Altbinz not decoding

[paulbrannan]

Hi,

same problem reoccurring even with completes. I logged as you suggested, but where can the log be found

Ta

[Hecks]

The Log tab and/or the log directory in your user directory or Alt.Binz directory, depending on your setup.

You'll need to clarify your problem, as the OP refers to both decoding and unraring, which aren't the same thing.  If it's unraring that's the problem, restart Alt.Binz to see if it shifts, otherwise read through this and the many other threads about par2 & unrar. yEnc decoding of articles is another issue.

[paulbrannan]

Sorry, I meant unrarring, not decoding.
I have restarted of course and same issue remains. Par2 checking and unrarring are set up correctly as they have been working for a long time.

I'm going to attach a log for a file which I don't think unrarred. How should I attach it?


Thanks

[davidq666]

just upload the log file somewhere and post the link...

[paulbrannan]

Thanks, David. Here we go.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=82UXHG7S

[cr4zyfr4g]

Looks to me that the problem you are having is that some articles are missing from your providers server
You are using a high retry count i seems. That will cause alt.binz to stall if the article won't show up.

set rety count to 0 (setup -> connection) and it should be fine.

[Jesus]

The log doesn't show that unrar failed, which is what I thought the issue was.

The missing articles are few and far between for a 553 day old post.

There are a few retries but I don't see a high number of them.  Set retry count to 0 anyway.

You don't want to see code 502 errors in a log, and this log is full of them.  Back off from 20 simultaneous connections in the setup.

[paulbrannan]

I could have posted the wrong one perhaps  
Retry count was set to 0 already.

How many connections would you recommend then?

Ta

[Hecks]

The answer to that is: only as many as it takes to max out your dl speed.  For most, this will be no more than 8-10, but YMMV.

[paulbrannan]

Hi,

similar issue again. It downloaded but not unrarred. After checking there were sufficient pars, but these were not downloaded. I did this manually and file unrarred successfully.

Any idea why as this is quite an annoyance.

Thanks

Log uploaded here:- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZNFRJO27

[Rdl]

OK, next time it happens, before you manualy download, please do this:
take a screenshot of:
setup->par2
setup->unrar
Download queue, problematic collection expanded(all paused par2s visible) with visible size
Par2 tab with problematic par2 set visible

[paulbrannan]

Hi,

there was another one in the queue the same. Quickpar says 160 blocks missing, which the pars should cover easily.
Caps upped here. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O2EPO1MN

Thanks

[Rdl]

Based on this pictures either par2 thread went south or majority of files were corrupted or you didn't download majority of files.
All I see are blocks up to r18.

To check if par2 thread is stuck try to delete par2 set from par2 tab or add new par2 set IN THE SAME SESSION (not once you've closed alt.binz and restarted it.)

[paulbrannan]

All did download but there were a few in-completes,  like I said 160 blocks missing. Did as you said but, it hasn't started. Obviously I can do a manual repair,but would like to get to the bottom of why this keeps reoccurring.