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01-06-2010, 07:46 PM
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#91
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Subscribing Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 31
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Up and running. Thank you!
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01-06-2010, 08:11 PM
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#92
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Subscribing Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 31
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I went to ATT when I dumped comcast for directv. I am peaking at about 700kb/s on my ATT directxtreme 6.0 on a linksys wireless router. Does that sound about right? Do you have any suggestions on increasing speed?
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Originally Posted by Severum
Both Astraweb and Giganews are capable of saturating a 100mbps connection with decent routing. You should always max out your home connection if your client is set to 10+ connections.
Same speed and ISP here. They really need to bump our 10mbps tier up to 20mbps like their Texas markets.
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01-06-2010, 08:22 PM
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#93
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earth rocker
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Bellingham, WA
Age: 33
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Depends if it's 700kb/s or 700kB/s. 700kB/s would be about 5.6mbps which is close to your maximum speed.
Adjusting the number of connections to Astraweb is the best way to optimize speeds. Using SSL or non standard ports can also speed up downloads on some ISPs. I use 18 Astraweb and 2 Highwinds (via my ISP) connections and easily saturate my 10mbps line. Slow speeds like 10/6/etc can normally be saturated with just a couple connections which can be better if you have speed issues while browsing web pages when downloading.
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01-06-2010, 08:57 PM
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#94
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Subscribing Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 31
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It is KB/s. I saw your earlier post on SSL so I'm going to try that server anyway. Thanks again! Greatly appreciated!
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01-07-2010, 05:12 PM
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#95
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ALL-MADDEN TEAM
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,269
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you might want to get a WDTV Live and an external hard drive. I took the plunge and i'm never going back. HD rips are nice!
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01-07-2010, 06:06 PM
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#96
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Subscribing Member
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Do you have one? What format are you downloading/viewing? Is it basically download the format to my external hard drive, plug hard drive into WDTV Live and view?
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01-07-2010, 06:18 PM
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Sour Pennies
Join Date: Aug 1997
Location: Ersetu
Age: 42
Posts: 12,673
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Originally Posted by Yeti
you might want to get a WDTV Live and an external hard drive. I took the plunge and i'm never going back. HD rips are nice!
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I've read conflicting information regarding .iso's on the WD TV Live. Will it play them?
If they can and they ever get netflix I will probably buy three of them.
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01-07-2010, 07:10 PM
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ALL-MADDEN TEAM
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulletproof Tiger
Do you have one? What format are you downloading/viewing? Is it basically download the format to my external hard drive, plug hard drive into WDTV Live and view?
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Yup all you do is download them and put them on the external. Then plub the hard drive and the player plays them. I only play x264 (MKV) and avi files. Mostly x264.
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Originally Posted by Eeyore
I've read conflicting information regarding .iso's on the WD TV Live. Will it play them?
If they can and they ever get netflix I will probably buy three of them.
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I haven't tried any but from reports on the avsforum it will play an ISO but it will not show the main menu. It will just go straight to the movie.
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06-06-2012, 04:43 PM
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The 2013 2nd Round pick
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 5,336
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I got all this up and running but I have only had success with MP3's (nothing with any compression) I have read all of Slycks stuff and watched his videos and feel like I have a handle on the basics. But when I use binsearch, I am not seeing the whole groups or something. I hit create NZB and then after grab it gets the file I click it in my download folder (I let winRAR set itself to default) it opens winRAR but when I unpack them, I cant use them. On top of that my antivirus is blocking almost everything for spyware and virus but if I click the scan button on winRAR, it does not find anything. I also got a virus when I temporarily disabled it to try and work around the issue. Pretty sure that came from a Rosseta Stone file or an audiobook. I am not giving up so does anyone have any advice?
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06-06-2012, 04:51 PM
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ALL-MADDEN TEAM
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,269
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Are you seeing files like...
File.01.rar
File.02.rar
File.02.rar
File.rar
You need to right click File.rar and select Extract Here. It helps if you have 7.zip installed also.
If you don't have Alt.binz you should get it. It automatically unrars everything and fixes broken files some of the time. If not Quick Par cures all.
Edit: Since you are just learning I would highly suggest NZB Matrix because Binsearch takes a while to master. Also with NZB Matrix you will know if something is wrong with the file beforehand because people leave comments about broken files and viruses. I've never gotten one.
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06-06-2012, 04:54 PM
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#101
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The 2013 2nd Round pick
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 5,336
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yeti
Are you seeing files like...
File.01.rar
File.02.rar
File.02.rar
File.rar
You need to right click File.rar and select Extract Here. It helps if you have 7.zip installed also.
If you don't have Alt.binz you should get it. It automatically unrars everything and fixes broken files some of the time. If not Quick Par cures all.
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I am using grabit now. I will get alt.binz tonight and let you know. Thanks for the advice!!
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06-06-2012, 06:28 PM
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#102
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The 2013 2nd Round pick
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 5,336
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yeti
Edit: Since you are just learning I would highly suggest NZB Matrix because Binsearch takes a while to master. Also with NZB Matrix you will know if something is wrong with the file beforehand because people leave comments about broken files and viruses. I've never gotten one.
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that is good to know also, I was looking for a comment section in binsearch. 
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06-06-2012, 06:45 PM
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#103
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The 2013 2nd Round pick
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 5,336
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does 7.zip work in conjunction with winrar or do you use one or the other?
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06-06-2012, 07:01 PM
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#104
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Welcome to Thunderdome
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Irish Channel
Age: 31
Posts: 37,495
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zack Lee
does 7.zip work in conjunction with winrar or do you use one or the other?
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One or the other. Both are tools for the same task.
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1 out of 1 members found this post helpful.
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06-06-2012, 07:20 PM
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#105
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Super Forum Fanatic
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 6,722
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brennan77
One or the other. Both are tools for the same task.
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what usenet client does everyone use? I like grabit! with the great search engine on it for 2 bucks a month.
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