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The Creampie FAQ
-Introduction-
Welcome to alt.binaries.erotica.nospam.creampie. ABENC is, currently, the
preferred newsgroup and sharing mechanism dedicated to the distribution
of creampie and analpie pictures, stories and video clips for EVERYONE.
Creampie related posts/discussions are welcomed as well. Related topics
may include personal experiences, movie reviews, website reviews,
favourite creampied females/angles/positions/preferences/tastes/views,
Creampie Art...in short - if it involves male ejaculate in/on the
vaginal/anal area it is welcomed here!
There are several other creampie Usenet groups, including the "original"
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.creampie. Most seem to be empty or
filled with off-topic posts. However, on-topic uploads are occasionally
found in these groups. A partial listing includes -
alt.binaries.erotica.creampie
alt.binaries.erotica.nospam.creampie
alt.binaries.erotica.nospam.creampies
alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica.creampie
alt.binaries.nospam.creampie
alt.binaries.pictures.creampie
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.creampie
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.creampie
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pregnant.creampie
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen.female.creampie
Your ISP or Usenet Provider may not carry all of these.
There are at least 150,000 ng's and nobody has 100% access -
Usenet evolves with each passing moment.
This group, alt.binaries.erotica.nospam.creampie, does not follow strict
Usenet naming conventions but has become the de-facto newsgroup in a
democratic manner - the majority of creampie enthusiasts have chosen to
gather here. However, this group IS NOT carried by every ISP. Some folks
have access to alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.creampie ONLY :(
OK, so what exactly IS a creampie?
A creampie is a man's cum leaking from or ejaculated onto a woman's vagina
["pussy" for the less technically oriented:-)]. An analpie is a man's cum
leaking from or ejaculated onto a woman's anus ["asshole" for the less
technically oriented:-)]. Also, a recent addition to the pie genre is the
pantypie. Pantypies are women in panties with a guys cum on the crotch.
There are various other sub-genres of the creampie phenomenom such as
cuckold, multiple male partner, creampie eating, resulting-in-pregnancy,
interracial sex, and even combos such as all-of-the-above-together.
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The group is bringing you these Frequently Asked Questions and guidelines
for acceptable conduct. This document specifically deals with
Windows-based computers and will be modified for others at a later time.
Before we begin, let's discuss the proper tools to get the job done in
the most efficient and effective way possible. Let's face it, most web
browsers suck at managing newsgroups and their postings. Web browsers
make dealing with multipart encoded messages very difficult. So, if
you download what you think is going to be a picture or movie and
you end up with a lot of garbled text, your software did not properly
decode the downloaded message. First order of business is to get software
for dealing specifically with newsgroups. My recommendation is Forte Agent
(see Useful Links at the bottom of this document) but others in the group
can offer additional suggestions. There are many newsreaders available,
but before you begin, read the manual and understand the software before
you try to upload or download files from the group. Do not test your
software in any group other than alt.test or alt.binaries.test.
Once you have mastered your newsreader and can download single and
multipart messages, you need the ability to view those messages. The
standard file extensions you may see in ABENC are JPG, GIF, BMP, TXT,
AVI, MPG, MOV, RM, ASF and maybe a few others. There are hundreds of
programs available for viewing files and each has pluses and minuses.
Listed below are several options, but feel free to ask any of the regulars
for additional ideas.
JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG - These are standard picture files and
can be viewed with any good picture software. My recommendation
is the free IrfanView - http://www.irfanview.com/
IrfanView is also useful for ani-gif files. Animated GIF's will
show animations in your web browser but, once you save it to your
hard drive, you may find standard picture viewers do NOT support
ani-gif, showing only the initial frame of the animation. In
addition, with proper plug-ins, IrfanView will play many of the
following video files.
AVI, MPG, ASF, ASX, WM* - These file types are multimedia video
clips and are generally viewable with the latest version of
Microsoft's Media Player (see Useful Links). These are the files
you will probably have the most trouble with because different
people use different compressors when they create the files. If
the standard Windows Media Player will not view the video clip,
then you probably don't have the correct decompressor installed on
your system. If this happens, post a polite message to the poster
asking what codec (COmpressor/DECompressor) was used. If all else
fails, try the freeware GSpot for identifying AVI codecs -
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
Another Alternative Media Player is the VLC media player which seems
to play just about everything, even those funky Matroska .MKV and
Ogg Vorbis .OGG files - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
MOV, MP4 - These are files playable by Apple Quicktime. See Useful
Links for where to download this software.
RM, RA - These files are created with RealProducer software and can
be viewed with RealPlayer. See Useful Links.
