Newsgroups: comp.publish.cdrom.software Date: 2001-10-05 22:13:05 PST
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An NFO file is simply an "i-NFO-rmation" file. (INF was already taken, in case you were wondering…) You can read these files right in Windows Notepad, or any text editor. The NFO should typically contain useful information about the post, such as number of RARs involved, number of PARs posted, length of the video, a description of the video, etc. In other words, it should be informative.
Primarily only seen with larger posts, or in groups where 20+ meg files are commonly oposted, Parchive files are a Parity Archive Volume Set, which isn't a direct archiving format like Zip,RAR,ACE,BZ2, et. al as mentioned above.
Instead, what they are is a tool to apply the data-recovery capability concepts of RAID-like systems to the posting and recovery of multi-part archives on Usenet. Current filespec and clients support the 'Reed-Soloman Code' implementation that allows for recovery of any 'X' volumes for 'X' parity volumes present.
In other words: PAR files allow you to recover/replace X amount of missing or corrupted files per X par files.
From the Parchive project's FAQ:
The primary intention of the Parchive Project and 'parity volume sets' is to release binary newsgroups of some repost traffic.
Example: You post 10 rar volumes into a binary group. But some people don't get all of them. One is missing r01, another one is missing r06 and a third one is missing r04. Usually, you have to repost these 3 files now. But now you can create a parity volume for your post (one volume would suffice for this example). Everyone can download it and recover his missing file with it. It doesn't matter, which file is missing, as long you have as many parity volumes as missing files. (Due to the type of parity scheme utilized, it doesn't matter which volume you get, just so long as you have one for each missing/corrupt file.) In this case, the posting of 1 file will avoid the posting of 3 files…
More information on PAR files can be found on the project's website: http://parchive.sourceforge.net/
Beginning in version 3.0, WinRAR now supports recovery files similar to PAR. To use these files, simply double-click a REV file and WinRAR should do the rest. To generate these files when creating a RAR archive, click on the Advanced tab and select the number of recovery volumes you'd like to use.
A major disadvantage of using REV files is they must be made when the actual RARring is being done. Unfortunately, PAR files and REV files are incompatible.
A. For all its great points, RAR has one drawback: if there's a corrupt part in a multiple volume archive, it won't always correctly tell you which one is bad. If there's just one corrupt byte, if the poster enabled the correct options when compressing, your RAR program might be able to correct it. However if there are multiple corruptions, you will need to re-get that file.
The problem is, sometimes it's hard to tell which RAR part of a multiple volume archive is bad. For this reason people have come up with various programs to do CRC checks. The most popular format is SFV, although SFV is only for Windows systems. WinSFV is frequently posted in the alt.binaries.multimedia.utilities newsgroup.
(borrowed from http://www.yenc.org)
yEnc is a new encoding method which offers efficient and proper transmission for binaries on the Usenet (or by eMail and other applications). Other encodings are BASE64, BinHex, UUencode, Quoted Printable, …..
Everything you could ever want to know about yEnc can be found on the author's "official" webpage: http://www.yenc.org
No! This is one of the most annoying things someone can do. If you want a certain piece or part of a video (R13, R14, and R18, for example) feel free to request it, but under no circumstances should you intentionally post an incomplete video, and ask for the missing pieces.
This is known as a "Here's what I have", or "HWIH" post, and is banned in nearly every group. All it does is take up room in the group with an incomplete video, and all the headers involved with it. Also, since many times two different people download a video from two different sources, the "R13" you want from post "A" may not be the same as "R13" from post "B", which leads to general confusion, and even more wasted space in the group.
A. VCD, short for VideoCD, has for some time been a common way for movies to be distributed in some Asian countries. Its quality is nearly as good as VHS. VCDs can be played on your computer as well as most newer DVD players.
While VCDs can be played on the computer, they have their own special format. Putting a DAT file on CD in the regular way does NOT make it a Video-CD.
Sometimes you'll see movies taken from DVD posted as SVCD. If made correctly, these are of much higher quality than VCD - in fact, they're rather close to being as good as DVD. However you'll need special codecs to view them, and in some circumstances can be problematic for standalone DVD players as well as slower computers.
Newsgroups: comp.publish.cdrom.software Date: 2001-10-05 22:13:05 PST
> I know they differ, but I haven't a clue why Nero decided to make their own flavor of the standard. Also, as far as I can tell, Nero is incapable of producing a true .ISO file (not merely a renamed .NRG).
ISO 9660 imaging deals only with data. BIN/CUE is aimed at audio (though not necessarily restricted to that). The proprietary formats will handle either.
