News server related queries

tried that, but it only seems to work when i do them one by one. also how does the par files work? is it something to do with repairing the rar files?
 
i will try deleting the par files ( that also give the same error) and let you people know. thanx for the help
 
Shah33m said:
tried that, but it only seems to work when i do them one by one. also how does the par files work? is it something to do with repairing the rar files?
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the par files work through QuickPar to repair the rar files if there is blocks missing.
 
Is it just me or are the webafrica news servers not allowing connections?

Edit: Never mind, I got my connection
 
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the threads in grabit, doesnt that represent the max threads you can extract? eg i have 19 rar files to extract so grabit should be able to extract all at the same time? howcome it only does three at a time and queue the rest?
 
tried deleting the par files and downloading multiple(3) rars at a time and gives the error however i tried doing it one by one and it worked :confused:
 
Shah33m said:
the threads in grabit, doesnt that represent the max threads you can extract? eg i have 19 rar files to extract so grabit should be able to extract all at the same time? howcome it only does three at a time and queue the rest?
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SAIX server should be set to two connections, not three.
 
Shah33m said:
the threads in grabit, doesnt that represent the max threads you can extract? eg i have 19 rar files to extract so grabit should be able to extract all at the same time? howcome it only does three at a time and queue the rest?
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I turned off auto extract. I let Grabit download the files then I use Winrar to unrar them. I just find it easier that way

Also, when you say extract do you mean download?
 
Kaufies said:
I turned off auto extract. I let Grabit download the files then I use Winrar to unrar them. I just find it easier that way

Also, when you say extract do you mean download?
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just checked, it is two at a time. yip i mean download in grabit and not extract as in with winrar. my bad.yeah i also turned it off, well i have to because i have to do it one by one
 
Just_Ice said:
Is it just me or are the webafrica news servers not allowing connections?

Edit: Never mind, I got my connection
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Are you on the trial account? I haven't been able to use the webafrica trial account since early in the month :/ Even now it is struggling to connect
[I may have read somewhere that the trail accounts dont work with newsservers?]
 
I normally download only the par files that is 1-2mb. That way I can determine if I need more par files to repair without downloading the whole lot, saving between 10 to 50 MB depending on the DL.
 
PCsToGo said:
are they not like one of the best? maybe you have some setting wrong?

Are they the right choice for me? going to get one soon:)
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Yes, they are super! I grab a lot from them... but every now and then you get a file that has the first RAR missing. Sometimes you can go back and find it, sometimes not. Just weird that it has happened to me on about ten files so far. But ten files out of several hundred over the last six months is not much to complain about ;)
 
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