SWF - ShockWave Flash files are animations and/or interactive
games. While they have utilitarian usage on websites, they are
also quite popular for the creation of games, including XXX ones.
Most browsers can support SWF and Flash players can be installed to
view saved animations.
ISO, CUE, BIN, NRG - These are associated with CD/DVD image files.
They can be burned to disc or saved on HD and mounted/viewed with
Virtual Drive Emulation software such as DaemonTools.
And last but not least, get a decent AntiVirus program. Free anti-virus
programs include AntiVir, Avast, AVG, ClamWin, and others. Nasty things
sometimes come from the internet and these products protect you and your
computer from disaster. Don't say you haven't been warned.
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----- Questions and Answers -----
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Q: Why should I read this FAQ?
A: Because the creampie groups generally have a multitude of pictures,
stories and video clips posted. This document provides instructions
and links to other documents to make your downloading experience easier
and more enjoyable. This FAQ is your guide to survival in ABPEC and ABENC.
Q: What is Rule #1?
A: Lurk, watch, read the FAQ and learn before jumping in. If you are
new here, this will require a certain amount of restraint. Just relax,
sit back, and pay attention. The guidelines are for the benefit of all.
Most of all, you MUST learn to be patient. Creampies are a rarity and
not always readily available. As posters find them throughout the web
and Usenet, they will be posted here.
Q: What is Rule #2?
A: Get a well-connected news server. Not only will this benefit you
(because you will be able to get complete posts), but it will also benefit
the group as a whole (since you will have fewer repost requests). How good
is your present server? If you are missing more than 10% or so of the
parts of multi-part messages, not good. Local ISPs have notoriously bad
servers. You have two upgrade paths: (1) Get a new ISP with a
well-connected news server. (2) Get an additional stand-alone subscription
to another news server. Whatever you have to do or spend will be well
worth it in the end. But still, be patient.
Q: What is Rule #3?
A: BE PATIENT! The point is that, if you don't follow the FAQ, no one has
to be patient with you. And remember - no one here owes you anything.
Polite comments and polite requests generally get results.
Q: What might I post in ABENC/ABPEC?
A: Pictures, stories, and creampie related video clips are acceptable
posts. In addition, any discussion related directly to creampie activity
is acceptable.
Q: What is not acceptable in ABENC/ABPEC?
A: SPAM and topics, pictures or discussion not related directly to
creampies. In addition, do not post copyrighted files to the newsgroup.
Any picture, story or video clip that bears a copyright notice or a notice
not to repost should not be posted.
Like the rest of the internet, this is a constantly evolving community.
With this in mind, be sure to consider any reasonable feedback you receive
concerning your posts. If more than one or two people are politely asking
for larger indices, more or less of particular categories, balancing your
uploads with those of others, etc., it's just neighbourly to try adjusting
your posts.
Q: What is the proper way to post?
A: Read the documentation for your newsreader. Do not experiment in the
binary groups. Test post in alt.test or alt.binaries.test. Violators of
posting techniques, or those who disregard the preferred conventions,
generally get ignored/flamed.
Q: I've been flamed. What do I do about it?
A1: Learn from your mistake. And don't take it personally. Shooting off
your mouth only compounds your error and illustrates in clear detail how
lame you really are instead of merely inexperienced.
A2: Consider the source. You may have drawn the ire of a troll. Ignore it.
Q: What's a troll?
A: A troll hides under the bridge and waits for billygoats :-) In the
internetworld, a troll visits newgroups and starts controversy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
If you are reading messages in the newsgroups and come across a random
posting or follow-up posting where the person is rude, off-topic or
otherwise disagreeable, ignore them and follow these Troll Rules of Order.
Rule #1: (O.o)_>>> DO NOT Feed The Troll!! <<<_(o.O)
Rule #2: PLONK. If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it,
does it make a sound?
Q: Can I start posting as soon as I read this FAQ and learn how my
newsreader works?
A: Well you CAN, but you should probably ease into it. Most people,
when they begin, do not have a great deal of stuff to post. The idea is
not to impress everyone with how much you can post, but to post quality
pictures, video clips, and stories. With technology being what it is, many
newcomers have DSL or cable modems (some even have access to T1s or
better) and can literally flood the groups with posts. All this does is
decrease the amount of time the posts stay on the servers, so fewer
people get them and more repost requests are generated. If you have a
high-speed connection be conscious that some people still have slower
dial-up connections. And NEVER post for the first time without first
posting to a test group to ensure that your settings are adjusted
correctly. Even most long-time regular contributors post to a test group
first whenever they upgrade or change their newsreader.
Q: Are there any limits to how much I can post in one day?
A: Please limit posts to 700 megabytes daily, a common CD-ROM amount.
