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Keito: Jul 21, 2005; WHAT DO I CHOOSE ?

UnholyCow posted:

It started freaking out for me as well but you can fix this in the extension settings for Providers. Just make sure nzb.su is checked in the list and remove its entries from the Newznab Providers box. Next time you visit that site just say no to adding it to the list and it will work as intended.

This is from a while ago but thank you, that fixed my problem. I thought I'd get away with just ignoring the message popping up at the top, but it seems the thing went ahead and added the entry anyway. Now everything's fine!

# ? Jun 12, 2013 19:07

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 23:23

History Comes Inside!: Nov 20, 2004

Legs Benedict posted:

So, what's the scoop on Giganews' Diamond Plan? I currently pay for Supernews + a separate proxy service which winds up running me about $20 a month. Diamond Plan is $35 after the first three months, but also includes their VPN service which is what interests me. Is it a good solution if I want something all-in one so I can just pay one company every month? For what it's worth, I currently use a proxy to bypass MLB.tv regional blackout restrictions.

I used to use giganews when I could afford the diamond plan and it was awesome. I used to use the VPN to unlock steam games that released super early in other regions. The VPN service was pretty drat good bandwidth-wise too, so it would be perfect for streams.

# ? Jun 13, 2013 18:56

Demonachizer: Aug 7, 2004

Anyone know what the best indexers are to use for music? I have a pretty good setup going right now with couchpotato and sickbeard using two usenet providers (one as a backup) and nzb.su as an indexer but nzbs.su doesn't allow Headphones to connect to them so I can't really use Headphones with them and the public/free ones that I have found are kind of junky. I don't mind pay sites if they are really good.

EDIT: Or if there is something like couchpotato and sickbeard for music that works with nzb.su that would work as well.

# ? Jun 14, 2013 19:22

Teabiscuit: Jul 21, 2005; by T. Finninho

Are there any modern anime branches of Sickbeard? At best I can find one that is over a year old.

# ? Jun 15, 2013 01:17

Diviance: Feb 11, 2004; Television rules the nation.

Teabiscuit posted:

Are there any modern anime branches of Sickbeard? At best I can find one that is over a year old.

Not that I know of, but NZBDrone has a only slightly old anime version that is supposed to be added into the main branch of it when they finish their new UI and whatever stuff. It works but it isn't flawless. Requires .Net 4.0 though.

# ? Jun 15, 2013 07:01

EconOutlines: Jul 3, 2004

demonachizer posted:

Anyone know what the best indexers are to use for music? I have a pretty good setup going right now with couchpotato and sickbeard using two usenet providers (one as a backup) and nzb.su as an indexer but nzbs.su doesn't allow Headphones to connect to them so I can't really use Headphones with them and the public/free ones that I have found are kind of junky. I don't mind pay sites if they are really good.

EDIT: Or if there is something like couchpotato and sickbeard for music that works with nzb.su that would work as well.

Headphones is banned on a lot of indexers due to the code being poor.

Honestly your best bet for music is waffles or what.cd despite them being torrents.

# ? Jun 15, 2013 08:58

Demonachizer: Aug 7, 2004

EconOutlines posted:

Headphones is banned on a lot of indexers due to the code being poor.

Honestly your best bet for music is waffles or what.cd despite them being torrents.

Bleh. I like using headphones because it has a frontend that my kids and wife can understand. I guess I will have to be more intimately involved in their music downloads. I can see why the code is an issue though. It seems like it hammers the poo poo out of servers with requests when you force a recheck.

# ? Jun 15, 2013 14:38

Tapedump: Aug 31, 2007; College Slice

Headphones allows you to plug in your what and waffles accounts info along with nzb indexers. I am not entirely sure how well it works having not watched the logs closely, but the only other provider I have set up in it is dognzb, and I've yet to have trouble finding anything.

# ? Jun 15, 2013 16:37

Jaketeck: Jul 6, 2004; <3 Robots

demonachizer posted:

Bleh. I like using headphones because it has a frontend that my kids and wife can understand. I guess I will have to be more intimately involved in their music downloads. I can see why the code is an issue though. It seems like it hammers the poo poo out of servers with requests when you force a recheck.

