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Alt.Binz (English) => Help => Topic started by: MrDetermination on October 04, 2007, 06:03:21 pm
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Hi there!
This app seems pretty cool and I'm probably going to convert + donate some money if I can figure a couple more things out. The last thing will be RSS monitoring/filtering but for now, I'm trying to do what I can do already with the app I was doing...
I have it monitoring a NZB folder and importing from there, auto downloading, repairing, extracting and cleaning up the temp folder. This gets me to where I can click download on something and it auto extracts to the place where things live till I watch them or sort them... but the folders full of .rar files aren't being deleted after download.
Simply put, I want the default download folder to be empty once everything is extracted or to put it another way, once the download/extraction is finished I want the only thing left to be the contents of the extracted .rar set.
My -newsDL folder above is not cleaning up.
(http://mrdetermination.com/images/temp/AltBinzSettings.gif)
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Well, you seem to have all the right options checked, so it should be working.
It will only delete the rar files after a successful unrar. Are you sure this has happened (i.e. entry on PAR2 tab reads Unraring 100%)? And have you tested this on more than one NZB?
-Hecks
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I'd say I have watched 6 to 8 ~45 minute video clips that have been downloaded and unrared without issue. The tab with that information is auto cleaning so I can't verify the display upon completion.
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OK, so it seems to be unraring fine. Just to confirm the problem: you're left with folders named after NZBs in your download directory, each of which contains the full set of rars?
Something else to check: right-click on collection in queue, check that 'Delete archives after unraring' has a tick next to it.
-Hecks
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If I download a 350mb video file called videoabc.avi that is broken in to a bunch of rar chunks labeled video 1-15 or whatever, then there is a directory under /-newsDL called /videoabc so /-newsDL/videoabc and all the contents (the rars and whatever else) are left in tact even after the extraction completes.
(http://mrdetermination.com/images/temp/AltBinzSettings2.gif)
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Well, I'm stumped with this one, never seen anyone with this problem before, we'll have to wait for Rdl to enlighten us. :)
-Hecks
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Well, at least I know I'm not crazy or all that stupid.
I just watched it work on three video sets and it cleans up the Par and Download queues pretty much real time. I unticked and reticked that box in the context menu but that didn't accomplish anything.
Seems like well written stuff... maybe I'm screwing up somewhere silly.
Also, I just noticed it looks inside .zip files for .nzb and handles that very well. Totally sweet.
Hopefully the author can help out.
EDIT: Should I make the Temp and download folders the same or will that cause me to lose data? My download volume is limited so I don't really want to burn data testing this. Also, does the creation of sub folders have anything to do with it... I'll tinker with that one on the next round.
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Eh, tried both those things (had re-downloaded something that was nuked) with no effect.
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Separate default nzb dir & autoimport dir. Are you saying that your download gets auto unrared but rars that got unrared aren't deleted?
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Correct
I created a new directory to use for "default nzb" and left auto import as it was... no effect.
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Having similar problems, the download folders are not being deleted and are full of .par and .rar files.
Here is part of my log for the last file I downloaded:
[10/10/2007 3:10:33 PM] [T3] Article finished 6/7 hell_s kitchen uk s01e05.vol015+16.par2
[10/10/2007 3:10:34 PM] [Dec] Yenc file hell_s kitchen uk s01e05.vol015+16.par2 decoded in 250ms
[10/10/2007 3:10:34 PM] [PAR2&Unrar] Repairing hell_s kitchen uk s01e05.par2
[10/10/2007 3:10:34 PM] [PAR2&Unrar] "d:\ng\archives\msgid_2586270_hell_s_kitchen_(uk)_-_1x05_-_day_05\hell_s kitchen uk s01e05.par2" Par2 repair started
[10/10/2007 3:10:42 PM] [PAR2&Unrar] "d:\ng\archives\msgid_2586270_hell_s_kitchen_(uk)_-_1x05_-_day_05\hell_s kitchen uk s01e05.par2" Par2 repair successful
[10/10/2007 3:10:44 PM] [PAR2&Unrar] "d:\ng\archives\msgid_2586270_hell_s_kitchen_(uk)_-_1x05_-_day_05\hell_s kitchen uk s01e05.part01.rar" unrar started
[10/10/2007 3:10:44 PM] [PAR2&Unrar] Source dir: d:\ng\archives\msgid_2586270_hell_s_kitchen_(uk)_-_1x05_-_day_05\
[10/10/2007 3:10:44 PM] [PAR2&Unrar] Unrar dir: D:\NG
[10/10/2007 3:10:49 PM] [PAR2&Unrar] "d:\ng\archives\msgid_2586270_hell_s_kitchen_(uk)_-_1x05_-_day_05\hell_s kitchen uk s01e05.part01.rar" unrar finished
[10/10/2007 3:13:40 PM] [Main] Download queue autosaved in 0ms
Any suggestions on a solution?
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Same exact problem here. I've went over all the options and settings. Everything looks to be correct, yet none of the rar's are deleted after a successful extraction.
