It’s been a few months since the last release of SABnzbd, one of our favorite newsreaders. The web-based Usenet client is massively popular so I’m sure a lot of fans will be happy to see the new version released. SABnzbd is well over 7 million downloads and counting. If you’re new to SAB the reader is free and has a lot of useful add-ons. You can grab version 0.7.17 from their download page or learn more at sabnzbd.org.
SABnzbd is one of our favorite Usenet clients. Along with the Newshosting client, Newsbin and NewsLeecher. All of which do a great job at downloading from Usenet. If your goal is text newsgroups we would suggest Newsbin. SABnzbd focuses on binary files. The open-source client runs as a web server on your system. You can access it through your favorite web browser. With versions available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Since SABnzbd is open-source and has such a large following you will find a number of cool add-ons and services like CouchPotato, Sick Beard and SABMobile for iOS and Android devices. Check out the SABnzbd forum to learn more about these add-ons and others available for the client.
Here’s a list of new features and bug fixes in the 0.7.17 release:
Features
- Upgrade embedded unrar to 5.01 and (partially) support RAR5 format
- Support for more meta-data in NZB files (to be used in TV Sort)
- Optional integration with the OZnzb indexer, allows user access to ratings and reporting directly from SABnzbd interface.
- Optional automatic feedback to OZnzb on failed downloads
- Commandline option –pidfile to set your own PID-file name/path (Unix and OSX)
- Basic support for X-DNZB-Failure and X-DNZB-Details headers, sent by some indexers
- Support rate-limiting by (a number of) indexers
- Special option “warn_dupl_jobs” to suppress/enable warnings for duplicate jobs
- Special option “flat_unpack” to ignore folders inside archives
Bug fixes
- Fix false encryption alarms for some posts
- Fix issue with OSX Mavericks Notification Center support
- Fix issues with passwords embedded in file names
- Support UNC paths in Sort expressions (Windows)
- Add password entry boxes in smpl and Classic skins
- Prevent unwanted change of queue order after editing job details
- Allow Default category to be picked in Multi-Ops
Who said Usenet isn’t popular? SABnzbd continues to grow as they have now passed 7.1 million downloads. Having so many popular sites and services integrated with the Usenet browser should only help the project continue to grow. If you have any questions or need help getting started the SABnzbd team has some nice guides. The forum is also a great place to ask questions and learn about all the custom add-ons.
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