RARing Up Content

Before you start anything, you have to make sure that your files are in RARs. RAR is widely used and all nzb downloaders can handle them automatically.

Inside WinRAR, we want to split the RARs. I like to select between 40 to 60 megabyte splits for most content. Anything designed to fit on a Blu-Ray should have a higher split, say around 100 megabytes or higher.

Also, since most content is already compressed (video and pictures), you won’t be able to compress it any further down. So save time and select store. This will allow you to quickly package the files and will allow quick extraction for the end user.

 

PAR2s for Datarecovery

Sometimes servers will have missing parts of posts, instead of reposting the whole collection of RARs, we make a set of Par2s that can repair the corrupted RAR files. But we have to make sure that there are enough PARs to get the job done.

QuickPar is the best tool for creating PARs. But we need to make sure that the settings are all correct before we start.

First we want to go into options and set the Preferred Block Size to “For yEnc 3,000 Lines.”

Then we get down to business. Load up the RAR set that you’re going to post. We want a certain amount of redundancy. 12% is the lowest you’ll want to go. 20% is the highest.

 

Making The Post!

I like to use Camelsystem Powerpost. There are plenty of Powerpost varieties, but I just happen to like this one the most.

Powerpost is pretty straight forward and intuitive. In settings fill out your Usenet server information. In headers you can put anything you want. You don’t have to use your real email, it’ll only attract Spam anyways.

When adding the RAR and PAR2 files you want to post, you will need to select which newsgroups you want to post in. Usually there is a limit of 3 to 5 newsgroups you can crosspost into. In the ‘Checksums and NZB’ tab, you’ll only select ‘Create .NZB file.’ This will create an NZB file on your computer that you can later upload to an indexer. Otherwise you’ll have to try to find your posts in Mysterbin or Binsearch.

After you’re done, press the green Post button in the main window and YOU’VE MADE A POST ON USENET!