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Jackface 3,736 posts
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Tremendosaurus 1,194 posts
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Registered 15 years agomwtb wrote:
I hope no-one "inherits" the user records.
Nah, from what I heard they didn't keep any logs, and without logs the user details are next to useless. Besides I would have hoped that with everything going on over the last few months they would have a big "PURGE" button ready which melted all of the server's hard disks at a moments notice.gif)
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PearOfAnguish 7,573 posts
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Registered 17 years agoInheriting user records, you say?
I just got this email:
Hi ex-Newzbin user.
Lamenting the departed site? Dreading doing Usenet the old skool
way? Think the clone NZB sites suck?
Good news: we are Newzbin Two, and we have glad tidings:
NEWZBIN IS BACK! and we are the new management. The crew got most
of the original Newzbin source code and the main databases.
We loved it too much to let it die.
The catch? We wont be up for a very short while cos things need
to be done. For starters we need a cool domain name; also we
need to hack on the code some more to make it run. We are nearly
there but it is very complicated. We reckon we'll up very soon.
So don't drift off to those lame-ass wannabe NZB sites. Hang on
for a little longer and the Big Dog will be back.
For news keep an eye on these news sites:
http://deepsharer.wordpress.com/
http://www.usenetshack.com/
http://torrentfreak.com/
They have my email address...what else they got? -
Jackface 3,736 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYeah I got that email too and that's the first thing I wondered: great, so you've hacked the site and you're essentially boasting to everyone that you've got our email addresses while telling us you're going to recreate the site.
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Tremendosaurus 1,194 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAnd it's back! Now run by the people who nabbed the code apparently. It's struggling a bit until they can get more server power behind it though.
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Daithi 149 posts
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Registered 18 years agoTremendosaurus wrote:
And it's back! Now run by the people who nabbed the code apparently. It's struggling a bit until they can get more server power behind it though.
There's an interview about it here.
Appears to be gone again. Nice that they're transferring newzbin credits though. -
Daithi wrote:
Tremendosaurus wrote:
And it's back! Now run by the people who nabbed the code apparently. It's struggling a bit until they can get more server power behind it though.
There's an interview about it here.
Appears to be gone again. Nice that they're transferring newzbin credits though.
Working fine for me. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoMerlin's gone? -
Jackface 3,736 posts
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LFMartins 5,704 posts
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Registered 16 years agoHe´s like Harry Potter for old people. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoMerlin's Portal. NZB site -
magicpanda 15,130 posts
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Registered 17 years agoYeah it's fooked. Upgrade problems going by the last few days. -
NZBMatrix.com works, not bad, basic. -
TLDR people :
After messing with it some more I'm convinced this in singularly the best thing I've discovered.
For the rest of you :
Both of these are web based so you configure them using a browser. Since they are setup on network any device i use can see them.
sickbeard is simply genius. its essentially a pvr for downloadable tv shows.
You set it up with links to sites you use for nzbs like newzbin, nzbmatrix etc etc.
you add a tv show and it goes off to some site (tv.com possibly) and builds a page with every single episode broken down by season with details about the episode etc.
From this day forward it knows when the next episode airs and will automatically search the sites you've added, in the order selected and when it finds one that matches the quality (SD/HD) and language selected it will queue it up in sabnzbd.
If the quality you selected isn't found, it flags it as low quality and queues it anyway, but will keep its eyes peeled for a better one and replace it.
Additionally, you can also add any and all episodes from the past and it will go away and search for them and queue them up for you.
now sabnzbd is a run of the mill nzb downloaded but again its web based. the magic thing is it is customisable via scripts. sickbeard has its own script for it.
So once the download is completed, checked, repaired and extracted as usual it will pass the download over to sickbeard
then even more magic happens.
It will rename and auto archive into season folders.
Finally, it goes and gets screenshots/cover art and other associated images and builds up XML files that contain info about the show/episode that can be read by XBMC or similar software.
I thought newsleecher was idleware, i don't even need to search for episodes anymore or maintain any semblence of a library. Its all just 'done' for me.
why did i not find this sooner .... -
i generally find that tv shows are ok. in fact every single thing it has bagged for me so far has been perfect. -
mikew1985 15,598 posts
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Registered 14 years agowhat newsgroup are you using crash?
I've been meaning to splash out on one for a while and your post and the awesomeness it seems to indicate is the proverbial straw/ -
Buztafen 17,543 posts
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Registered 14 years agoLooks very interesting crash, cheers for the links. Is it fairly easy to setup then? Currently use Grabit and Newzbin. -
mikew1985 wrote:
i use astraweb. Unlimited, 20 connections with SSL
what newsgroup are you using crash?
I've been meaning to splash out on one for a while and your post and the awesomeness it seems to indicate is the proverbial straw/
Its got a final count of 1,056 days retention and it's currently at 900 and climbing.
after exchange, it costs about £7 p/m -
SABnzbd is easy to setup
Sickbeard was a little awkward but got there after messing - found an article on how to get it running. I'll dig it out when i get home. -
Buztafen 17,543 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThat'd be great cheers. -
Sorry, been really busy all weekend.
Sickbeard comes in various flavours but I couldn't get the standard windows binary to work correctly so used source version running via python
setup instructions here
I've decided to drop the XP installation now tho and I'm going to dive into linux and create more permanent NAS/download box -
mikew1985 15,598 posts
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Registered 14 years agoCheers for these Crash, very useful. -
mikew1985 15,598 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWindows only for me, so hopefully I can get everything running off my main box. -
crashVoodoo wrote:
Sorry, been really busy all weekend.
Sickbeard comes in various flavours but I couldn't get the standard windows binary to work correctly so used source version running via python
setup instructions here
I've decided to drop the XP installation now tho and I'm going to dive into linux and create more permanent NAS/download box
The NAS option is fairly easy to set up. I did one with a qnap TS-110, the python apps come in exceutable file formats. Couch Potato is sickbeard for films and worth having.
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