Unable to d/l some collections ,but no problem with others...any help appreciated

[Hypatia]

Of course you need a login.

It checks availability on a specified server.And as a rule most users a re interested whether these articles are available on the server they use =)

[mjmacky]

Of course you need a login.

Well I don't quite know how auto indexers work. They have a way of checking headers, so I was thinking this might follow the same path but with multiple server choices...

I don't see how this program will be much more useful than just using Alt.binz

[Hypatia]

Hmm.. can altbinz check the availability of articles on the server you use? Nope.

You missed the whole point

Its about checking whether articles are available ON THE SERVER YOU USE FOR DOWNLOAD
web autoindexers dont tell you that at all.

This software is especially useful for those who use giganews\highwind resellers due to DMCA takedowns.
Checking works very fast.

Several times it saved me about hour of downloading - i checked one bluray, for instance, and it had loads of incompletes, beyond repair

[mjmacky]

No, I saw the point... Alt.binz does report missing parts before downloading though. What I was trying to say was that with every NZB loaded into Alt.binz, I have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen to the download. The tool mentioned would only be useful to those who have accounts with different providers and for comparing completion between those providers. I wasn't seeing the benefit for the extra step for someone who uses a single provider.

Also, the auto-indexers are using what exactly, wasn't it Astraweb?

[Hypatia]

I wasn't seeing the benefit for the extra step for someone who uses a single provider.

how come? my friend, for instance, was using newshosting for quite some time. And since lots of downloads couldnt get completed he set a rule to check downloads before downloading something via this checker so he wouldnt waste any time .
Now he uses astraweb lol.
Before downloading blurays(25-50Gb) i usually check them too because i dont wanna waste my time on something that cant be repaired

Also, the auto-indexers are using what exactly, wasn't it Astraweb?

they might use 2 NNTP providers, who knows

Also. It doesnt matter what Web indexers show. They show all those DMCAed material as available as well since they indexed them when they were uploaded. SO..

[mjmacky]

Also. It doesnt matter what Web indexers show. They show all those DMCAed material as available as well since they indexed them when they were uploaded. SO..

Hmm, I was looking at it from a new content only perspective, but yeah you're right it would matter for the older stuff.

[zot]

A feature I would like to see on all NZB clients is for them to automatically check completion in the background as a file downloads, and then stop the download if it is determined that there are not enough pars to fix missing segments. A preliminary completion check function would be nice also, but I imagine that a lot of people would be too impatient to use it, as some providers can be very slow at checking articles. (fortunately the worst-completion provider, Highwinds, reports back very quickly, and a complete check only takes a minute or two)

No, I saw the point... Alt.binz does report missing parts before downloading though.

I've not seen that feature allowing the user to check for completion before downloading - it that something new introduced in recent versions?

Also, the auto-indexers are using what exactly, wasn't it Astraweb?

Many Dutch usenet search engines are/were owned by the USP they were feeding from. Giganews was generally used by non-Dutch independent search engines like Binsearch and Newsleech (I don't know what NZBindex.nl used) as well as client-based search functions as found on Newsleecher, Newsbin, and Usenet Explorer. But after that massive missing-header problem that Giganews suffered from a few months ago, a lot of search engines are using other feed sources, since they got badly burned relying on Giganews.