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    Question Help with garbled nfo files.

    Hello sb-i, do any of you know if there's any way to convert or "unscramble" garbled nfo text to a properly nfo file which can then be correctly viewed in nfo viewers?

    For example, this a sample from a garbled "ROVERS" nfo:

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                                          _²YÜÜÜÜÜ     Ü
                                          _²YUUUUUU²Ü²ß Ü
                                          _²Yßß ßßUUUU²ß
      ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ
      ßU²ßßßßßU²ßßßßßßßU²ßßßßßßU²ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßU²ßßßßßßU²ßßßßßßßU²ßßßßßU²ß
       U² ±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±±± U² ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± U² ±±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±± U²
       U² ±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±±± U² ±±±± ² ±Ü°Ü± ²° ±±± U² ±±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±± U²
       U² ±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±±° U² ±±±±± UU² UU²° ±±±± U² °±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±± U²
       U² ±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±± U² °±±±± UUU² UUU²° ±±±° U² ±±± U² ±±±±± U² ±±± U²
       U² °±± U²° ±±±± U² ±±± U² ±±±±±° ßßßßßßß° ±±±±± U² ±±± U² ±±±±° U² ±±° U²
        U² ±±° U² ±±±± U² ±±± U² °±±±±± ²ßß²ßß²° ±±±±° U² ±±± U² ±±±± U² °±± U²
        U² ±±± U² ±±±± U² °±±° U² ±±±±°_UY_UY_UY° ±±± U² °±±° U² ±±±± U² ±±± U²
        U² ±±± U² ±±±±° U² ±±± U² ±±±± UU²ÜÜÜUU²° ±±± U² ±±± U² °±±±± U² ±±± U²
        U² °±± U² °±±±± U² ±±± U² ±±±± ßU²ßÜßU²ß° ±±± U² ±±± U² ±±±±° U² ±±° U²
         U² ±±° U² ±±±± U² ±±± U² ±±±±±° ²_UY²°° °±±± U² ±±± U² ±±±± U² °±± U²
         U² °±± U² °±±± U² °±± U² ±±±±±± UY²_²° °±±±± U² ±±° U² ±±±° U² ±±° U²
          U² ±±° U² ±±±° U² ±± U² °±±±±± UY²_²° ±±±±° U² ±± U² °±±± U² °±± U²
          U² °±± U² °±±± U² ±±° U² ±±±±± UY²_²° ±±±± U² °±± U² ±±±° U² ±±° U²
           U² ±±° U² ±±± U² ±±± U² ±±±±° UY²_²° °±±± U² ±±± U² ±±± U² °±± U²
           U² °±± U² °±± U² °±± U² °±±± UUY²_U²° ±±° U² ±±° U² ±±° U² ±±° U²
            U² ±±° U² ±±° U² ±±° U² ±±± UUY²_U²° ±± U² °±± U² °±± U² °±± U²
            U² °±± U² °±± U² °±± U² °±° UUY²_U²° ±° U² ±±° U² ±±° U² ±±° U²
             U² ±±° U² ±±° U² ±±° U² ° UUUY²_UU²°± U² °±° U² °±± U² °±± U²
             U² °±± U² °±± U² °±°  U²Ü_UUUY²_UU²YÜU² °±°° U² ±±° U² ±±° U²
              U² °±° U² °±° U²ÜÜÜU²ßß UUUUY²_UUU² ßßUUÜÜÜU² °±° U² °±° U²
               U² °±° U² °ÜÜU²ßß     ÜUUUUY²_UUU²Ü     ßßU²ÜÜ° U² °±± U²
               ßU² °  UUU²ßß        ܲ Ü ² ² ²ßÜ ²Ü        ßßUUU² ±° ܲß
                ßU² ÜU²ß           ÜUU²Üܲ ² ²ÜÜÜU²Ü           ßU²Ü U²ß
                 ßUU²ß         ÜßUUÜßUUU²ß ² ßUUU²ßÜU²ßÜ         ßUUUß
                  ²ß        ÜÜ ² U²ßÜßU² ² ² ² U²ßÜßU² ² ÜÜ        ß²
                         Ü ²ßÜÜßÜÜÜÜßÜßÜU² ² U²ÜßÜßÜÜÜÜßÜÜß² Ü
                       ܲßÜÜßßܲ ÜÜÜßÜUUU² ² UUU²ÜßÜÜÜ ²ÜßßÜÜß²Ü
                       ÜÜßÜÜßU²ßܲßÜUUU²ßÜ ² ÜßUUU²Üß²ÜßU²ßÜÜßÜÜ
                    ÜÜßÜÜßU² ÜܲßÜUUU²ßÜU² ² U²ÜßUUU²Üß²ÜÜ U²ßÜÜßÜÜ
                    ÜÜßß ÜÜÜßßÜÜUUU²ßÜUUU² ² UUU²ÜßUUU²ÜÜßßÜÜÜ ßßÜÜ
                           ÜUUU²ßßÜÜUUU²ßÜ ² ÜßUUU²ÜÜßßUUU²Ü
    When if fact it should be:
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    Normally, viewing the first one as an ANSI file with a DOS font should be enough. But some of the characters in it seem to have changed (if you replace U with Ü it'll suddenly look a lot closer to the second one). I don't know if there's an automated way to "repair" them, but I'd guess not.
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    It's kinda strange how they get scrambled. I guess it's due to cross conversion between different systems, e.g. windows/dos to unix and vice-versa.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alpacino
    if there's any way to convert or "unscramble" garbled nfo text to a properly nfo file
    for an automated way you'd have to figure out what exactly caused the change (or whats the pattern of the change), does it always happen the same way (same source),...

    there's the quick manual way of using a good group nfo as a template, filling it up with useful data from the garbled nfo and saving/using such resulting nfo file

    and ofc internet's favourite: 'get better sites'

    Quote Originally Posted by alpacino
    It's kinda strange how they get scrambled.
    well, (occasionally) all kinds of somewhat annoying things happen there (missing files, wrong/extra files, duplicates/partials, corrupt files/filenames,...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by slikrapid
    for an automated way you'd have to figure out what exactly caused the change (or whats the pattern of the change), does it always happen the same way (same source),...
    It happens at random, as I only download from torrent lately I guess some files are screwed up in the source, i.e., the uploader.
    Quote Originally Posted by slikrapid
    there's the quick manual way of using a good group nfo as a template, filling it up with useful data from the garbled nfo and saving/using such resulting nfo file
    That's what I've been doing when I have the patience.

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    and ofc internet's favourite: 'get better sites'
    Well, it's not really the end of the world, it's just annoying, so I decided to inquire in the hopes that it happened to someone else, and they had figured something out.


    Quote Originally Posted by slikrapid
    well, (occasionally) all kinds of somewhat annoying things happen there (missing files, wrong/extra files, duplicates/partials, corrupt files/filenames,...)
    Missing files are the worst, specially if you are using a small tracker. So I usually test every new downloaded torrent that comes packed.
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