Mike
I am running Windows 2000 with a Yamaha CRW2100E and Nero 5.0. Nero will still make a *.iso file from a CD program but it is not in the docs that I could find! If you need to know, here are the steps:
Put a data CD into one of your CD drives.
Start Nero and then kill the "New Compilation" screen that comes up.
Then select "CD-Recorder" from the menu.
Now select "Choose Recorder" for the drop down menu.
Select "Image Recorder… Virtual Device" and then click "OK". (This will write the .iso image to your hard drive).
Now click the "Creates a New Compilation" button on the button bar.
Select the "CD-ROM(ISO)" icon and click the "NEW" button.
Drag and Drop the data that you want to turn into a .iso file into the compilation window.
Click on the "Opens the write-CD dialog" button on the button bar.
Now click "WRITE".
In the "Save Image File" dialog box that comes up change the "Save as type:" to "All Files(*.*).
In the "File name:" box give the file a name with a .iso extension (i.e. myfile.iso) and save it where you like.
I hope that helps someone out there, because I looked for weeks trying to find out how to do it and no one could tell me. Good luck.
Lamar
Newsgroups: alt.ftpsearch.com Date: 2001-08-18 10:18:14 PST
> I got a file (165 mb) with a .NRG extension and my computer doesn't > recognize it. Can anyone tell me what program I need to open it?
it's an image file extracted from a cd with nero.
you can several burning apps to burn it, including nero naturally. or use daemon-tools (www.daemon-tools.com) and install it from there.
sarnix
http://www.digitek-asi.com/file_formats.html
Here's a list of file formats found with many popular applications.
ACE -ACE Archiver compression file. AIF -Audio Interchange File used with SGI ANI -Animated cursors used in Microsoft Windows. API -Application Program Interface. ART -Clipart. ASC -ASCII text file. ASM -Assembler code. ASP -Microsoft Active Server Page. AVI -Audio/Video Interleaved for Windows movies. BAK -Backup Files. BAS -BASIC programming language source code file. BAT -MS-DOS batch file. BFC -Briefcase document used in Windows. BIN -Binary File. BMP -Bitmap format. BUD -Backup Disk for Quicken by Intuit. BZ2 -Bzip2-compressed files. C -C source file. CAT -Security Catalog file. CBL -Cobol code. CBT -Computer Based Training. CDA -Compact Disc Audio Track. CDT -Corel Draw Template file. CFML -ColdFusion Markup Language. CGI -Common Gateway Interface used with Web based programs and scripts. CHM -Compiled HTML Help files used by Windows. CLASS -Javascript Class file. CLP -Windows Clipboard file. CMD -DOS Command File. COM -Command File. CPL -Control panel item - The settings in Control Panels represent CPL -files in the Windows\System folder. CPP -C++ programming language source code. CSS -Cascading Style Sheet. Creates a common style reference for a set of web pages. CSV -Comma Separated Values format. CMF -Corel Metafile. CUR -Cursor in Microsoft Windows. D01 -Advanced Data Base Master file DAO -Registry Backup file for Windows registry. DAT -Data file. DEV -Device Driver. DIC -Dictionary file. DLL -Dynamic Linked Library for Microsoft applications DOC -Document format for Word Perfect and Microsoft Word. DOT -Microsoft Word Template. DRV -Device Driver. DS -TWAIN Data source file. DUN -Dial-up networking configuration file. DWG -Autocad drawing. DXF -Autocad drawing exchange format file. EMF -Enhanced Windows Metafile. EML -Microsoft Outlook e-mail file. EPS -Encapsulated PostScript supported by graphics programs. EPS2 -Adobe PostScript Level II Encapsulated Postscript. EXE -DOS based executable file which is also known as a program. FFL -Microsoft Fast Find file. FFO -Microsoft Fast Find file. FLA -Macromedia Flash movie format. FNT -Font file. GIF -Graphics Interchange Format that supports animation. Created by CompuServe and used primarily for web use. GID -Windows global index. Contains the index information used by "Help" in Windows. GRP -Microsoft Program Manager Group. GZ -Unix compressed file. HEX -Binary hex(binhex) file. HLP -Standard help file. HT -HyperTerminal files. HQX -Macintosh binary hex(binhex) file. HTM -Hyper Text Markup which is used for web design. HTML -Hyper Text Markup Language. The same as above. ICL -Icon Library File. ICM -Image Color Matching profile. ICO -Microsoft icon image. INF -Information file used in Windows. INI -Initialization file used in Windows. JAR -Java Archive. A compressed java file format. JPEG -Compression scheme supported by most graphics programs and used predominantly for