I thought it was because headphones was set to search for results at the same time every day. On the hour. Headphones was pretty much ddos'n the indexers because everyone who had it installed was doing all their API hits at once.

On that note, is anyone else having issues logging into nzb.su?

Jaketeck fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Jun 17, 2013

# ? Jun 17, 2013 07:24

mattfl: Aug 27, 2004

Jaketeck posted:

I thought it was because headphones was set to search for results at the same time every day. On the hour. Headphones was pretty much ddos'n the indexers because everyone who had it installed was doing all their API hits at once.

On that note, is anyone else having issues logging into nzb.su?

Yes! Was logged in just fine yesterday and suddenly today it won't let me log in.

# ? Jun 17, 2013 14:33

kalicki: Jan 5, 2004; Every King needs his jester

nzb.su seems to be back up now. Got scared for a bit, considering I just renewed VIP yesterday...

# ? Jun 17, 2013 17:59

Shy: Mar 20, 2010

I finally subscribed to Newsbin built-in search, after finding a bunch of items not on other indexers. Looks very extensive.

# ? Jun 18, 2013 23:53

fancyclown: Dec 10, 2012

Anyone know what's up with EFnet irc channels like a.b.teevee and a.b.moovee? I finally installed an irc client again but get an error: (+k), when trying to join the channels.

Google tells me that error is about a channel key... so are these channels closed now or what? :frogbon:

# ? Jun 19, 2013 16:31

Gozinbulx: Feb 19, 2004

Shy posted:

I finally subscribed to Newsbin built-in search, after finding a bunch of items not on other indexers. Looks very extensive.

Care to elaborate? I've never used Newsbin. Do you get NZBs from it and feed them to SAB?

# ? Jun 19, 2013 16:47

Shy: Mar 20, 2010

Gozinbulx posted:

Care to elaborate? I've never used Newsbin. Do you get NZBs from it and feed them to SAB?

I download everything with Newsbin, it has a built-in search function, costs money ($20 for the client and $15/6 months for the search). It's probably not a good option for people using SAB and automated schedules and whatnot, I only download everything manually. You can make NZBs from the search results, but I don't know if it can be automated in any way.

# ? Jun 19, 2013 17:07

History Comes Inside!: Nov 20, 2004

I updated SABNZBD+ because it supposedly had a fix for falsely flagged encrypted files, of which I had one or two.

Now my whole queue of about 40 files is flagged as Encrypted and paused at ~80% each.

# ? Jun 19, 2013 19:58

bEatmstrJ: Jun 30, 2004; Look upon my bathroom joists, ye females, and despair.

Does anyone know of a way to get SAB to run a script on queue completion? Most times I load a big queue and set SAB to shutdown on completion, but I would like to run a batch file instead. I know you can set post-processing scripts but I don't want to run it after every download, just at completion.

# ? Jun 19, 2013 19:59

Thermopyle: Jul 1, 2003; ...the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. �Bertrand Russell

bEatmstrJ posted:

Does anyone know of a way to get SAB to run a script on queue completion? Most times I load a big queue and set SAB to shutdown on completion, but I would like to run a batch file instead. I know you can set post-processing scripts but I don't want to run it after every download, just at completion.

I don't know of a way to do that, but you could use a post-processing script that ran after each download and checked if the queue was empty before doing whatever it is you want it to do.

# ? Jun 19, 2013 22:02

bEatmstrJ: Jun 30, 2004; Look upon my bathroom joists, ye females, and despair.

Thermopyle posted:

I don't know of a way to do that, but you could use a post-processing script that ran after each download and checked if the queue was empty before doing whatever it is you want it to do.

Is there an easy way to check for an empty queue?

# ? Jun 19, 2013 22:26

Thermopyle: Jul 1, 2003; ...the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. �Bertrand Russell

It's pretty close to Hello World in terms of programming skill required.

