can request files on trackers. On usenet you just have to hope someone uploads what you want. and rare shit doesn't even exist on usenet
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
@flashback3r
You can also request in newsgroups, in fact there are some ambitious uploaders which will likely respond.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
That's erroneous. You can make requests on Usenet too, and not just spamming posts in the newsgroup itself, but on ancillary sites, forums and irc channels.
For example, most of what is posted to a.b.hdtv.x264 is via a very organized request system with an irc chan on efnet.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
It's been said over and over, both groups of users are getting what they want, does it really matter how they get it?
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
You can request on Usenet. So you you have an idea. Check www.abgx.net, it shows all uploaded games. All resquests and filled requests. Believe me anything rare that you want uploaded just request it and it will be uploaded lol.
abgx is just an example of how stuff gets to usenet. There are other sites and IRC channels where you can request shit as well.
Now if you talk about trackers like Pleasuredome that have huge packs of old console ISOs or all the emulation roms etc.. or trackers like Underground-Gamer that have the same content and a lot more. Like Old video games magazines etc.. Those trackers are gold and yes a lot of that stuff you can't just find anywhere. These are the types of trackers that I really value. But Not so much TL or ScT or any general tracker. That stuff can be found everywhere.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
Snarkyone
It's been said over and over, both groups of users are getting what they want, does it really matter how they get it?
No other than one has to PAYfor usenet on top of the internet connection... My isp has usenet but the retention is horrible so not an option.. So for ME torrents are better because cheaper.....
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
flashback3r
why talk shit?
lets compare sct and usenet. Okey:
speed, no difference, i have 100/100 and I maxx it all the time.
retention, sct pwns usenet so motherfucking hard! sct's oldest torrent is from 2005-09-21 03:39:31. and brace yourself, it has 10 seeders ;) So speed wont be a problem there. Hmm, I wonder if your usenet provider has retention over 3 years...
pres, no way, usenet can go hide. their pres are worse than all rather good torrentsites.
Stop talking shit, you may like usenet, but get your facts straight before you talk
you don't have an idea how to use/search newsgroups
do you really think that if a torrent is 3 years old then it is not on usenet because of the 1 year retention?lulululul of course that Kingdom.Of.Heaven.DVDRip.XViD-UNiT is available at usenet plus countless releases for this movie. don't forget it is really popular movie and this is the reason why it has 11 seeders otherwise it would die after a 2-3 months . usenet :hooray:
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flashback3r
One other thing. You can request files on trackers. On usenet you just have to hope someone uploads what you want. and rare shit doesn't even exist on usenet
:glag:
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
This is getting a bit tiring to say at least. Somebody should start a similar thread about bittorrent in the Newsgroups section of this board, so we can have a full fledged WAR at least.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
Well people that have not used both should not be allowed to really comment in this topic lol. Yes it's getting absurd. It's obvious that a lot of people think usenet is complicated. Maybe they are thinking back in the days where you use Agent Newsreader and you had to download all headers and then search through the headers for stuff. Others think that everything should be given to them for free and they can't afford to pay $10-11 a month for stuff but have no problem paying I don't know $50 for internet and $20 for a seed box. I pay $53 a month for internet and $10 more is not a problem for me and it just makes things so much easier for me too. Of course this is just my opinion.
I think everything related to both sides should have been discussed already. I just found out that a lot of people don't really know how usenet works.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
saulin
Believe me anything rare that you want uploaded just request it and it will be uploaded lol.
really ?
ok, let's give it a try: i need the full DVD of My Father My Lord AKA Hofshat Kaits.
till now, i only found a xvid rip on KG & PTN (obviously nothing on usenet)
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-bit...li-film-347513
thanks in advance.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
tnt
you don't have an idea how to use/search newsgroups
do you really think that if a torrent is 3 years old then it is not on usenet because of the 1 year retention?lulululul of course that Kingdom.Of.Heaven.DVDRip.XViD-UNiT is available at usenet plus countless releases for this movie. don't forget it is really popular movie and this is the reason why it has 11 seeders otherwise it would die after a 2-3 months . usenet :hooray:
WTF :S Are you stupid? You brought up the argument of retention, and when it turns out that many torrentsites can have the same torrent for several years you disregard your preasous rentention and say: "it is on usenet anyways, someone uploaded it again". wtf man? Usenet might be good, but just admit that good torrentsites kick usenet's retention! If it was okey to upload the content again it is not about retention anymore, torrents can be uploaded again if they die as well...
