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21/06/2014 06:02 — Anonymous
Again on .7z issues (was offline for a long time and didn't see previous answer)
Downloaded http://d-h.st/ebs (devhost), md5 is the same as devhost one (63f145d0045758b90120e11366cb5c33)
Trying to open it makes .7z crash on open ("This program has stopped working..."); happens only on some AT .7z, other .7z are fine, also most >1GB spanned archives are unaffected.
HxD output here: http://postimg.org/gallery/8r8vxdc0/e5b6a171/
I hope it'll help solving it, I suppose in the future archives will be used a lot more ;)
21/06/2014 08:12 * — Galaxy_Defenders
Thanks for all the specifics.  First of all, I downloaded the link you included and it unzipped and played without a hitch:  Akame ga Kill! PV1 -a strange concept.  I hope "Hidamari Sketch Kill" is not forthcoming.

So it works for me and others (no other complaints I know of) but not for you.  The question, of course, is why.  

In terms of fixes (apologies if I'm repeating myself) the two most common unzip problems I find are:

1. trying to unzip with something other than the current version of 7-zip:

( http://www.7-zip.org )

2. Windows has a path limit of 255 characters expressed as a file inside a folder inside other folders to the root.  I hit that limit now and then with long anime titles.  To see if that's the problem, create a "Ziptemp" folder in the root directory of the drive and try to unzip there.  After unzip, move the contents where you want them.

When things crash or act weird and inconsistently, I've found it's often that 255 character limit.

3. Any zip utility can get corrupted.  Un-install and re-install.


I think the md5 as you describe it eliminates the download manager or download process as the problem.


I don't see how it could be a problem at our end if it works for other people.

I'll leave the hex editor stuff to admin or others.

P.S. If you haven't yet, you might want to check the integrity of your drives.  All drives fail eventually, and sometimes have sporadic problems as they go. (Rt click on drive letters, properties, tools, error check -probably).
21/06/2014 16:28 — Anonymous
HW is fine, I have trusty tools for checking that kind of issues, so I'm sure it's not HDD, nor RAM.
(better stuff than windowze builtin stuff anyway)
File is saved on D:\, so no char limit is possible; also, longer named (spanned) files have no issues.
(that's why it's puzzling, if it were a costant thing it would be easier to triage)
Will try a reinstall, but I don't think it's a corrupt exe, more like some bug in the 7z compressor/decompressor pairing.
22/06/2014 00:54 * — Galaxy_Defenders
Random always makes me think virus/malware.  I assume that you regularly check with signature-criterion and heuristic products.  I expect you know their limits.

I hope the reinstall does the trick.

What else:
1. If you're using the 64-bit version of 7-zip, uninstall and try the 32-bit version.  And vice versa.  (Don't have both installed at the same time.  That created problems for me some years ago.)
2. Try other zip utilities.  I don't know if Winzip or Winrar or others have kept up with the latest 7z format.
3. Unzip from the program window, not the right-click context menu.  Once upon a time that made an occasional difference.
22/06/2014 10:13 — Anonymous
No virus nor malware, I'm pretty good at keepig thet crap out.
Tried every thing, from different builds, betas, alphas, older, 32 bit builds. Nothing.
I may try other utilities, but I like 7z and don'tplan to change it (issues happens only on this site).
Sadly, unzipping from the program windows fails too.
Thanks anyway for your help.
22/06/2014 03:02 — admin
That file looks fine. I presume that this is a different issue from what you previously mentioned? (failed open vs crash)

Anyway, the file works fine here. I'm not sure what your problem could be. If you have another computer, or a virtual machine installed, perhaps try it on there.
22/06/2014 10:17 — Anonymous
yes, got a new file to try since I deleted the old one.
I suppose you use a cli / unix tool to compress the files, can you please let me know the complete parameter list?
I want to try some test here.
The thing that puzzles me is why I have no issues with spanned archives.
22/06/2014 10:55 — Anonymous
The command line is just "7z x file_137400.7z" to eXtract the archive in the current directory.
22/06/2014 11:10 — Anonymous
I meant the parameter to compress the archive, but it's no more needed now :)))
22/06/2014 06:44 — Anonymous
FWIW the file works fine for me, too. No problem decompressing it with p7zip 9.20 64 bit (command line version). MD5 is 63f145d0045758b90120e11366cb5c33 as well.
22/06/2014 10:39 — Anonymous
I tied with 9.20 cli too, but I got this "Error: 7-Zip cannot find the code that works with archives."
22/06/2014 10:53 — Anonymous
This seems to be caused by 7z.exe not finding 7z.dll, c.f. http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/disc...d/a01e0ce7

