Download SABnzbd 2.2.0 RC 1

The release candidate of version 2.2.0 of SABnzbd has been released. With SABnzbd files can be downloaded from usenet. This open source program is available for Windows, Linux and OS X, and offers the possibility to load nzb files, after which the correct files are picked from usenet. With the built-in web interface it is possible to operate the program via a web browser. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes since 2.1.0

• Direct Unpack: Jobs will start unpacking during the download, reduces post-processing time but requires capable hard drive. Only works for jobs that don’t need repair. Will be enabled if your incomplete folder-speed > 40MB/s
• Reduced memory usage, especially with larger queues
• Graphical overview of server-usage on Servers page
• Notifications can now be limited to certain Categories
• Removed 5 second delay between fetching URLs
• Each item in the Queue and File list now has Move to Top/Bottom buttons
• Add option to only tag a duplicate job without pausing or removing it
• New option “History Retention” to automatically purge jobs from History
• Jobs outside server retention are processed faster
• Obfuscated filenames are renamed during downloading, if possible
• Add “Retry All Failed” button to Glitter
• Smoother animations in Firefox (disabled previously due to FF high-CPU usage)
• Show missing articles in MB instead of number of articles
• Correct value in “Speed” Extra History Column
• Remove video and audio rating icons from Queue
• Show vote buttons instead of video and audio rating buttons in History
• If enable_par_cleanup is disabled all par2 files are downloaded
• If enabled, replace dots in filenames also when there are spaces already
• Update GNTP bindings to 1.0.3
• max_art_opt and replace_illegal moved from Switches to Specials
• Removed Specials par2_multicore and allow_streaming
• Windows: Full unicode support when calling repair and unpack
• Windows: Move enable_MultiPar to Specials
• Windows: Better indication of verification process before and after repair
• Windows: MultiPar verification of a job is skipped after blocks are fetched
• Windows & macOS: removed par2cmdline in favor of par2tbb/MultiPar

Bug fixes since 2.1.0

• Shutdown/suspend did not work on some Linux systems
• Deleting a job could result in write errors
• Display warning if “Extra par2 parameters” turn out to be wrong
• RSS URLs with commas in the URL were broken
• Fixed some “Saving failed” errors
• Fixed crashing URL Grabber
• Jobs with renamed files are now correctly handled when using Retry
• Disk-space readings could be updated incorrectly
• Correct redirect after enabling HTTPS in the Config
• Fix race condition in Post-processing
• History would not always show latest changes
• Convert HTML into error messages
• Fixed unicode error during Sorting
• Wizard was always accessible, even with username and password set
• Not all texts were shown in the selected Language
• Catch “error 0” when using HTTPS on some Linux platforms
• Improve zeroconf/bonjour by sending HTTPS setting and auto-discover of IP
• Windows: Fix error in MultiPar code when first par2-file was damaged
• macOS: Catch “Protocol wrong type for socket” errors

translations

• Added Hebrew translation by ION IL, many other languages ​​updated.