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
cinephilia
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Originally Posted by
saulin
Believe me anything rare that you want uploaded just request it and it will be uploaded lol.
really ?
ok, let's give it a try: i need the full DVD of
My Father My Lord AKA Hofshat Kaits.
till now, i only found a xvid rip on KG & PTN (obviously nothing on usenet)
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-bit...li-film-347513
thanks in advance.
It appears to be a israeli movie? you might friend might be SOL. I also would love to find divx of a Spanish show called "Bienvenidos" it was on Univision for a while and is made in Venezuela. Unfortunatelly it is no where to be found. If it was released on DVD you should be able to ask on some israeli forums for it though.
There are things that we just can't have I guess :(
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
yeah, it has been released on DVD but i don't speak a single word of hebrew and i doubt israelis would take my request in consideration in a forum... so why not giving a try to usenet ?
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
usenet seems great, but bittorrent is cheaper and it works for my needs
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
Guys don't bother arguing with these usenet slaves. They think they're elitist because they have to do more things in order to get their files. They think just because they can use newsleecher and quickpar they're smarter than the entire bittorent community.
I used newsgroups for 2 years and 90% of the community are leechers. Like I said before good luck finding rare files on usenet. (Main reason I switched.)
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
DouglasQuaid
Guys don't bother arguing with these usenet slaves. They think they're elitist because they have to do more things in order to get their files. They think just because they can use newsleecher and quickpar they're smarter than the entire bittorent community.
I used newsgroups for 2 years and 90% of the community are leechers. Like I said before good luck finding rare files on usenet. (Main reason I switched.)
mmmm usenet is pay 2 leech unelss I missed something here?
Oh yeah I agree with you. If you like rare things and only rare things then use a tracker or a forum that has rare things only. Like what kind of things are you talking about and what trackers meet your needs?
For example I use retromags.com to find scans of old video games magazines because there is no other place that has such collection. Not usenet or torrents. U-G has some but not nearly as close to retromags.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
flashback3r
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Originally Posted by
tnt
you don't have an idea how to use/search newsgroups
do you really think that if a torrent is 3 years old then it is not on usenet because of the 1 year retention?lulululul of course that Kingdom.Of.Heaven.DVDRip.XViD-UNiT is available at usenet plus countless releases for this movie. don't forget it is really popular movie and this is the reason why it has 11 seeders otherwise it would die after a 2-3 months . usenet :hooray:
WTF :S Are you stupid? You brought up the argument of retention, and when it turns out that many torrentsites can have the same torrent for several years you disregard your preasous rentention and say: "it is on usenet anyways, someone uploaded it again". wtf man? Usenet might be good, but just admit that good torrentsites kick usenet's retention! If it was okey to upload the content again it is not about retention anymore, torrents can be uploaded again if they die as well...
How can you possibly attempt to ask others if they are "stupid" when your post is as off base as any I've seen in this thread.
Seriously, your statements are completely skewed and cannot be backed up by any sort of rationale thought process whatsoever. :dabs:
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
Skizo
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Originally Posted by
link2009
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cinephilia
your posts are quite interesting comparing the crap we can see everyday in this section.
unfortunately, you came here in order to convince people instead of simply discussing with them.
And that is precisely why he failed.
I have to say MikeHD, that from reading your posts, you are not 'In The Scene' nor have access to the true beauty of what is 'Bittorrent'.
Yes, I am an elite Usenet user and the only advantage Usenet has over P2P, is the blazing fast speeds and retention of files...but it lacks on content where DEDICATED PEOPLE OF THE BITTORRENT COMMUNITY contribute.