This will allow easy retrieval of all posts if several posters decide
to upload on the same day.
Q: What if I have multiple scenes from a single movie? Is it better to
post a video in it's entirety or are trimmed scenes acceptable?
A: If ya got 'em, post 'em!! Some folks like to-the-point cumshots,
others prefer the whole Deluxe Pie Supremo. Your contribution will make
somebody happy, fear not.
Q: What if I have multiple pictures to post? What else do I need to do?
A: If you only have a few pictures to post, by all means post them with
an adequate description. However, if you are posting a batch of many
pictures (20 or more), you need to create an index that shows thumbnails
of the pictures. This helps other members of the newgroup to download the
index and select which of the individual pictures they might want to
download. Most picture viewers allow you to create indices. If you need
help, please post a message to the newsgroup and any of the regulars can
give you additional guidance.
Q: When posting video files do I need to post a preview?
A: At least one image capture indicative of the content of the file
should be posted in conjunction with the video. This preview image should
be named in such a fashion as to clearly identify it as such. By posting a
preview of the video you are allowing other users to bypass the files they
don't want. If you do not know how to create a preview image, read below.
Many folks appreciate a lower-resolution small-file-size preview of a long
movie or high-res full-screen scene. Also, remember there are many Usenet
users still on dial-up and a smaller version is all they can access.
They will be most thankful.
NFO files/additional information are always welcome. Some multimedia
uploaders include info such as encoding info, screen size, length of
scene, source, even a synopsis of the movie. Special categories can
optionally be noted in the header, such as -
CPie - Creampie, "CP" is commonly understood as "Child Porn"
ANIME or TOON - Creampie Artwork
CUK - Cuckold
GB - Gang Bang
IR - Interracial
DP - Double Penetration
RP - Reposting of an archive/previously-posted file
Q: How long should I wait to request a repost?
A: ABENC/ABPEC are not high volume newsgroups - waiting a day or two should
be sufficient. The random nature of NNTP propagation means that parts of
messages may come in hours or even days later. Reposting requested files
before they have a chance to expire from servers only places redundant
files on the servers.
Further, if you have a weak news server, don't ask!
Go get a quality server instead.
Q: Should I worry about being embarrassed for asking a newbie question?
A: No. So long as you have read this FAQ and done your best to
RTFM, most folks are willing to answer questions not covered here or
in your PC and newsreader help files. Everyone here was a newbie once.
If you receive a facetious answer, ignore it. Most regulars in this
group are genuinely interested in helping others. Not every answer can
be put into a FAQ; only the most frequently asked questions are intended
to be here. However, if you fail to read your newsreader documentation
or this FAQ carefully, and you ask a question answered in those places,
you will get heated responses. RTFM!!!
Q: What are all these meaningless combinations of letters and
punctuation I see in the articles?
A: They are a form of Internet Shorthand. Some common ones are:
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
PLZ - Please
THX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
kthxbye - Ok, Thank You, and Goodbye
<g> or :-) or :) or (^_^) - grin
:-( or :( - sad
<BG> - Big Grin
<BFG> - Big Fucking Grin
PITA - Pain In The Ass
SOOL - Shit Out Of Luck (also SOL)
RTFM - Read The Fucking Manual
STFU - Shut The Fuck Up
GTFO - Get The Fuck Out
FOAD - Fuck Off And Die
ESAD - Eat Shit And Die
WTMKF - Welcome To My Kill File
PLONK! - Person Leaving Our Newsgroup: Killfiled
(you have been kill filed) - solution for spammers & trolls
FYATHYRIO - Having to do with a self-directed, physically impossible
action, and a horse
SNAFU - Situation Normal - All Fucked Up
FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
KUTGW - Keep Up The Good Work
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
FWIW - For What It's Worth
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
BTW - By The Way
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
WTF - What The Fuck?
LOL - Laughing Out Loud (or alternatively Lots Of Laughs)
LOLOL - Lots Of Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLOLSTC - Rolling on The Floor Laughing Out Loud, Scared The Cat!
[snip] - parts of the original message to which I'm replying,
unrelated to my reply, have been deleted.
Q: IS ALL CAPS CONSIDERED OKAY?
A: NO. It is the Internet equivalent of SHOUTING. Use it sparingly.
Q: The Internet is a total anarchy, right? So is it okay to use racial
slurs and other patently offensive language?
A: NO. This group is devoted to creampies. Not race, politics,
religion, etc. Just creampies! Period.
Take it somewhere else.
End of discussion.
Subject closed.
Q: Do I have to follow all of these rules?
A: NO. No one owns the Internet and no rules are mandatory. However,
newsgroups are based on voluntary association. If you don't like the
folks here, simply leave. If they don't like you, you will be ignored.
