In reply to "I hate passworded stuff@az.com" who wrote the following:
> As you have discovered, there is a LOT of crap being posted on usenet. You
> might want to try using Binsearch or a
> similar indexing site to do searches. I have found that there are fairly
> distinct patterns that appear with bogus
> posts. User names made up of random character, certain usernames beginning
> with YENC, most stuff in a.b.thelostmovies,
> etc, titles whose file sizes are inconsistant with what they should be etc.
>
> One way to avoid downloading a bucket full of junk bytes is to grab only the
> first two or three rar parts, then run
> them through winrar. Check the "Keep broken files" box in the options box
> that comes up when you begin the combine
> process. Combine the few parts you have, then see what appears in the file
> list. If you see a file name with an *
> character behind it, it's passworded. If it shows an .exe extension, avoid
> it. If there is a bunch of urls and text
> files in addition to a video file, that is another bad sign.
>
> If it shows a valid file extension, decode what you have and see if you can
> play it. There are seveal players that
> will play partial avi, mpg flv, and mkv files. MP4 files are a bit harder to
> play when incomplete, but you can usually
> find one player or another that can do it. I use KMPlayer, & VLC mainly, but
> there are others, I'M sure.
>
> This preview will tell you if you have a valid file, and also, the quality of
> the video. Lot's of really bad cam
> captures out there, with even worse sound. Also lots of EXCELLENT rips. File
> size is not necessarilly the only
> measure of file quality. Seen some excellent rips in 700mb packages as well
> as some real junk in 1.5 to 5 gb rips.
>
> The partial download and test preview should save you a lot of wasted
> bandwidth and frustration.
>
> Hope this helps.
Hi,
Some really good info, thanks! like your username :)
Holland
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