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Alright. I just downloaded a couple things and it deleted the rar's after extraction just fine this time. The only difference I can point out between now and earlier is that in this instance, I just imported a .nzb I downloaded earlier. Before, it was automatically retrieved from an RSS feed. I'll let it grab another one from RSS and see if it does the same thing.
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Just did what you mentioned, well actually it was already done when I read your post.
Anyway here's the results:
(http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/2873776792.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
Now in this one, on the Left is the Decoded files, while on the right is the downoaded files. I did get this on the RSS feed.
I have the settings to: (a picture is worth a thousand words)
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and
(http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/7552ea4db0.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
Do I have the setting right? If not then what do I need to set them up so it will delete the folder and files when everything is complete?
freeop...
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Alright, not sure what exactly I changed but for some reason everything seems to be working perfectly now. I just needed it to delete the rar's after it extracted the contents from an nzb grabbed with an RSS feed (which it wasn't doing earlier). Sounds like what the poster above me wants is for it to extract to it's destination and then delete the folder the rar's were downloaded in once the extraction is complete. I'm not quite sure since I've only recently started using alt.binz but what it looks like you could do is uncheck the option "Create subfolder based on NZB/root node name" in Setup>Download so that your rar's are just downloaded directly to your download folder and deleted once extracted. That way there are no files/folders of your download remaining once your extraction is complete. Keep the rest of your settings the same so that it creates a folder based on the NZB name in the extraction destination when it extracts.
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hello guys - first off wonderful job on the prog - seems i have the same problem described ! downloads will auto UNRAR but the prog will not UNRAR to the desired unrar directory and will not delete the Rar archives after a successful unrar - seems to be a bug - will try out the NZB directory some1 advised above and will post the results here.
using version 0.25.0 27/09/2007
cheers
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i think most ppl who have noticed this problem must of played around with options after starting a download .
i tried what the poster b4 said about unticking the option "make nzb subdir" and it solved the problem - this was done while NO downloads were active or initiated in pause - CLEAR SCREEN . so i said to my self - bah the program must of needed a fresh restart / no downloads in session to initiate the changes made in the options - so i rechecked the MAKE NZB sub directories - restarted the prog - and started a new download session with a new imported NZB - Lo and behold - the prog beautifly downloaded with a nzb sub dir , unrared , deleted archives and empty folder and transfered the unrared file to the proper directory assigned ! BEAUTY :P
So i guess Some Unrar/DIR options settings require : A. No downloads initiated /NO nzb imported/ NO download paused or B. A Program Restart after Changing settings when.
Hope this helps
Smeg
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It's B :) I made an error in 0.25.0. As a result, unrar settings do need program restart. Already fixed.
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groovy ! good thing we got that sorted out :D
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hello everybody!
first of all, let me say that i just recently decided to try alt.binz and i have to say, it's the best newsgroups program i tested so far (better that sabnzb, grabit, newsleecher)
there's only one little thing that bugs me. i have the same issues like the threadstarter.
i tried the restarting tipp mentioned above and voila - the rar and par files were deleted.
however, the folder itsself still won't be deleted. i suspect it's because inside the folder there's a file left (e.g. an nfo file)?
how can i make sure that the folder gets deleted once everything is unrared?
thanks for any help!
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try "move to Unrar folder" in Setup->Unrar and set "*.nfo" to move
or just don't download the nfos (Setup->NZB ->"Import as paused: nfo files")
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thanks for the quick answer! I'll try the second option...
btw, when i checked the box in the options menu you mentioned, i saw that by default the par files are paused as well.
i'm curious: does this mean in case of an incomplete download i have to trigger the download of the par files myself or is alt.binz similar to, say, hellanzb in that regard? what i mean: will it start to download the paused par files automatically once it's clear the rar archives need repair?
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No, yes, yes.
-Hecks
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No, yes, yes.
-Hecks
:D you're not a fan of too many aren't you? thanks a lot though.. it seems alt.binz really seems to be what i've been looking for...
will be testing and report back
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It's B :) I made an error in 0.25.0. As a result, unrar settings do need program restart. Already fixed.
Well seems it's still not fixed in 0.27.0, same problem here.
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It's B :) I made an error in 0.25.0. As a result, unrar settings do need program restart. Already fixed.
Well seems it's still not fixed in 0.27.0, same problem here.
Seeing as you're a 'Registered User' rather than a 'Contributor', you don't have access to 0.27.0, therefore you're still using 0.25.0. You'll need to donate to get versions after 0.25.0.
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Seeing as you're a 'Registered User' rather than a 'Contributor', you don't have access to 0.27.0, therefore you're still using 0.25.0. You'll need to donate to get versions after 0.25.0.
Well seeing i just clicked the info button in altbinz and it says 0.27.0 even while the titlebar gives 0.25.0 that is maybe a new bug ? :-) Or shoud i call it an undocumented feature ?
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lol, that is no bug,
Version button shows newest build
Titelbar shows current version
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More than enough time wasted on this topic, methinks.