If, however, you are an intelligent and reasonable person who wants to
make the most out of the time spent here, you would be well advised to
stay within the yellow lines.
Q: How can I deal with the SPAM problem?
A: SPAM is all the unrelated garbage that advertisers and others
generally post to the newsgroups. There is *NO* miracle cure for
getting rid of the SPAM. My best advice is to learn to use the
"filters" in your newsreader. Check your software's help section for
using filters. Never respond to SPAM suggesting that it is not
appropriate. Spammers don't come back to read the replies to their
SPAM and always post from bogus email addresses. Responding to SPAM
just creates more unnecessary traffic on the newsgroups.
Q: What's all this discussion about yEnc? And WTF is all this
Capitals In The Middle Of A Word Crap??!
A: yEnc is a relatively new method of encoding files that has been
adopted by most news reader software. If your software has not
implemented yEnc, the files you download will be gibberish. Your best
option is to upgrade to a news reader that has implemented yEnc. For a
complete overview of yEnc, point your browser to http://www.yEnc.org.
p.s. It is called CamelCase - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercaps
Q: I'm using Outlook Express and it's not automatically decoding the
files. How do I get the files?
A: First download all parts, they will be listed as (1/5), (2/5), (3/5),
etc. Rightclick on the highlighted parts, then click "Combine & Decode".
Another window will pop up. Use the up & down buttons to put all the
parts in their proper order. Click OK. When the file comes up - click on
"file" then click on Save Attachments.
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Q: What is all this RAR PAR PAR2 nonsense? Why not just post the file?
A: Usenet allows transmission of TEXT MESSAGES only. So how does anyone
see pictures at all? Read on, intrepid traveler.
Binary Files (hence the "binaries" part of the newsgroup name) are
translated into text (automatically, by the posting program) upon
uploading to Usenet. Text newsreaders (like Outlook Express) display
this text translation directly, resulting in the "gibberish" OE Users
see when they view binary posts. Dedicated Newsgroup programs decode the
text, duplicating the original binary file, be it a picture, movie clip,
sound file, indeed anything other than text.
Q: OK, I guess that makes sense - not really, but what's that got to do
with RAR/PAR?
Usenet also imposes message size limits. This is why even a larger
picture file may be split into part 1 of 2, part 2 of 2, for example.
Generally, if a single file is larger than one megabyte, it may not
propagate properly throughout Usenet.
Q: So my little 2-meg piccie is split up just to get to everyone. What
if I have a 4 gig clip to upload? That is roughly 4000 megabytes!!
Well, this splitting happens automatically by one's posting program.
But Successful Posters need to take further steps to successfully post,
because if even one segment of of these 8000 parts gets dropped, the
entire file is just a humongous shitload of text.
This is where RAR comes in. Uploaders use a program called WinRAR which
is an archiving program similar to the more-familiar WinZip. However,
using WinRAR, it is very easy to split up a large file into smaller,
equal chunks that can be reassembled into the original big file.
Why? If part of a segment gets dropped, you only need to repost a
single RAR (the single RAR corrupted by the missing part) instead of
the entire 4 gig original.
Actually, WinZip performs a similar function called "spanning" but, for
whatever reason, WinRAR has become the standard. It's the Intarweb, right?
Besides, RAR/PAR sounds better than ZIP/PAR LOL
Note: WinRAR & WinZip are both $$ programs but there are many free
alternatives available, such as 7-zip.
Q: So I split my big ol' 4 gig file into 260 RAR files @ 15 megs each.
Shit, that is gonna take forever to upload.
Yep. But you are not done yet...
Let's assume you get 'em all upped without a burp from your ISP. So now,
at the other end of Usenet, Tom got all but the first part
(filename.r00), Dick missed filename.r23, filename.r50, and
filename.r69, and Harry didn't get anything from .r80 to .r96.
So you would need to re-upload 20 various segments to make everybody
happy, right?
NO - if you use PAR files!!
PARity files can actually recreate missing information. They work by
taking bits of an entire file, comparing them to the whole, and
extrapolating what is missing. They then reconstruct what is needed to
complete the original.
It's kinda like algebra or sumpin' - if a=1 + b=2, then c must equal 3
So each PAR has, in effect, parts of the whole file. This means Harry
would need 16 PAR files to rebuild all his missing/incomplete RAR files.
But Tom & Dick can use the SAME FILES to fix their downloads! Meaning the
original poster only has to upload 16 PAR's total, saving 60 megs worth of
time/effort/bandwidth.
PAR2 is even better, for it can use partial (corrupted) segments as part
of it's rebuilding (original PAR can only utilize complete parts to
replace missing ones).
