Well because my first article on Easynews was so popular I thought I’d do a follow up for all my faithful readers (yes, all 3 of you!) and give you a more in-depth look at how to use Easynews more effectively. I’ve broken my tips into subsections so that you can quickly find the information that’s most relevant to you!
Finding things to download
I use a couple of sites to keep track of what’s been released in the scene so I know what to download. RLSLOG.net is a great one, and they usually have posts up within a couple hrs of relase. Each post has the release name, imdb links if it’s a movie and links to samples/screenshots so you can check quality.
All you need to do is copy/paste the post title from RLSLOG into Easynews Global Search to find the relase.
Other good sites are IMDB’s DVD Rental Chart (chances are if it’s out to rent, a dvdrip will have been uploaded) and NFOHump.com (formally NForce.nl - great list of scene releases for movies, software tv). CAT and EZTV are great for checking when TV shows air!
Effectively searching Easynews
There are a number of tips that will help you when searching for files to download on Easynews depending on what kind of files you’re looking for.
Movies: Search for “Movie Title DVDRip” if you don’t know the scene release name.
TV: Search for “Show name S01e01″ where S01 is the season and e01 is the episode. If you’re looking for the whole season of a show, just leave out the e01 - (EG: Dexter S01 would return all epsiodes in Season 1 of Dexter.
Music: Just search for the artist and album title, throw in the year if you need to Narrow the results.
Using the Zip Manager
The Zip Manager is one of the best features of the Easynews web-based client. You can easily throw multiple files into 1 single zip file for easy downloading and sorting. I use it for grouping songs of an album, or tv show season. Just tick the box next to the file you wish to download, select a zip group at the top of the results page and click “zip manager”. You can do this with as many files as you like, just make sure you choose the same Zip group.
Best EasyNews Plan
This really depends on your usage. I’m on the 20gb for $9.98 plan which is plenty for me. It’s really great because your download quota will roll-over to the next month if you don’t use it.. so if nothing much is worth downloading you can save those gig’s for the next month! Great for HD content!
Well there you have it, some more Easynews tips! Feel free to ask any questions in the comments and I’ll try my hardest to answer!