That made me :glag:
You people are just too much...
I'm sorry, 'You People' ?
I suppose I went a little overboard with the 'elite Usenet user' statement but I was just trying to emphasize that I have experience with both Usenet and Bittorrent to a high degree. That means I've been involved with them for over 5 years and I believe my opinion has some value to it.
The argument will never end, but you can have some factors to determine which 'Service' or "Protocol' (NNTP / BitTorrent) is better:
Retention
Usenet: As someone pointed out earlier, Usenet's RETENTION is quite limited in the sense that if you're not paying a high-cost usenet provider such as Giganews, you're not going to have access to files that have been on Usenet for a year.
BitTorrent: Files can remain seeded as long as a seeder remains active, which can be well over a year if the torrent is popular or sought for. What else is beneficial to a torrent user, is that one can ask the uploader or ANYBODY who snatched the file to seed for him and usually, on a serious tracker, someone will start seeding that file. This will never happen on Usenet as a file is deleted.
Both: Sure, on Usenet someone could just re-upload the file just as someone could do the same on BitTorrent. I see people arguing about 'Multiple Releases'. What is the point? The best release (If you're talking about Video then Audio / Picture Quality is a must, etc..) is the only one that should be shared, what's the point of using 'worse' releases?
Availability or Pre-Times
Usenet: Depending on the file, some things appear quicker on Usenet, some don't. The problem with Usenet is that if you don't have a lot of upload bandwith, uploading each piece (wich is usually the case [.rar parts]) will take a long time.
BitTorrent: Files can be seeded from multiple places at once so things can get moving pretty fast. I believe, IT IS A KNOWN FACT that you can't compare the appearance of a release with Usenet / BitTorrent because there's no true statistic comparing the two. It either appears on one faster, or the other.
Both: I really can't understand this issue. Do a few minutes or maybe even a few hours make a difference? Do you sit in front of your computer waiting for a file to appear on Usenet or BitTorrent? Go outside (if it's not 12AM), have a breath of fresh air, come back, and voila, the file appears on BitTorrent or UseNet, at some time or another.
Redunancy (Spam / Useless / Dupes:
Usenet: Usenet is uncontrollable. There are no 'authorized' uploaders so everyone uploads whatever they want. Sure, NZBs are a great way to find what you want, but they don't come close (in my opinion) to a well-constructed search on a BitTorrent site. So many files are dupes, contains viruses, are fake or are just useless. You can't tell me that Usenet increases by 3 or 30 TB/day and thn state that it's better than BitTorrent. How much of that data is actually 'unique' and 'useful' ?
BitTorrent: It's easy to find what you're looking for on numerous trackers, as some are specialized on Music, DVDs, whatever. The serious trackers allow only authorized uploaders, so don't expect trojans / viruses, fakes, dupes or useless releases.
I can't say one's better than the other, even though I may have leaned towards BitTorrent in the above comparisons because I am a fan of both. Usenet is good for some things, BitTorrent for the other.
Skizzo, I shared with FileSharingTalk a bunch of NZBs, I gave giveaways to members and tried to be part of the community, so please don't laugh at me. :cry:
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
top
anyone recommend fast usenet server from USA please :-D
Usenet runs at full bandwidth, regardless of who your provider is or what server you connect to.
Giganews carries the largest number of newsgroups, with the longest retention and best completion rates. Some providers are cheaper, but many of them are Giganews resellers and many ISP's got their Usenet from them (Earthlink and Comcast to name a couple). I've been with Giganews since I've been on the Internet (56k dial-up), and I have no complaints. They're in the process of expanding to 365 days of binary retention + over 2,000 days of text retention, which is even more impressive when you know that over 4.5 terabyte of data travels over Usenet every day.
Many in this thread have swooned over their favorite private tracker... but at the very moment I write this, Demonoid (which is semi-private) has 251,519 actively-seeded torrents.
