Nzb and par files

Download the file and open it with a text editor like Notepad to read it. Note, some later versions of windows see NFO files as a type of registry file, so you must over-ride the file association to open it with a text editor. There are tons of image viewer programs.

One of our favorite free image viewing programs for Windows is Irfanview. Most computers come with a music player pre-installed, but Windows users may also want to try out the free version of Winamp. If you have a DVD player and its software installed, you probably have everything you need already. If not, there is no easy way to run some of the higher quality MPG files, but the low quality version should run with standard video players.

For more information on those tools, start with our pages on newsreaders , search tools , and NZB sites. How To Use Par Files Probably first you are interested, in how to use par2 files to repair or replace a missing or broken file. The Par algortihm works by using checksums. PAR2 vs. A small error in a big file requires a small Par2 file to fix.

PAR - Damaged files can not be repaired. A small error in a big file requires a large PAR file to fix. Then you extract the files contained within the RAR archive. RAR archives often come in sets of files. That is, a large file will be chopped up and stored in dozens of RAR files. If you are missing one or two segments, you can usually have the PAR files magically recreate them, but in general, you want to make sure to collect all the segments.

Many of the people who create the files that you will download via the NZB method are audiophiles and videophiles who are very exacting about the files they create. They will use any technology that makes their files better and smaller, and use a wide array of methods. You will need to install these codecs, but they are free and easy to use. See our Fix Videos page for further information.

If the poster did not include any PARs, as newbie posters often do, you could post a message in the group and ask somebody who was able to get all the files to make, and post some PARs for you.

Anybody can make PARs as long as they have a good copy of the files in question. PAR2 somefile. Look at the PAR2 filenames above.