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General Discussion / Re: Download Problems

Last post by Kiwi - Sep 15, 2024, 05:44 PM

As Jason said, I am away for another three weeks so I can't see what's going on with the seed box. It may be that volume downloading has exceeded the monthly bandwidth allowance or there maybe a problem with the server itself.

If it is a PDF file it may be the stupid auto display feature of the browser. Try right clicking on the link and select "save as" to  force the file to download normally like it does with cbz files.

I haven't received any emails from the seed box host about any issues so at this point I'm hoping it's a temporary glitch in space time and will resolve itself. Hopefully Russia isn't blowing up internet cables in that part of the world either.

#2

General Discussion / Re: Download Problems

Last post by Jason - Sep 15, 2024, 02:29 PM

Yes, it seems there's an issue, I just tried a Hyper and its hanging. Kiwi is travelling for a few weeks and I do not have access to the Seedhost to see whats going on, so it might have to wait until he can fix it.

#3

General Discussion / Downloader misbehaving?

Last post by The_Juice_of_the_Turkey - Sep 12, 2024, 11:30 AM

Hey guys, I'm hoping I'm doing something odd thing wrong and it's a simple fix.

Any time I try to download a Hyper mag (my third love after my wife and child) it takes me to the seed-host and just hangs, it won't start the download or anything.

I'm not sure if there's something I haven't got setup right or if my tongue is out of alignment as I click the download link.

Thanks for any and all help.

#4

General Discussion / Re: Download Problems

Last post by The_Juice_of_the_Turkey - Sep 12, 2024, 02:08 AM

I'm the newest button here, so not sure if my dramas are related. I'm doing well to pull more than 50kb/sec at the moment, normally manage ~2.5mb/sec. I've possibly overworked the pixies, but even so, that feels really slow.

#5

General Discussion / Re: Best OCR Software for Maga...

Last post by ChickenMan - Sep 05, 2024, 07:56 PM

I use ABBYY Finereader 15 also but I use Omnipage Ultimate mostly.  But if I download a PDF magazine and they are not searchable, I normally just use Acrobat Pro to OCR them.  I find Omnipage the fastest and the most accurate as well, just expensive.

#6

General Discussion / Best OCR Software for Magazine...

Last post by amorri40 - Sep 05, 2024, 09:29 AM

Does anyone have any suggestions for reasonably priced OCR software to convert whole magazines to be searchable?

I have tried (with random Retro Gamer issue):
* LLMWhisperer - Failed to get any text out of for any of the pages (bug?)
* ChatGPT - can do single pages well but not entire magazines
* NAPS2 - Not Another PDF Scanner - Free and fairly fast but makes a lot of mistakes
* Abby Finereader - Annual subscription for $69 - fairly slow but makes less mistakes, free version limited to 100 pages

Thinking of going for the subscription of Abby unless anyone here has found a solution that works really well for them?

[Electronic Entertainment #13]

#7

New Releases / Re: New Releases 08/24

Last post by kitsunebi - Sep 01, 2024, 11:12 AM

Since it'll be slow for a while around here anyway, I'll mention that I made a new scan of Electronic Entertainment #13 to replace the one previously available.  It's a pretty clear upgrade if you compare the two, so even if you've already got it you may want to replace it with this one.

#8

New Releases / Re: New Releases 08/24

Last post by slider1983 - Sep 01, 2024, 03:53 AM

I'm so glad it's end of the month.

#9

New Releases / Re: New Releases 08/24

Last post by LeftHandedMatt - Aug 31, 2024, 11:12 PM

Might visit secondhand bookshops while I'm there so see if I can find something of interest to bring back. Question is do they even exist in the UK anymore?

Oh yes, they are everywhere (charity shops, some of which focus largely on books). I have three just in my local vicinity, and about a dozen more if I venture out a little further.

#10

General Discussion / Re: Download Problems

Last post by gater - Aug 30, 2024, 08:43 AM

Yes, same here.