Between these 2 sources... I have all I can eat.
I'll step off the soapbox box now, you go do what you want.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
My expericance so far. Astraweb support sucks. (Ok, maybe not that relevant.). Too many stuff can't ger repaired with PAR2s. The free newsreaders seem very unstable and crash quite often (Grabit & Sabnzbd), at least on WinXP. I haven't bothered to try any of the commerical ones yet. Being forced to do the damn PAR2 checks is annoying. (even though it's automatic). I thought DVD9 would be much more common on Usenet, instead it's quite rare IMO. BitHQ is much better for DVD9. Often people who upload on Usenet (I don't mean the people making NZBs) don't bother writing which subs & language the DVDs contains.
Overall I'm not impressed at all with Usenet.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
Quasit
My expericance so far. Astraweb support sucks. (Ok, maybe not that relevant.). Too many stuff can't ger repaired with PAR2s. The free newsreaders seem very unstable and crash quite often (Grabit & Sabnzbd), at least on WinXP. I haven't bothered to try any of the commerical ones yet. Being forced to do the damn PAR2 checks is annoying. (even though it's automatic). I thought DVD9 would be much more common on Usenet, instead it's quite rare IMO. BitHQ is much better for DVD9. Often people who upload on Usenet (I don't mean the people making NZBs) don't bother writing which subs & language the DVDs contains.
Overall I'm not impressed at all with Usenet.
You should not have to reapir stuff. If you do it should be very rarely. You shouldn't really need to contact support either??
Anyways I had an issue for months where all my downloads would have at least 2-3 corrupted downloads. The problem was that this also happened when downloading from BT and from the Web. Any big file downloaded without a downlaod manager would get corrupted. I thought it was my ISP, then my HDD and it was my RAM. I switched my RAM. Now I don't get corrupted downloads at all. I use Astraweb for anything that is 150 days or older and I don't need to repair stuff.
Right now I use Alt.Binz as my newsreader. No problems at all with it. Of course try to get the latest version you can. Not 0.25 which is really old.
When looking for DVD9s look for achieves that are roughly 50 megs and go over 90 parts. A lot of times they are not labeled as DVD9s but you can tell which ones are by their size. A lot of DVD posts on usenet are not scene releases too.
Also whenever you know the scene file name of something just do a search for that and you shall find stuff easy instead of trying to find something by their title.
Here is a good example. Some tiems you will see something like. Efnet post #23234 "scene-filename.rar"
If you search for the title name you may think that is not there but by searching by the file name you'll know it's there. I only search this way when searching by the file name fails.
As for DVDs I think the most common format everywhere is PAL so that's what you will find most and a lot of them have weird subs but again almost all PAL releases default to English as the original language. I have found that DVD9s are usually NTSC though. I used to grab just DVD9s. Now I try to get just 720p rips.
It seems that people usually try to make usenet sound complicated but it's just so easy. Get the right newsreader. The right provider. Learn to search for stuff. That's the advise I give you and there are a lot of guides on using usenet for newbs. When you know what you are doing you don't even have to look on NZB sites for anything. If anything you could use a site that has scene release names for stuff you download. Then you don't have to leave your news client to search for stuff and to download.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
saulin
It seems that people usually try to make usenet sound complicated but it's just so easy. Get the right newsreader. The right provider. Learn to search for stuff.
so easy that you have to learn how to search :rolleyes:
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
saulin
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Originally Posted by
Quasit
My expericance so far. Astraweb support sucks. (Ok, maybe not that relevant.). Too many stuff can't ger repaired with PAR2s. The free newsreaders seem very unstable and crash quite often (Grabit & Sabnzbd), at least on WinXP. I haven't bothered to try any of the commerical ones yet. Being forced to do the damn PAR2 checks is annoying. (even though it's automatic). I thought DVD9 would be much more common on Usenet, instead it's quite rare IMO. BitHQ is much better for DVD9. Often people who upload on Usenet (I don't mean the people making NZBs) don't bother writing which subs & language the DVDs contains.
