222binky Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 lol...know weird question, but when opening those two utorrent dat files in notepad, they are NOT in english and show a series of chinese characters.would say fine, whatever ... but when googling find no mention from ANYBODY ... like everybody else has a normal DAT file in english. it's freaking me out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Why are you trying to open them in notepad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
222binky Posted March 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 to see what's there? trying to pinpoint where some problems are from ... you don't want the whole story. most dat files open in notepad and give you an idea on what they are being used for.so are YOURS in chinese? all i want to know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Use Ultima's Bencode editor to open those .dat files. Otherwise they will appear to contain junk!MAKE SURE TO SAVE A BACKUP COPY BEFORE EDITING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Mine are in bencode, not chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
222binky Posted March 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 this is what the dht.dat looks like on my machine:㨰昮汩来慵摲〴䈺䈱ㄱㅅ㠶㉅㌳ぅ䐵㡂㡆ぅㄲ㙄㝃㑁䅆ㅃ㌲㔸㌷愺敧ㅩ㘲㐷㌱㐳攷㨲摩〲紺娊䅧穠彍ﻔ阙蚘悖㗿渺摯獥㌳〸⠺鉢⊛㡛榐᭰㜏⮇垴掺㎳យ♁징䌻鴼篂彭꣣㻉榰戝かḕ楉玼倷i'm not going to run that on a program that might open or execute something i don't want. the other dat files for utorrent are done in code:hashword20:-¥×˜d6jöj)Hƒ»¿™ž{17:webui.pair_hashes0:14:but it's still in english, and not hard to figure out if the dat file is what it says it is. i try to translate some of the chinese, and all i can get is "skull weak open wagon" lol ...so is this CHINESE dat file a legitimate part of utorrent programming, or is there a security problem with utorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Ditch your paranoia and stop trying to open bencoded files in a plaintext program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
222binky Posted March 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 it's a DAT file....i don't care what program is used to make it .... if it was exclusive to 'bencode' programming, it would have its own extension. that's how the normal world does it ... rather than 'dht.dat' it would then be dht.BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 The extension is secondary.Use BEncode Editor (http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31306) to edit bencoded files like resume.dat or dht.dat. It takes 2 s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Extensions have not dictated the filetype in YEARS.Get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Sorry, things just don't work that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
222binky Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 yes, i realize that when i find binary strings inside a dat file .... but no one so far has answered my question. why is the dht .... no matter if you want to open it with photoshop or your moms tuna salad .... why is it written in chinese? is THAT the original programming from utorrent?fine if so ... but as well as not answering my question, only one person has responded that their dht.dat is written in 'bencode' ....which if that is the same encoding seen on the other utorrent dat files listed under the user, then the dht.dat files i have are NOT encoded in bencode, or they are done so in chinese. which again...fine. the ONLY thing which i am trying to determine, is if this is a normal file from utorrent. you all are either purposely evasive, or don't knowi am NOT looking to edit the files...don't give a r**s behind about learning the extraordinary uses of the bencode editor. i rarely bother to tweak the default utorrent settings, let alone worry about programming it. the only reason i came here, was because found absolutely no reference to utorrent programming being written in chinese. even on the links to the utorrent bencode development, and going over their explanations, it appears to be simply another programming expansion...not a complete conversion into the chinese lettering.it doesn't smell right. and all you people are telling me, is to plug my nose. i thank you for your time ... has been entertaining and a look at what we have here. good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 What doesn't smell right is how notepad is reading a binary datafile and the fact that you're trying to open a binary datafile with a PLAIN TEXT editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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