Free NZB Search Engines

These are free to use NZB Search Engines which allow you to search inside the usenet groups and create a nzb there.

• Newzleech.com
• Yabse!
• NZBIndex.nl
• NZBClub.com
• Binsearch

Please let me know if you have more or better (free) NZB Search Engines!

PS3 Media Server - Playstation 3 Full HD Movie Player

In addition to my previous post, I’ve also tried “PS3 Media Player“, which seems like a better match; in my tests it played less movie formats but the ones it did play (about 80% of the ones TVersity did), it did it in greater quality and with less resources on the serverside. So check out which features and quality are the best for you. I use both next to eachother.

TVersity and Playstation 3 - Full HD Transcoding

I wanted to watch some movies on my PS3, therefore I was in need of something that could stream my movies to my PS3 and making them suitable for the PS3 ‘on-the-fly’, this process is called ‘transcoding’. So here’s my guide to get it working.

You need a fast PC. In my case an Intel Core2 Quad Q9550; and you need your PS3 to have a wired connection to your network!
To get things working do the following:

1. Install the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
2. Install TVersity
3. Click Start, Run, and type ’services.msc’, go to the TVersityMediaServer service, click the Log On tab and change the so that the service will log on under your current account (in my case Administrator)
4. Start TVersity and configure as desired.
5. Stop TVersity including the service.
6. In the installation directory of TVersity you’ll find the config.xml file, modify the highlited values:

   <transcode when="pprofile" optimize="quality" connectionSpeed="WIRED_HIGH" downsampleForConnectionSpeed="false" audioCompressionRatio="8" videoCompressionRatio="18" disableDecodingClock="true" wmProfile="wmv8" wmEncodeDShow="true">
   <maxVideoInfo width="1920" height="1080" bitrate="10000000" fps="30"></maxVideoInfo>
   <minVideoInfo width="0" height="0" bitrate="0" fps="24"></minVideoInfo>
   <maxAudioInfo sampleRate="48000" bitsperSample="16" bitrate="384000" nchannels="6"></maxAudioInfo>
   <minAudioInfo sampleRate="32000" bitsperSample="0" bitrate="0" nchannels="1"></minAudioInfo>
   <maxImageInfo width="1920" height="1080"></maxImageInfo>
   </transcode>

7. Start the service again.

And you’re set; now TVersity will transcode most movies to your PS3 in good HD quality. Transcoding will always incur quality loss.

View PS3 (PSN) Friendslist from your PC

You can’t do anything else with it, you can only see who’s online and who’s playing what game. You can’t send any messages or anything.

Go to this URL: http://www.us.playstation.com/MyAccount/PSNL/FriendList

Download2day.nl increases retention to 400 days!

Check it out!

Pretty unique for a usenet provider. 400 days retention!

Virusscan (ClamWin) Script for SABnzbd

This script will automatically virus scan downloaded files using the free ClamWin Antivirus package. These instructions are for SABnzbd on Windows.

It will prefix the directory with _VIRUS_ when a virus is found in the downloaded stuff, it won’t delete files but just reminds you that you’ve downloaded hazardous stuff

To set this up follow the these steps:

1. Go to http://your_host:port/sabnzbd/config/directories/
2. Configure the ‘Folder Containing the User Scripts’ to point to a (possibly new) existing folder.
3. Go to that folder (using explorer) and create an new text document there and name it ‘clamwinscan.bat’ edit it, and paste the following content:

   @echo off
   set name=%3
   set name=%name:"=%
   set dirname=%1
   set dirname=%dirname:"=%
   
   "C:\Program Files (x86)\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe" --tempdir "c:tempclamscan" --keep-mbox --stdout --database="C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db" --log="c:\temp\clamscan.log" --no-mail --infected --max-files=500 --max-scansize=150000M --max-recursion=5 --max-filesize=100000M --recursive --kill "%dirname%"
   
   @echo %errorlevel%
   if not errorlevel 1 goto novirus
   goto virus
   
   :virus
   echo virus found!
   echo ___WARNING VIRUS FOUND___ > "%dirname%___WARNING VIRUS FOUND___"
   rem make sure the drive letter below matches your download destination drive!!
   c:
   cd "%dirname%"
   cd..
   move "%name%" "_VIRUS_%name%"
   goto end
   
   :novirus
   echo no virus found!
   goto end
   
   :end

4. Make sure you change the paths of the clamwin installation, database, tempdir, log and drive.
5. Go to http://your_host:port/sabnzbd/config/switches/ and set the ‘Default User Script’ to ‘clamwinscan.bat’
6. You’re all set! Besure to check your script output if everything works okay!

New site

I’ve updated my site once again
I will try to keep it current now!

Easiest Usenet downloads ever

Usenet is the best place to download anything you need. It’s not free but it shouldn’t cost more than 10$ per month.

Here are my steps to the best downloading experience ever:

1. Read the guides at www.binaries4all.nl to get the basic idea.
2. Get an account at Newzbin.com.
3. Get a usenet payserver.
4. Install and configure the latest SABnzbdPlus.
5. Configure SABnzbdPlus to use Newzbin (and I also pref the included ‘Plush’ skin).
6. Grab Firefox, and use it as your webbrowser
7. Install the Greasemonkey plugin for use in Firefox.
8. Install SABTab2 Greasemonkey script into Greasemonkey.
9. Login at v3.newzbin.com and browse the file lists and get used to the pick & click downloading

You will get this: