The "mystery" about CSV files and collection managing software - Page 2

**Al Gebra** · July 11th, 2017, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by deepsepia

Al, on a slightly related topic, do you recall that there was some kind of project to create standardized filenames for internet adult images?
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When I first got access to the 'net (end of 1980's) Newsgroups were already established, the main source of my collections. So I cannot answer questions related to BBS, sorry. I only have an idea what is it was about, a kind of predecessor, but that's all.

sykosiko · July 5th, 2018, 02:00 AM

hello! I just stumbled across this and was remembering the good old days of image collecting. I often wondered what ever happened to Hunter. It seems its long since gone.

Are the suze collection newsgroups still active and is this still a valid 'hobby'?
Anyone have a link to hunter or any recommendations on anything more updated?

thx!

**Dubie** · July 9th, 2018, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sykosiko

hello! I just stumbled across this and was remembering the good old days of image collecting. I often wondered what ever happened to Hunter. It seems its long since gone.

Are the suze collection newsgroups still active and is this still a valid 'hobby'?
Anyone have a link to hunter or any recommendations on anything more updated?

thx!

Hunter still functions perfectly well if you use the workaround. You can download Hunter here: https://www.broquard-ebooks.com/hunt...ction-manager/

The suze newsgroups are long since defunct and full of spam. Whether this is a valid hobby is a matter of opinion!

**deepsepia** · July 9th, 2018, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sykosiko

Are the suze collection newsgroups still active and is this still a valid 'hobby'?

Not sure about the Suze groups, but a.b.pic.nude is still very active, with CSVs and attention to detail for the collector/completist. Best for softcore photosets.

Rommelbommel · August 28th, 2018, 08:44 PM

Is renaming movie files really such a niche thing that there's no easy-to-use tool for that?

I had a look at those CSV tools and they're way too overcomplicating things. Go through a folder with files, calculate their checksum, compare them to the ones in a list and spit out the according, correct movie title with year and publisher. Is it so hard to code something as simple as that? No it's not, it's just that no one wants to code a program that's easy to use. I managed to code a renamer as a shell batch file, but it's too slow to be released for the public and I don't have patience to learn new programming languages.

**deepsepia** · August 29th, 2018, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rommelbommel

Is renaming movie files really such a niche thing that there's no easy-to-use tool for that?

I have a suspicion that what's going on there is a kind of "security by obscurity". Various anti-piracy organizations got wind of Usenet long ago, and started going after newsgroups hosting content.

De-indentifying the file makes it harder to issue a takedown notice.

As you say, the coding problem of making a table of checksums, comparing it to a list equating checksums to names, and renaming the files shouldn't be hard, but presumably it was first done long ago, was "good enough" and never got improved -- there are a lot of tools like that.

purvert · April 14th, 2021, 10:57 AM

I still try to verify my downloads, but it is more difficult without CSV.
Where to find CSV's on the web ?

There was the site el-toro.ath.cx (Vixen Grimoire maybe), some years ago, but it was with invitation only....
There is no reason to restrict CSV downloads.

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Originally Posted by Rommelbommel

Is it so hard to code something as simple as that? No it's not, it's just that no one wants to code a program that's easy to use. I managed to code a renamer as a shell batch file, but it's too slow to be released for the public and I don't have patience to learn new programming languages.

No it's not hard. I did my own script too, and even more simpler than any script : https://www.quicksfv.org
I don't know a verifier simpler than QuickSFV.

There is also HashCheck, which is open source, but I've not tried it yet : https://github.com/gurnec/HashCheck/releases

**deepsepia** · April 14th, 2021, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by purvert

I still try to verify my downloads, but it is more difficult without CSV.
Where to find CSV's on the web ?

They live on Usenet, mostly. alt[dot]binaries[dot]csv

zinn2 · May 17th, 2021, 06:44 PM

Does anybody know where to download Scansort 1.81?
My AV kill it some time ago and now I'm not able to find the Windows version, only in Debian or OS/2.
I have tried thru eMule, torrents... no success.
Thanks!

purvert · September 12th, 2021, 04:17 PM

It seems Yahoo had deleted it when they took over Geocities, then Webarchive was too late to save it.

However, scansort_1.81.orig.tar.gz is still around and could be compiled with VC++ 5 and later versions.

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July 5th, 2018, 02:00 AM	#12
sykosiko Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 1 Thanks: 5 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	hello! I just stumbled across this and was remembering the good old days of image collecting. I often wondered what ever happened to Hunter. It seems its long since gone. Are the suze collection newsgroups still active and is this still a valid 'hobby'? Anyone have a link to hunter or any recommendations on anything more updated? thx!

August 28th, 2018, 08:44 PM	#15
Rommelbommel Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 338 Thanks: 160 Thanked 1,119 Times in 244 Posts	Is renaming movie files really such a niche thing that there's no easy-to-use tool for that? I had a look at those CSV tools and they're way too overcomplicating things. Go through a folder with files, calculate their checksum, compare them to the ones in a list and spit out the according, correct movie title with year and publisher. Is it so hard to code something as simple as that? No it's not, it's just that no one wants to code a program that's easy to use. I managed to code a renamer as a shell batch file, but it's too slow to be released for the public and I don't have patience to learn new programming languages.

May 17th, 2021, 06:44 PM	#19
zinn2 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 8 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Does anybody know where to download Scansort 1.81? My AV kill it some time ago and now I'm not able to find the Windows version, only in Debian or OS/2. I have tried thru eMule, torrents... no success. Thanks!

September 12th, 2021, 04:17 PM	#20
purvert Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 12 Thanks: 52 Thanked 176 Times in 11 Posts	It seems Yahoo had deleted it when they took over Geocities, then Webarchive was too late to save it. However, scansort_1.81.orig.tar.gz is still around and could be compiled with VC++ 5 and later versions.