Author Topic: random looking files from some nzbs  (Read 4309 times)

Offline Mechanic

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random looking files from some nzbs
« on: April 06, 2021, 05:16:26 pm »
Occasionally an nzb winds up as a bunch of files with random names instead of the usual "name_of_file.r01", .02 etc - when that happens, sometimes I can fix it by finding the smallest file, renaming it to .par2 and running it - the par2 utility renames the files and I can then unrar them. If i take the same nzb and run it through newsbin, it figures out the filenames. Any ideas ? If necessary I could provide an nzb to test.

Offline Rdl

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Re: random looking files from some nzbs
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2021, 05:19:34 pm »
Link to nzb -> PM

Offline Mechanic

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Re: random looking files from some nzbs
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2021, 03:05:29 pm »
I must have deleted it, when and if I get another one, i'll let you know, thanks

Offline sidbib

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Re: random looking files from some nzbs
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2021, 11:41:57 pm »
@Mechanic:
   Just curious, do you have the PAR2 checking & PAR2 repair options activated in Alt.Binz setup?

Offline Mechanic

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Re: random looking files from some nzbs
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2021, 09:25:57 pm »
Yes I do

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Re: random looking files from some nzbs
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2021, 01:04:00 am »
Hmm, interesting.
I used to get some posts that stayed scrambled like that with the old free version, but I can't think of a single occurrence of it since upgrading to the paid / current version of Alt.Binz.