web use. jpg -More common extension for JPEG described above. JS -JavaScript File - A text file containing JavaScript programming code. LAB -Microsoft Excel mailing labels. LGO -Windows 9x startup logo. LIT -eBooks in Microsoft Reader format. LNK -Windows 9x shortcut file. LOG -Application log file. LSP -Autocad lisp program. MAQ -Microsoft Access Query. MAR -Microsoft Access Report. MDB -Microsoft Access DataBase File. MDL -Rose model file. Opens with Visual Modeler or Rational Rose. MID -MIDI music file. MOD -Microsoft Windows 9.x kernel module. MOV -Quicktime movie. MP3 -MPEG Audio Layer 3. MPEG -Animation file format. MPP -Microsoft Project File. MSG -Microsoft Outlook message file. MSG -Fidonet messages. NCF -Netware command File. NLM -Netware loadable Module. O -Object file, used by linkers. OCX -ActiveX Control: A component of the Windows environment. OGG -Ogg Vorbis digitally encoded music file. OST -Microsoft Exchange/Outlook offline file. PAK -WAD file that contains information about levels, settings, maps, etc for Quake and Doom computer games. PCL -Printer Control Language file. PCL is a Page Description Language developed by HP. PCT -Macintosh drawing format. PDF -Portable Document File by Adobe. Viewable in a web browser or with the free Adobe Acrobat program. PDF -Printer Description File. Provides printer support for certain applications. PDR -Port driver for windows 95. It is actually a virtual device driver (vxd). PHP -Web page that contains a PHP script. PHTML -Web page that contains a PHP script. PIF -Program Information File PIF -Vector graphics GDF file(IBM Mainframe) PIF -Macintosh Compressed archive PL -Perl source code file. PM -Perl Module. PM3 -PageMaker 3.0 document. PM4 -PageMaker 4.0 document. PM5 -PageMaker 5.0 document. PM6 -PageMaker 6.0 document. PNG -Portable Network Graphic file. POL -System Policy file for Windows NT. POT -Microsoft PowerPoint design template. PPD -PostScript Printer description file used in Macintosh and Windows operating systems to provide printer specific features to a driver. PPS -Microsoft PowerPoint slide show. PPT -Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (default extension). PRN -A print file created as the result of "printing to file". PS -PostScript file. PSD -Native Adobe Photoshop format. PSP -Paint Shop Pro image. PST -Personal Folder File for Microsoft Outlook. PUB -Microsoft Publisher document. PWL -Windows Password list file. QIF -Quicken Import file. RAM -RealAudio Metafile. RAR -RAR compressed archive created by Eugene Roshall. RAW -Raw File Format. RCF -eXtremeDNC file that contains CNC machine specific parameters RDO -Raster Document Object. Proprietary file type used on Xerox Digipath Scan and Makeready workstations. REG -Registry file that contains registry settings. RM -RealAudio video file. RPM -RedHat Package Manager. RSC -Standard resource file. RTF -Rich Text Format which is similar to HTML. SCR -Screen Saver file. SEA -Self-extracting archive for Macintosh Stuffit files. SGML -Standard Generalized Markup Language. SH -Unix shell script. SHTML -HTML file that supports Server Side Includes(SSI). SIT -Compressed Macintosh Stuffit files. SMD -SEGA mega drive ROM file. SVG -Adobe scalable vector graphics file. SWF -Shockwave Flash file by Macromedia. SWP -DOS swap file. SYL -symbolic SYLK format used for some old spreadsheet programs SYS -Windows system file used for hardware configuration or drivers. TAR -Unix Tape Archive. TGA -Targa bitmap. TIFF -Tagged Image File Format. Universal graphics format supported by most graphics applications. TMP -Windows temporary file. TTF -True Type font. TXT -Text Format. UDF -Uniqueness Definition File. Used for Windows unattended installations. UUE -UU-encoded file. VBX -Microsoft Visual basic extension. VM -Virtual Memory file. VXD -Windows 9x virtual device driver. WAV -Waveform sound file. WKS -file format for Lotus 1-2-3 WMF -Windows Metafile (graphics format). WRI -Write Document: This is equivalent to RTF, Rich Text Format, that enables saving text with formatting information. WSZ -Winamp Skin. XCF -The GIMP's native image format. XIF -Wang imaging file. Wang Image Viewer comes with Windows 95/2000. XIF -Xerox Image file (same as TIFF). XIF -Image file eXtended by ScanSoft is similar to TIFF and is a Pagis application format. XLS -Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. XLT -Microsoft Excel Template. XML -Extensible markup language. XSL -XML style sheet. ZIP -Compressed Zip archive.
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