Overall I'm not impressed at all with Usenet.
You should not have to reapir stuff. If you do it should be very rarely. You shouldn't really need to contact support either??
Anyways I had an issue for months where all my downloads would have at least 2-3 corrupted downloads. The problem was that this also happened when downloading from BT and from the Web. Any big file downloaded without a downlaod manager would get corrupted. I thought it was my ISP, then my HDD and it was my RAM. I switched my RAM. Now I don't get corrupted downloads at all. I use Astraweb for anything that is 150 days or older and I don't need to repair stuff.
Right now I use Alt.Binz as my newsreader. No problems at all with it. Of course try to get the latest version you can. Not 0.25 which is really old.
When looking for DVD9s look for achieves that are roughly 50 megs and go over 90 parts. A lot of times they are not labeled as DVD9s but you can tell which ones are by their size. A lot of DVD posts on usenet are not scene releases too.
Also whenever you know the scene file name of something just do a search for that and you shall find stuff easy instead of trying to find something by their title.
Here is a good example. Some tiems you will see something like. Efnet post #23234 "scene-filename.rar"
If you search for the title name you may think that is not there but by searching by the file name you'll know it's there. I only search this way when searching by the file name fails.
As for DVDs I think the most common format everywhere is PAL so that's what you will find most and a lot of them have weird subs but again almost all PAL releases default to English as the original language. I have found that DVD9s are usually NTSC though. I used to grab just DVD9s. Now I try to get just 720p rips.
It seems that people usually try to make usenet sound complicated but it's just so easy. Get the right newsreader. The right provider. Learn to search for stuff. That's the advise I give you and there are a lot of guides on using usenet for newbs. When you know what you are doing you don't even have to look on NZB sites for anything. If anything you could use a site that has scene release names for stuff you download. Then you don't have to leave your news client to search for stuff and to download.
+1
searching has got very easy for me like for the new Fast+furious 2009 i just search NZBindex for FaF set at newest age and there it is or i just search BRRip and a hole list pops up:)
using alt binz 28.4 and astraweb
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
saulin
You should not have to reapir stuff. If you do it should be very rarely. You shouldn't really need to contact support either??
Anyways I had an issue for months where all my downloads would have at least 2-3 corrupted downloads. The problem was that this also happened when downloading from BT and from the Web. Any big file downloaded without a downlaod manager would get corrupted. I thought it was my ISP, then my HDD and it was my RAM. I switched my RAM. Now I don't get corrupted downloads at all. I use Astraweb for anything that is 150 days or older and I don't need to repair stuff.
Right now I use Alt.Binz as my newsreader. No problems at all with it. Of course try to get the latest version you can. Not 0.25 which is really old.
When looking for DVD9s look for achieves that are roughly 50 megs and go over 90 parts. A lot of times they are not labeled as DVD9s but you can tell which ones are by their size. A lot of DVD posts on usenet are not scene releases too.
Also whenever you know the scene file name of something just do a search for that and you shall find stuff easy instead of trying to find something by their title.
Here is a good example. Some tiems you will see something like. Efnet post #23234 "scene-filename.rar"
If you search for the title name you may think that is not there but by searching by the file name you'll know it's there. I only search this way when searching by the file name fails.
As for DVDs I think the most common format everywhere is PAL so that's what you will find most and a lot of them have weird subs but again almost all PAL releases default to English as the original language. I have found that DVD9s are usually NTSC though. I used to grab just DVD9s. Now I try to get just 720p rips.
It seems that people usually try to make usenet sound complicated but it's just so easy. Get the right newsreader. The right provider. Learn to search for stuff. That's the advise I give you and there are a lot of guides on using usenet for newbs. When you know what you are doing you don't even have to look on NZB sites for anything. If anything you could use a site that has scene release names for stuff you download. Then you don't have to leave your news client to search for stuff and to download.
Nah, my bittorent downloads aren't corrupted. 5/40 Usenet downloads weren't repairable, the majority of the rest had to be repaired.