Q: So the combination of RAR/PAR simplifies things for the downloader but
maybe not so much for the uploader, although it IS a LITTLE bit easier for
the uploader than otherwise, for they don't have to re-upload as much as
they might have had to, even though they did have to go through the
double-process of making both RAR & PAR files in order to achieve a
complete Usenet upload...
A: Uh, yeah!! So THANK THAT GUY FOR ALL THAT WORK!!
p.s. Lets say Harry has a really shitty newsfeed like, um, RR!! So poor
Harry STILL doesn't get enough parity files 'cuz some of the 2nd shipment
of PARs got dropped offa RR's shitty servers. The original poster can
easily generate ADDITIONAL PARs to get Harry up & cumming, as well as yet
another chance to rag on Harry for being a cheap SOB...
One More Note Concerning RAR/PAR files: A 60 meg can be split using WinRAR
and you will probably not need to further PAR them. Alternatively, PAR can
be used on the 60 meg file by itself, without involving splitting it into
RARs.
In fact, it is recommended to incorporate some PAR's into your burned
CD/DVD backups in case of bitrot on the backup disks.
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Q: I've tried to create screen captures of this video clip but all I get
is a black rectangle. Whuzzup widdat?
A: Some media files are tricky to capture vidcaps from. They are rendered
on the fly, not through the computer's graphics card. As a result, your
attempted vidcap will be a blank, black rectangle. A bit of tweaking in
the Control Panel can solve this problem (note that these specific steps
are for WinXP but other Windozes are similar)-
Start>Settings>ControlPanel>Display>Settings>Advanced>Troubleshoot
and slide the Hardware Acceleration slider all the way to left side
(to turn off all graphics acceleration). Remember, after capping, to slide
it back to the right or your vids may play a bit jerkily, even upside down!
Play the clip in the media player of choice.
Pause at whatever point you'd like to cap.
Press Alt & PrintScreen (PrtScrn is the oft-ignored key next to the
as-ignored ScrollLock key, at the top right side of your keyboard).
Open the graphics proggy you favour, such as IrfanView, LViewPro, even
Microsoft Paint will do the trick.
Usually, at this point - click Edit, then Paste, and your vidcap will be
entered. Please crop the piccie so that we don't have to look at the frame
of your video player as well ;)
Save, and voila!!
Note: the PrintScreen key alone will capture your entire screen, hence the
name. Alt & PrtScrn enters *only the active application* (meaning the
program window on top, i.e. the clip you just paused) onto the clipboard
making for easier editing/cropping.
There are free vidcap-creation programs that can make an full series of caps
as a thumbnail/contact sheet(cs) from a movie file.
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Q: I can hardly see some of these clips, like the 160x120 or even 320x240 on
my huge wanking 42" 16:9 widescreen LCD monitor. Any ideas?
A: First, let me congratulate you on the size of your e-penis. Second, as
LCD technology is pixel-based, rather than dot pitch, you are probably SOOL
as LCDs like to play at their native resolution. But if you still have a
CRT monitor stride fearlessly onward as we implement a resolution solution.
To see these small-format clips, try changing your screen resolution
temporarily to 600x480. While modern systems appear, at first glance, to
lack this capability (they start at 800x600) you can force your monitor
thusly (WinXP)-
Start>Settings>ControlPanel>Display>Settings>Advanced>Adapter>ListAllModes
A drop-down list will appear-I choose 600x480, True Color(32 bit), 75 Hertz
After viewing tiny screen clips, simply revert to your preferred setting.
You will not want to be keeping 600x480 resolution as everything will be
WAY HUGE!! No more 13" monitors, eh? You may also need to rearrange icons on
your desktop and resize the windows of Explorer & your browser :(
Nice HTML version w/pictures- http://www.powerturn.com/tips/wintips/chgres/
There are freebee proggies to change Screen Resolution with ease, rather
than several steps into the Control Panel applets.
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Q: I downloaded a series of 5 short vids that make up a single scene.
Can I somehow combine them into a single clip?
A: Pre-broadband clips were often segmented and small - a 60 second-long
scene might be cut into three 20-second segments. It can be a PITA to keep
clicking on tiny clips just to get a minute of video. Here are some ways to
ease the pain-
Easy - Download IrfanView. Not only can it play most clips, it can play them
sequentially. Play the first part with IrfanView, then just click on the
"next" arrow to view the next # clips with nary a pause.
Harder - Google for clip combining proggies. Names such as MpgMerge, MpgJoin,
MergeDeluxe, Pecks PowerJoin, will all combine similar movie clips.
