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[pete_uk]

Right, never used a news reader but here we go, allot of info here so tks, think im done with other p2p

I find NewsLeecher the most simple to use and setup. It also has it's own search function so you don't need to use NZBs, auto PAR2 fixing and auto extracting
PM me if you can't find it

[Misfit]

I find NewsLeecher the most simple to use and setup. It also has it's own search function so you don't need to use NZBs, auto PAR2 fixing and auto extracting
PM me if you can't find it

Pete, I found it so thanks mate. Having a much better time on Usenet

[lurkandlearn]

If anyone is interested, here's a simple batch script to use with par2.exe (fresh versions are included in SABnzbd installation package) for fast creation of PAR2 sets:

@echo off
set par2dir= "%~dp0"
pushd "%~dp1"
%par2dir%par2.exe c -r10 -l "%~n1" *

Save it as "par2create.bat" for example, to a folder where par2.exe is located. To create PAR2 files for all files in a folder, drag and drop any file from said folder on "par2create.bat" in explorer. Default redundancy level is 10% which of cource can be edited to your individual preferences. Cheers!

[Enzomatrx]

If anyone is interested, here's a simple batch script to use with par2.exe (fresh versions are included in SABnzbd installation package) for fast creation of PAR2 sets:

@echo off
set par2dir= "%~dp0"
pushd "%~dp1"
%par2dir%par2.exe c -r10 -l "%~n1" *

Save it as "par2create.bat" for example, to a folder where par2.exe is located. To create PAR2 files for all files in a folder, drag and drop any file from said folder on "par2create.bat" in explorer. Default redundancy level is 10% which of cource can be edited to your individual preferences. Cheers!

Actually if anyone is interested in an AWESOME batch file I've been using forever to generate RAR/PAR automatically I will post it here.

Attached is a RAR that contains: par2.exe, rar.exe, sfv.exe, and a batch file.

You have to have par2.exe, sfv.exe and rar.exe in your PATH (so C:\Windows, basically). I actually just unrar the entire archive to c:\windows; makes it so much easier.

Then you need to navigate to your SENDTO folder (which contains shortcuts for the right-click->sendto actions).

In Windows 7, it's at the following location:

C:\Users\<YOUR USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

Right-click in there and do "new shortcut" and browse to C:\Windows\rarpar-v09.bat (if you unrared everything to c:\windows)

Now, when you select a file on your drive, right-click it, go to "Send to" and choose "rarpar-v09".

It will rar it, par it, generate an sfv, and put it all in a "_Post" subfolder, ready for uploading.

Been using that batch file for at least half a decade now. Felt like sharing. And keeping it available on the web in some form because i'd hate to lose it.

[lurkandlearn]

Thanks for the heads up, "Send to" trick works for my little script as well.