"You shouldn't really need to contact support either??" Lol. Ok, you don't even know what it was about and you assume that?
I'm not going to take a guess if some release has eng subs or the original audio (yeah some even lack that, and only have dubs) as it's seems quite common to be the opposite. Maybe not so much for Hollywood stuff, but I don't only download that. I don't really care about PAL/NTSC thing as I live in Europe.
As for searching I use NZBmatrix, but as many movies lack NFO or some kind of info text you have to guess what you get. Even if it's not a scene release people upload in groups they could at least bother to do a simple NFO.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
cinephilia
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Originally Posted by
saulin
It seems that people usually try to make usenet sound complicated but it's just so easy. Get the right newsreader. The right provider. Learn to search for stuff.
so easy that you have to learn how to search :rolleyes:
Newbs have to. I don't :)
It's common sence. It's like google. Some people know how to search for stuff and others just don't.
But it sure beats having to try 10 different trackers to find something :P
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Originally Posted by
Quasit
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Originally Posted by
saulin
You should not have to reapir stuff. If you do it should be very rarely. You shouldn't really need to contact support either??
Anyways I had an issue for months where all my downloads would have at least 2-3 corrupted downloads. The problem was that this also happened when downloading from BT and from the Web. Any big file downloaded without a downlaod manager would get corrupted. I thought it was my ISP, then my HDD and it was my RAM. I switched my RAM. Now I don't get corrupted downloads at all. I use Astraweb for anything that is 150 days or older and I don't need to repair stuff.
Right now I use Alt.Binz as my newsreader. No problems at all with it. Of course try to get the latest version you can. Not 0.25 which is really old.
When looking for DVD9s look for achieves that are roughly 50 megs and go over 90 parts. A lot of times they are not labeled as DVD9s but you can tell which ones are by their size. A lot of DVD posts on usenet are not scene releases too.
Also whenever you know the scene file name of something just do a search for that and you shall find stuff easy instead of trying to find something by their title.
Here is a good example. Some tiems you will see something like. Efnet post #23234 "scene-filename.rar"
If you search for the title name you may think that is not there but by searching by the file name you'll know it's there. I only search this way when searching by the file name fails.
As for DVDs I think the most common format everywhere is PAL so that's what you will find most and a lot of them have weird subs but again almost all PAL releases default to English as the original language. I have found that DVD9s are usually NTSC though. I used to grab just DVD9s. Now I try to get just 720p rips.
It seems that people usually try to make usenet sound complicated but it's just so easy. Get the right newsreader. The right provider. Learn to search for stuff. That's the advise I give you and there are a lot of guides on using usenet for newbs. When you know what you are doing you don't even have to look on NZB sites for anything. If anything you could use a site that has scene release names for stuff you download. Then you don't have to leave your news client to search for stuff and to download.
Nah, my bittorent downloads aren't corrupted. 5/40 Usenet downloads weren't repairable, the majority of the rest had to be repaired.
"You shouldn't really need to contact support either??" Lol. Ok, you don't even know what it was about and you assume that?
I'm not going to take a guess if some release has eng subs or the original audio (yeah some even lack that, and only have dubs) as it's seems quite common to be the opposite. Maybe not so much for Hollywood stuff, but I don't only download that. I don't really care about PAL/NTSC thing as I live in Europe.
As for searching I use NZBmatrix, but as many movies lack NFO or some kind of info text you have to guess what you get. Even if it's not a scene release people upload in groups they could at least bother to do a simple NFO.
Just so you know. No tech support would get back to you if they think you are doing something illegal. Like grabbing warez. I never have had to contact tech support for Easynews or Giganews or Astraweb.