Hardest AND easiest - The programs above utilize a DOS command. You can, too,
and once you try it a few times, it is the easiest way...
Open a Command Prompt (open a DOS window) and navigate to the folder
containing the clips. Here are a coupla different methods using XP.
1. Click Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt (AKA MS-DOS)
-OR-
2. Click Start>Run. Enter "cmd" (without the quotes) in the box.
On my PC, the Command Prompt default is C:\Documents and Settings\frizbee>
My clips-to-be-combined are in D:\combine
First, I have to get over to drive D:\ which is easy - just type "d:"
after the prompt, like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\frizbee>d:
and hit Enter.
Now the prompt simply sez D:\>
I am at the "top" of D Drive.
I still need to get to the "combine" subdirectory on D:\
To get there, I type "cd combine" after the prompt. (cd = Change Directory)
(I don't "cd" from C:\ to D:\ for in that case I am changing partitions)
Now, the prompt reads D:\combine>
At this point, I can copy and combine the short clips into one long one
by typing-
copy /b clip01.mpg+clip02.mpg clip.mpg
Note the spaces required between each step.
The </b> is needed to indicate a binary file.
The <+> indicates each file to be combined.
The last file name is the "new" combined clip I want to create.
Hit "Enter" and Voila!!
A nice shortcut - you can use a wildcard if the folder contains ONLY the
clips you want to join. IOW, to combine ALL clips in a folder -
Lets say I have eight MPGs numbered from 1 to 8. Or perhaps with names like
am001.mpg, am002.mpg, am003.mpg etc. Sequential order is essential to
indicate the order of combination. The wildcard will join 'em all without
typing each file name-
copy /b *.mpg longclip.mpg
the <*> means <ALL>
Don't forget to use the /b syntax for binary files
...try it a few times, it's easy!!
p.s. "exit" closes the Command Prompt. "help" lists all DOS commands
available. Some are quite powerful. Use caution at all times...
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Q: While playing this DivX movie, the screen jumps around/is shaky. But I
installed the DivX codec...or is that the same as the XviD codec?
A: If your video is shaky, you probably have older DivX and or XviD codecs.
Note that having just the DivX codec installed means you can only play DivX
encoded movies, not XviD encoded movies (and vice versa). They are mutually
exclusive and require their own specific codecs to play properly.
First, be sure to upgrade to the latest codec builds:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DivX6.htm
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm
If these codecs do not appear to correct the problem, then try installing a
DivX/XviD filter program called ffdshow:
http://cutka.szm.sk/files/ffdshow-20051129.exe
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--- USEFUL LINKS ---
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These links may be outdated. Google is your Friend. Resistance is Futile.
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- usenet : downloading (FAQs, help, etc.):
http://TimDoc.com/
http://slyck.com/ng.php
http://abmefaq.net/ (HTML version Multimedia Erotica Newsgroup FAQ)
http://extra.newsguy.com/~theprof/Abmefaq.txt (TXT version ABME FAQ)
http://www.smr-usenet.com/ (reviews, tools, etc.)
http://www.help4newbies.fsnet.co.uk/home.htm
http://www.nfonews.com/default.asp?page=tutnews
http://NewsReaders.com/ (reviews of many newsreaders)
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- web interfaces to usenet binaries:
http://News2Me.com/ ($10 / 50 GB / month)
http://www.PictureView.com/ ($10 / unlimited? but doesn't carry ABENC!!)
http://EasyNews.com/ (both regular usenet and web interface - $10 / 30 GB)
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- premium news servers:
http://www.EasyNews.com/ (free trial available)
http://www.UltraFeed.com/ (free trial available)
http://www.Slurp.net/ (free trial available)
http://www.GigaNews.com/
http://www.NewsHosting.com/
http://www.NewsFeeds.com/
http://www.UseNetServer.Com/ ($3/3 day unlimited trial - catch those files!)
http://www.newsgroupservers.net/
help : http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/providers/
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- free news servers:
http://www.TeraNews.com/
http://BubbaNews.com/
http://usenetbinaries.com/
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- yEnc:
http://www.yEnc.org/
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- newsreaders:
http://www.ForteInc.com/agent/ (Agent and FreeAgent)
note: FreeAgent is no longer available without a bit of hassle...