What does "7z.exe i" (i = info) output? Does the list include format "7z" and codec "Swap4"? (this is the coded used by the 7z file in question, as revealed by "7z l file_137400.7z" [l = ell = list])
22/06/2014 11:09 — Anonymous
Oh, I tried  to decompress on a "portable" 7zip I got on a key, and it works there...
So I investigated the program directory... and I found that there was a .dll leftover that was being loaded instead of the right one.
:P
22/06/2014 11:04 — Anonymous
Seems like I discovered what was causing the issue, I tried with a "selfmade" portable 7zip and it was able to open it.

For reason unknown there was a 7z*32.dll in the 7zip program directory that wouldn't be removed when uninstalling and was being loaded instead of the right one, causing the issue I reported; I deleted it manualy and pooof 7zip started working (unzips the file)!
I reinstalled 7zip again, just in case.

That dll was a real 7z one, legit and clean, just in the wrong place, maybe some z7 update went wrong.
I suspect windows may have reported it as being in use during a reinstall, so it wasn't deleted.

Lately windows is more annoying than linux (at least fixing permissions issue there is easier).
Anyway all is fine now.
24/06/2014 22:10 — Anonymous
This can solve some read/write permission problems (file extension should be .reg):
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"


right click on anything, choose "Take Ownership", wait.


to delete from registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
25/06/2014 20:06 — Anonymous
Thanks, but I know about Take Ownership. There's also Unlocker that's handy, but if the issue is a silent fail during a uninstall and the uninstaller doesn't warn the user, one won't know about the issue.
Anyway that dll was deleted just with as one would delete a file, no need of "advanced" knowedgle.
23/06/2014 11:34 — Anonymous
Tibb,
Have you seen this show?

[DmonHiro] Dororon Enma-Kun Meramera (BD, 720p, 10bit, AC3)

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=260254

I have the gg version and it's a riot.  A bit bawdy, nice artwork.

I'd love to get this DmonHiro's polished up BD version from yuki, if you're willing.  It's from 2011 but Nyaa says it still has 8 seeders today.  -Wow, it just went up to 9 seeders on a refresh.

I checked AT's listing and only found a few episodes of the BD ever came here.

Thanks either way.
25/06/2014 04:46 * — Tibb
I don't know how I missed this, but it's now available on the site.
25/06/2014 03:39 — Anonymous
Why is search not working?
25/06/2014 05:10 — admin
Should be fixed now. Thanks for the note.
26/06/2014 00:19 — aniluv
Dev-Host server down? Recent links do not have any of them available.
26/06/2014 04:25 — admin
Looks like they were having issues with their website. It looks fine now, so see if new files upload there successfully...
26/06/2014 11:53 — admin
Okay, scrap that, it looks like they're not working again.
I can't seem to successfully upload anything to DevHost at the moment.
27/06/2014 01:48 * — aniluv
Appears to be fixed. =D
29/06/2014 08:40 — Anonymous
Tibb,

A question: When I left or right click on a link here at AT, the color of the link changes showing me where I've been --very handy.  On yuki, the color only changes for me if I left-click, which I seldom use except to enter folders.  Is the lack of right-click link color change something I can control in my browser, or is it something controlled by site attributes or whatever?  Since I mostly right-click to use my file manager, it would be handy at yuki as well as AT.  (browser is firefox)

Thanks for info.
29/06/2014 09:45 — admin
What option are you selecting when you right-click?

It sounds odd that links would get marked as visited by right-clicking here, unless the option you selected ends up being triggered in the browser.
Basically, websites can specify a style to use for visited links, however the browser does the actual tracking of whether you've visited a link or not (and hence this can be reset by clearing your history).
29/06/2014 13:25 — Anonymous
When I right click on AT, it's to open the link in a new page/tab.  When I right click on yuki, it's to download the file with my file manager instead of the browser.  The action on AT changes the link color from blue to purple.  The action on yuki does not, but I wish it did.
29/06/2014 20:51 — Tibb
If you're using a download manager it wont affect the browser, so it won't change colours.

You can start the download from the firefox browser, cancel it and then download it from the download manager, that way it will go purple (I checked and it worked with my version of firefox (this wont work with chrome)).
30/06/2014 01:21 * — aniluv
Use IDM. Left clicking the link would download it automatically and also alter the link purple afterwards. Firefox.
30/06/2014 02:39 — Anonymous
IDM not free.  FDM not consistent left click behavior, unfortunately, strangely.