I had the problem with lots of corrupted downloads and it was my RAM. Sounds like you have hardware problem as well. Torrents may not come out corrupt because Bitorrent checks your download and repairs it before it completes it. But in the end it ends up downloading extra data.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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saulin
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cinephilia
so easy that you have to learn how to search :rolleyes:
Newbs have to. I don't :)
But you are a newb :blink:
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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wiseD
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saulin
Newbs have to. I don't :)
But you are a newb :blink:
Well I must be a smarter newb. Newb! :whistling
Obviously you haven't looked at my posts. Have you? I help newbies :D
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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DouglasQuaid
Guys don't bother arguing with these usenet slaves. They think they're elitist because they have to do more things in order to get their files. They think just because they can use newsleecher and quickpar they're smarter than the entire bittorent community.
Open an NZB, it loads the files and Newsleecher which also auto repairs and extracts, that's just about as easy as it gets, so please don't talk absolute shit.
There is room for both formats, so I really don't see what the big deal is tbh. :rolleyes:
Do you honestly think I care if some movie is released 2h or 2d before another on some tracker or Usenet?
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
saulin
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Originally Posted by
cinephilia
so easy that you have to learn how to search :rolleyes:
Newbs have to. I don't :)
yes, that's precisely the point: 'noobs' don't have to learn anything to make a successful search on bt trackers :whistling
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
Anyone that has to ask how to find something obvious does not know how to search. You are missing another point. To be able to find something on BT you sometimes need to search through 5-10 different trackers. I don't see how that makes it easier for newbs?. I know this because I used to be stuck getting something from Demonoid because it was too old for other trackers. That's why Usenet is the way to go for me.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
you don't need to search through 5-10 trackers when you know what you're looking for (classic, 0day, anime, tv-show etc...).
anyway...
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
I think you have too much faith on your trackers cinephilia. I already told you that I was looking for stuff too old for the main trackers that the only place to find them was demonoid of a public tracker since retention there is better.
You are failing to realize that a lot of torrents go dead after a month sometimes. In fact I swear I said this more than once to you. So really dude!!
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WiseD are you just a 12 year kid looking for some attention? I think you may have the wrong guy. Go and play Pokemon with your DS! Gotta catch them all.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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saulin
I think you have too much faith on your trackers cinephilia. I already told you that I was looking for stuff too old for the main trackers that the only place to find them was demonoid of a public tracker since retention there is better.
You are failing to realize that a lot of torrents go dead after a month sometimes. In fact I swear I said this more than once to you. So really dude!!
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WiseD are you just a 12 year kid looking for some attention? I think you may have the wrong guy. Go and play Pokemon with your DS! Gotta catch them all.
I was never aware that torrents have retention. Is this a concept you've just invented?
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
Nope retention is a term that is referred to how long something is stored on a usenet server before it gets deleted.
You are right because BT does not have a central server seeds could just vanish and they just die. Then days later or week and sometimes months later a seed may show up for that torrent. That's why torrents don't stay up for a slong as files stay on usenet. So that's why torrents don't really have retention.
I just call it retention because that's the usenet term.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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saulin
WiseD are you just a 12 year kid looking for some attention? I think you may have the wrong guy. Go and play Pokemon with your DS! Gotta catch them all.
\o/
Remember saulin, the interwebs are serious business.
And I don't think I have the wrong guy, since I quoted you, then called you a cunt ;)
But hey, all in good jest <3
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
wiseD
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Originally Posted by
saulin
WiseD are you just a 12 year kid looking for some attention? I think you may have the wrong guy. Go and play Pokemon with your DS! Gotta catch them all.
\o/
Remember saulin, the interwebs are serious business.
And I don't think I have the wrong guy, since I quoted you, then called you a cunt ;)
But hey, all in good jest <3
Hey no problem newb! all in good jest :P. Of course I would not want to get off topic here since skizo does not like it.
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Re: why not switch to usenet?
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Originally Posted by
saulin
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Originally Posted by
wiseD
\o/
Remember saulin, the interwebs are serious business.
And I don't think I have the wrong guy, since I quoted you, then called you a cunt ;)
But hey, all in good jest <3
Hey no problem newb! all in good jest :P. Of course I would not want to get off topic here since skizo does not like it.
This topic has been fucked for a good 10 pages anyway heh.