http://xnews.newsguy.com/ (XNews)
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ (Agent-like, but better IMHO)
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ (Thunderbird)
- newsreaders: Automated Binary Downloading:
http://www.newsbin.com/
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- compression/archive/zip:
- RAR
http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm (WinRar)
- ZIP
http://www.WinZip.com/
- ACE
http://www.WinAce.com/
- compression/archive/zip/rar: FREE:
http://www.7-zip.org/
- PAR
http://www.par2.net/index.php (FSRaid, SmartPar)
- PAR2
http://parchive.sourceforge.net/ (QuickPar)
http://www.quickpar.org.uk/index.htm
- SFV/MD5
http://www.quicksfv.org/
http://www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv/
(will even rename files based on the data in the .SVF file)
- .00x files
http://freebyte.com/hjsplit/ (HJSplit)
http://www.tomasoft.com/ (MasterSplitter)
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- media players:
http://www.bsplayer.org/ *see below*
http://www.irfanview.com/
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec6.html
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html (QuickTime Player)
http://www.real.com/ (RealPlayer)
BS.Player update-
New versions of BS.Player (version 1.38 and higher) contain AdWare -
the older versions do not. Sometimes older IS better.
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=bsplayer
Media Player Classic (which is NOT Windows Media Player) can replace WMP
and can be configured to replace RealPlayer as well, so you can dump these
two resource hogs. Note: Combination MPC/RealAlternative installation.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1054136293/1
Another Bloatware program is Apple QuickTime.
There is a slimmed-down replacement called Quicktime Alternative.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1049831315/1
Speaking of Bloatware, occasionally we see PDF format files/books in the ng.
Rather than wait 30 seconds and watch CPU usage zoom to 100% as Adobe Reader
fires up, download this alternative PDF reader-
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/
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- good overview of multimedia container formats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_format
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- determining AVI codec:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ (GSpot)
- changing the FourCC code header in an AVI file:
http://www.inmatrix.com/files/avic_download.shtml (AVIC)
AVIC changes ONLY the identification key used by the AVI format, to
inform the AVI itself of which decoder to use for file playback. Use
in conjunction with GSpot to optimize playback on your system.
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- DivX/XviD/SVCD/SMR codecs:
http://www.divxmovies.com/software/
- ffdshow:
http://ffdshow.sourceforge.net/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php
- other codecs:
http://www.codecguide.com/
http://codecs.nm.ru/ (many older codecs - make sure you know what you need)
http://www.cccp-project.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Community_Codec_Pack - NFO on CCCP
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- video auto-capping programs:
http://www45.brinkster.com/antworkz/
Image Grabber creates an auto-thumb sheet of vidcaps.
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- NFO viewer:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/DAMN-NFO-Viewer.shtml
See those ASCII NFO files properly with DAMN NFO Viewer.
http://www.defacto2.net/nfo-files.cfm
Make yer own NFO with one of these programs.
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- VCD (tutorials, guides, FAQ, help):
http://member.newsguy.com/~theprof/ (FAQs, splitters/joiners/posting progs)
http://VCDHelp.us/ (spammy but seems to have many free splitters/joiners)
http://www.videohelp.com/
- DVD:
http://Doom9.org/
http://www.afterdawn.com/
note: Afterdawn has deleted any "controversial" programs
but still offers a wide range of useful DVD utilities.
psst - Look for an 81 meg afterdawn_banned torrent.
- ISO / CUE / BIN:
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php (DAEMON Tools)
(virtual CD drive/mounting tool)
http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/index.php (Alcohol 120%)
(virtual CD drive/mounting tool)
http://www.geocities.com/cdmage/ (CD image handling tool)
http://www.winiso.com (convert/extract/edit/create CD images)
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141726.php
(convert .bin, .dat file to .mpg - you may have heard to just
change extension from .bin/.dat to .mpg - this doesn't always work)
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- ripping audio discs:
http://www.ExactAudioCopy.de/
- editing wav files:
http://www.CDWave.com/
http://vorbis.com/software/#windows
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=en (Audacity)
note: LAME MP3 encoder (to convert WAV>MP3) also available here.
- lossless audio compression: APE:
http://www.monkeysaudio.com/
- lossless audio compression: FLAC:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FLAC (FAQ)
- lossless audio compression: SHN:
http://etree.org/software.html
http://www.u2shn.com/shnfaq.php (FAQ)
- MP3:
http://www.winamp.com/
note: many people prefer the older, leaner version 2.91 found at
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp
- OGG:
http://www.vorbis.com/setup_windows/
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- CD artwork (covers etc.):
http://www.mega-search.net/
note: make sure yer spyware proggies are updated...