What OS are you using?

edit:
bah, it's so easy I just did this:

Python code:

import requests
import urllib

queue_url = "http://localhost:8085/sabnzbd/api?"
parameters = {'mode': 'queue', 'output': 'json', 'apikey': "PUT_YOUR_APIKEY_HERE"}


result = requests.get(queue_url + urllib.urlencode(parameters), verify=False)
json_results = result.json

if 'slots' in json_results:
	print "stuff in queue, jerk"
else:
	print "empty queue, stupid"

Thermopyle fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Jun 20, 2013

# ? Jun 19, 2013 23:37

bEatmstrJ: Jun 30, 2004; Look upon my bathroom joists, ye females, and despair.

Thermopyle posted:

It's pretty close to Hello World in terms of programming skill required.

What OS are you using?

edit:
bah, it's so easy I just did this:

Python code:

import requests
import urllib

queue_url = "http://localhost:8085/sabnzbd/api?"
parameters = {'mode': 'queue', 'output': 'json', 'apikey': "PUT_YOUR_APIKEY_HERE"}


result = requests.get(queue_url + urllib.urlencode(parameters), verify=False)
json_results = result.json

if 'slots' in json_results:
	print "stuff in queue, jerk"
else:
	print "empty queue, stupid"

Awesome. Thanks for writing that out! I'll look at implementing this into my existing batch file and see if I can't get it to work.

# ? Jun 20, 2013 01:23

hitchensgoespop: Oct 22, 2008

Is DOGNZB down for anyone else??

hitchensgoespop fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Jun 22, 2013

# ? Jun 21, 2013 19:36

tonic: Jan 4, 2003

What's the best combination of plans to buy these days to make sure you've got the highest retention (and fewest DMCAs)?

I switched from astraweb to supernews a while back to save a few $$, but it seems like retention is worse. Considering buying a block plan from blocknews to add to the supernews, would that help?

# ? Jun 23, 2013 19:23

Corb3t: Jun 7, 2003

Speaking of block plans, what is the cheapest Highwinds Media block plan? I'd like to get an account somewhere as a back-up.

# ? Jun 23, 2013 19:36

Fcdts26: Mar 18, 2009

I use supernews and block news and very rarely have issues.

# ? Jun 23, 2013 21:55

uhhhhahhhhohahhh: Oct 9, 2012

Bag of Sun Chips posted:

Speaking of block plans, what is the cheapest Highwinds Media block plan? I'd like to get an account somewhere as a back-up.

Newsgroup Direct sell heavily discounted 1TB blocks every Tuesday.

# ? Jun 23, 2013 22:04

tonic: Jan 4, 2003

Does SABNzbd automatically use a server checked "backup server" (eg my blocknews account) when it can't find the files/pars it needs on the default server? Or do I have to manually force it to?

Nask26 posted:

I use supernews and block news and very rarely have issues.

Thanks, I'll give blocknews a try.

# ? Jun 24, 2013 03:48

inpheaux: Jul 12, 2001

tonic posted:

Does SABNzbd automatically use a server checked "backup server" (eg my blocknews account) when it can't find the files/pars it needs on the default server?

Yes, and it doesn't just do it on a per-file basis, it does it on a per-article basis. So for any article that fails on your primary, SABnzbd will try to find it on your backup.

# ? Jun 24, 2013 04:17

GateheaD: Sep 27, 2005; Gatorade me bitch

What would be a good alternative to NZB.su's VIP Features (Quick Look Top TV/ Top Movies), I could check every day on a scene news website but I would prefer to see what the most downloaded releases are for the week and have a peek at the quality (Automate most things, still like to see what I have missed.)

Doesn't need to have download links either.

# ? Jun 24, 2013 06:42

UltimoDragonQuest: Oct 5, 2011

NewsgroupDirect (Highwinds) is having a block sale through July 5th at noon Eastern.

50GB for $5
100GB for $9
250GB for $15
500GB for $20
1000GB for $40
2000GB for $70

Every plan gets an extra 10% for headers so 50GB is 55GB etc.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 02:10

bEatmstrJ: Jun 30, 2004; Look upon my bathroom joists, ye females, and despair.

