FAQ for alt.binaries.pictures.japan.aidoru
Version 2.8
May 30th, 2008
FAQ means Frequently
Asked Questions. Nothing more, nothing less.
It's not a law that will mean punishment when broken. But it is a guideline
set up by those who established and run the group to make sure it remains true
to its purpose. There's no way to enforce a FAQ anyhow. So it is simple courtesy
to respect the FAQ. And that should be of even higher importance. Thank you
for understanding.
Plus there are some very helpful hints along the way :-) Under Add 5 Mac users
can get some help
Our friend Arragon
is backing up the videos from aidoru and idols at rapidshare for the moment.
So before you do a repost request look under http://idols.schwarzeseite.net
You can also find my RS Aya Matsuura folders at http://www.angelfire.com/punk/abpeaf/rsaya/ayaya.htm
This group is for the posting of big-sized video files about individual Japanese
models, singers and actresses, though artists from other Asian countries are
also welcome. Appx. 120MB and upwards should be posted here, smaller-sized files
should go to a.b.j.idols.
It must be made clear who the woman in your file is. Random clips of Asian women
are prohibited.
Concert videos of various artists are allowed. There should however be a tracklist
or a mention who is appearing.
The same holds true for TV shows and movies. Remember: This is for fans of individual
artists and they should know what this is about.
Not too hard to understand, is it? :-)
Nude videos should be placed in alt.binaries.japan.iroppoi (or alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.asian-female
when the model's name is unknown). Pornographic videos are prohibited here and
should go to those groups in any case.
You can post the files either as split files or as rar/zip/iso. Posting the file in one chunk is not a good idea given the lack of completeness of some servers.
Spam is prohibited
and will be reported in every single case to your server.
ANY UNDERAGE NUDITY IS ALSO PROHIBITED
The FAQ can also
be viewed online at our webpresence http://www.angelfire.com/punk/abpeaf/faqs.htm
The contact addy is abji@operamail.com. You can also of course ping me in the
group.
Mandalay
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Owner, Tenant and Janitor of
alt.binaries.japan.idols
alt.binaries.japan.aidoru
alt.binaries.japan.iroppoi
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.asian-female
Honk, if you like idols :-)
Add1
It is not mandatory, but would be highly appreciated if you would post vidcaps
to your clips. bsplayer (http://www.bsplayer.com) does a good job of creating
them, as does ImageGrabberII which can be found through a websearch as there
is no homepage. Or request it in the group and I will post it.
Add 2
You can't see any
pics, just a lot of scrambled text?
Then you are probably using Outhouse Excess as a newsreader.
To make a long story short it is necessary to encode binary files (like pictures
or videos or software) and then have it de-encoded by your newsreader in order
to send those files at all as usenet was originally conceived for text messages
only. There have been a number of encoding schemes in the past (base64, UUE
and now yEnc). The advantage of yEnc is that it makes the data smaller in size,
meaning faster up-and downloads. yEnc is open source and free and our good friends
at Microsoft, not being able to make any profit out of it, refuse to make OE
yEnc-compatible. You can either use a program like yproxy (http://www.brawnylads.com/yproxy)
or a plugin like Fidolook (http://www.fidolook.org/) to serve as a decoder or
use a REAL newsreader (OE being just virus-ridden mail proggie with some news
capacities).
But here you will get more information: http://www.geocities.com/zenwebpage/yEncFAQ.htm
Or try http://www.yenc.org/ where there is also a page on OE (and a link to
yproxy or ydec)
Freeware Newsreaders:
Aside from Agent (www.forteinc.com - maybe that their free version doesn't support
yenc yet, but there's always astalvista.box.sk ;-)
XNews is a very good freeware newsreader (http://xnews.newsguy.com/)
Microplanet Gravity also is (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~tbates/gravity/)
Not free but recommendable
are Newsleecher at http://www.newsleecher.com/?id=home
and Newsbin Pro (not to be confused with Newzbin) at http://www.newsbin.com/
Remember one thing: The poster goes to a lot of trouble collecting, assembling,
editing, and posting stuff. The least YOU can do is getting the necessary software
to collect the goodies. After all, you don't ride a bicycle on the highway,
do you?
If you have any difficulties with anything don't hesitate to ask!
Add 3
A valuable link on usenet is also http://www.newsreaders.com/
Add 4
Some helpful tools
you will need in usenet:
1) hjsplit
You sometimes will come across files with endings like .001, .002 etc.
These are split files. They have been split to make an up- and download more
managable. You can combine these files with a little freeware proggie that can
be found at http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/
2) QuickPar and
SmartPar
You sometimes come across files with endings like .par2 (or. .p01, .p02 etc.)
Especially mediocre servers can lose posts (or parts of them). With QuickPar
(or the earlier version SmartPar - both freeware) you can reconstruct missing
or corrupt files.
Quick Par can be found at http://www.quickpar.org.uk/. SmartPar at http://download.freenet.de/archiv_s/smartpar_4117.html
A good tutorial can be found at http://www.binaries4all.com/quickpar/
3) WinRar
You sometimes come across files with endings like .rar (or .r01, r.02 etc.)
These are files that have been packed (a bit like zip only with more options)
with WinRar. WinRar is not freeware but you can get a trial version at http://www.rarlab.com/.
A free source for rar files can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip.
4) CodecFinder
Quite often the video (most likely an avi) you have downloaded won't play. Most
often this is due to the fact that you are missing the necessary codec. But
which one? With this freeware proggie you have a good chance of finding out
which one it is. Whether you want to then google for that codec and install
it is up to you though. Don't blame me if the video still doesn't play or your
PC crashes. Lol
CodecFinder can be found at http://tfo.sharethefiles.org/
5) VideoLan
There are a lot of good players but this is a handsome little freeware that
can handle almost everything. You can find it at http://www.videolan.org/
Add 5
This section is for the Mac users (thx Arragon :-)
Recommend Newsreader:
Unison from Panic (http://panic.com/unison/)
[$24.95 - it's worth it]
It is possible that Microsoft® Entourage® (which is Outlook for Mac)
has the same problems like OE (but I don't think so).
To create vidcaps
under OS X you can use the VLC media player
(http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) with the hotkey Option-Command-S.
As a file joiner you can use MacHasha (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18628)
For par files there
is MacPar deLuxe (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14338)
- to use MacPar with MacHasha goto to Preferences > Processing > Concat
> Modify > Open with...
- to stop the nagscreens click on Donation > I alraidy paid!
Regarding Winrar,
at http://www.rarlab.com/ you can download the rar command line
program (not free). SimplyRAR
(http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29680) intends to
become a GUI for rar, but is not yet complete.
HowTo create a split archive with commandline rar: open OS X's Terminal
and enter
rar a -ep -v102400k -m5 "The RAR file.rar" "File to compress"
to create an archive with 100mb volume size and best compression. Hint:
Drag files from Finder to Terminal
Add 6
On a personal note I would like to thank some peeps who have supported this
group with posts, advice and enthusiasm:
(in alphabetical order) AlicE, annatar, Arragon, braver, Clark Kent, Dinky,
General Guderian, Ghadzuux, idolfan, Marco Polo, MinoriFan, None Given, Pig
Vomit, RicX, Sleepyguy, Techie and VM
I love you guys :-)