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- CDR software & info:
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/
http://www.cdrfaq.org/
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- recover lost data on CDRs:
http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/ (ISObuster)
http://www.jufsoft.com/ (BadCopy Pro)
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- browsers:
http://browsers.evolt.org/ (includes full installers for IE)
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ (Firefox browser)
http://www.flock.com/ (Flock browser)
http://www.opera.com/ (Opera is now free of charge)
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english/ (Netscape 3.04 to 4.8)
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/ (Netscape 8.x)
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/ (Mozilla and a mess of Open Source stuff)
http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/
- Flash / Shockwave browser plug-in:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/triggerpages_mmcom/flash.html
http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/triggerpages_mmcom/default.html
- SWF / Standalone Flash Players:
http://www.shockwave.com/sw/home/
http://www.globfx.com/products/swfplayer/
http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/
- SWF catcher:
http://www.justdosoft.com/FlashCatcher/
(or just grab the SWF from your Temporary Internet Files folder ;)
- SWF extractor:
http://www.globfx.com/products/swfre/
(extracts SWF resources into individual files)
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- download managers (http/ftp):
http://ReGet.com/
http://www.GetRight.com/
http://freedownloadmanager.org/
http://www.speedbit.com/download.asp
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- upload sites - share your files:
Rapidshare has a PITA limit on downloading files from their servers. Here
are some alternate sites with fewer restrictions - some allow file search.
http://www.megaupload.com/
http://www.uploadhut.com/
http://www.dropload.com/
http://www.putfile.com/
http://eng.webfile.ru/
http://www.uploadtemple.com/
http://www.mytempdir.com/
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- duplicate file finder (adjustible matching, unlike "search" function):
http://www.UniqueFiler.com/ (Unique Filer)
http://www.somewareonthe.net/index_dpeg.htm (DPeg)
- file-renaming utility (THE Rename is extremely flexible):
http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=1
- directory printer - create .txt document of a folder's contents w/options:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp
- screen resolution changer:
http://www.southbaypc.com/FastRes/
http://www.jddesign.f2s.com/vidres.htm
http://www.sunlightd.com/Projects/QuickResNT/
http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/toggleres.html
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- computer repair:
http://aumha.org/
http://www.mdgx.com/
http://www.techadvice.com/
http://www.geekstogo.com/
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm
http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/index.php
- Windows security:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/windows_security/index.shtml
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
GRC is home of Shields Up, the internet security tester.
Also home to SpinRite, the HD Diagnosis program only 170 kilobytes.
- firewalls (free firewalls):
http://www.smoothwall.org/ (SmoothWall Express)
SmoothWall runs on both Windows & Open Source systems.
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en
(ZoneAlarm) Win2K or newer - no Win98 or ME
http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160 (Sygate Personal Firewall)
Although the freeware Sygate PF is no longer available onsite
at http://www.sygate.com/ it can still be found elsewhere.
http://www.networkingfiles.com/Firewalls/Agnitumoutpostfree.htm
(Agnitum Outpost Firewall Free) Another former freebee, from
http://www.agnitum.com/ but free version is still available.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ Win2K or newer - no Win98 or ME
- virus (free removal tools):
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html
- virus (free anti-virus programs):
http://www.free-av.com/ (AntiVir)
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 (AVG Free)
http://www.antivirus.comodo.com/ WinXP (SP2) / Win2K (SP4 or later)
http://www.clamwin.com/
- spyware (free spyware finders/uninstallers):
http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/
(Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
(Spybot-Search & Destroy)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
(SpywareBlaster)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
(MS AntiSpyware for free...for now...)
- Watch out for similar sounding names of real anti-spyware programs -
--Spy Bot *IS NOT* Spybot Search & Destroy...Adware *IS NOT* AdAware--
- this site keeps track of Good vs. Evil:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/
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- older, sometimes BETTER, versions of your favourite proggies:
http://www.oldversion.com/
- free, sometimes BETTER, program archive:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/
- free, ESSENTIAL programs from aumha.org:
http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php
- free, open source programs:
http://sourceforge.net/
http://freshmeat.net/
- Grandaddy of ALL program download sites. Many shareware proggies here but
a huge motherlode of freebies as well:
http://www.simtel.net/welcome.php
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- More Dirty Stories Than You Could Ever Read. Also, home of our own much
beloved author Creampie Eater - http://www.asstr.org/~creampie/
http://www.asstr.org/
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- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
- Webopedia, The online dictionary for computer and Internet definitions:
http://www.webopedia.com/
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- The Entire Internet Archived!!
http://www.archive.org/
note: the Wayback Machine can show you all those long-lost
vanished websites, or older versions of present-day ones.
(check out the http://www.creampie.com archive from a decade ago)
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Note: All software mentioned is copywrited by its respective owners.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Research ANY program before you download/install. This is
ESPECIALLY true of antivirus/spyware programs. Some of these type programs
are bogus or even outright spyware themselves! Others are poorly written,
giving the user a false sense of security.
Knowledge is Power! Investigate! Use http://www.google.com/ to see what
others are saying about them! If it sounds too good to be true, it is!!
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