UltimoDragonQuest posted:

NewsgroupDirect (Highwinds) is having a block sale through July 5th at noon Eastern.

50GB for $5
100GB for $9
250GB for $15
500GB for $20
1000GB for $40
2000GB for $70

Every plan gets an extra 10% for headers so 50GB is 55GB etc.

Without checking back through the thread for previous deals, is this a pretty good deal that I should jump on if i'm considering a block plan or are there better ones?

# ? Jun 26, 2013 08:00

Fcdts26: Mar 18, 2009

bEatmstrJ posted:

Without checking back through the thread for previous deals, is this a pretty good deal that I should jump on if i'm considering a block plan or are there better ones?

I thought it was a pretty good deal. I picked up 50gb since I didn't have any Highwinds backups.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 08:12

uhhhhahhhhohahhh: Oct 9, 2012

bEatmstrJ posted:

Without checking back through the thread for previous deals, is this a pretty good deal that I should jump on if i'm considering a block plan or are there better ones?

The only other frequent block account deal is Terrabyte Tuesday, also done by newsgroupdirect. I don't remember if it's the same price as the current deal but NGD are the only USP that do frequent deals on their unlimited and block accounts outside of holidays.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 08:16

bobfather: Sep 20, 2001; I will analyze your nervous system for beer money

I wish a non-highwinds provider would step up and offer some cheap blocks.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 13:17

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

UltimoDragonQuest posted:

NewsgroupDirect (Highwinds) is having a block sale through July 5th at noon Eastern.

50GB for $5
100GB for $9
250GB for $15
500GB for $20
1000GB for $40
2000GB for $70

Every plan gets an extra 10% for headers so 50GB is 55GB etc.

This is a great deal - thanks for the heads up. 100gb for less than $10, and just when I ran out of blocknews blocks.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 14:33

Noxious: Oct 22, 2002; Allow me to give you free stuff, or I will stalk you and poison your family.

bobfather posted:

I wish a non-highwinds provider would step up and offer some cheap blocks.

I thought blocknews.net was not a Highwinds reseller.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 17:46

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

GateheaD posted:

What would be a good alternative to NZB.su's VIP Features (Quick Look Top TV/ Top Movies), I could check every day on a scene news website but I would prefer to see what the most downloaded releases are for the week and have a peek at the quality (Automate most things, still like to see what I have missed.)

Doesn't need to have download links either.

I use a favorite to nzbs.org weekly top downloads. Do you mean just a general page? I don't know of one since it obviously differs between indexers.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 17:47

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

Noxious posted:

I thought blocknews.net was not a Highwinds reseller.

Yeah, blocknews is a readnews reseller. My original block was from blowcknews, and when that got low I bought a 500 GB Newsgroup Direct block when they were on sale for $20 a few months ago. I have my blocknews account set up as my backup now and it's come in handy on a couple occasions.

Their prices aren't quite as as good as the Newsgroup Direct sale prices but they're still reasonable.

# ? Jun 26, 2013 18:34

UndyingShadow: May 15, 2006; You're looking ESPECIALLY shadowy this evening, Sir

So, this is new. I was downloading last night Sabnzbd was using each and every one of my servers, including every backup server. It basically burned through all my block accounts overnight. I have 2 main accounts (SuperNews and TweakNews) and the rest are just supposed to sit there until its absolutely certain that none of my main accounts can get the data, but it was still downloading blocks from both of my main accounts.

Has anyone seen this?

# ? Jun 26, 2013 19:37

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 23:23

bobfather: Sep 20, 2001; I will analyze your nervous system for beer money

UndyingShadow posted:

So, this is new. I was downloading last night Sabnzbd was using each and every one of my servers, including every backup server. It basically burned through all my block accounts overnight. I have 2 main accounts (SuperNews and TweakNews) and the rest are just supposed to sit there until its absolutely certain that none of my main accounts can get the data, but it was still downloading blocks from both of my main accounts.

Has anyone seen this?

Were the articles DMCA'ed from SuperNews and TweakNews?

bobfather fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Jun 26, 2013

# ? Jun 26, 2013 19:45

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