Hey folks, but most specifically @ricardo 
I was curious if anyone had the expertise to throw together yydecode
http://yydecode.sourceforge.net/
this is becoming more common on usenet, and it would be fantastic to have something available to decode these files on the drobo.
Heh, “becoming”? yEnc was the defacto standard over a decade ago. Kind of surprised none of the existing archival tools on DroboPorts handles it (although good to see par on there - if you’re on Usenet you’ll need it), and I’m equally surprised there’s no single open source “open this” tool to handle the multitude of compression and encoding formats, ala The Unarchiver and similar GUI tools.
haha yeah, just realized the post on yenc was super old. im a bit late to usenet. but would love to see this thing on drobo all the same 
I’m currently out of town, but when I get back I’ll have a look at it.
Ask and ye shall receive: http://www.droboports.com/app-repository/yydecode-0-2-10
This is such a simple app that I didn’t even bother making a special version for the 5N. The current package is only a few KB and works for both FS and 5N.
maybe your new name is “ricoder”
Hmmmm so ultimately this didnt work at decoding the files I pulled down on usenet… but SABnzbd recommends this python module…
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/install-off-modules
http://www.golug.it/pub/yenc/yenc-0.3.tar.gz
ricardo, is this something that also requires compilation?
Hmmmm so ultimately this didnt work at decoding the files I pulled down on usenet… but SABnzbd recommends this python module…
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/install-off-modules
http://www.golug.it/pub/yenc/yenc-0.3.tar.gz
ricardo, is this something that also requires compilation?
Hmmmm so ultimately this didnt work at decoding the files I pulled down on usenet… but SABnzbd recommends this python module…
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/install-off-modules
http://www.golug.it/pub/yenc/yenc-0.3.tar.gz
ricardo, is this something that also requires compilation?
Hmmmm so ultimately this didnt work at decoding the files I pulled down on usenet… but SABnzbd recommends this python module…
http://www.golug.it/pub/yenc/yenc-0.3.tar.gz
ricardo, is this something that also requires compilation?
No idea. Is there a project page for that?
I think I’m missing something here. If I understand correctly the yEnc module is just a wrapper for the same codec as yydecode. In other words, if yydecode didn’t work, then odds are yEnc won’t either.
I believe SAB uses yEnc during the post-processing and thus has access to a yenc file thats otherwise unavailable… im not entirely sure, but that seems to be at the root of the issue… i tried to cross compile on my own, so ill be fascinated to see how this should be done…
Since I had to recompile Python due to some compilation mistakes, I took the time to get yEnc compiled as well. Currently only the 5N version is up, but I’ll post the FS version as soon as possible.
Ricardo, i seriously need a way to send you a beer.
You’re welcome.
Let me know if this works for you.