Batch PAR checker and RAR extracter?

[krackato]

I use newsgroups a lot. Right now I'm using QuickPAR to verify my downloaded files and WinRAR to extract them. But if I've downloaded a lot of various files (say 5 or 6 episodes of a tv show or something), it can be time consuming to check each set of rar files for accuracy using Par2 files, wait for it to check, tell it to repair the files that are corrupt, extract the episode using WinRAR and then erasing all the RAR files.

Sure, for one file, it's fine. But if there's 6 or 7, it takes forever. Is there a program that will speed this entire process up but queueing and executing the steps for each RAR batch?

 

[krackato]

Hell, I'll give this a bump even though nothing will come of it. Argh. I still want a program like this so bad.

 

[Pretty Cool]

There is nothing like that to my knowledge. What I do is just look at the file sizes. If they are all identical, extract them to another directory and then delete the rar's. If the sizes are not different, run quickpar. Not ideal, but at least the process is slightly faster if your server is complete and you rarely need repairing.

 

[Homerboy]

RarSlave and RarSlaveGUI

Use them in conjunction with newsleecher (the best NGs client out there) and your golden.
There are a few bugs, but they are a small price to pay.

 

[Nothinman]

I just use the par2 and rar CLI apps.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
RarSlave and RarSlaveGUI

Use them in conjunction with newsleecher (the best NGs client out there) and your golden.
There are a few bugs, but they are a small price to pay.

Newsleecher is better than Forte Agent? I'm old school with usenet and I've used only Agent for about the past 10 years. Recently I ran into a few binary groups that were so big Agent couldn't download all of the headers.

 

[Homerboy]

Im old-school too.
NL is the new defacto in my eyes.

 

[krackato]

Thanks Homerboy. RarSlave is awesome.

edit:
<----- 911 posts.... I don't even know what to think.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Im old-school too.
NL is the new defacto in my eyes.

NL has been quite buggy for me. I much prefer newsbin, I do like NL interface better though

 

[Homerboy]

NL has been quite buggy for me. I much prefer newsbin, I do like NL interface better though

What bugs are you seeing?
There have been MANY releases each adding features and fixing many bugs (current release is b30 RC1)
Their forums are very active and very responsive. There are a few lingering issues, but no real show stoppers from a final release that I can see. If you news server doesn't suppor MessageIDs then you are in trouble as this is NLs only method of fetching.