But thanks for all the ideas.
29/06/2014 08:41 — Anonymous
admin,

A question: AT is a secure site (https).  Are their any implications or advantages if I use download links from here to other secured sites like AnonFiles, compared to unsecured sites like DevHost?

Thanks for the info.
29/06/2014 09:51 — admin
Us running HTTP or HTTPS only has no impact on the security of other websites, if that's what you're asking about.
Or are you asking about a comparison of HTTP vs HTTPS in general?
29/06/2014 13:42 — Anonymous
I  was thinking along the lines of google-analytics, browsing history, referral information and such.  
29/06/2014 23:40 — admin
We don't run Google Analytics here.
As for external sites, our use of HTTPS doesn't really affect their use of Google Analytics, apart from the slight privacy boost you get from the referrer field being masked to HTTP sites. (HTTPS -> HTTPS will send referrer, HTTPS -> HTTP won't) I'm not entirely sure whether this affects GA, or by how much.

Your browser's history probably doesn't care about HTTP vs HTTPS. It may decide to retain less information (eg less caching) about HTTPS websites however.

So overall, there isn't much of a difference - HTTPS is about encrypting the connection, and isn't really related to tracking. Of course the encryption does ensure end-to-end confidentiality (ie, no middleman can snoop on you), but only as far as sites use HTTPS.
Theoretically you also get a slight privacy boost if you click on a HTTP link from here, via referrer masking, but on the other hand, plain HTTP has the obvious implication that any middleman can see what you're doing. For users, HTTPS is almost always better than HTTP, so us being HTTPS only isn't really detrimental to you.

If you're worried about tracking, I'd suggest browser extensions like Ghostery which blocks trackers like Google Analytics, and extensions that allow you to block referrers, such as RefControl.

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but I hope that answers it.
30/06/2014 02:34 — Anonymous
Thanks -that was just the sort of info I was looking for.  I'm not really worried about anything right now, except my ignorance of the evolving web.

This may be the only site I visit that doesn't ask me for anything or try to analyze whatever they can.  Thanks for that, and all.
30/06/2014 04:35 — admin
or try to analyze whatever they can
You can never really assume what goes on at the server end - anything you send could be analysed/logged.
For example, almost every website out there would be logging all requests (page views). This is the default behaviour of most webservers and a good idea in general for diagnosing issues/problems.
Furthermore, intermediaries such as CloudFlare and CDNs could be recording and analysing incoming requests.

I don't do anything beyond using logs for statistical purposes and don't use intermediary servers, but I thought I'd mention it anyway just for your information.
29/06/2014 13:53 — Anonymous
Just saw this site 'coz I was desperately looking for Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru - OVA.
Pros: Mega.co.nz download mirror.
Cons: Small fonts. High contrast overall website style. Would suggest that make the style more (or a bit) mobile device friendly and bigger fonts.
29/06/2014 19:01 — Anonymous
You can change the style in the drop down menu on the left, i would suggest "2013q1 - Masuzu" or "2012q1 - Henrietta"  they're both quite easy on the eyes, while the rest are all pretty much awful to look at. The text size looks fine to me, but then i use this old fashioned thing called a computer to browse the internet. Some forums do have a separate mobile skin though, so maybe Admin can do something like that here for those with newfangled browsing devices.
29/06/2014 23:48 — admin
Thanks for the feedback!

Do people really browse this site using mobile devices?
I didn't expect many to, considering the nature of DDL sites and the fact that I expect mobile users to prefer video streaming, rather than download anime in video formats that don't play particularly well on mobile devices...

I don't admit to being much of a designer, but I primarily expected people to be using widescreen monitors, hence why a lot of information is packed in around the place. A mobile version would probably just remove most of the extraneous info.

Is high contrast (I presume the dark background with bright text) a con in some way? I thought this was mostly dependent on taste...
29/06/2014 14:19 — Anonymous
is there any chance to see raws besides subbed in the future?
29/06/2014 23:50 — admin
Unfortunately unlikely, mainly due to typical file sizes of RAWs. I do question the popularity of those as well, for English focused audiences.
30/06/2014 02:36 — Anonymous
You can turn off the softsubs if you prefer.  You can't turn on the non-existent translation of a raw.  And who wants to have to figure out which things are translated and which are not before downloading?
30/06/2014 18:49 — Libly
Admin-san, do you use some social network services like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr... ?
30/06/2014 21:10 — admin
Nope.
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