I've noticed what I think is a bug in the search function. If the results are numerous enough to not fit on the results page, there is no way to view them. There is no "Next page," or "Older Entries" link.
There is a way to add attachments to the ASS subtitles themself in form of UTF8 or ASCII formatted text (MkvMergeGUI will automatically recognize such attachments when you're muxing the subs). Aegisub can do this, but I don't know how to do this with command line. But maybe I'll find a solution and post it here.
I haven't heard of any US legislation about enforcing DNS blocking (has been discussed, but not put into action). UK ISPs do perform DNS blocking, but only on the bigger sites. I'd find it rather weird if minglong.org was blocked. The blocks can easily be circumvented by just using an alternative DNS resolver, examples OpenDNS, Google DNS. This may not work if the countries that the DNS resolvers reside in have to enforce DNS blocking, but this doesn't appear to be the case yet.
In either case, AT is not likely to get blocked any time soon in the US, simply due to how small this website is along with the target demographic.
For your case of not being able to access minglong, it's much more likely a network/routing or server issue.
A week ago I saw evidence that the US was beginning to block sites at the DNS level, specifically nipponsei.minglong.org, a place for anime music. Your browser will just tell you it can't find the site or there is no response or it times out, etc.
The same thing could happen here at AnimeTosho or Tibb's place or anywhere. Now is the time to prepare, because too late is too late. So my suggestions:
1. If your browser can't connect to AT for a few days, try:
Comment in Feedback 12/03/2014 20:13 — Anonymous: "Crazy Fuck"
SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME SITE!!! OMFG... NON-TORRENT ANIME... CAN'T BREATHE.... hhhhhhhhhheeeeeee.... heeeeeeee... keep up the good work! you guys (admin+yogicat+tibb) are amazing! ^^
Comment in Feedback 12/03/2014 06:13 — Anonymous: "coffeemonger"
Just wanted to thank the admin+yogicat+tibb for all the hard work and time spent giving us our daily anime fix! I really do greatly appreciate what you guys do. Not to mention you guys are quite patient [from what I have seen] at dealing with peoples... comments/requests etc. Keep it up, and hope you all well!
If i search for deadfish (https://animetosho.org/search?q=deadfish) i only get updates until 09/03/2014. While in reality the recent torrent from deadfish is today 11/03/2014 (https://animetosho.org/view/deadfish-pretty-rhythm-rainbow-live-48-720p-aac-mp4.753615)
Hmm, it seems that ImageShack doesn't work if the URL is changed to HTTPS... Don't know why it did before. Imgur still works, but I don't think I'll bother with it for that case. I potentially have a better fix to the problem anyway.
Here is the fool-proof way of doing it. I can't say why IDM doesn't detects it for you and auto grabs it, but this way will ensure IDM picks it up for you (if the file exists).
1.Foremost click on the mirror link on the File1 page, this should initiate a download with the built-in downloader on Chrome. 2. Next go to your downloads page (Ctrl+J or drop-down-menu and select Downloads) 3. On the download page cancel the download. 4. Right-click on the download (the one you just cancelled) and select "Copy Link Address" 5. Now open up IDM and select "Add URL" 6. Now paste in the text-box what you copied. 7. IDM should auto-detect the file and dispaly the name/filesize/file type 8. All that's left to do is select the Start Download button!
P.S. This should work with all hosters (unless it downloads via a PHP function and there isn't an concrete HTML link for the file) P.P.S. You may run into trouble such as link expiration, so try to download the file as soon as possible! P.P.P.S. You can do this with the batch download (paste in a text-editor for all links then copy all the links) P.P.P.P.S. P-P hehehehehehuhuhuhehehehehhuheuhe
20/03/2014 11:22 * — Anonymous