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Alt.Binz (English) => Help => Topic started by: Heller on July 27, 2007, 01:47:43 pm

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: Heller on July 27, 2007, 01:47:43 pm

Hey, i signed up for powerusenet and have an account.

i have an account at nzbs.org aswell

i downloaded alt.binz

now what do i do to start downloading? im a bit confused and frustrated  :oops:

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: Hecks on July 27, 2007, 03:19:23 pm

Here's a slightly out-dated Quick Start Guide that might be of some use to you:

http://www.altbinz.com/index.php?page=helpguide&guide=quickstart

Good luck!

-Hecks

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: Heller on July 28, 2007, 04:07:14 am

awesome, thanks hecks got everything going normal now.

hers another quick question, im using nzbs.org right now to find my files.?

another goos sites to find files from?

(sorry if  i dont use the correct term, im new to this :P)

edit also
i got it working, only thing is, there not in .avi format  Sad

what do i need to download to turn these 45 diffrent .rar files into avi so i can them convert them to play on my dvd playing using "Convert X"

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: kC_ on July 28, 2007, 07:00:51 am

nzbmatrix.com
newzbin.com

and youl need winrar or 7zip

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: Hecks on July 28, 2007, 07:15:17 am

Quote from: "kC_"

nzbmatrix.com
newzbin.com

and youl need winrar or 7zip

@ Heller

Not sure if these are really needed when you have the *free* integrated search engines in Alt.binz (Newzleech is one of the best, IMO), and the *free* PAR2 repairing and unraring.  The latter will automatically unpack the rar archive and output the avi - See the Quick Start Guide for more info.  So you just need to search for your files using the Newzleech tab, add them to the queue, download and (after setting up your PAR2 and Unrar options) just sit back and wait for your avi to appear.

-Hecks

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: kC_ on July 28, 2007, 04:41:29 pm

lets just hope that newzleech or others dont change their url or cookie policy etc, now RDL has dumped the project, these inbuilt searches may never work again in the future.
its only a matter of time :wink:

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: Hecks on July 28, 2007, 05:05:02 pm

Quote from: "kC_"

lets just hope that newzleech or others dont change their url or cookie policy etc, now RDL has dumped the project, these inbuilt searches may never work again in the future.
its only a matter of time :wink:

Some changes are probably inevitable, although sites like Binsearch haven't changed for years.  But as I learned from Rdl recently, it's quite easy for users to patch the exe using a bog-standard hex editor.  I now have 200 days search with NLSS, for example.  So let's not give up entirely just yet.  :)

-Hecks

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: kC_ on July 28, 2007, 05:51:16 pm

Quote from: "Hecks"

Quote from: "kC_"

lets just hope that newzleech or others dont change their url or cookie policy etc, now RDL has dumped the project, these inbuilt searches may never work again in the future.
its only a matter of time :wink:

Some changes are probably inevitable, although sites like Binsearch haven't changed for years.  But as I learned from Rdl recently, it's quite easy for users to patch the exe using a bog-standard hex editor.  I now have 200 days search with NLSS, for example.  So let's not give up entirely just yet.  :)

-Hecks

yeh someones also managed to unpack the .exe which is quite a task as it was pretty well encrypted, so i guess not too long until its further developed

Title: Some Newbie Help please :)
Post by: Hecks on July 28, 2007, 07:03:43 pm

Quote from: "kC_"

yeh someones also managed to unpack the .exe which is quite a task as it was pretty well encrypted, so i guess not too long until its further developed

Actually, unpacking the exe (i.e. reversing the compression, with upx.exe) is very easy - you need to do it as a first step before using the hex editor anyway, takes 2 seconds.  Or do you mean something else?

-Hecks